CITY will face League Two side Gillingham at Carrow Road in the first round of the Carling Cup.
Manager Paul Lambert commented on the draw: "We had some close games against them last year and they will be tough again I'm sure, but it's a home draw and I'm pleased about that. They will come and give us a hard game but we will be looking to progress through to the next round in front of our own fans."
Lambert's side beat the Gills 1-0 in cup competition last season, beating the Kent side 1-0 at Priestfield Stadium and drew 1-1 in League One. In the league fixture at Carrow Road, City won 2-0 to clinch the League One title with goals from Darel Russell and Michael Nelson.
Last season in the Carling Cup, City beat Yeovil Town 4-0 in the first round at Huish Park courtesy of a Grant Holt hat-trick before losing 4-1 to former Canary defender Steve Bruce's Sunderland at Carrow Road.
The match will be played on Tuesday, August 10 with a 7.45pm kick-off.
Ticket information will be released in due course on canaries.co.uk.
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The full draw for the first round is as follows:
| Hartlepool United |
v |
Sheffield United |
| Leicester City |
v |
Macclesfield Town |
| Walsall |
v |
Tranmere Rovers |
| Carlisle United |
v |
Huddersfield Town |
| Stockport County |
v |
Preston North End |
| Barnsley |
v |
Rochdale |
| Morecambe |
v |
Coventry City |
| Doncaster Rovers |
v |
Accrington Stanley |
| Chesterfield |
v |
Middlesbrough |
| Peterborough United |
v |
Rotherham United |
| Bradford City |
v |
Nottingham Forest |
| Leeds United |
v |
Lincoln City |
| Sheffield Wednesday |
v |
Bury |
| Scunthorpe United |
v |
Oldham Athletic |
| Crewe Alexandra |
v |
Derby County |
| Exeter City |
v |
Ipswich Town |
| Southend United |
v |
Bristol City |
| Southampton |
v |
AFC Bournemouth |
| Brentford |
v |
Cheltenham United |
| Queens Park Rangers |
v |
Port Vale |
| Torquay United |
v |
Reading |
| Norwich City |
v |
Gillingham |
| Stevenage |
v |
Portsmouth |
| Shrewsbury Town |
v |
Charlton Athletic |
| Cardiff City |
v |
Burton Albion |
| Northampton Town |
v |
Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Swansea City |
v |
Barnet |
| Plymouth Argyle |
v |
Notts County |
| Wycombe Wanderers |
v |
Millwall |
| Oxford United |
v |
Bristol Rovers |
| Milton Keynes Dons |
v |
Dagenham & Redbridge |
| Hereford United |
v |
Colchester United |
| Yeovil Town |
v |
Crystal Palace |
| Aldershot Town |
v |
Watford |
| Swindon Town |
v |
Leyton Orient |
