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