Vale draw Hartlepool at home
Former Vale captain and player of the year Sam Collins could make a return to Vale Park after the Valiants were drawn to face Hartlepool United in the first round of the Capital One cup.
Collins (right) is currently a player-coach at Hartlepool. He joined Vale in 2002 and had three successful seasons before he was sold to Hull City in 2005.
The first round ties are due to be scheduled to be played in the week beginning Monday, August 11.
Capital One Cup draw in full:
- Oldham Athletic v Middlesbrough
- Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool
- Sheffield Wednesday v Notts County
- Tranmere Rovers v Nottingham Forest
- Leeds United v Accrington Stanley
- Bolton Wanderers v Bury
- Rochdale v Preston North End
- Rotherham United v Fleetwood Town
- Carlisle United v Derby County
- Port Vale v Hartlepool United
- Morecambe v Bradford City
- Barnsley v Crewe Alexandra
- Chesterfield v Huddersfield Town
- Blackburn Rovers v Scunthorpe United
- Burton Albion v Wigan Athletic
- York City v Doncaster Rovers
- Sheffield United v Mansfield Town
- Reading v Newport County
- Bristol City v Oxford United
- Brighton & Hove Albion v Cheltenham Town
- Coventry City v Cardiff City
- Luton Town v Swindon Town
- Dagenham & Redbridge v Brentford
- Charlton Athletic v Colchester United
- Crawley Town v Ipswich Town
- Wolverhampton Wanderers v Northampton Town
- Yeovil Town v Gillingham
- Milton Keynes Dons v AFC Wimbledon
- Exeter City v AFC Bournemouth
- Stevenage v Watford
- Plymouth Argyle v Leyton Orient
- Birmingham City v Cambridge Untied
- Portsmouth v Peterborough United
- Millwall v Wycombe Wanderers
- Southend United v Walsall