Different Format for Paints Trophy

Hereford United have been put in a small section of clubs from the Southern Section West for the first round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy which has taken over from the LDV trophy.

Southern Section (West): Bristol Rovers, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Swansea, Swindon, Torquay, Walsall, Wycombe.

Hereford will find out tomorrow who they will meet.

According to BBC Sport sixteen teams have been given byes for the first round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, which is competed for by the 48 League One and League Two clubs. Unlike the last few seasons, Conference National teams are not involved.

The 32 teams not receiving byes have been split into four geographical sections for the first round - for which the full draw is on Saturday.

Once the 48 clubs were divided into northern and southern sections, a preliminary draw took place last Friday which saw eight teams from each section drawn out to receive byes.

The four geographical sections were then determined from the remaining 16 northern and 16 southern teams.

Swansea are the holders after beating Carlisle 2-1 in last season's final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

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