Reading to take on Grecians and Robins; U21 team still TBC
Reading have been drawn into Group G of the 2023-24 EFL Trophy along with Swindon Town and Exeter City.
The final space in Group G will be filled on Thursday 22 June (11.30am) live on Sky Sports when the eight invited Under-21 teams are drawn into each of the groups, alongside the 48 pre-determined places occupied by clubs from Leagues One and Two which are split into Northern and Southern Sections.
One of our games against EFL opposition will be at home, and one will be away – so it remains to be seen whether we’ll travel to meet the Grecians at St James Park or visit the Robins at the County Ground. U21 clubs play all of their fixtures away from home.
Fixtures are currently scheduled to take place in midweek evenings on the weeks commencing 4 September, 9 October and 13 November.
The Southern Section groups for the EFL Trophy are as follows:
Group A
Forest Green Rovers
Shrewsbury Town
Walsall
Group B
Charlton Athletic
Crawley Town
Sutton United
Group C
AFC Wimbledon
Stevenage
Wycombe Wanderers
Group D
Cambridge United
Colchester United
Peterborough United
Group E
Gillingham
Leyton Orient
Portsmouth
Group F
MK Dons
Northampton Town
Oxford United
Group G
Exeter City
Reading
Swindon Town
Group H
Bristol Rovers
Cheltenham Town
Newport County
Invited U21 clubs
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Later in the day, we will also find out our fate in the Carabao Cup as the First Round draw is made live on Sky Sports (2.30pm).
All 72 of the EFL member clubs enter at this stage – and the draw is divided into Northern and Southern Sections.
Royals supporters will want to look out for ball number 27 in the Southern draw as we add the final opponent to our provisional calendar.
The teams on the Royals' side of the draw are as follows...
Southern Section
- AFC Wimbledon
- Birmingham City
- Bristol City
- Bristol Rovers
- Cambridge United
- Cardiff City
- Charlton Athletic
- Cheltenham Town
- Colchester United
- Coventry City
- Crawley Town
- Exeter City
- Forest Green Rovers
- Gillingham
- Ipswich Town
- Leyton Orient
- Millwall
- Milton Keynes Dons
- Newport County
- Northampton Town
- Norwich City
- Oxford United
- Peterborough United
- Plymouth Argyle
- Portsmouth
- Queens Park Rangers
- Reading
- Southampton
- Stevenage
- Sutton United
- Swansea City
- Swindon Town
- Watford
- Wycombe Wanderers
A final reminder that Fixture Release Day all kicks off at 9am on Thursday 22 June, which is when we’ll be able to release our full fixture schedule for the Sky Bet League One campaign.
As well as full coverage through readingfc.co.uk and across our social channels, you’ll be able to get fully in sync by subscribing to our ECAL calendar.
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