EFL ( maybe Vertu) Trophy 2026/7

[Royals and Racers]

Southern section Group C
Reading
Bristol Rovers
Wycombe Wanderers

U 21 team to be added from( Reading home match)
Arsenal
Brentford
Brighton
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Fulham
Ipswich
Tottenham

https://www.efl.com/news/2026/june/23/u ... fl-trophy/

[Fox Talbot]

oh dear, never like being in Group C, bad omen.

[Tinpot Royal]

Fingers Crossed for Brizzell away

[Clyde1998]

Fingers Crossed for Brizzell away

This.

[Sutekh]

The draw for the Group Stages of the 2026/27 EFL Trophy will take place live on Sky Sports News on Thursday 25 June from 2.30pm.

So the draw is just the PL2 sides as obviously that’s all anyone cares about

[Royals and Racers]

The draw for the Group Stages of the 2026/27 EFL Trophy will take place live on Sky Sports News on Thursday 25 June from 2.30pm.

So the draw is just the PL2 sides as obviously that’s all anyone cares about

Don’t know what you are on about .
Thursday we will know the U 21 team we will play at home.
We should also know if we have another home match or 2 away.
We might also know the dates of the 3 group C matches we play.

[Sutekh]

The draw for the Group Stages of the 2026/27 EFL Trophy will take place live on Sky Sports News on Thursday 25 June from 2.30pm.

So the draw is just the PL2 sides as obviously that’s all anyone cares about

Don’t know what you are on about .
Thursday we will know the U 21 team we will play at home.
We should also know if we have another home match or 2 away.
We might also know the dates of the 3 group C matches we play.

So not really a draw at all then. Only the non-excitement of finding out which probable London team Academy side we’ll get this time.

[Whore Jackie]

The draw for the Group Stages of the 2026/27 EFL Trophy will take place live on Sky Sports News on Thursday 25 June from 2.30pm.

So the draw is just the PL2 sides as obviously that’s all anyone cares about

Don’t know what you are on about .
Thursday we will know the U 21 team we will play at home.
We should also know if we have another home match or 2 away.
We might also know the dates of the 3 group C matches we play.

Pretty sure you always have two home matches (one against the PL U21 side) and one away.

[stealthpapes]

Yeah, the U-21 plays all games away

The remainder play home and away.
So it’s a coin toss really.

[Whore Jackie]

And just to flag, last season, we didn't know which EFL match was home or away, or dates until early August, despite the draw being made in June.

[RG30]

Chelsea it is.

[Sutekh]

Chelsea it is.

I wonder what the value will be of their U21 team and will Xabi be there?

[Whore Jackie]

They appear to have taken it down for now, but the official site had us

HOME to Wycombe Wanderers
HOME to Chelsea U21
AWAY to Bristol Rovers

[Sutekh]

They appear to have taken it down for now, but the official site had us

HOME to Wycombe Wanderers
HOME to Chelsea U21
AWAY to Bristol Rovers

Doesn’t last season’s league placings dictate a “seeding” in each group or something? Therefore the higher finishing side (top “seed”) Reading would get the perceived stronger other side (second “seed”) at home and the perceived weaker side (third “seed”) away?