Soccer AM FLT Futsal Cup knockout stages – Grimsby Town teams work to do to reach last stages

indexThirty one clubs have now booked their place in the Soccer AM FLT Futsal Cup knockout stages with one final spot still up for grabs when the FLTFL resumes next week. Scunthorpe United and Middlesbrough meet each other on Wednesday at the Leeds Arena knowing that the winner will be in the draw for the Last 32 on Friday 10th January.

The draw, which is seeded based on qualifying position, will see the thirty two qualifying teams split in to eight groups of four in the next round. Each team will play the other teams in their group once over the course of a day at the Birmingham Arena. Two groups a week will be played between 21st January and the 11th February with the top two teams from each group then moving on to the Last 16.

The eight groups in the Last 32 will consist of one team from each of the four pots below;

Pot 1:
Notts County
Hereford United
Cardiff City
Swindon Town
Crystal Palace
Carlisle United
Huddersfield Town
Leeds United or Grimsby Town

Pot 2:
Derby County
Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion
Portsmouth
Leyton Orient
Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United
Leeds United or Grimsby Town or Bradford City

Pot 3:
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crewe Alexandra
Cheltenham Town
Reading
Brighton & Hove Albion
Preston North End
Chesterfield
Grimsby Town or Bradford City or Middlesbrough

Pot 4:
Leicester City
Shrewsbury Town
Bristol City
Exeter City
Southend United
Accrington Stanley
Rochdale
Bradford City or Middlesbrough or Scunthorpe United