Carabao Cup: Rochdale given bye to second round

Rochdale have been given a bye into the Carabao Cup second round after Harrogate Town were unable to fulfil the fixture following a coronavirus outbreak.

Harrogate were due to host the first-round tie at the EnviroVent Stadium on Tuesday evening, but on Monday they postponed their next three fixtures with a number of players either having tested positive or self-isolating.

Town sought to reschedule the cup tie but the proposed date did not leave time for logistical arrangements to be made.

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Leyton Orient were also eliminated from the competition for the same reason last season after their third-round tie against Tottenham was called off.

The second round of the Carabao Cup takes place from August 24-25.

Rochdale began their League Two campaign with a 3-2 defeat at Harrogate on Saturday