Reading fans can pencil in the first fixture of the new season having been drawn to play Gillingham at Madejski Stadium in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
More commonly known as the League Cup, Royals were seeded in the southern section of today’s draw, which took place in Bangkok, and will face Gillingham in the week commencing August 7.
The Championship fixture list will be revealed on Wednesday.
Reading have not met Gillingham since a Championship fixture way back in 2005 which ended goalless, while the last meeting between the pair at the Mad Stad saw the Royals run out 3-1 winners thanks to a Dave Kitson hat-trick.
Most Premier League sides enter the Carabao Cup in round two.
Round One draw in full:
Southern section –
Birmingham City v Crawley Town
Exeter City v Charlton Athletic
Queens Park Rangers v Northampton Town
Newport County v Southend United
Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City v Portsmouth
Millwall v Stevenage
Oxford United v Cheltenham Town
AFC Wimbledon v Brentford
Norwich City v Swindon Town
Bristol Rovers v Cambridge United
Peterborough United v Barnet
Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham
Colchester United v Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Yeovil Town
READING v Gillingham
Forest Green Rovers v Milton Keynes Dons
Luton Town v Ipswich Town
Northern section –
Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest v Shrewsbury Town
Bradford City v Doncaster Rovers
Mansfield Town v Rochdale
Grimsby Town v Derby County
Barnsley v Morecambe
Crewe Alexandra v Bolton Wanderers
Oldham Athletic v Burton Albion
Wigan Athletic v Blackpool
Bury v Sunderland
Sheffield Wednesday v Chesterfield
Accrington Stanley v Preston North End
Fleetwood Town v Carlisle United
Sheffield United v Walsall
Scunthorpe United v Notts County
Rotherham United v Lincoln City
Leeds United v Port Vale
