Bristol Street Motors Trophy draw date confirmed as Aston Villa prepare for round of 32
Aston Villa under 21s will, this week, learn who they'll face in the next round of the Bristol Street Motors Trophy having qualified from their northern section group. Villa's youngsters made trips north to Fleetwood, Bolton and Barrow and returned from those games with five points - enough to finish second behind toppers Bolton.
Villa under 21s will play a side who won their northern group in the round of 32, which will remain seeded and regionalised. Remarkably, they're the only side representing a Premier League academy which has made it through to the next round of the competition.
Here is what you need to know about Villa under 21s in the next round of the competition.
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The draw
The next round, the round of 32, will be played the week commencing the 9th of December. The date for the draw is this Friday, 22 November.
The dates of the coming rounds
Round of 32: W/C 9 December
Round of 16: W/C 13 January
Quarter-Finals: W/C 3 February
Semi-Finals: W/C 17 February
Final: 13 April
Prize money
Villa earned £10,000 for their win at Fleetwood and £5,000 more for their draw at Bolton in the group stages. Each side is given £20,000 for participating in the competition, and then you're awarded £10,000 for each victory and £5,000 for each draw in the group stage.
Sides who reach the last 32 and progress earn £20,000 more and then £40,000 if they win their last 16 tie. As much as £50,000 is up for grabs for the victors of the quarter finals and then you receive £100,000 if you win the final at Wembley - £50,000 more is sent to the runner up of the competition. If they were to win the thing from here, Villa would have accumulated up to £245,000 in prize money.
The possible opponents
The rounds 32 and 16 remain regionalised, so Villa - finishing second and unseeded - will play one of the other seven northern section group winners. They are Wrexham, Stockport, Morecambe, Blackpool, Doncaster, Chesterfield and one of Bradford or Rotherham - the pair meet each other tonight (19 November) with the Millers two points clear at the top of Northern Group H.
The earliest stage we may see a Second City derby, of sorts, would be in the quarter finals, in the event both Villa under 21s and Birmingham City made it through.