The Vertu Trophy draw

[South East Rover]

  The Vertu Trophy Round of 16 draw will take place live during the Sky Sports EFL Show, on   Saturday 6 December at 11.45am.

Rovers No2
 Northern Section

1  Bolton Wanderers
2  Doncaster Rovers
3  Fleetwood Town
4  Harrogate Town
5  Huddersfield Town
6 Port Vale
7  Rotherham United
8  Stockport County
 
Southern Section

1  AFC Wimbledon
2  Bristol Rovers
3  Luton Town
4  Northampton Town
5  Plymouth Argyle
6  Swindon Town
7  Walsall
8  Colchester United or West Ham United U21
Vertu Trophy Round of 16 ties are to take place week commencing 12 January 2026.

PRIZE MONEY

EFL Clubs Participation

£20,000 per Club

Group Stages

£10,000 per win / £5,000 per draw

Round of 32

£20,000 per win

Round of 16

£40,000 per win

Quarter Finals

£50,000 per win

Runners Up

£50,000

Winners

£100,000

COMPETITION FORMAT

Vertu Trophy fixtures remain regionalised until the Semi-Final stage.

From Round of 16 phase to the Semi-Finals, no extra time shall be played. The winners shall be determined by penalty kicks.

HOW TO WATCH

For UK fans, all Vertu Trophy matches are broadcast live on Sky Sports, via Sky Sports+ and on streaming service NOW.

For international fans, Vertu Trophy matches are available for live streaming via Club platforms.

[Barmby Rover]

Rovers have already made a fair whack out of this competition, good news.

[selby]

  Team bonus for a win and not great number of paying customers at home games and the costs incurred and not as much as you think left for the club if anything up to press.

[Fal]

Harrogate or Fleetwood at home would be nice

[colfromdonny]

Harrogate or Fleetwood at home would be nice

Deffo agree with this

[Reg of the Rovers]

Harrogate or Fleetwood at home would be nice

Deffo agree with this

If we could avoid Bolton or Stockport away I'd be happy, but absolutely agree one of there two at home are on paper the easier games, although they just both happen to be bogey teams of ours so who knows!! I'd like to think we really start to take this seriously now - it's a great chance of a trip to Wembley and for fans and players that's a rare occurrence, so be nice to go for it now!

[Belle_Vue]

These U21 teams don't seem to do very well year on year

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Going to be Rotherham or Huddersfield innit!?

[GazLaz]

Hope it’s wrapped up quicker than this WC draw.

[Reg of the Rovers]

Hope it’s wrapped up quicker than this WC draw.

World War II wrapped up quicker than this world cup draw.

[Filo]

Rovers have already made a fair whack out of this competition, good news.

£70k so far

Lose tomorrow in the Fa cup and it’ £68,950 from the FA cup

A win and it’s £127,250 + a minimum of £26,500 from the third round if we lose

Plus whatever we made in the other cup run

[LincsRover]

Hope it’s wrapped up quicker than this WC draw.

World War II wrapped up quicker than this world cup draw.

And was less political, FFS!!!! 

[eastender]

Home to Fleetwood

[Filo]

Home to Fleetwood

There’s obviously been a mess up with the draw, we are at home

[GazLaz]

Home to Fleetwood

They are likely to play a side closer to their strongest XI than possibly the case from some other teams.

[adamtherover]

Finally a draw that most of us will be pleased with..

[deebee]

Rovers have already made a fair whack out of this competition, good news.

£70k so far Do we get a share of the TV money as well?

Lose tomorrow in the Fa cup and it’ £68,950 from the FA cup

A win and it’s £127,250 + a minimum of £26,500 from the third round if we lose

Plus whatever we made in the other cup run

[adamtherover]

W/c jan 12th ffs, just as we are  away..

[scawsby steve]

Home to Fleetwood

There’s obviously been a mess up with the draw, we are at home

There must have been a mess up in the last round then. LOL.

[Thorney]

Home to Fleetwood

There’s obviously been a mess up with the draw, we are at home

There must have been a mess up in the last round then. LOL.

Not really, we was at home because we topped the group. Wasnt drawn at home

[scawsby steve]

Home to Fleetwood

There’s obviously been a mess up with the draw, we are at home

There must have been a mess up in the last round then. LOL.

Not really, we was at home because we topped the group. Wasnt drawn at home

I stand corrected.

[Thorney]

Home to Fleetwood

There’s obviously been a mess up with the draw, we are at home

There must have been a mess up in the last round then. LOL.

Not really, we was at home because we topped the group. Wasnt drawn at home

I stand corrected.

Lets hope we win tonight and get a home draw in the next round

[Alan Southstand]

Home to Fleetwood

They are likely to play a side closer to their strongest XI than possibly the case from some other teams.

Maybe not, now they’re also in the FA Cup 3rd round!

[South East Rover]

Home to Fleetwood

There’s obviously been a mess up with the draw, we are at home

There must have been a mess up in the last round then. LOL.

Not really, we was at home because we topped the group. Wasnt drawn at home

I stand corrected.

We were drawn out first, all 8 teams in the bowl for the Northern draw, we were ball 2, 3rd out of the bowl so at home

[donnievic]

Home to Fleetwood

There’s obviously been a mess up with the draw, we are at home

There must have been a mess up in the last round then. LOL.

Not really, we was at home because we topped the group. Wasnt drawn at home

I stand corrected.

We were drawn out first, all 8 teams in the bowl for the Northern draw, we were ball 2, 3rd out of the bowl so at home

he was on about being at home to chessie in the previous round