Fulham have been drawn away against Shrewsbury Town, at Gay Meadow, in the Second Round of the 2007/2008 Carling League Cup.
The Cottagers have played eleven times up at Shrewsbury between 1969 and 1996 and won just twice. Hopefully the changes in fortunes of the two clubs will allow Fulham to avoid a thrashing similar to the 5-2 wacking suffered in May 1980.
When the two clubs last met in a cup competition, January 1996, the Shrews won 2-1 in a replay following a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage at which time the well remembered manager Ian Branfoot removed himself upstairs, as General Manager, and handed the first team over to Micky Adams.
Elsewhere, Sven-Goran Eriksson's Manchester City face a tricky trip to Bristol City in the second round of the Carling Cup while the Robins' city rivals Bristol Rovers will face West Ham .
Rovers, who went up to League One through the play-offs last season, beat Crystal Palace on penalties to make it through to the second round.
Newcastle will get their campaign off and running with a home tie with Barnsley while Roy Keane's Sunderland will head to Luton's Kenilworth Road, where they clinched the Championship title last season.
Morecambe's reward for knocking out Preston in the first round is a trip to Wolves, while fellow 'giant-killers' Peterborough entertain West Brom and former Manchester United team-mates Paul Ince and Bryan Robson go head to head as managers as MK Dons face Sheffield United.
Fallen giants Leeds will travel to Portsmouth in an attractive tie, while Reading have been handed a trip to Swansea.
The draw in full for the Second Round of the 2007/08 Carling Cup.
Shrewsbury v Fulham
Birmingham v Hereford
Bristol Rovers v West Ham
Bristol City v Manchester City
Burnley v Oldham
Cardiff v L Orient
Carlisle v Coventry
Charlton v Stockport
Derby v Blackpool
Luton v Sunderland
Middlesbrough v Northampton
MK Dons v Sheffield United
Newcastle v Barnsley
Nottingham Forest v Leicester
Peterborough v West Brom
Rochdale v Norwich
Plymouth v Doncaster
Portsmouth v Leeds
Sheffield Wednesday v Hartlepool
Southend v Watford
Swansea v Reading
Wigan v Hull
Wolverhampton v Morecambe
Wrexham v Aston Villa
Ties to be played week commencing August 27.