9th January 2018

The Glovers reached the last eight of the competition for the second season running after defeating Forest Green Rovers 2-0 at Huish Park

The draw will take place live on Sky Sports’ evening review show, EFL Matters on January 11th at 7pm, hosted by David Prutton alongside Garry Birtles and Gregor Robertson.

It will also be covered on the EFL’s Checkatrade Trophy Twitter account. 

Quarter-Final ties are determined by means of a straight home/away unseeded draw. There will be no regionalisation.

All ties will be played week commencing January 22nd 2018.

Town’s potential opponents are as follows:
Fleetwood Town
Oldham Athletic/Leicester City Under-21s
Lincoln City
Shrewsbury Town/Blackpool
Oxford United
Peterborough United
Chelsea Under-21s