Live UEFA Cup Draw

For the next hour or so I'll be blogging live on the UEFA Cup draw. Tottenham Hotspur are seeded and are in Pot 1 and will miss all the other big clubs. Manchester City are in Pot 3 whereas both Aston Villa and Portsmouth are in Pot 4. English teams cannot face each other in the group stages.

11:07: We are slowly moving towards the start of the draw. There are so many dull and boring either/ors out there so the poor guy has to talk about how the draw works for ages. As a completely unbiased Portsmouth fan - I want to play AC Milan in my group.

11:09: Schalke 04 are out first - they have a beautiful stadium. I wouldn't mind going there at some point this season either.

11:10: Tottenham Hotspur are in Group D. AC Milan are in Group E.

11:11: Hamburg, CSKA Moscow and Benfica look like the weakest top seeds.

11:13: Spurs will face Spartak Moscow at some point. For some unknown reason Spurs weren't allowed to face a Dutch side - can anyone tell me why?

11:16: Manchester City out first in Pot 3. They'll face Schalke and PSG.

11:17: AC Milan, Heerenveen, Braga all in Group E - I'd fancy that for Pompey. Udinese join in with Spurs' group.

11:19: Actually trips to Prague and Amsterdam could also be mouth-watering. Group E or F is what I want.

11:20: Real Santander join Group A and Manchester City and Portsmouth go into AC Milan's group!

11:22: Aston Villa get those Group F games. The fans will be desperate for Slavia Prague and Ajax Amsterdam away - I'm sure of it.

11:24: Manchester City's group is all set - and Steve McClaren is involved with his FC Twente. Portsmouth get Wolfsburg to round off their group.

11:25: Zilina join in Aston Villa's group. Just waiting on Spurs last opponents now and NEC Nijmegen are that team.

So the Groupings with English teams are as follows:

Group A

Schalke 04
PSG
Manchester City
Racing Santander
FC Twente

Group D

Tottenham Hotspur
Spartak Moscow
Udinese
Dinamo Zagreb
NEC Nijmegen

Group E

AC Milan
Heerenveen
Braga
Portsmouth
VfB Wolfsburg

Group F

Hamburg
Ajax
Slavia Prague
Aston Villa
MSK Zilina

12:11: Still waiting for the fixture news...