Sheffield United crashed out of the first round on penalties but Wolves, Hull, Doncaster and MK Dons all narrowly avoided shoot-out upsets.
More penalty pain for Blades; Wolves and Hull scrape into round two
Sheffield United crashed out of the first round of the Capital One Cup on penalties but Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull City, Doncaster Rovers and MK Dons all narrowly avoided shoot-out upsets.
Eight matches went to extra time and five required spot-kicks on a dramatic Saturday but Leeds United and Middlesbrough both progressed in comparatively straightforward fashion to the second round where they could meet Premier League opponents.
Following a 2-2 draw after extra time,
Sheffield United suffered more penalty pain as
Burton Albion recorded a historic 5-4 spot-kick win over Danny Wilson's side, who also lost last season's League One play-off final to Huddersfield Town in a shoot-out.
Stale Solbakken was given a rude awakening to English football after his
Wolves side, which was missing Matt Jarvis through illness on the same day as the winger was understood to have requested a transfer, nervously required penalties to defeat
Aldershot 7-6 in the shoot-out at Molineux following a 1-1 draw after extra time.
Steve Bruce will have been a relieved man after
Hull City came from a goal down in his first competitive game in charge before eventually defeating League Two
Rotherham United 7-6 on penalties.
Seven-goal thriller
Last season's Conference play-off winners
York City came close to causing one of the shocks of the day but eventually lost a cruel penalty shoot-out 4-2 to
Doncaster Rovers.
MK Dons overcame the 40th minute red card of Stephen Gleeson as, despite their numerical disadvantage, they managed to defeat League Two
Cheltenham Town 5-3 on penalties.
Barnsley overcame the 90th minute red card of Ben Alnwick to win a seven-goal thriller after extra time against
Rochdale at Spotland to also reach the second round.
On a day when they announced the signing of El Hadji Diouf,
Leeds picked up a 4-0 victory over
Shrewsbury Town at Elland Road with goals from Luciano Becchio, Luke Varney, David Norris and a Ross McCormack penalty.
Middlesbrough progressed to the second round after a 2-1 triumph over
Bury at Gigg Lane, where Mark Hughes' goal was only a consolation for home fans.
Lively encounter
James Hanson's goal five minutes into extra time gave
Bradford City a narrow 1-0 success at
Notts County among the more than half-a-dozen games which required an additional half-an-hour.
A lively encounter between
Walsall and 10-man
Brentford, who had Jake Reeves sent off, at Banks' Stadium ended in a 1-0 win for the home side after Ashley Hemmings' eighth minute goal.
Substitute Chris Iwelumo's goal in extra time saw
Watford sneak into the next round after being made to work hard for a 1-0 victory over
Wycombe Wanderers.
After a dream first half in which they took a four-goal lead,
Crewe Alexandra defeated
Hartlepool 5-0 to go into the hat for the second round, with Max Clayton and Mathias Pogba both among the goals with two apiece.
Matty Robson's 39th minute goal was enough to give
Carlisle United a 1-0 win over League Two
Accrington Stanley.
