Gillingham will play two League 1 teams in the Bristol Street Motors Trophy group stage – and there’s a top-flight under-21 team to face too.
The Gills have been placed in Group D of the southern section for the EFL Trophy competition. The group will be completed with the addition of an invited Premier League side this Thursday.
Peterborough are the competition’s defending champions after beating Wycombe Wanderers at Wembley last season. They finished fourth in League 1, losing to Oxford United in the play-offs.
Stevenage ended their campaign in the third-tier sitting ninth, losing manager Steve Evans to Rotherham United towards the end of the campaign.
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