And that's the reason for having north and south groups.
"The draw, which remains seeded and unseeded, has been regionalised to avoid a fixture scheduling complication involving West Ham United and Newport County, who have both been given special dispensation by the EFL Board to play their Round Two ties away from their home grounds."
Wouldn't it have been simpler to have a regular non-regionalised draw, and in the unlikely event West Ham and Newport were drawn against each other, they would play the match on a neutral ground somewhere in between? Or is that too ****ing sensible?