Town's Carling Cup First Round tie at Shrewsbury will remain on Tuesday, August 11.

Blues open the Championship campaign at Coventry on Sunday, August 9 in a game covered live on Sky TV.

With the fixture moved back 24 hours, Town could have asked to play the Shrews on the Wednesday but boss Roy Keane is happy to keep to the original date.

The Carling Cup tie clashes with a week of internationals, with Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Macedonia all in action in friendlies, meaning Blues could be without Gareth McAuley, Veliche Shumulikoski and Alex Bruce.