Thread 150201254

30 matches from the League Cup First Round this evening. All matches are on Sky Sports +'s Red Button Service unless stated.

>7:00pm
Swansea City v Crawley Town

>7:30pm
Barrow v Preston North End
Middlesbrough v Doncaster Rovers
Newport County v Millwall
Stockport County v Crewe Alexandra

>7:45pm
Accrington Stanley v Peterborough United
Blackburn Rovers v Bradford City
Blackpool v Port Vale
Bristol City v Milton Keynes Dons
Bristol Rovers v Cambridge United
Cardiff City v Swindon Town
Charlton Athletic v Stevenage
Chesterfield v Mansfield Town
Coventry City v Luton Town
Gillingham v AFC Wimbledon
Grimsby Town v Shrewsbury Town
Harrogate Town v Lincoln City
Leyton Orient v Wycombe Wanderers
Northampton Town v Southampton
Oxford United v Colchester United
Plymouth Argyle v Queens Park Rangers
Portsmouth v Reading
Salford City v Rotherham United
Stoke City v Walsall
Tranmere Rovers v Burton Albion
Watford v Norwich City
West Bromwich Albion v Derby County (Sky Sports +)
Wigan Athletic v Notts County
Wrexham v Hull City

>8:00pm
Bromley v Ipswich Town (Sky Sports Football)

good afternoon sunderchads

>>150201254 (OP)
hate those pedophile disney documentary retards
up the tigers

>Tranmere v Burton off due to power cut
lol

>Luton Coventry
Time to btfo them again. Hope it goes to penalties and one of their nogs knocks out a starlink satellite.

kmon u ull

>>150201254 (OP)
>Swansea
>Barrow
>Donny
>Millwall
>Stockport
>Accrington Stanley
>Bradford
>Port Vale
>Bristol City
>Bristol Rovers
>Swindon Town
>Charlton
>Chesterfield
>Luton
>Wimbledon
>Grimsby
>Harrogate
>Orient
>Northampton
>Oxford
>Plymouth
>Portsmouth
>Rotherham
>Walsall
>Burton
>Norwich
>West Bromwich Albion
>Notts County
>Hull
>Bromley
my picks

>boro
>blackburn

2-0 Doncaster lmao
only the 4th game of the lad's career

>solo woman commentator
>empty ground
ffs, this is tinpot as fuck

>Birmingham/Sheffield United on ITV1 tomorrow
>Wrexham/West Brom on ITV1 on Saturday lunchtime (championship)

that's a bit alri lads aye?

>>150202140
The Swansea game looked even worse.

>>150202142
ITV4 tomorrow

>>150202140
no wonder cov had financial issues

deary me

For me, its the battle of the hamptons (taking place on neutral ground at Midhampton

>>150202211
winners get to plough Hannah Hampton

Nice to see Luton's reserve squad is dominating against Championship opposition. This squad depth's going to be insane for League One.

>>150202211
>Essex
>Sussex
>Wessex (RIP)
>No such thing as Nosex

sad

Boro are actually getting humped here, the scoreline is no accident.

why aren't we watching this?
very very disrespectful

>>150202232
Lmao. Rob Edwards is so fucking shit. hahahahahahaahaaha

>>150202238
Because it's a fucking cancer competition that only exists because the PL bribed the NL to vote against FA Cup replays.

>>150202225
>No such thing as Nosex
anon's bedroom lmfao!!

Haji wright is useless

>>150202140
I don't know I think that's comfy af

>Cooling break
woke nonsense

>>150202329
>>150202140
wonder what these types of tickets go for

I've heard for baseball games at 1pm on a Tuesday, MLB tickets can go as low down as $5-10.
Friendlies aside I can't think of anything less consequential than the Carabao Cup first round.

SURELY they must be dirt cheap.
Then again the Ricoh Arena is always pretty deserted. Perhaps there's good reason for that.

>water breaks
>five subs
Managers love it because in their mind its more tools in their control but they still get sacked by October.

>>150202343
Cheap yes. Only time I've ever sat in season ticket holder ends is in early cup rounds.

>>150202140
Its a competition where the winners prize money is £100k

>>150202343
yeah i used to go to games at the metrodome for $7
cheapest ones i see for noon next thursday are $19

>>150202362
They also win the "we won a trophy for the first time in 70 years!!!" award.

>>150202362
it's wild, made it to the quarters in FM and you get fucking nothing, FA cup gives you like 20k for the fourth round

>>150202343
£20, fucking hell. What a robbery.

My Cracovia season ticket's going to be £60.

>>150202377
t. seething mackem. Enjoy going straight back down

>>150202377
do NOT let this poster near any seagulls

They should really just scrap the current format of the league cup and introduce a British Isles version

>>150202408
trvth

>>150202392
I just wasted 5 minutes looking that up when I could have let you do it faster

>>150202409
That would be completely pointless.

>>150202392
deary deary DEARY me
hopefully I can claim I'm an OAP veteran student handicapped

thats a proper stadium

>>150202123
I hate Middlesbrough so much
>t. Boro fan

>>150202372
how much do HOT DOGS and WARM PEANUTS cost?

>>150202425
Fans from English and Scottish shitholes fighting each other every month. Would be incredibly based.

Should introduce drinking in stands and terracing across the ground for the competition, too.

>>150202409
>longer travel times, especially for Ireland's Craggy Island FC
>semis are still only English clubs anyway

>>150202444
Yes I'm sure there's a great appetite on both sides of the border for Stranraer v Fleetwood.

>>150202438
Do you identify as a Yorkshireman?
I didn't know Boro was in Yorkshire until I was 25.
Thought you were all Geordies.

>>150202435
lord please deliver us a /mug/ at this location in january

>>150202425
>>150202444
>>150202452
It would be fun
>1st round
Aberdeen vs Norwich
Cardiff vs Linfield
Millwall vs Shelbourne
Dundalk vs West Brom
Bristol Rovers vs Dundee
Queens Parks vs Queens Park Ranger
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs Plymouth
Celtic vs Shamrock Rovers
Rangers vs Crusaders

>>150202441
peanuts probably $10-12
hot dog might be as low as $8 if it's literally just a hot dog and bun no toppings [ketchup mustard free]
i had a plain cheeseburger at a game last month for $14

>>150202409
they should give the highest finishing EFL team in the competition a guaranteed play-off place at the end of the season.

I'd make the FA Cup have no byes for anyone. Everyone straight in at preliminary qualifying round or whatever it is.

>>150202457
Sounds comfy as fuck. Could have some amazing little features before the games, showcasing random places and their connections.

>>150202469
Nice idea. Every league should have 4 up, 4 down, with the 4th spot being awarded to cup winners.
>win Johnstone Paint trophy in League one
>get relegated

MCBURNIE!!!

>>150202480
He's not has he? I love our Oli

>>150202460
>Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs Plymouth
Imagine the coach trip

>>150202477
as soon as the FA Cup final ends, the winners should be off to a village green somewhere to start their cup defence.

>>150202492
>Tooting & Mitcham United v Crystal Palace

>>150202409
just remove the european cup teams

>>150202477
Based. I fucking despise byes. If you're in a cup, you should all start on the same footing.
"Muh big clubs" would field weaker teams, and be more likely to get knocked out, allowing smaller clubs to have a bigger chance.

>>150202491
fucking hell

>>150202516
we drove that one way to visit my uncle in texas for thanksgiving once

>>150202523
yeehaw

>>150202523
nobody cares fatty

>>150202515
The French Cup would be hilarious for this because there's around 8,500 teams that enter it every year

>>150202492
>>150202515
I make it 747 teams involved from the extra preliminary round onwards so that makes it 10 rounds. Not even that crazy.

>>150202516
The clubs would have to give free travel and tickets for away fans :)

CAM ON YOU IMPS!

>>150202553
See absolutely no reason why 'muh champions league team' can't field their youth for rounds 1-3. Far better for experience than playing literal who youth/reserve competitions.

>>150202547
including teams from oceania, tahiti, africa, french guiana and the caribbean - because it's all 100% France according to Frenchies. They don't do that self-governance shit we do with our overseas territories like Anguilla and the Cayman Islands.

it's basically a world cup

>>150202567
For me, it'd be Pitcairn vs St Kilda.

British Isles League Cup

>Premier League (20 clubs)
>English Football League (72 clubs)
>League of Ireland (10 clubs)
>NIFL Premiership (12 clubs)
>Cymru Premier (12 clubs)
>Scottish Premiership (12 clubs)
>Scottish Championship (10 clubs)
>148 clubs total

You know it makes sense

>>150202582
based

>>150202582
Remove the premierslop, and you'll have a perfect 128 teams.

>>150202537
the larp is real in texas

>>150202586
Are you sure?

>>150202582
or
get this
WORLD LEAGUE CUP
takes 5 years to complete one iteration

only just realised it’s norf vs souf tonight

>>150202582
The police would NEVER allow it.

>>150202523
Just get a plane at that point ffs

>>150202606
that's every night and northern puffs get knocked down and their bussys cummied in by southern chads every time

>Southern Section
>Northampton

woke gone mad

>>150202553
I just used a random number generator to make a draw for this but its too big to post in full. Its 13000 characters or several screenshots.

>>150202615
planes are expensive, that flight would be around $200, with 5 of us makes that 1k

>>150202516
>without traffic
kek

>>150202646
true but you get a day of your life back
did you stop in a hotel or just switch drivers and sleep in the car?

>>150202553
If you have the maximum number of clubs (which includes Step 10) you would have 1,088 teams

>>150202717
hotel, i was a kid n my parents weren't about to do that with three of us lol.
my brother in law drove to colorado for his bachelor party and they did just switch all the way through

If Reform win the next election, will they introduce caps on black players in squads?

>>150202788
Minimum of 6 in the starting XI

>>150202807
Based. Want our football teams to match our new urban landscapes.

>Franks hairline
;_;

>>150202847
In that order

Fucking Coventry cunts.
>pooton brown

wahey

>>150202883
just focus on the league lad

>This is Ellis Simms' 100th Coventry appearance
what the actual FUCK

>>150202916
is he still trash

>>150202744
I don't know why so many don't enter
Anyway some highlights from the fixtures in my draw
>Wythenshawe FC v Manchester United FC
local derby
>Portland United FC v Manchester City FC
down in dorset
>Sutton United FC v Aston Villa FC
almost a league cup tie
>Buckland Athletic FC v Arsenal FC
also in devon
>Chelsea FC v Rayners Lane FC
west london derby
>Gateshead FC v Southampton FC
right old journey
>Tottenham Hotspur FC v Mildenhall Town FC
>Liverpool FC v Ramsgate FC
>Tunbridge Wells FC v Nottingham Forest FC
>Stone Old Alleynians FC v Newcastle United FC
>Hull City v Salisbury FC
>Abbey Rangers FC v Luton Town FC
Pilkington FC are the lucky team with a bye to Round 2

>>150202916
>His name's literally E Sims
Should be sponsored by Airalo or Saily.

>>150202933
That's lost FA Cup revenue for Pilkington.

>>150202933
>Stone Old Alleynians FC
I hope their nickname is "The Ayyyyys".

>>150202933
>I don't know why so many don't enter
Because the FA Cup only goes from Tier 1 to Tier 9. They stopped allowing Tier 10 teams to "make up the numbers" a few years ago. The only eligible club this year who didn't enter was FC Isle of Man of the North West Counties Premier, presumably for travel reasons.

Guernsey entered for the first time in 8 years and were thrown out for the classic "ineligible player": https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2079l1jgz2o

>Boro
Genuinely pathetic

>>150202988
>Tier 10 teams not invited
Money's ruining the game. They only care about the big clubs. 9 Tier Kier has a lot to answer for!

>>150203014
Kek. Some 10th tier teams don't even bother entering the FA Vase. I can understand it for new clubs in the pyramid but if you've been there for a few years surely it would be worth entering.

>wrexsham
wew

based hull

kek wredditham in the mud

great game, Darren, u fat fuck

Ref lining up for a free kick

>>150203096
nigga what is that 360p nonsense
just get sky already you povvo twat

>>150202986
Known as 'The Old Boys' apparently

is this going to be included in the documentary? lolololololol

>>150203096
TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

OH NO NO NO
RYAN REYNOLDS YOU'RE GETTING MAULED BY THE TIGERS

rektham sissies, how's the rape?

Doncaster fans are doing oles every time boro try to cross or shoot

ynr graham poll gave the same guy three yellow cards in the world cup and then retired

>poshes scored
come on , fat fucks

Alright lads slept in until 6.15am

Up the bastard Tigers they're playing well

I think this might be some of the Hull City Fans Forum boomer's finest work too

NOT SO FAST TIGERS

scripted bullshit

holy KWABOTYull

based script writers

Hahahahaha you're actually joking

oh my days there's no way this isn't scripted
i kneel reynolds-sama

>Dillon Phillips
What the fuck was that

benuldies :DDDDDD

sigh we should have beaten Plymouth

5 games gone to benulties, 6 if Bromley Ipswich stays the same

>black penalty taker vs black goalkeeper
like a cat with buttered toast strapped to his back

>trollbar in the shootout
oh no no no

going to commit suicide now. see you next match...

This fucking football club lol

How the fuck

No wonder Rotherham released Phillips, he is fucking shite

>>150203394
Have to pray Pandur doesn't get injured

Or sign yet another keeper lol

>ipshit
uh oh

5/10 penalties scored at the hawthorns what on earth are they playing at

>>150203411
Have to hope those Boro rumours are bollocks as well.

>Or sign yet another keeper lol
Half of them are out on loan ffs.

Sheffield Wednesday protest action announced for Saturday
>funeral procession

BROMLEY!

>>150203480
Is this finally announcing the death of Wednesday as a Big Club?

>>150203497
kek never
reminder anyone who goes to that game will be looking at a big empty stand with the owner's name on it

>stream switches to girls junior bowling championships
that's me sorted for the evening

Friendly reminder that Boro got btfo, bigly. Thank you for your attention to this matter.