Carabao League Cup 2019/20 Thread

[UpTheLeagueFox]

14 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

I think the unpopular opinions thread is exactly where this needs to be.

Imagine how we’d feel if we suddenly got up rooted and became the Devonshire Foxes. 

Then set up our own Phoenix club, when we played them it would be more than a little petty.

AFC Wimbledon have a done an amazing job to get whey they have.

MK Dons, after their awful re-birth 15 years ago, are doing a fine job in their own right.

Wimbledon should be proud of their rise.

MKD should be proud of what they're doing now.

 

I can understand the initial anger/pettiness, maybe even until they first played each other.

Last season Wimbledon were in a higher division.

At some point, surely, you start to move on, like with most things in life.

 

As a fellow football league club, AFCW have treated MKD very poorly.

They could rise above any bitterness - 15 years on - but they choose not to.

I personally think it reflects poorly on them.

 

PS Whenever I've covered games at MK Dons, they've been nothing short of magnificent, always helpful with the media and I've seen some of the terrific work they do in the community. I despise how they came about but I applaud what they do now. If that's an unpopular view, I can deal with that.

[Filbert_Ross]

Any idea why Birm v Portsmouth as tomorrow night and the rest of the games are next week???‍♂️

[StanSP]

28 minutes ago, Filbert_Ross said:

Any idea why Birm v Portsmouth as tomorrow night and the rest of the games are next week???‍♂️

Presumably because West Brom & Walsall both at home next week on same day too.

[Filbert_Ross]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Presumably because West Brom & Walsall both at home next week on same day too.

 

Just looked again after you said that & Portsmouth are at home actually. 

[StanSP]

7 minutes ago, Filbert_Ross said:

 

Just looked again after you said that & Portsmouth are at home actually. 

Oh  i have no idea then!

[KrefelderFox666]

2nd Round draw is taking place tomorrow (Tuesday 13th August) live on SkySports after the Salford vs Leeds live match.

 

Gonna be strange having the draw done in a studio rather than a supermarket or at 4am in Bangkok.

[Corky]

They'll probably still drag in Timmy Mallett and Zippy from Rainbow to conduct it, though.

[KrefelderFox666]

The draw is split into North/South and the draw numbers are confirmed as:

 

	South Section			North Section
1	AFC Bournemouth		1	Aston Villa
2	Brighton & Hove Albion		2	Burnley
3	Cardiff City		3	Everton
4	Crystal Palace		4	Leicester City
5	Fulham		5	Newcastle United
6	Norwich City		6	Sheffield United
7	Southampton		7	Tranmere Rovers / Hull City
8	Watford		8	Grimsby Town / Doncaster Rovers
9	West Ham United		9	Wigan Athletic / Stoke City
10	Portsmouth		10	Port Vale / Burton Albion
11	Colchester United / Swindon Town		11	Nottingham Forest / Fleetwood Town
12	AFC Wimbledon / Milton Keynes Dons		12	Bradford City / Preston North End
13	Oxford United / Peterborough United		13	Blackpool / Macclesfield Town
14	Queens Park Rangers / Bristol City		14	Blackburn Rovers / Oldham Athletic
15	Plymouth Argyle / Leyton Orient		15	Mansfield Town / Morecambe
16	Wycombe Wanderers / Reading		16	Accrington Stanley / Sunderland
17	Charlton Athletic / Forest Green Rovers		17	Scunthorpe United / Derby County
18	Gillingham / Newport County		18	Rochdale / Bolton Wanderers
19	Stevenage / Southend United		19	Huddersfield Town / Lincoln City
20	Luton Town / Ipswich Town		20	Middlesbrough / Crewe Alexandra
21	Walsall / Crawley Town		21	Shrewsbury Town / Rotherham United
22	Bristol Rovers / Cheltenham Town		22	Sheffield Wednesday / Bury
23	Brentford / Cambridge United		23	Salford City / Leeds United
24	Coventry City / Exeter City		24	Barnsley / Carlisle United
25	Swansea City / Northampton Town
26	West Bromwich Albion / Millwall

 

I fancy either a home game, preferably against a mid to lower PL team, or a local away game.

[Voll Blau]

Port Vale away please.

[SemperEadem]

Any of Barnsley, Port Vale, PNE, Bradford, Grimsby or Wigan all being away would do me nicely.

[RowlattsFox]

Might be one of few chances I have to get a ticket so hoping anyone in north west.

[ScouseFox]

let’s get leeds away that’d be great waccoe

[spacemunky]

Nice to see that there's a couple matches on here today.

 

 

[walkerleeds]

Barnsley away. Relive the glory days of needing a couple of results there to stay up.

[Fox92]

As always a new ground for me would be nice.

 

Port Vale away.

[Rain King]

Just now, Fox92 said:

As always a new ground for me would be nice.

 

Port Vale away.

Yep same here

[David Guiza]

8 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

As always a new ground for me would be nice.

 

Port Vale away.

Amazed how we've managed to avoid playing them in a competitive match for the vast majority of time I've been a STH holder/reasonable away regular - which is since around 2000. I've been to most other Football League regulars either through our yo-yoing around the leagues or through cup matches, but they and Notts County continue to avoid us. 

[Fox92]

12 minutes ago, David Guiza said:

Amazed how we've managed to avoid playing them in a competitive match for the vast majority of time I've been a STH holder/reasonable away regular - which is since around 2000. I've been to most other Football League regulars either through our yo-yoing around the leagues or through cup matches, but they and Notts County continue to avoid us. 

Definitely. I only managed to get to Meadow Lane because of the friendly last season.

Bradford are one for me to. I started going regular around 2002/03 (I was about 10 and did a handful of away games.... one of which was Grimsby which is how I've ticked that off!) and I believe Bradford away that season was midweek so I didn't go but we haven't played them since

Edited 13 August 2019 by Fox92

[Stuntman_Mike]

Hoping Salford knock Leeds out and we get them to help my 92.

[David Guiza]

10 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Definitely. I only managed to get to Meadow Lane because of the friendly last season.

Bradford are one for me to. I started going regular around 2002/03 (I was about 10 and did a handful of away games.... one of which was Grimsby which is how I've ticked that off!) and I believe Bradford away that season was midweek so I didn't go but we haven't played them since

Yeah I was a little disappointed to miss that friendly, though it would be good to play them in a cup match too!

 

I made Bradford around the Trevor Benjiman days, must have been the 02/03 season I guess. Grimsby was one off my first away matches too in a cup game I think, then again for the infamous Muzzy goal. There used to be a thread on here ages ago with numbers of grounds ticked off by each poster, wonder who's up to where now!

 

 One of the downsides of being a Premier League regular is definitely missing out on these grounds, I could go as a neutral but if i'm not at an LCFC game there's usually a list of other things I need to do with my weekend instead. 

[HybridFox]

Forest away! 

[norwichfox]

Newport County away....let's get it over with.

[Lambert09]

is this not seeded? If not, surely we have an advantage with less prem sides in the northern draw. 

[Fox in the North]

Leeds away

[gurru991]

On 20/06/2019 at 14:49, StanSP said:

Salford vs Leeds. Hope Leeds win.

I never hope Leeds win anything except "Twats of the Year"