League Cup

[Hazzman]

Draw tomorrow at 9.30 am.

We're in the Northern half and seeded.

Teams we can play are: Carlisle Utd, Oldham Ath, Tranmere Rovers, Hartlepool United, Rochdale, Stockport Co, Morecambe, Rotherham Utd, Chesterfield, Bury, Bradford City, Accrington S, Crewe Alex, Macclesfield Tn and Lincoln City.

 

[Scarby]

we will get Bradford City away

 

[homer]

It's just too exciting for words

 

[TommyK]

we will get Bradford City away

Hope so!

 

[MHS]

Bury at home, please.

 

[bocadillo]

Draw tomorrow at 9.30 am.

We're in the Northern half and seeded.

Teams we can play are: Carlisle Utd, Oldham Ath, Tranmere Rovers, Hartlepool United, Rochdale, Stockport Co, Morecambe, Rotherham Utd, Chesterfield, Bury, Bradford City, Accrington S, Crewe Alex, Macclesfield Tn and Lincoln City.

Never seen City at Morecambe, Bury or Lincoln, so I'd like one of them away. Never been to Morecambe at all, so if we get them it ticks two boxes.

Could somebody please explain to me how we are north of Notts and Burton?

 

[consty]

This is a mortal insult. To be considered or grouped with northerners. I have never been so insulted in all my life.

 

[Hazzman]

Chesterfield would be a new ground (for City too) and easily reachable.

Failing that there's 5 of the grounds I haven't done.

Then, I wouldn't mind Lincoln away either.

 

[SJN-Fox]

This is a mortal insult. To be considered or grouped with northerners. I have never been so insulted in all my life.

You must have been surely

 

[bocadillo]

This is a mortal insult. To be considered or grouped with northerners. I have never been so insulted in all my life.

You felt OK about it last year then, did you? and the year before...

 

[city-faithful]

Am I bit dim? (short answer yes with a but, long answer no with an if). I never actually realised that the first round of the League cup was regionalised? What is the thinking behind that?

 

[fitz]

This is a mortal insult. To be considered or grouped with northerners. I have never been so insulted in all my life.

Not sure what you mean, all those teams are down South

 

[bocadillo]

Am I bit dim? (short answer yes with a but, long answer no with an if). I never actually realised that the first round of the League cup was regionalised? What is the thinking behind that?

It's been regionalised for year, if not forever. It's supposed to cut down on travelling for impoverished clubs - though how it can be said to do that when F!"£$t can't play County, God only knows.

 

[homer]

Am I bit dim? (short answer yes with a but, long answer no with an if). I never actually realised that the first round of the League cup was regionalised? What is the thinking behind that?

To save money - they don't want to make Torquay travel all the way up to Middlesborough for some crappy mid week 1st round game that no one really cares about

 

[city-faithful]

Makes enough sense I suppose. Doesn't bode well for ground collectors though!

 

[Jeff]

Could somebody please explain to me how we are north of Notts and Burton?

It's because they do the seedings first and there are a lot of unseeded teams north of Notts/Burton, so they end up in the southern group.

 

[bocadillo]

It's because they do the seedings first and there are a lot of unseeded teams north of Notts/Burton, so they end up in the southern group.

Bonkers - the next thing you will be telling me is that New Zealand will get a World Cup point.

 

[LCFCmonkey]

Bonkers - the next thing you will be telling me is that New Zealand will get a World Cup point.

Don't be silly. It'll be a long time before that happens...

 

[beaumontfox]

Even if I'm skint if we get Morecambe or Chesterfield away I'm going.

 

[4-4-2]

What a fine example to set!