Carabao Cup 2023/24

[Lineker]

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The Carabao Cup Round One draw has been made and the ties – set to take place week commencing 7th August – have been confirmed.

The draw in full is as follows:

Northern Section

• Notts County v Lincoln City
• Bolton Wanderers v Barrow AFC
• Hull City v Doncaster Rovers
• Mansfield Town v Grimsby Town
• Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion
• Sheffield Wednesday v Stockport County
• Leeds United v Shrewsbury Town
• Preston North End v Salford City
• Rotherham United v Morecambe
• Harrogate Town v Carlisle United
• Burton Albion v Leicester City
• Accrington Stanley v Bradford City
• Derby County v Blackpool
• Port Vale v Fleetwood Town
• Barnsley v Tranmere Rovers
• Blackburn Rovers v Walsall
• Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough
• Wrexham AFC v Wigan Athletic
• Sunderland AFC v Crewe Alexandra

Southern Section

• Plymouth Argyle v Leyton Orient
• Forest Green Rovers v Portsmouth
• Swansea City v Northampton Town
• Exeter City v Crawley Town
• Ipswich Town v Bristol Rovers
• Newport County v Charlton Athletic
• Stevenage v Watford
• Cheltenham Town v Birmingham City
• Sutton United v Cambridge United
• Milton Keynes Dons v Wycombe Wanderers
• Millwall v Reading
• AFC Wimbledon v Coventry City
• Bristol City v Oxford United
• Gillingham v Southampton
• Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City
• Peterborough United v Swindon Town
• Cardiff City v Colchester United

 

[Lineker]

TV games are Wrexham/Wigan tomorrow and Burton/Leicester on Wednesday.

[lanky316]

Stevenage rest most of the team and control most of the game against Watford who have seemingly sent out the side that ran riot at the weekend before getting through on penalties. That was a pleasant surprise. I'm under no illusions that we're still looking a bit lightweight going forwards and that the Watford side must have been pretty tired but getting points on the board in the league and a small cup run is always nice even if we go out. Chelsea at Broadhall Way for round two please.

[Lineker]

 

[TheGrandAvatar]

5 hours ago, Lineker said:

 

The pantomime has come to town early.

[Adam]

Doncaster Rovers v Everton in the 2nd Round. Heh.

[Lineker]

SECOND ROUND DRAW

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Northern Section

• Tranmere Rovers v Leicester City
• Salford City v Leeds United
• Harrogate Town v Blackburn Rovers
• Stoke City v Rotherham United
• Wrexham v Bradford City
• Doncaster Rovers v Everton
• Bolton Wanderers v Middlesbrough
• Port Vale v Crewe Alexandra
• Nottingham Forest v Burnley
• Sheffield Wednesday v Mansfield Town
• Wolverhampton Wanderers v Blackpool
• Sheffield United v Lincoln City

Southern Section

• Bristol City v QPR or Norwich
• Plymouth Argyle v Crystal Palace
• Reading v Ipswich Town
• Portsmouth v Peterborough United
• Luton Town v Gillingham
• Swansea City v Bournemouth
• Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur
• Exeter City v Stevenage
• Wycombe Wanderers v Sutton United
• Birmingham City v Cardiff City
• Newport County v Brentford
• Chelsea v AFC Wimbledon

Round Two ties will take place week commencing 28th August.

Edited August 15, 2023 by Lineker

[Baddar]

Talking of the draw

 

 

[Colly]

Top tip: Talk into the shaft, not the balls.

[Lineker]

Lol, some things will literally never change.

 

Richy scored - even a blind squirrel finds an acorn, I guess.

[stokeriño]

Chelsea have 83% possession at home to Wimbledon and are behind to a penalty.  Sounds about right.

[Adam]

Doncaster 1-0 Everton at half time. Offside but a deserved lead overall, Rovers have been the better side.

As soon as the game kicked off, I can't lie, I didn't feel any split allegiance at all.

[Colly]

Which way are you leaning?

[Lineker]

19 minutes ago, Adam said:

Doncaster 1-0 Everton at half time. Offside but a deserved lead overall, Rovers have been the better side.

As soon as the game kicked off, I can't lie, I didn't feel any split allegiance at all.

The Adam derby!

[Twist]

My first thought when I saw the game on Sky Sports was it's the Adam derby!

[Kyle]

Goals! Goals! Everton scoring goals! Plural!

[Adam]

54 minutes ago, Colly said:

Which way are you leaning?

Doncaster 100%. Probably for the best Everton have won but I'm happier as a Donny fan after that than I am as an Everton fan, if that makes sense.

[Colly]

Phew!

[Colly]

Newcastle have implemented an advance cup ticket scheme for the first time, so I'm actually quite pleased it's Man City rather than Sutton Utd to justify my £20.

For the same reason I'm hoping for Bayern, Real and Milan for the Champions League. I'm a cheapskate fundamentally. 

Edited August 30, 2023 by Colly

[Gazz]

So Newcastle get allocated the wrong ball, and as a result draw Man City rather than Fulham.

Conspiracy.