The Thread Where ONO Cries Himself to Sleep

[Lineker]

First Round


Hartlepool United v Sheffield United

Leicester City v Macclesfield Town

Walsall v Tranmere Rovers

Carlisle United v Huddersfield Town

Stockport County v Preston North End

Barnsley v Rochdale

Morecambe v Coventry City

Doncaster Rovers v Accrington Stanley

Chesterfield v Middlesbrough

Peterborough United v Rotherham United

Bradford City v Nottingham Forest

Leeds United v Lincoln City

Sheffield Wednesday v Bury

Scunthorpe United v Oldham Athletic

Crewe Alexandra v Derby County

Exeter City v Ipswich Town

Southend United v Bristol City

Southampton v AFC Bournemouth

Brentford v Cheltenham Town

Queens Park Rangers v Port Vale

Torquay United v Reading

Norwich City v Gillingham

Stevenage v Portsmouth

Shrewsbury Town v Charlton Athletic

Cardiff City v Burton Albion

Northampton Town v Brighton & Hove Albion

Swansea City v Barnet

Plymouth Argyle v Notts County

Wycombe Wanderers v Millwall

Oxford United v Bristol Rovers

Milton Keynes Dons v Dagenham & Redbridge

Hereford United v Colchester United

Yeovil Town v Crystal Palace

Aldershot Town v Watford

Swindon Town v Leyton Orient[/code]


Relegated Portsmouth face a trip to League Two newcomers Stevenage in the first round of the Carling Cup.


Portsmouth's south-coast neighbours Southampton face a home tie against fellow League One side Bournemouth.


In the northern section, promoted Leeds host Lincoln, Stockport host Preston and Rochdale face Barnsley.


The ties will be played in the week commencing 9 August, with Premier League clubs and Hull and Burnley entering in the later rounds.


Burnley and Hull, the highest placed of the clubs relegated from the Premier League, have a bye to round two along with Premier League clubs not involved in European competition.


Holders Manchester United, who beat Aston Villa in last season's final, are among the clubs entering in round three.


Wednesday's draw, coming a day before the announcement of league fixtures, was divided into two sections and then split between seeded and unseeded teams - meaning Championship clubs could not face each other.


Cardiff, who lost in the Championship play-off final, are drawn at home against Burton Albion while beaten play-off semi-finalists Nottingham Forest and Leicester face Bradford and Macclesfield respectively.


Oxford United, who beat York City in the Conference play-off final, entertain Bristol Rovers.


Cherries vs. Southampton in the first round at St. Mary's, what a fab draw! Interesting tie for Pompey too; away to Stevenage. A big win there could set the tone for the rest of their season, provided they have enough players still around to record it of course.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ugh. No cup run for Gillingham this year

[Lineker]

Anyone else fancy Stevenage to beat Portsmouth?

[stokeriño]

Wouldn't surprise me. A Coventry-supporting friend of mine was all "WE BEAT PORTSMOUTH! WE BEAT PORTSMOUTH!" this weekend. I had to point out to him that beating any team with only 15 players on the books is always going to be possible.

Combine that with Stevenage just being excited to be in the competition for the first time, and it could certainly be interesting.

[IAceI]

Price dependant and also wehre I can find someone to go with I may go see Carlisle take on Huddersfield tonight. Would expect them lot to win but Carlisle got a good win against Brentford in the opener.

Plus I'd like to see how it's going for Joe Garner. Sold to Forest some years ago for £1.14m, now out on loan to Huddersfield at the same tier he was in just some years ago.

[lanky316]

Bad performance last night by Boro'. Starting off at snails pace and they were there for the taking last night. Unusual to see our defence being so inept since four out of four have been giving them too much space in the box for a free header/tap in from a cross. Showed far too much respect to Pompey and gave them too much room, they've still got a decent first 11 but once they pick up a knock or two I can see them being slaughtered.

[Lineker]

Really hoping that Pitman and Symes can lead Bournemouth to a win over Southampton. Also, Watford to beat Aldershot to register back-to-back wins, please.

[britneyspearsisgod]

Oxford United 6 - 1 Bristol Rovers.

[Dan]

Wow. Bristol Rovers are shit

[stokeriño]

Watford-supporting work colleague was at the game tonight. Hopefully he'll translate his joy into greater productivity tomorrow.

[badotori]

Both Crewe and Port Vale getting wins over Championship opposition = my night made .

Edited August 10, 2010 by badotori

[9 to 5]

Fuck you Plymouth for ruining my bet!

[EddieG]

Fuck you Accringston Stanley.

[hugobomb]

Shrewsbury come back from 3-0 down to beat Charlton 4-3! .

[GA!]

Lots and lots of surprises tonight. The League Cup continues to be underrated. Shame Grimsby Town can't participate in it right now.

[Dynamite]

That was a good, exciting night of football. The midweek, nighttime matches give it something special and I think after last year's semi's between us and Man City and the Villa-Blackburn games, there is big potential there for the League Cup to produce entertaining matches and hopefully become something the biggest teams start to care more about.

[Adam]

Fuck you Doncaster Rovers, for being so shit that you let Accrington Stanley beat you. With your first choice defence playing.

Fixed.

[EddieG]

Fuck you Doncaster Rovers, for being so shit that you let Accrington Stanley beat you. With your first choice defence playing.

Fixed.

Heh, I didn't watch it, just saw the score online.

Did you go?

[Sam]

That was a good, exciting night of football. The midweek, nighttime matches give it something special and I think after last year's semi's between us and Man City and the Villa-Blackburn games, there is big potential there for the League Cup to produce entertaining matches and hopefully become something the biggest teams start to care more about.

I would say the big teams do care about it, look at all the recent finals, big teams are being involved in them. It's never going to be the FA Cup but I think it has gained in value in recent years. I would imagine Man City have targeted winning it as it would be a show of intent.

Also Colchester winning 3-0 makes me happy we always go out so early in this cup, hopefully we get to the 3rd or 4th round this year.

Edited August 10, 2010 by Sam

[Adam]

Fuck you Doncaster Rovers, for being so shit that you let Accrington Stanley beat you. With your first choice defence playing.

Fixed.

Heh, I didn't watch it, just saw the score online.

Did you go?

Yes I did, wish I hadn't bothered though tbh. We were poor, but the worst thing is James Hayter went off with a hamstring injury and could be out for ages now. I don't mind losing because let's face it, the Carling Cup is not high on our list of priorities, but to have a key player who was already an injury doubt be needlessly played and get a potentially serious injury is very frustrating.