The Carling Cup 2011/12 Thread

[Starvinho]

First round draw has just been made;

Rochdale v Chesterfield

Port Vale v Huddersfield Town

Rotherham United v Leicester City

Hull City v Macclesfield Town

Hartlepool United v Sheffield United

Leeds United v Bradford City

Doncaster Rovers v Tranmere Rovers

Walsall v Middlesbrough

Barnsley v Morecambe

Accrington Stanley v Scunthorpe United

Derby County v Shrewsbury Town

Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United

Bury v Coventry City

Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool

Burnley v Burton Albion

Preston North End v Crewe Alexandra

Nottingham Forest v Notts County

Brighton & Hove Albion v Gillingham

AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge

Ipswich Town v Northampton Town

Cheltenham Town v Milton Keynes Dons

Bristol Rovers v Watford

Plymouth Argyle v Millwall

Oxford United v Cardiff City

West Ham United v Aldershot Town

Southampton v Torquay United

Charlton Athletic v Reading

Portsmouth v Barnet

Stevenage v Peterborough United

Southend United v Leyton Orient

Wycombe Wanderers v Colchester United

Hereford United v Brentford

Exeter City v Yeovil Town

Bristol City v Swindon Town

Crystal Palace v Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon

Crawley and Wimbledon play on July 29th in a preliminary round due to Birmingham's bye to the third round due to their European commitments. First round ties are to be played week commencing 8th August.

[Lineker]

Crawley Town and AFC Wimbledon will face each other in a Carling Cup preliminary round tie next month.

The Football League's two newest clubs will meet at Crawley's Broadfield Stadium on Friday, 29 July for a place in the first round proper.

The preliminary round is necessary as holders Birmingham were relegated from the Premier League.

But because of their Europa League commitments they will not start their Cup defence until round three.

The Carling Cup therefore requires one club fewer in the first round, so the two clubs placed lowest in the domestic league system last season will meet in the one-off game.

The draw for the first round takes place at 1000 BST on Thursday and will feature clubs from the Championship, League One and League Two.

The draw will be divided into North and South sections, with 17 northern pairings and 18 southern pairings.

GROUPINGS

NORTH

Seeded teams - Barnsley, Blackpool, Burnley, Carlisle, Coventry, Derby, Doncaster, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Middlesbrough, Nottingham Forest, Preston, Rochdale, Scunthorpe, Sheffield United.

Unseeded teams - Accrington, Bradford, Burton, Bury, Chesterfield, Crewe, Hartlepool, Macclesfield, Morecambe, Notts County, Oldham, Port Vale, Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday, Shrewsbury, Tranmere, Walsall.

SOUTH

Seeded teams - Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol City, Cardiff, Colchester, Crystal Palace, Exeter, Ipswich, Leyton Orient, Millwall, MK Dons, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Watford, West Ham.

Unseeded teams - Aldershot, Barnet, Bristol Rovers, Charlton, Cheltenham, Crawley/AFC Wimbledon, Dagenham & Redbridge, Gillingham, Hereford, Northampton, Oxford, Plymouth, Southend, Stevenage, Swindon, Torquay, Wycombe, Yeovil.

The draw has now been made and tasty fixtures include Nottingham Forest vs. Notts County, Leeds vs. Bradford, and should they get past Crawley, AFC Wimbledon return to a previous home in the form of an away trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Also, West Ham vs. Aldershot and Sheffield Wednesday vs. Blackpool.

First-round draw:


Rochdale v Chesterfield

Port Vale v Huddersfield Town

Hull City v Macclesfield Town

Rotherham United v Leicester City

Hartlepool United v Sheffield United

Leeds United v Bradford City

Doncaster Rovers v Tranmere Rovers

Walsall v Middlesbrough

Barnsley v Morecambe

Accrington Stanley v Scunthorpe United

Derby County v Shrewsbury Town

Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United

Bury v Coventry City

Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool

Burnley v Burton Albion

Preston North End v Crewe Alexandra

Nottingham Forest v Notts County

Brighton & Hove Albion v Gillingham

AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge

Ipswich Town v Northampton Town

Cheltenham Town v Milton Keynes Dons

Bristol Rovers v Watford

Plymouth Argyle v Millwall

Oxford United v Cardiff City

West Ham United v Aldershot Town

Southampton v Torquay United

Charlton Athletic v Reading

Portsmouth v Barnet

Stevenage v Peterborough United

Southend United v Leyton Orient

Wycombe Wanderers v Colchester United

Hereford United v Brentford

Exeter City v Yeovil Town

Bristol City v Swindon Town

Crystal Palace v Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon


Ties to be played week commencing August 8.[/code]

[Lineker]

EDIT: two threads merged

[IAceI]

Away to Oldham, sack that, may have gone had it been at home. Who cares anyways, the JPT is the main trophy ¬_¬

[britneyspearsisgod]

At home to Watford... let's hope Mackay goes to Cardiff and Watford start the season on a downer

[Matt]

Ahhh Bradford, the one Yorkshire derby I even remotely give a shit about, which is weird because I know no Bradford fans and yet I know at least one fan of Huddersfield, Sheff United, Wednesday, Barnsley and Hull. It's probably something to do with the fact that they all hate Leeds and I just laugh it off but I don't know any Bradford fans to laugh off

Anyway yeah, we'll lose cos we're shit at derby matches.

[Starvinho]

Crawley through to the first round after beating Wimbledon 3-2 in the preliminary round.

[Lineker]

Fuck Crawley. Bastards.

[Starvinho]

Crystal Palace vs Crawley has been postponed due to the riots, brings the total games postponed for this evening to three, West Ham vs Aldershot and Charlton vs Reading are the others.

[IAceI]

They really need to fuck off with this rioting shit, it's starting to mess with football. I couldn't care less if England's pointless friendly gets called off - good riddance if it does, in fact - but I draw a line when it starts to mess with the league and domestic trophies.

Get it sorted.

[Starvinho]

Bristol City vs Swindon is now postponed too.

[Starvinho]

Palace-Crawley rescheduled for Tuesday 23rd August.

[IAceI]

So for round two basically, back log going to be created already.

[Starvinho]

West Ham-Aldershot rescheduled for Wednesday 24th.

Edit: Charlton-Reading on the 23rd.

Edited August 9, 2011 by Starvinho

[Starvinho]

Bradford leading Leeds 1-0 at HT, I need Leeds to score in the second half for my goals galore bet to come in, 80-odd quid if I win!

[Matt]

This is fucking dire. The London riots will look like a holiday in Tuscany compared to the shitstorm that will go down in Beeston if we continue to be this shite for much longer.

Edit:

[Starvinho]

25 seconds and 1-1!

I still hate Leeds though

[Matt]

25 seconds and 1-1!

I still hate Leeds though

I know the feeling

[Starvinho]

Cracking goal that, 2-1 Bradford.

[Matt]

You know what we need when we're 2-1 down? To bring some more defenders on.