The Capital One Cup 2012/13 Thread

[Matt]

Lionel Messi, eat your heart out:

I'll enjoy watching him play for Norwich in January.

[MDK]

Well that sucked

[Lineker]

Wolves are already ahread of Northampton - Danny Batth with the opener.

[Starvinho]

Is the third round draw tonight? I'm sure I heard that the other day.

[Baddar]

Don't they usually do it on SSN on a Saturday, this early on?

[Lineker]

I'm not sure actually?

Clive Platt ties it up. 1-1.

[Lineker]

Nouble restores Wolves' lead. 2-1.

[Starvinho]

Just had a quick look on Twitter and it looks like the draw is tonight after the game.

[Lineker]

New signing Bakary Sako wraps it up for Wolves. 3-1; adds some gloss.

[stokeriño]

Chelsea home to Wolves......blaaaaaah.

[Lineker]

Carlisle away, fuck that.

[Starvinho]

Newcastle at home, should be a big test for our kids.

[Lineker]

Leeds/Everton should be a good tie too.

[Cheeky Hughes]

City at home to Villa. Could be worse, I guess.

[9 to 5]

Carlisle away, fuck that.

Part-timer!

[stokeriño]

As usual, in the absence of any different/interesting team to play, my main interest in this fixture will hopefully be in seeing starts for the likes of Oscar, maybe Marin (if fit), or even Piazon.

Actually we've loaned out half of the Lukaku/Hutchinson/etc. types who would normally get a game here, so maybe it won't be all that changed...

[Adam]

Norwich away.

My interest in this competition is officially over. Bring on the Johnstone's Paint!

[Lineker]

Draw details in full:

Liverpool will face their former assistant manager Steve Clarke again as they kick off their Capital One Cup defence with a trip to West Brom.

Clarke, who was Kenny Dalglish's assistant at Anfield before both men were sacked in the summer, took charge at The Hawthorns in June.

He led Albion to a 3-0 Premier League win over Liverpool on the opening day.

Manchester United host Newcastle, neighbours City are at home to Aston Villa and Chelsea face Wolves.

Tottenham, still looking for their first win under new manager Andre Villas-Boas, face an awkward trip to League One Carlisle, who put out Championship side Ipswich in the last round.

Other intriguing ties see Everton, winners of their opening three league and cup games, visit Neil Warnock's Leeds, and Sunderland travel to League One side MK Dons, conquerors of Blackburn in round two.

Paolo di Canio's Swindon, who caused an upset by knocking out Premier League Stoke in the last round, have been handed a home tie against Championship side Burnley.

Crawley will be at home to Swansea and Arsenal host Coventry, while QPR face Reading in an all-Premier League match-up.

The ties will be played on the week commencing 24 September.

Man Utd v Newcastle

Man City v Aston Villa

MK Dons v Sunderland

West Brom v Liverpool

Crawley v Swansea

QPR v Reading

Norwich v Doncaster

Bradford v Burton

Preston v Middlesbrough

Arsenal v Coventry

Southampton v Sheff Wed

Chelsea v Wolves

Carlisle v Tottenham

Swindon v Burnley

West Ham v Wigan

Leeds v Everton

[DavidMarrio]

Figures, enroll in the auto cup scheme for the League Cup and FA Cup for the home games......draw an away game

[Colly]

Idle curiosity since there's no way I'm paying so much for a glorified reserve game, but how much do Man Utd charge home fans for league cup games? Just got the pricing for the game in two weeks, £45 for away fans compared to £20 that I paid at Chelsea of all places two years ago. Ridiculous.