Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

[Kevin S]

So the League Cup, now the EFL Cup, does not appear to have a title sponsor this season? The first round draw is to be broadcast at 13:00 on Facebook today.

Norwich and Newcastle have been given a bye. The EFL have annoyingly divided these pictures the wrong way, so you have to refer to both pictures when looking for a team's possible opponents (i.e. seeded North will play unseeded North.)





The League Trophy, now the EFL Trophy, is (as discussed on another thread) going to accept "16 category 1 Premier League academy/under-21 sides", and can, as a result, fuck right off.

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Cambridge have been put in the Northern half!

[cantagalo]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Have I got this right? We now have the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy?

And who the fuck are EFL?

[ad hoc]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Kevchenkeau wrote: Cambridge have been put in the Northern half!

And Peterborough, Villa, Coventry etc in the South

[ad hoc]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

cantagalo wrote: Have I got this right? We now have the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy?

And who the fuck are EFL?

Until 6 months ago EFL was the field of (teaching & learning) English as a Foreign Language. In my world it still is. But apparently it is also now the rebranded football league

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

cantagalo wrote: Have I got this right? We now have the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy?

And who the fuck are EFL?

It's just the Football League. It rebranded to "EFL" (English Football League). Didn't you get the memo?

[seand]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Is seeding in the first round a new thing? EFL, by the league's own admission, is an attempt at a hjashtag friendly 'brand' [shudder]

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

ad hoc wrote:

Cambridge have been put in the Northern half!

And Peterborough, Villa, Coventry etc in the South

Yes, but those three are seeded so can't swap. Shame though, as it means Cambridge can't get Ipswich or Peterborough. Burton, Derby and Forest are the closest ones for United I think.

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

I hope it is Forest, actually. Believe it or not, Cambridge and Forest have only met once before, in a memorable League Cup tie. Why the amber and black were not worn, I'm not sure.

https://[video=youtube_share;zyBU1gd...?v=zyBU1gduACE[/video]

It won't be Forest, now, of course.

[Capybara]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

seand wrote: Is seeding in the first round a new thing? EFL, by the league's own admission, is an attempt at a hjashtag friendly 'brand' [shudder]

It's been seeded (like this) for the past couple of years at least. And [shudder] shared.

[Hot Orange]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Cambridge get Wednesday.

[longeared]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Calling it the "EFL Cup" is a neat way of covering up the fact that it doesn't currently have a sponsor.

Anyway, Wednesday get the trip to Cambridge, not been there for some time. Let's hope it's a rerun of 1993 rather than 1991.

[Hot Orange]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Ipswich v Stevenage. Repeat of last season.

[Diable Rouge]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

The full draw.

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Monsieur Orange Chaude wrote: Cambridge get Wednesday.

longeared wrote: Calling it the "EFL Cup" is a neat way of covering up the fact that it doesn't currently have a sponsor.

Anyway, Wednesday get the trip to Cambridge, not been there for some time. Let's hope it's a rerun of 1993 rather than 1991.

Oooh, nice!

There was also a meeting in the League Cup in 1998, which Cambridge won over two legs, 0-1 at Hillsborough and 1-1 at the Abbey.

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Monsieur Orange Chaude wrote: Ipswich v Stevenage. Repeat of last season.

Oh, that is about as "meh" a tie as Town could have got, isn't it? No offence to Stevenage, like.

[ad hoc]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Kevchenkeau wrote:

Cambridge get Wednesday.

longeared wrote: Calling it the "EFL Cup" is a neat way of covering up the fact that it doesn't currently have a sponsor.

Anyway, Wednesday get the trip to Cambridge, not been there for some time. Let's hope it's a rerun of 1993 rather than 1991.

Oooh, nice!

There was also a meeting in the League Cup in 1998, which Cambridge won over two legs, 0-1 at Hillsborough and 1-1 at the Abbey.

I remember a cup tie in the 80s. We won 2-1, after scoring a dodgy one (Megson, I think) where the away fans held onto the ball after it went out of play and then threw it back on when the goal kick had been taken, causing chaos.

[Gangster Octopus]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Morecambe at home. Again.

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Here's Trevor Benjamin's goal at Hillsborough from 1998. Kevin Pressman, oh my word.

So this was the same season as the Forest game mentioned above. Perhaps after confusing the hell out of the Owls by turning up in blue, Cambridge decided it was a lucky kit and chose to wear it against Forest as well?

[longeared]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Looking at the fixtures in 1998, I think I'd have been on holiday at the time, so that's why I don't remember it. I've never seen that goal before either. Christ almighty.

Also it's nice to see that unnecessarily change kitting into something that causes a greater clash is not necessarily a modern phenomenon.

[Giggler]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

We played Palace in 1998 in front of about 2000 at Gigg, but the TV audience was huge as it was being broadcast live in China because Sun Ji-Hai was playing.

In much the same way as a drizzly, freezing December afternoon with Lenny Johnrose biting his ankles every time he got the ball was surely the catalyst for Emerson leaving Boro the previous season, I think it was this game that made Atillio Lombardo think "What the fuck am I doing here?"

[Hot Orange]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Kevchenkeau wrote:

Ipswich v Stevenage. Repeat of last season.

Oh, that is about as "meh" a tie as Town could have got, isn't it? No offence to Stevenage, like.

Indeed. Although we did accidentally win it last season, which eventually gave us the chance to not give a fuck at Old Trafford. So maybe we can hope for the same again.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Burton-Bury will have the TV abbreviation makers scratching their heads.

[Giggler]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

Rogin le fan du fauteuil wrote: Burton-Bury will have the TV abbreviation makers scratching their heads.

I can't see it troubling the schedules, to be honest.

[Kevin S]

Wot, no sponsor? League Cup (EFL Cup) 2016-17

With the managerial changes at Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City, are any of the big red clubs, rich blue clubs or Champions League clubs going to target this competition?

I've got a feeling that Stoke might win it. They were only a penalty shootout away from the final last time.