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Grimnir
The full draw for the first round of the EFL Cup is as follows:
North Section
Carlisle v Port Vale
Rotherham v Morecambe
Accrington v Bradford
Rochdale v Chesterfield
Mansfield v Blackburn
Barnsley v Northampton
Cambridge v Sheffield Wednesday
Derby v Grimsby
Oldham v Wigan
Scunthorpe v Notts County
Doncaster v Nottingham Forest
Burton v Bury
Fleetwood v Leeds
Sheffield United v Crewe
Shrewsbury v Huddersfield
Preston v Hartlepool
Blackpool v Bolton
South Section
Peterborough v AFC Wimbledon
Bristol Rovers v Cardiff
Coventry v Portsmouth
Luton v Aston Villa
Brighton v Colchester
Cheltenham v Charlton
Birmingham v Oxford
Southend v Gillingham
Wolves v Crawley
Leyton Orient v Fulham
Ipswich v Stevenage
Wycombe v Bristol City
Walsall v Yeovil
Exeter v Brentford
Queens Park Rangers v Swindon
Barnet v Millwall
Reading v Plymouth
Newport v MK Dons
Notlob visit us tonight, should be a relative easy win for that lot and their fans will hopefully outnumber our scabs 2 to 1 in the ground so it'll be like a home game for them.
Shedender
Vercoe
terriersmad
I'll stop pretending to be from Opta now.
gfnx25
What the fuck mate?
Number 1
As far I recall they did that for the first round last season. Might've done it for the second one as well, but memory's not that good.
terriersmad
I was trying to entertain myself amid our crapitulation. Conceded after 23 seconds, deserved to get level, but then no pattern, individual mistakes, and we're out after a total loss of concentration. Should have noted how poorly we were playing amid the Ivan the Terrible joke
Also, eight Yorkshire clubs out tonight. Sheffield Wednesday deserve it for having a reserve goalkeeper wearing 2, but blimey. What witchcraft is this?
gfnx25
Epic! Can I please book for the next 40 odd games where we might actually crash and I need cheering up? Preferably starting tomorrow when i'm at Burton for our game?
terriersmad
Any useless statistics which I can make a bad pun out of? If not, you're out of luck
Grimnir
Number 1
NUFC got Cheltenham at home. Liverpool away at Burton Albion will almost certainly be on TV, as presumably will Chelsea v Bristol (City or Rovers, tomorrow pending).
Shedender
gfnx25
I'd just like to say that 1.523 in attendacne is piss poor laughable for a Championoship side. Disgraceful
Grimnir
EFL Cup second-round draw
QPR v Rochdale
Scunthorpe v Cardiff/Bristol City* (see note below)
Watford v Gillingham
Peterborough v Swansea
Everton v Yeovil
Millwall v Nottingham Forest
Sunderland v Shrewsbury
Luton v Leeds
Chelsea v Bristol Rovers/Bristol City* (see note below)
Burton v Liverpool
Blackburn v Crewe
Accrington v Burnley
Crystal Palace v Blackpool
Morecambe v Bournemouth
Preston v Oldham
Oxford v Brighton
Reading v MK Dons
Fulham v Middlesbrough
Newcastle v Cheltenham
Exeter v Hull
Derby v Carlisle
Northampton v West Brom
Wolves v Cambridge
Stevenage v Stoke
Norwich v Coventry
*Bristol Rovers' match against Cardiff City on Thursday will affect the draw seedings. If Cardiff win, they will be seeded and will visit Scunthorpe United, with Bristol City going to Chelsea. If Bristol Rovers win, they will be unseeded and will be away to Chelsea, with Bristol City away to Scunthorpe.
Didn't expect us to beat the murderers, now it's the Glad All Over derby down at Palace. Hope it's a tiny crowd so our pilfering owners don't get much to line their pockets with.
Shedender
gfnx25
Their twitter had it down as something around 3.400. My arse
Number 1
Poe
BR.
That attendance would have been correct, Crewe had about 500 and the stand this picture was taken from had by far the most in it. The little one opposite was closed for tonight.
Still though, it's a seriously sad state of affairs; stands closing, lowest attendance since 1986, real shame to see Rovers in this current state.
Reminds me of some of the ridiculous ones I've had on FM that have gone on for two rotations before the goalkeeper scores the winner with his second.
Shedender
How come the "Rovers" stand was closed for the Crewe game?
DNZY
Grimnir
Sounds like the players didn't turn up either according to the report in the Guardian:
BR.
It's been happening the last couple of years for cup games, if they put all Rovers fans in two stands then it saves a few quid on things, that's the way we operate these days. In fact the upper tier of the Blackburn End is shut for every game for the full season!
Plus the camera is in that little stand now, wouldn't surprise me if they try and permanently close it soon, wouldn't even be able to tell on TV. Grim.
gfnx25
I do feel for clubs like Blackburn, Blackpool, Charlton though. Can't imagine who it must be like to hate your owners so much that you scrap football altoghther.
Shedender
Number 1
Is there any point in them going back after the first game?
Poe
They probably won't. Hire a pitch up here and train or something. Happened a few times.
Dan
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
Leeds United v Blackburn Rovers
QPR v Sunderland
West Ham v Accrington Stanley
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Swansea City v Manchester City
Fulham v Bristol City
Bournemouth v Preston North End
Tottenham v Gillingham
Everton v Norwich City
Derby County v Liverpool
Northampton v Manchester United
Brighton v Reading
Newcastle United v Wolves
Stoke City v Hull City
Leicester City v Chelsea
Grimnir
I swear Brighton and Reading play each other a hell of a lot, or maybe it just feels like it. I know they're in the same league so that accounts for two games a season, but still...