Carling Cup 2011/12 Discussion Thread

The Volt

Might be a good idea to keep all Carling Cup discussion in one thread? The draw for the second round has been made this evening with all ties to be played week commencing August 22nd.

Millwall v Morecambe
Blackburn v Sheffield Wednesday
Bury v Leicester
West Ham or Aldershot v Carlisle
Bournemouth v West Brom
Crystal Palace or Crawley Town v Wigan
Peterborough v Middlesbrough
Aston Villa v Hereford
Bristol City or Swindon v Southampton
Exeter v Liverpool
Everton v Sheffield United
Brighton v Sunderland
Shrewsbury v Swansea
Reading or Charlton v Preston
Norwich v MK Dons
Northampton v Wolverhampton
Wycombe v Nottingham Forest
Bolton v Macclesfield
Burnley v Barnet
Scunthorpe v Newcastle
Leyton Orient v Watford or Bristol Rovers
Doncaster v Leeds
Cardiff v Huddersfield
QPR v Rochdale

mike65

Liverpool in the 2nd round for the first time in a million years

Paully D

Long midweek away trip for Sunderland to Brighton. New stadium and they stock local beers for the away team so there should be a decent crowd heading down anyway.

It'll be a tough game but hopefully we can get the win. I wouldn't be shocked at all if Brighton knocked us out though!

The Volt

mike65 wrote: »

Liverpool in the 2nd round for the first time in a million years

Definitely will be on the box I'd say.

mike65

No question! That's the one the BBC will hope is the big "cupset"

The Volt

mike65 wrote: »

No question! That's the one the BBC will hope is the big "cupset"

Do BBC have rights again this year? I love their coverage.

rossie1977

i am assuming thats the way the draw came out and if so everton came within a whisker of drawing liverpool :eek:

The Volt

rossie1977 wrote: »

i am assuming thats the way the draw came out and if so everton came within a whisker of drawing liverpool :eek:

All prem teams were seeded for this round!

mike65

Voltwad wrote: »

Do BBC have rights again this year? I love their coverage.

Exeter Liverpool is on SKY Wednesday 24th August 7:45 BBC only have the semi finals and final

mike65

Belated bump! A full strength Sunderland sent packing by Brighton (who are looking good this early season), plus Norwich getting hammed, QPR and Swansea exiting while WBA, Wolves and Villa all progressed.

Tonight Exeter v Liverpool is the SKY Sports "cupset" special. Highlights of all games are on BBC1 at 23.30 hrs.

19:45 Exeter City v Liverpool
19:45 Bristol City v Swindon
19:45 West Ham United v Aldershot Town
19:45 Peterborough v Middlesbrough
20:00 Everton v Sheffield United
20:00 Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday
20:00 Bolton Wanderers v Macclesfield

The Volt

Interesting double on both Sheffield teams to progress this evening.

ctrl-alt-delete

Blackburn 2-0 up already,

Rochina with a very early double.

ctrl-alt-delete

3-0 now to Blackburn, Goodwillie scores his first competitive goal for them,

bringing back memories of thrashing Sheffield Wednesday years and years ago now

mike65

# Blackburn3-0Sheffield Wed
# Bolton0-1Macclesfield
# Bristol City0-0Swindon
# Everton0-0Sheffield Utd
# Exeter0-1Liverpool
# Peterborough0-2Middlesbrough
# West Ham1-0Aldershot

ollie1

Everton 1-0 down to Sheffield United

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ollie1 wrote: »

Everton 1-0 down to Sheffield United

Going in 3-1 up now at Half Time.

iMuse

Draw for next round.

Cardiff City v Leicester City
Wolves v Millwall
Chelsea v Fulham
Aldershot Town or Carlisle United v Rochdale
Arsenal v Shrewsbury Town
Burnley v MK Dons
Leeds United v Manchester United
Brighton v Liverpool
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
Manchester City v Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers v Leyton Orient or Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town or Southampton v Charlton or Preston North End
Everton v West Brom
Crystal Palace or Wigan v Middlesbrough
Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur

Crann na Beatha

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That_Guy

Forest away. Yessssssssss.

I love Forest.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Leeds vs Man United looks quite tasty also.

Kiwi_knock

Man City v Birmingham - The Billionaires v The Bosmans

Should be a good match, doubt Birmingham stand much chance of defending their cup.

mike65

Brighton v Liverpool could be quite a good match, Poyets side have done really well and will surely put out a strong side as will Liverpool.

quarryman

Leeds v united the pick of the bunch, hands down.

Charisteas

Kiwi_knock wrote: »

Man City v Birmingham - The Billionaires v The Bosmans

Should be a good match, doubt Birmingham stand much chance of defending their cup.

Yep I doubt Birmingham even really want to defend their cup this season as they have other priorities being promotion and Europe.

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A nice home draw for Arsenal to give the kids a run-out.

event

when are the dates decided?

blindpilot

iMuse wrote: »

Draw for next round.

Cardiff City v Leicester City
Wolves v Millwall
Chelsea v Fulham
Aldershot Town or Carlisle United v Rochdale
Arsenal v Shrewsbury Town
Burnley v MK Dons
Leeds United v Manchester United
Brighton v Liverpool
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
Manchester City v Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers v Leyton Orient or Bristol Rovers
Swindon Town or Southampton v Charlton or Preston North End
Everton v West Brom
Crystal Palace or Wigan v Middlesbrough
Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur

event wrote: »

when are the dates decided?

Another bloody away game in the Carling Cup. Think thats 7 in a row. Could've been worse though. Games are on for the week of 19 September I think.

grenache

That_Guy wrote: »

Forest away. Yessssssssss.

I love Forest.

go easy on us. Our defence is not up to much at the moment. West Ham scored 4 of the softest goals yesterday.

The Volt

Brighton 1-2 Liverpool
Cardiff 2-2 Leicester (Cardiff win 7-6 on penalties)
Chelsea 0-0 Fulham (Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties)
Everton 2-1 West Brom (After Extra Time)
Man City 2-0 Birmingham
Southampton 2-1 Preston

Aldershot 2-1 Rochdale
Arsenal 3-1 Shrewsbury
Aston Villa 0-2 Bolton
Blackburn 3-2 Leyton Orient
Burnley 2-1 MK Dons
Crystal Palace 2-1 Middlesbrough
Leeds 0-3 Man Utd
Nott'm Forest 3-4 Newcastle (After Extra Time)
Stoke 0-0 Tottenham (Stoke win 7-6 on penalties)
Wolverhampton 5-0 Millwall

The draw for the last 16 will take place at noon on Saturday. Aldershot are the lowest ranked team left.

YouTookMyName

What time and channel are the highlights?

mike65

BBC1 11.20 (unless BBC NI has other ideas)

That_Guy

grenache wrote: »

go easy on us. Our defence is not up to much at the moment. West Ham scored 4 of the softest goals yesterday.

Some game lad.

mike65

1237: CARLING CUP FOURTH ROUND DRAW

Wolves v Man City
Cardiff v Burnley
Blackburn v Newcastle
Arsenal v Bolton
Stoke v Liverpool
Aldershot v Man Utd
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Everton v Chelsea

Some interesting ties and a typically easy one for Utd.

Rikand

we'll give the barcodes a right good trashing at ewood

The Volt

John Terry is not included in the Chelsea squad to face Everton. Probably because he doesn't like the black away kit. :pac:


Everton XI: Mucha, Baines, Heitinga, Distin, Neville, Bilyaletdinov, Fellaini, Rodwell, Drenthe, Cahill, Saha.

Subs: Hahnemann, Coleman, Hibbert, Barkley, Osman, Stracqualursi, Vellios

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Chelsea XI: Turnbull, Ivanovic, Luiz, Romeu, Malouda, Lukaku, McEachran, Kalou, Alex, Bertrand, Anelka.

Subs: Cech, Lampard, Torres, Mata, Mikel, Ferreira, Sturridge.

mike65

Arf!

Strong Everton side, they could get something tonight.