Regular readers of Avoiding the Drop may recall the inaugural entry in the “Football Cup Primer” series from a couple weeks back. That entry discussed the FA Cup, one of the oldest and largest competitions in the world for any sport. The Football League Cup is not that competition. The confusion between the League Cup [...]
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Football Cup Primer: The Football League Cup
Posted in Carling Cup, Football Cup Primer, tagged Carling Cup, Football Cup Primer, Football League Cup on September 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Carling Cup Final – Tottenham Hotspur/Manchester United@Wembley Stadium – A live blog
Posted in Carling Cup, Liveblog, tagged Carling Cup, Liveblogs, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur on March 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Morning all. We’re about 50 minutes from kickoff at Wembley in today’s Carling Cup final at Wembley Stadium in northwest London. I’ll be liveblogging the action this morning. I’m watching the end of West Ham United and Manchester City at the moment, a game that’s seen Behrami from West Ham go off with what looked [...]
Welcome back to 1987
Posted in Carling Cup, Commentary, News, tagged Carling Cup, Millwall F.C., pitch invasions, violence, West Ham United on August 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
West Ham versus Millwall. The stuff that movies are made about. A clash of two old London rivals in the League Cup, the kind of draw that sets tongues wagging and thoughts creeping back to the horrible days of hooliganism at virtually every English football pitch. Sadly, the violence and terror associated with the hooligan [...]
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