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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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Surely this has to be the worst thought of Football competition ever?
Maximum attendance for the last round of games was 823. 12 clubs fined today for not fielding 5 first team players as required in the rules. The trophy was designed for League 1 and 2 teams but then they decided to invite Championship and Premier League teams - Because they thought adding Premier League starters would help development for lower league clubs
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pre Madonna ![]() Robbie Keane ![]() ![]() Grinds my gears. Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 33143 |
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you were probably told to leave an Irish centre one night but kept mouthing off and some big church going Gaa player f**ked you out the door hence your hatred for the Catholic Church and Gaa aswell!
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HuntysCousin ![]() Ray Houghton ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Location: Waterford Status: Online Points: 4638 |
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Whoever thought this was a good idea needs to be purged
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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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A tournament for developing young English players.
The only top-flight team left in the tournament is Swansea City, a Welsh team. Tournament's been an utter disaster
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pre Madonna ![]() Robbie Keane ![]() ![]() Grinds my gears. Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 33143 |
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you were probably told to leave an Irish centre one night but kept mouthing off and some big church going Gaa player f**ked you out the door hence your hatred for the Catholic Church and Gaa aswell!
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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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"Because the EFL is seen as a first-team competition" The hint's in the bloody name! EFL is not Premier League so the rule shouldn't count towards them
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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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So Coventry City win World Football's Most Pointless Trophy.
Average League attendance - 9000 Average Checkatrade attendance - 600 Fans brought to Wembley today - 45,000 I suppose it served it's purpose as a Wembley day out for the lower league fans, boycotting it would of been the best option to show how much a farce the tournament has been!
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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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A suspicious amount of Derbies to try get attendances up next season.
Peterborough drawn with Cambridge and Northampton Notts County with Mansfield Exeter with Plymouth Colchester with Southend Crewe with Port Vale Cheltenham with Forest Green Rovers What are the odds to have so many derbies in the first round without fixing the draw to try grab interest
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pre Madonna ![]() Robbie Keane ![]() ![]() Grinds my gears. Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 33143 |
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Guaranteed. It is working too, a lot of boycotting fans here are suddenly interested in playing Peterborough in a 'competitive' fixture for the first time in 16 years. It is splitting fans and I can see it all getting very heated. Talk of fans standing outside the ground persuading people not to go in, which is sure to end well!
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you were probably told to leave an Irish centre one night but kept mouthing off and some big church going Gaa player f**ked you out the door hence your hatred for the Catholic Church and Gaa aswell!
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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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Good to see this competition is still breaking club record lowest attendances despite the EFL's best attempts of fixing the draw.
The day this competition becomes a hipster thing is the day football is officially dead.
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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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Competition record low of 931 at Bradford tonight. Justice for modern day football
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pre Madonna ![]() Robbie Keane ![]() ![]() Grinds my gears. Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 33143 |
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Drawing out derbies, all coincidental, of course, backfired on the organisers tonight. Only 3000 turned up at the Abbey for Cambridge and Peterborough, nearly half of them away fans, not to mention all the trouble in town, which I'm sure won't be mentioned by the organisers. I am certain it will be spun as a huge increase in attendances.
Also worth noting that Bradford City, who have an average attendance of over 20k this season, recorded their lowest ever attendance tonight of 931 for their game against Rotherham. Credit to Accrington too, who substituted star man Billy Kee after four minutes tonight to avoid a ridiculous fine. Treating the competition with the contempt it deserves.
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you were probably told to leave an Irish centre one night but kept mouthing off and some big church going Gaa player f**ked you out the door hence your hatred for the Catholic Church and Gaa aswell!
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Roberto Baggio ![]() Robbie Keane ![]() ![]() UNBELIEVABLE JEFF Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Status: Online Points: 26371 |
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Its good for a goals galore bet in a midweek with otherwise no football on
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Roberto Baggio ![]() Robbie Keane ![]() ![]() UNBELIEVABLE JEFF Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Status: Online Points: 26371 |
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Bruno Martins Indi, Charlie Adam, Saido Berahino and Ibrahim Affelay part of the Stoke team currently 3-0 down at Bury at the minute
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ShamtheRam ![]() Paul McGrath ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Apr 2009 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 16419 |
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The prices of some of the league teams vs the 23s sides is ridiculous. Bury were 11/10
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It takes a big man to cry, but it takes an even bigger man to laugh at that man.
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Roberto Baggio ![]() Robbie Keane ![]() ![]() UNBELIEVABLE JEFF Joined: 28 Jan 2010 Status: Online Points: 26371 |
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I did both teams to score in the 4 games
When I wrote that last post with about 15 mins to go only 4 of the 8 teams had scored The other 4 teams then scored within ten minutes I love the checkatrade |
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coyne ![]() Roy Keane ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Aug 2013 Location: Sunderland Status: Offline Points: 13258 |
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Grimsby v Sunderland U23's setting a new record lowest cup attendance of 231. I can't help but imagine the opposition was part of the reason also but having the record broken twice in 2 days is pretty awful PR
![]() I don't mind the intent of the competition, to give lower league clubs a day out at Wembley, but the execution deserves the attendances it's getting.
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you were probably told to leave an Irish centre one night but kept mouthing off and some big church going Gaa player f**ked you out the door hence your hatred for the Catholic Church and Gaa aswell!
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