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Bloom has just handed the cup over. Bye for half a year at least.

Or Albion Rovers. Burton Albion played us at a time when we didn’t hold the cup otherwise they could have snatched it and possibly for good if we never played again! A Scottish team would have to get into Europe to play us as friendlies don’t count.

The Man Utd encounter may have been afterwards actually. 1993?

Sadly I don’t see it happening any time soon. Can’t remember the last time we took the league cup seriously. The Leicester Stuart Munday/Kurt Nogan season maybe?

Did you get to any of the league cup run that season? I was only five so don’t remember it sadly.

Edited now. Head in hands, I messed up on my first post. Good spot. Were you there to see us the lift the cup for the first time?

Don’t blame me, blame Mike Bamber who reputedly instigated this.

Exactly this, and we haven’t been able to say that very often!

There is a small trophy in the Albion trophy cabinet called the Albion Cup. No one is quite sure who produced it but it has transferred from club to club much like the Ashes. The holding club retains the trophy all the time they remain undefeated against the other Albions. It was first won by...