League Cup - rules and draw

[The Great Cornholio]

It's about time I started thinking about the league cup. The number of teams works out quite nicely so the rules are as follows :-

All games up to semi final are one leg only. Extra time and penalties will be used to decide drawn games.

The bottom 8 teams in League 1 as of now will be drawn in a preliminary round. The remaining 60 teams will join at the first round stage.

As a little extra rule, money will be given to lower division teams for reaching later rounds as follows :-

League 1 teams

£20000 for reaching Round 3
£30000 for reaching Quarter Final
£50000 for reaching Semi Final
£100000 for reaching final

So a League 1 team reaching the final would make £200000.

Championship Teams

£100000 for reaching Quarter Final
£300000 for reaching Semi Final
£500000 for reaching Final

so a Championship Team making the final would make £900000.

The 8 teams in the preliminary round are :-

Peterborough
Doncaster
Colchester
Chesterfield
Torquay
Blackpool
Milton Keynes
Wrexham

Full draw to follow.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Preliminary Round

Colchester v Peterborough
Torquay v Blackpool
Wrexham v Doncaster
Chesterfield v Milton Keynes

First Round

Portsmouth v Crystal Palace
Plymouth v Bournemouth
Huddersfield v Notts Forest
Tottenham v Luton Town
Walsall v Crewe
Bristol City v West Brom
Rotherham v Sheff Wed
Man Utd v Gillingham
Bolton v Aston Villa
Arsenal v Tranmere
Man City v Brighton
Charlton v Norwich
West Ham v Leeds
Wigan v Port Vale
Hull City v Newcastle
Barnsley v Burnley
Sunderland v Everton
Middlesborough v Preston
Sheff Utd v Ipswich
Watford v Oldham
Torquay/Blackpool v Hartlepool
Fulham v Leicester
Wrexham/Doncaster v Chelsea
Cardiff v Stoke
Millwall v Wolves
Liverpool v Brentford
Birmingham v Chesterfield/Milton Keynes
Southampton v QPR
Reading v Coventry
Swindon v Derby
Colchester/Peterborough v Blackburn
Bradford City v Stockport

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

West Brom v Bristol City ?

or Kalimantan Gull v Kalimantan Gull

 

[Kryten]

Man Utd v Gillingham and Rotherham v Sheff Wed

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Draw for the Quarter Finals

Southampton v Cardiff
Hartlepool v Sheff Wed
Luton v Wolves
Wigan v Sheff Utd