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Carabao Cup 25-26 (no longer our concern, but 3rd round draw p8)

clive
clive Posts: 19,441
edited August 27 in Other Football and Sports

This season’s Carabao Cup will require a Preliminary Round to be introduced ahead of Round One due to nine Premier League teams being involved in European competition in 2025/26.

The format of the Carabao Cup will be amended to introduce a four-team preliminary qualifying round, to reduce the number of Clubs in Round One and Round Two in order to accommodate all Premier League European Clubs in Round Three.

The Preliminary Round will consist of the two promoted Clubs from the National League (Barnet and Oldham Athletic) and the Clubs finishing in 21st and 22nd place in League Two (Accrington Stanley and Newport County). The ties will be regionalised North and South as per Round One, with Accrington playing Oldham and Barnet playing Newport County.

 The round dates for the Carabao Cup have been confirmed as the following:

  • Preliminary Round: w/c 4 August 2025
  • Round One: w/c 11 August 2025
  • Round Two: w/c 25 August 2025
  • Round Three: w/c 15 September and w/c 22 September 2025*
  • Round Four: w/c 27 October 2025
  • Round Five: w/c 15 December 2025
  • Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 12 January 2026
  • Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 2 February 2026
  • Final: Sunday 22 March 2026

*Round Three will take place on the same basis as 2024/25, with split weeks for those Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

https://www.efl.com/news/2025/june/12/carabao-cup-format-confirmed-for-2025-26-season/

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Shame they didn't stick us in the Preliminary Round. Given our historic record in the competition it would have made sense to get our one game in the League Cup, done and out of the way
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,972
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Shame they didn't stick us in the Preliminary Round. Given our historic record in the competition it would have made sense to get our one game in the League Cup, done and out of the way
    TBF we got to the quarter final only a couple years ago. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,664
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    edited June 12
    CAFCTrev said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Shame they didn't stick us in the Preliminary Round. Given our historic record in the competition it would have made sense to get our one game in the League Cup, done and out of the way
    TBF we got to the quarter final only a couple years ago. 
    Must have been a blue moon, because the majority of our time in the League Cup has surely got us as one of the worst in its history
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,735
    blackpool72 said:
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
    Don't believe I've invited you to my 78th birthday party !  B)
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,664
    edited June 12
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
    Don't believe I've invited you to my 78th birthday party !  B)
    Surely you mean 58th x
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,121
    blackpool72 said:
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
    Don't believe I've invited you to my 78th birthday party !  B)
    Surely you mean 58th x
    There is no 58th of March (this year)
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,441
    The Round One draw will take place live on Sky Sports News from  4.20 pm
    Southern Section

    1 AFC Wimbledon
    2 Bristol City
    3 Bristol Rovers
    4 Bromley
    5 Cambridge United
    6 Cardiff City
    7 Charlton Athletic
    8 Cheltenham Town
    9 Colchester United
    10 Coventry City
    11 Crawley Town
    12 Exeter City
    13 Gillingham
    14 Ipswich Town
    15 Leyton Orient
    16 Luton Town
    17 Millwall
    18 Milton Keynes Dons
    19 Northampton Town
    20 Norwich City
    21 Oxford United
    22 Plymouth Argyle
    23 Portsmouth
    24 Queens Park Rangers
    25 Reading
    26 Southampton
    27 Stevenage
    28 Swansea City
    29 Swindon Town
    30 Watford
    31 Wycombe Wanderers
    32 Barnet or Newport County

    https://www.efl.com/news/2025/june/26/carabao-cup-round-one-draw-confirmed/

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,830
    Wycombe Wanderers away here we come  :D
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,664
    I always prefer a home tie in this competition as it's played midweek. 
    Love a good away day in the FA Cup on a Saturday though. 
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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,987
    Guaranteed to be Leyton Orient
  • Bilko
    Bilko Posts: 766
    Millwall nailed on.
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,632
    watford at home
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Guaranteed to be Leyton Orient
    Given how we usually do in the League Cup, I hope they beat us, so their fans can froth at the thought of us being in the Championship, when its clear based off some crappy Cup result, it should have been them.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,581
    Cardiff or Barnet away. New grounds for me.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,237
    Bromley away
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,023
    Luton Away for the NJ return

    Failing that it would be very us for it to be something incredibly dull from last season like Northampton at home. 
  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,525
    cafc4life said:
    watford at home
    Or Bristol City away
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,620
    Shay Given and former Charlton man John Barnes doing the draw.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,612
    John Barnes & Jimmy-Flloyd Hasselbaink. 2 great players who played for us 5 years too late.
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,830
    DyerConsequences said:
    Shay Given and former Charlton man John Barnes doing the draw.
    They must be desperate for the work!
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,441
    home to stevenage
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,620
    At home to Stevenage
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    lol!... I turned on the TV just as we were drawn.
  • Yorkshireaddick
    Yorkshireaddick Posts: 511
    clive said:
    home to stevenage
    Got to be better than a midweek away trip to Plymouth
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,620
    Leyton Orient Vs Wycombe in the beaten by Charlton in the playoffs cup final
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 10,966
    A chance for @Braziliance to see Piergianni even though we’ve been promoted 
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,620
    North Vs South in the ampton derby
  • West2003
    West2003 Posts: 386
    Shay, you're spot on. Us against Stevenage is a massive derby. Fierce rivarly there, pal.
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,620
    Shay Given has just asked is Charlton Vs Stevenage a derby?

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