[Archived] Capital One Cup

[Clitherover]

The draw for the first round of the Capital One cup takes place at 9.30am this morning.

Just looking at the Rovers site and it seems the teams are seeded into Northern and Southern sections, I've never noticed this before, is it a new system starting from this season?

http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/capital-one-cup-draw-869022.aspx?

[AndyNeil]

Carlisle United away - new ground for me that

[Clitherover]

Should be us into the second round then.

The full fixture list is below.

http://www.capitalonecup.co.uk/news/article/round-1-draw-1314-869070.aspx

[cn174]

Am on holiday, would've been a new ground for me!

[Ryan]

Nice "home" game for us Scottish fans

[K-Hod]

New ground for me as well. Is this likely to be a weeknight game, or are they likely to be sound and schedule it on a Saturday so I can have a day out on the sauce somewhere new??

[london-rover]

Should imagine it will be Tuesday 6th or Wednesday 7th.

[the original david brent]

I wonder if there is still some bitterness from Carlisle fans towards Rovers fans following the tragedy the last time the teams met at brunton park in the 1980s?

[ABBEY]

It were a wee bit of a rum do ...

[Ozz]

There was, and the last one was the train crash game. A few of us wondered if it was a revenge saboutage attack on the trains brakes.

[T4E]

What was the tragedy? Not aware of this one...

[Ozz]

A Carlise fan died after a lot of trouble at their place around Xmas 1984.

[Moptop]

I remember that day well. I was only 13. Will be an interesting night up there.

[Blue blood]

Brilliant. Will be great to go back there - spend some good years in Carlisle and went to see them play a fair bit. Ground is a dive mind, especially the away part (part of which is actually facing/in line with the end stand)

[Jock]

I work in the Carlisle area. They hate us with a passion.

Botchergate could be lively.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Could be tasty folks!

[McClarky]

Nice "home" game for us Scottish fans

last train to Edinburgh.........9.02pm. Can you believe it? Only in Britain.

[Steve Kean's Hypnotoad]

last train to Edinburgh.........9.02pm. Can you believe it? Only in Britain.

Last train home to Blackburn, 8:08pm. No its rubbish isn't it!

[jim mk2]

Train from Carlisle - Blackburn is about 2 hrs so train would have to arrive in Blackburn before the last buses so people can get home.

Years ago British Rail and the club / supporters groups would automatically have laid on a supporters' special but they were killed off by football vandalism and official vandalism known as railway privatisation.

[Sparky Marky]

Cheers Wankys...1st round of league cup.....my, what a success you have been for our club.

[TBTF]

Cheers Wankys...1st round of league cup.....my, what a success you have been for our club.

I know Sparky-possibility of being out of the Cup befoire Prem league season starts!! WTF are we now eh??

[rigger]

Nice "home" game for us Scottish fans

Not if you live in Elgin