Fixtures

[Green]

And the League Cup 1st Round draw will be made in Ho Chi Minh City at 10.45 am on Friday 15th June 2018

Unique rhythm & pulse I'm sure but why Ho Chi Minh?

[From Despair To Where?]

Because the Football League believe that the football mad masses of South East Asia are crying out to see Stoke City reserves take on Accrington on a wet Tuesday evening.

[Hound]

weren't these draws brilliantly shambolic last year? Teams being pulled out twice etc

hopefully more of that today

[Old Man Andrews]

weren't these draws brilliantly shambolic last year? Teams being pulled out twice etc

hopefully more of that today

Yeah it was really excellent. It was Phil Tuffnell drawing it i think? Might have dreamt that.

[John Smith]

Birmingham (h)

Boring

[Barney]

Home to Birmingham - Carabao cup

[Hound]

don't mind that really - home game, will prob go along, and not really care a great deal if we win or not.

No extra time to worry about it either now

[Stranded]

Only all Championship tie in the Southern half of the draw.

[tidus_mi2]

Are Birmingham the most northern side in the southern half of the draw? I would never remotely consider them a southern team but I suppose it just shows how many more northern teams there are in the football league.

[Hound]

Are Birmingham the most northern side in the southern half of the draw? I would never remotely consider them a southern team but I suppose it just shows how many more northern teams there are in the football league.

The champ alone is about 75% northern.

[Stranded]

Are Birmingham the most northern side in the southern half of the draw? I would never remotely consider them a southern team but I suppose it just shows how many more northern teams there are in the football league.

The champ alone is about 75% northern.

Split in the draw was 15 Champ clubs in the North, 9 in the South.

[Green]

Are Birmingham the most northern side in the southern half of the draw? I would never remotely consider them a southern team but I suppose it just shows how many more northern teams there are in the football league.

West Brom

[Sutekh]

Just for the completists, the full draw is

NORTH

Blackpool v Barnsley
Carlisle United v Blackburn Rovers
Crewe Alexandra v Fleetwood Town
Grimsby Town v Rochdale
Leeds United v Bolton Wanderers
Macclesfield Town v Bradford City
Mansfield Town v Accrington Stanley
Middlesbrough v Notts County
Nottingham Forest v Bury
Oldham Athletic v Derby County
Port Vale v Lincoln City
Preston North End v Morecambe
Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic
Scunthorpe United v Doncaster Rovers
Sheffield United v Hull City
Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion
Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday
Tranmere Rovers v Walsall

SOUTH

Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town
Cambridge United v Newport County
Cheltenham Town v Colchester United
Exeter City v Ipswich Town
Millwall v Gillingham
Milton Keynes Dons v Charlton Athletic
Norwich City v Stevenage
Oxford United v Coventry City
Portsmouth v AFC Wimbledon
Queens Park Rangers v Peterborough United
Reading v Birmingham City
Southend United v Brentford
Swindon Town v Forest Green Rovers
West Bromwich Albion v Luton Town
Wycombe Wanderers v Northampton Town
Yeovil Town v Aston Villa

[tidus_mi2]

Are Birmingham the most northern side in the southern half of the draw? I would never remotely consider them a southern team but I suppose it just shows how many more northern teams there are in the football league.

West Brom

Yeah, I had a little look myself, Norwich seem to be slightly further North as are Villa.

[Hound]

Remember a few years back teams like Mansfield occasionally turning up in the south section of the football league trophy to balance up the numbers, which gives an idea of the balance of north/south in the footy league. Mansfield is proper northern.

[Rea Ding]

what a boring draw

[The Royal Forester]

Are Birmingham the most northern side in the southern half of the draw? I would never remotely consider them a southern team but I suppose it just shows how many more northern teams there are in the football league.

West Brom

The Hawthorns is (according to Wikipedia) is 52.5090 degrees north.
Villa Park is 52.5091 degrees north.
The Villians win, but only just! Wiki. does not state where in the ground those measurements are taken, so can we call it draw?

[The Royal Forester]

Are Birmingham the most northern side in the southern half of the draw? I would never remotely consider them a southern team but I suppose it just shows how many more northern teams there are in the football league.

West Brom

Yeah, I had a little look myself, Norwich seem to be slightly further North as are Villa.

Just checkedi again Carrow Road is 52.622 degrees north, so Norwich City win according to Google, not Wiki.

[Ascotexgunner]

Remember a few years back teams like Mansfield occasionally turning up in the south section of the football league trophy to balance up the numbers, which gives an idea of the balance of north/south in the footy league. Mansfield is proper northern.

Maybe their the "Israel" of the North. They have to play in our section as their so hated and pose a threat to the rest of the teams?
That really doesn't make any sense why they would play in the southern section.

[Green]

West Brom

Yeah, I had a little look myself, Norwich seem to be slightly further North as are Villa.

Just checkedi again Carrow Road is 52.622 degrees north, so Norwich City win according to Google, not Wiki.

Top nobbing.

Norwich is deceptively far North TBF.