RebelDelaney Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Slough v Ashford Town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelDelaney Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Commencing 3rd Oct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staines_rebel_Jr Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 full draw here http://www.evostikleaguesouthern.co.uk/league-challenge-cup-draw-31891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staines_rebel_Jr Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Salisbury vs Dorchester looks like the biggest match of the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Probably a stupid question but why are there only 64 clubs in the draw when there are 68 clubs in the Southern League? Have some clubs not entered or don't qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staines_rebel_Jr Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Probably because it is much easier to have a competition of 64 teams than 68 64-32-16-8-4-2-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staines_rebel_Jr Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 As far as I can see; Chippenham, Hereford, Mangotsfield and Marlow are not in the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenSTFC Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 True but how do they decide who the 4 clubs are who don't enter? Although saying that there's probably a queue of clubs asking to be left out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman Mark Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Marlow pulled out. I think clubs basically lose money from being in it and it works out cheaper to pull out. It really does need a rethink or even scrapping altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 The league cup only gets interesting to supporters when you reach the semi final or final. Perhaps if they had some prize money on offer it would be more popular. One positive about the league cup is that it gives clubs a chance to play their fringe players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staines_rebel_Jr Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Hereford also pulled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenSTFC Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Isn't there a rule that you have to play so many first team players? Yes it's a pretty pointless competition that has no real meaning for anyone. All clubs are interested in is the league and two FA completions. League and county cups just add headaches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Carpenter Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Looking at the draw a large number of the ties seem to be local or near local derbies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenSTFC Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 And I bet there will be plenty of double figure crowds! As said until you get to the semi's there's no fan interest and I'm sure most managers would prefer not to compete in it. Obviously the advantage is you can try out youngsters, trialists and players returning from injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 On 14/07/2016 at 20:40, David Carpenter said: Looking at the draw a large number of the ties seem to be local or near local derbies. As far as I know it's regionalised for a good part of the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 On 14/07/2016 at 19:35, GlenSTFC said: True but how do they decide who the 4 clubs are who don't enter? Although saying that there's probably a queue of clubs asking to be left out! My thoughts exactly.... is there a reason why we enter this competition? I haven't seen us take it particularly serious over the last couple of seasons. Who have we been knocked out by? Is it Potters Bar and Burnham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 On 14/07/2016 at 21:44, Curtis said: My thoughts exactly.... is there a reason why we enter this competition? I haven't seen us take it particularly serious over the last couple of seasons. Who have we been knocked out by? Is it Potters Bar and Burnham? I think we do take it seriously but with the objective of giving fringe players and players coming back from injury game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicrebel Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 You have to pay to pull out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenSTFC Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Be interested to know the penalty as I can't imagine it'll be more than the losses you could encounter for each game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reading Rebel Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 On 14/07/2016 at 21:59, epicrebel said: You have to pay to pull out. I could well be wrong but I thought they stopped fining clubs for pulling out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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