Cup Draw

[windermereROYAL]

Draw just made, Next round at home.

[genome]

That draw was a shambles

Good one SSN

[alfie9]

Decent draw all things considered. Hope we see a lot of academy prospects again

[Crowbar6753]

Millwall at the Mad Stad, should be a fun evening out lol....

[windermereROYAL]

That draw was a shambles

Good one SSN

Saw that. I think some teams should be at home when they were drawn away.

[Crowbar6753]

Happy with that, should be able to get 7000 attendance for this one lol...

[windermereROYAL]

Only showing the north draw on SSN lol

[windermereROYAL]

Only showing the north draw on SSN lol

QPR now at home when they were drawn away.

[bobby1413]

It's needlessly over complicated

Put ALL teams balls in big bowl

Person 1: pull out one ball (they are home).

Person 2: pull out one ball (they are away)

It's completely illogical to have a 3rd ball for home/away. It makes no sense. Nothing nada, nowt zero. It's got no purpose

[bobby1413]

How many do you think Millwall will bring?

[paultheroyal]

That made for brilliant viewing. You knew they cocked up from the start and then it was salakos reaction halfway through when he saw a large H on a red ball. Brilliant. Giggling now at just the thought of it.

Anyway, a decent draw, Millwall will add extra spice and a home game at a cheap price.

[JC]

It's needlessly over complicated

Put ALL teams balls in big bowl

Person 1: pull out one ball (they are home).

Person 2: pull out one ball (they are away)

It's completely illogical to have a 3rd ball for home/away. It makes no sense. Nothing nada, nowt zero. It's got no purpose

It had to be done that way because the teams were seeded. One bowl had the seeded teams and one the unseeded teams. So how else would you have decided who was home or away?

[genome]

That made for brilliant viewing. You knew they cocked up from the start and then it was salakos reaction halfway through when he saw a large H on a red ball. Brilliant. Giggling now at just the thought of it.

Anyway, a decent draw, Millwall will add extra spice and a home game at a cheap price.

Partridge-esque

[CountryRoyal]

How many do you think Millwall will bring?

<500

[10539.4 Miles Away]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUirWEWKrU

1:36. "Oh shit."

[Sutekh]

Decent draw all things considered. Hope we see a lot of academy prospects again

Like Jake Cooper.

[Sutekh]

Just complete and utter farce. They've obviously learnt nothing from the farce of the 1st round draw.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40895331

Last season's losing finalists Southampton will host Championship club Wolves in the EFL Cup second round after Thursday's confusing live draw.

League One side Blackburn host Premier League rivals Burnley in a Lancashire derby, with the draw regionalised.

Newcastle will host Nottingham Forest, with Bournemouth away to Birmingham, among six ties with Premier League sides facing Championship opposition.

The draw initially left several sides unsure whether they were home or away.

The second-round ties will be played in the week commencing Monday, 21 August.

The seven Premier League teams involved in European competition will enter at round three.

Home or away?

Amid confusion during the live broadcast, four second-round matches were announced with the incorrect team away from home.

The ties involving seeded sides Brentford, Crystal Palace, Watford and Norwich City were initially read out with the seeded team at the opposite venue.

Further compounding matters, the television hosts appeared to forget that West Ham and Newport County were guaranteed away games, owing to being unable to play at their home grounds.

The Hammers - whose London Stadium home is being used for the World Athletics Championships - will visit League Two team Cheltenham, while Newport - whose pitch is being relaid - travel to Leeds.

Confusion also reigned in the first-round draw in June, which was streamed live from Bangkok, as Charlton were drawn against two clubs, while AFC Wimbledon were also wrongly recorded as being at home to Swindon in that round.

Second round draw

South section

QPR v Brentford*
Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town*
Watford v Bristol City*
Norwich City v Charlton Athletic*
Cheltenham Town v West Ham United**
Brighton & Hove Albion v Barnet
Cardiff City v Burton Albion
Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham v Bristol Rovers
Milton Keynes Dons v Swansea City
Birmingham City v Bournemouth
Reading v Millwall


North section

Carlisle United v Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday
Accrington Stanley v West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest
Leeds United v Newport County**
Stoke City v Rochdale
Huddersfield Town v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v Scunthorpe United
Doncaster Rovers v Hull City
Blackburn Rovers v Burnley
Sheffield United v Leicester City
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
Barnsley v Derby County or Grimsby Town

*These ties were initially announced with the other team at home
**West Ham and Newport County could not be drawn at home, as per a pre-draw agreement

And just how the hell are Newport in the Northern section of the draw while Burton are in the Southern section?

[windermereROYAL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JUirWEWKrU

1:36. "Oh shit."

It`s pretty clear the host noticed the cock up after the 2nd draw but they still continued.

[Jim Royal]

How many do you think Millwall will bring?

Probably similar to Gillingham. Approx 450.

[genome]

:lol: Just complete and utter farce. They've obviously learnt nothing from the farce of the 1st round draw.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40895331

Last season's losing finalists Southampton will host Championship club Wolves in the EFL Cup second round after Thursday's confusing live draw.

League One side Blackburn host Premier League rivals Burnley in a Lancashire derby, with the draw regionalised.

Newcastle will host Nottingham Forest, with Bournemouth away to Birmingham, among six ties with Premier League sides facing Championship opposition.

The draw initially left several sides unsure whether they were home or away.

The second-round ties will be played in the week commencing Monday, 21 August.

The seven Premier League teams involved in European competition will enter at round three.

Home or away?

Amid confusion during the live broadcast, four second-round matches were announced with the incorrect team away from home.

The ties involving seeded sides Brentford, Crystal Palace, Watford and Norwich City were initially read out with the seeded team at the opposite venue.

Further compounding matters, the television hosts appeared to forget that West Ham and Newport County were guaranteed away games, owing to being unable to play at their home grounds.

The Hammers - whose London Stadium home is being used for the World Athletics Championships - will visit League Two team Cheltenham, while Newport - whose pitch is being relaid - travel to Leeds.

Confusion also reigned in the first-round draw in June, which was streamed live from Bangkok, as Charlton were drawn against two clubs, while AFC Wimbledon were also wrongly recorded as being at home to Swindon in that round.

Second round draw

South section

QPR v Brentford*
Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town*
Watford v Bristol City*
Norwich City v Charlton Athletic*
Cheltenham Town v West Ham United**
Brighton & Hove Albion v Barnet
Cardiff City v Burton Albion
Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham v Bristol Rovers
Milton Keynes Dons v Swansea City
Birmingham City v Bournemouth
Reading v Millwall


North section

Carlisle United v Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday
Accrington Stanley v West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest
Leeds United v Newport County**
Stoke City v Rochdale
Huddersfield Town v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v Scunthorpe United
Doncaster Rovers v Hull City
Blackburn Rovers v Burnley
Sheffield United v Leicester City
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
Barnsley v Derby County or Grimsby Town

*These ties were initially announced with the other team at home
**West Ham and Newport County could not be drawn at home, as per a pre-draw agreement

And just how the hell are Newport in the Northern section of the draw while Burton are in the Southern section?

Wolves and Birmingham in the Southern section, while Villa and West Brom (who are geographically between the two) are in the Northern section