Defending-champ Tottenham (that's weird to say) drew Liverpool in perhaps the most intriguing match-up.

A, your team's going down. QPR drew Manchester United.Man. United v. QPR Burnley v. Chelsea
Arsenal v. Wigan Sunderland v. Blackburn
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: Don Valley Stadium Date: Saturday 20th September 2008, 3.00 pm Competition: League Two Match:   Rotherham 1    Luton 0 HT: 0-0 Att: 4,095                 Rhodes 61   Additional: Entrance: £20.00 Upper Tier £18.00 Lower Programme: £2.50 Hot drinks: Coffee £1.20 Ground PHOTOS of Don Valley Stadium This match was a meet up of members of Shaun Smith's 100 Football Ground club members. Click to continue reading...

Carling Cup holders Tottenham face a tough task in the fourth round of the competition after being pitted against seven-time winners Liverpool in one of three all-Premier League ties.

Spurs, who defeated Chelsea to lift the trophy last season, took a break from their league troubles to dump Newcastle out in the previous round and must beat top-flight opposition again if they are to progress. Click to continue reading...

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The Fourth Round of the Carling Cup has been made.
QPR will play...Manchester United, Away.

Hopefully Deja vu for Ian Dowie, whose Coventry side got a shock victory at Old Trafford last season!
Games are played week of November 10.


QPR Official Site - IT'S MANCHESTER UNITED! Click to continue reading...

Arsenal v Sheffield United; Brighton or Manchester City v Derby County; Burnley v Fulham; Portsmouth v Chelsea; Blackburn v Everton; Rotherham v Southampton; Swansea v Cardiff City; Ipswich v Wigan; Stoke City v Reading; Leeds v Hartlepool; Watford v West... Click to continue reading...

Cups, cups, cups. That's all I've got time for lately -- reporting cup draws. Yep, Catoptric continues to be a can't-miss blog. Article here. Carling Cup third round draw: Arsenal v Sheff Utd Brighton OR Man City v Derby Burnley v Fulham Portsmouth v Chelsea Blackburn v Everton Rotherham v Southampton Swansea v Cardiff Ipswich v Wigan Stoke v Reading Leeds v Hartlepool Watford v West [. Click to continue reading...

Football is here again, and the beginning of the season is always a time of hope as clubs start over with a clean slate. At least, that's usually how it works. But not in League Two. Not this year. Because of point deductions, Luton Town begin the 2008-09 campaign on -30 points. That's minus 30. Just a few years ago Luton Town was in the top half of the Championship League, England's second division, with the Premiership nearly in sight.

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Reading and Milton Keynes Dons move on after midweek Carling Cup victories, while Millwall and Sheffield Wednesday fell to lower league sides Northampton Town and Rotherham respectively. Click to continue reading...

Ties are due to be played in the week commencing 11 August. The draw for the first round of the Carling Cup: Preston v Chesterfield Chester v Leeds Leicester v Stockport Sheff Utd v Port Vale Grimsby v Tranmere Crewe v Barnsley Hartlepool v Scunthorpe Derby v Lincoln Notts County v Doncaster Sheff Wed v Rotherham Shrewsbury v Carlisle Wolves v Accrington Bury v Burnley Rochdale v Oldham Nottm Forest [. Click to continue reading...

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The draw for the First Round of the Carling Cup. QPR will play Swindon away
on August 12 or 13.

[Two different accounts of the two teams' last encounter. The QPR version is correct!]

Swindon Official Site - QPR AWAIT IN ROUND ONE
Swindon Town will face Coca-Cola Championship side QPR in the first round of the Carling Cup in early August. Click to continue reading...

Some more transfer heresy and hearsay.... Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is after Congolese defensive "wonderkid" Paul Jose Mpoklu but will have to beat off interest from Tottenham in the 15-year-old. (Daily Mirror) Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has promised that he'll be staying at Arsenal for twenty more years. Click to continue reading...

West Ham United have loaned off left back Joe Widdowson to Rotherham for a month. He has already been on loan at Carlisle earlier in the season and has been sent to Rotherham for more first team experinces. Widdowson is expected to climb into the first team right from the start as Rotherham manager Mark Robins [. Click to continue reading...

After suffering a humiliating 4-1 defeat to Ipswich on the opening day of the Championship and selling star left winger Chris Brunt to West Brom in the aftermath, the Owls faced a mid-week Carling Cup tie in the first round away to local rivals Rotherham. Things didn't look good early as the League Two side jumped out to an early lead. Fortunately, Wednesday were able to set things right and storm back to win 3-1 and advance to a Round 2 tie with Hartlepool. Click to continue reading...