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The 2013/14 Capital One Cup season will soon commence for Chelsea as they have been drawn to face League One side Swindon Town at the County Ground in the third round with the game to be played on 24th September at 7.45pm UK time. The Blues will no doubt fancy their chances to win this tie but Swindon would be motivated themselves as well as they look to take down a Premier League giant at their own ground and Jose Mourinho will be keen to ensure his players avoid any complacency and becoming a victim of a giant killing in the cup. Mourinho’s side was given a ‘bye’ in the first two rounds and entered in the third – along with Man United, Man City, Tottenham, Arsenal, Swansea and Wigan – having qualified for Europe while Swindon defeated Torquay United 1-0 and Queens Park Rangers 2-0 in the first and second round respectively to reach this round. Chelsea have played Swindon Town 13 times in all competitions and the former have the upper hand with a record of 9 wins, 2 draws and just 2 defeats. The last time these two sides met was in the 1993/94 Premier League season where the Blues completed a league double over their opponents, beating them 3-1 away before sealing a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge. However the one and only time both sides faced each other in the League Cup, it ended in a 3-0 win for The Robins back in 1963. The Blues are no doubt one of favorites to win this competition especially under their current Portuguese manager and will be looking to add another League Cup success to the four they have won previously with the last coming in the 2006/07 season. Swindon Town, on the other hand, will hope for a fairytale story like Bradford City did last season but go one step further and win the competition, adding to their one and only success back in 1969. Other notable 3rd round ties see Manchester United host Liverpool at Old Trafford, in what arguably is the tie of the round. There is also a repeat of last season’s FA Cup final as Wigan travel to the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City while Arsene Wenger takes his Arsenal side to the Hawthorns to face West Brom and their North London rivals Tottenham will also play a Premier League side in Aston Villa at Villa Park. Another intriguing tie would be Newcastle going head-to-head against Leeds at St. James’ Park. The full draw for the Capital One Cup 3rd Round ties can be seen here. Click here to view article

Even then, it's a joke that no one else seem to be targeting him when there were loads of interests from big clubs while Spurs look to be closing in on getting him on a cheap!

How much is Ba currently earning per week here? Around 80k?? Maybe nobody is willing to pay that amount if we are to sell Ba to them.

It feels a bit tragic that we are not really exploiting the best of Ramires's abilities which is his powerful and driving run, breaking past the midfield and getting into the opposition penalty's box like we have seen him done before.

Mata: From chosen one to frozen Juan... Spaniard's fall from grace is a mystery Fall from grace?! OH FOR FUCKING SAKE!! First Mata was branded a Chelsea spare-part and now fall from grace! Can't believe such things are written on a daily basis!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2403755/Tottenham-negotiation-Ajax-Christian-Eriksen.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/transfer-news-tottenham-make-opening-bid-for-ajax-prodigy-christian-eriksen-8787741.html Has no one really picked up on this? Spurs are reportedly closing in on signing Eriksen for just £9m. Just £9m!!!

I feel like whenever such questions are being asked. All my hardwork is being wasted in the first post.. The draw is tomorrow at 4.45pm UK time!

Just returned from injury. Started his first game for Bayern last weekend against Nurnberg.

Full 3rd Round Ties: Manchester United v Liverpool Sunderland v Peterborough West Ham v Cardiff Manchester City v Wigan Athletic Burnley v Nottingham Forest Newcastle v Leeds Southampton v Bristol City West Brom v Arsenal Swindon v Chelsea Tranmere v Stoke Watford v Norwich City Aston Villa v Tottenham Hull City v Huddersfield Town Leicester City v Derby County Birmingham City v Swansea City Fulham v Everton Have included them into the first post of this thread as well.

We'll play Swindon away in the 3rd round! And there are also Man United v Liverpool, Wigan v Man City, West Brom v Arsenal and Aston Villa v Tottenham. Full draw to come!

Tonight's final five play-off results: Celtic 3-0 Shakhter Karagandy (Celtic win 3-2 on agg) Real Sociedad 2-0 Lyon (Real Sociedad win 4-0 on agg) Zenit St. Peterburg 4-2 Pacos Ferreira (Zenit win 8-3 on agg) AC Milan 3-0 PSV Eindhoven (AC Milan win 4-1 on agg) NK Maribor 0-1 Viktoria Plzen (Viktoria Plzen win 4-1 on agg) We now know the confirmed and final pot allocations. See first post to find out.

Zenit have beaten Pacos Ferreira 4-2 in the second leg tonight meaning they won 8-3 on aggregate and have qualified for the group stage. Their pot allocation is still unknown for now but their qualification means Man City will be in Pot 3 while FC Copenhagen in Pot 4 for the group stage draw. Read the first post for more information.

Happy Birthday Azpi! And gotta say, those 2 birthday pics above looks photoshoped. Did no one really care about him in the 2nd one there?!

@CHOULO19, is the Bayern game being shown live on Al Jazeera (or other channels) in the middle east?

Cheeky!

Maybe you should just do all 5.

Great!

It's OFFICIAL! WILLIAN TRANSFER COMPLETED

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/espnfcunited/id/8990?cc=4716 So much rubbish written into 1 piece on Mourinho!

Our games in September will be this: Sept 14 - vs Everton (A) Sept 17/18 - Champions League Group Stage 1st game Sept 21 - vs Fulham (H) Sept 24/25 - League Cup 3rd Round Sept 28 - vs Tottenham (A)

Same here. Would not mind at all doing either one of them. Take your pick Strike.

Yes yes. I'll be doing the Bayern game preview since no one else wants to do it. As for next month's matches, 2 more will be added into that list - 1 CL game and 1 League Cup game.

10pm tomorrow. Everything you need to know is in the first post of this thread.

I'm sorry but FUCKING HELL! Can't believe they just called Mata a Chelsea spare-part!! :rant: :rant:

*bump* Our League Cup season is about to get underway real soon with the 3rd round draw, where we will come in, taking place. See/Read the first post (despite it being posted by Sheva!) for more details.