Carabao Cup & FA Cup Thread

[sapper245 40]

horrible lay out on the away end last time I was there..lots of obstructed viewing from big pillars poorly situated. has been a few years tho so they might have sorted it out..otherwise take plenty of pain relief gel for your neck afterwards.

It will like going back to the 1970's lol the toilet will pissing against an old corrugated fence lol.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Lalkovic to score the winner

He was quite the player on his day in the youth setup. I still distinctly remember a late winner he scored against Arsenal the year we won the FA youth cup. I celebrated that goal like crazy.

[Jase 43,479]

It's the 8TH time out of 12 we have gotten an away tie in domestic cup competitions (excluding semi-finals and finals) since Mourinho returned in 2013.

League Cup

Swindon (A)

Arsenal (A)

Sunderland (A)

Bolton (H)

Shrewsbury (A)

Derby (A)

Walsall (A)

FA Cup

Derby (A)

Stoke (H)

Man City (A)

Watford (H)

Bradford (H)

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

I love away days I must confess.

unless it`s against a big side who happen to be extra hard to beat at home. I`m always happy with an away tie..i`m 12 grounds away from joining the 92 club. but unfortunately Walsall isn`t one of the 12.i was closer to the 92 before teams like Grimsby,Wrexham,Darlington,Halifax etc got relegated out of the football league.

I love the charm of a shitty lower league stadium. the despair in the eyes of the less fortunate natives,the lunatic fringe of colourful local characters .the familiar aroma of old decaying wood,kidney pies and stale piss. the magic of the cup.

the bescott stadium isn`t as old as some..it looks like a MFI,IKEA or B & Q store from the outside...inside it looks like it was assembled with the products from such stores.typical 90`s lower division produced football ground,with the pillar obstructions being the most noteworthy feature..they really stick in your mind like "wtf were they thinking" when they constructed it. you still get the same kind of characters that lower league clubs attract tho.

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/08/cup-date-announced.html

The Walsall tie will be played on September 23, Wednesday - in between the Arsenal and Newcastle league matches.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/08/cup-date-announced.html

The Walsall tie will be played on September 23, Wednesday - in between the Arsenal and Newcastle league matches.

The squad will be heavily rotated, but it will be strong enough to be competitive in all three of those games. If we line up against Walsall with something akin to the following, we'll be more than fine:

Begovic

Azpi - Cahill - Zouma - Baba

Mikel - RLC

Traore - Oscar - Moses*

Falcao/Loic

* if he's still alive, that is.

[Billy. 2,742]

We will play Stoke away

[Jase 43,479]

Full Fourth Round Draw:
Man City v Crystal Palace
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Man United v Middlesbrough
Everton v Norwich
Southampton v Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal
Hull v Leicester
Stoke v Chelsea

Matches to be played on October 27/28.

What a boring tie.

[didierforever 7,349]

WTF!!! why cant we get easy home ties like united/pool?

[zolayes 14,489]

WTF!!! why cant we get easy home ties like united/pool?

over the last few years we haven't really been unlucky with our cup draws

[Pizy 18,446]

Good thing I don't give a toss about this competition. Hope we play a totally weakened side. We don't need to be risking our important players in a midweek game all the way up in Stoke when we're trying to play major catch-up in the league.

[Kendrick 339]

One day I'll tell my grandchildren I saw Chelsea playing a cup game at home.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Sigh...

[Milan 17,862]

Incredibly boring, as if they wanted all the big clubs to go through and make the COC final stages more interesting.

[Topico 165]

After West Ham away, before Liverpool home.

[Jase 43,479]

Our domestic cup draws (excluding semi-finals, finals) since Mourinho returned in 2013:

League Cup - A, A, A, H, A, A, A, A

FA Cup - A, H, A, H, H

9 away ties out of 13.

[kmk108 1,186]

Damn. I was hoping for a home tie against Arsenal.

[Jusek 2,031]

Cold and rainy night at Stoke? Damn...