The draw for this wonderful competition has taken place, we can look forward to local derbies against Hartlepool, Rochdale and Sunderland's youth team. At least one will be at home, presumably including the Sunderland match.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record - if you love Notts, the best thing you can do is stay away. Or do you want to see B teams in the Football League?

If Notts put out our youth team, I'd happily chip in to help pay the £5k fine we'd receive. Just to prove a point

i wont be watching, i am disappointed the club even voted in support of it. the club should always vote based on what the fans say or think with regards to think like this.

not have their say for us.

IMO the club should have taken the long-term view with this B-team nonsense.

And it looks like our glamour tie at Sunderland will be away from home. I wonder if they'll hold it at an empty Stadium of Light or on an academy pitch? Only Hartlepool is at home.

I suppose the bonus is the fact we will only have one home fixture.

I won't be going to any of them, I gave up on the competition back in the 90s as it was a complete waste of time and money watching weakened teams and paying for the privilege.

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If Notts put out our youth team, I'd happily chip in to help pay the £5k fine we'd receive. Just to prove a point

We have to play our strongest team according to the rules

IMO the club should have taken the long-term view with this B-team nonsense.

And it looks like our glamour tie at Sunderland will be away from home. I wonder if they'll hold it at an empty Stadium of Light or on an academy pitch? Only Hartlepool is at home.

It will be played at the SOL, all academy teams play at the first team ground other than west ham who aren't allowed in their tenancy at the Olympic stadium, even though the tax payer is still paying for it

I can't imagine any of those games attracting more than 1500 spectators , and I won't be one of them.

13 hours ago, ohstanleyaborah said:

We have to play our strongest team according to the rules

That is why I mentioned the 5k fine! That's the punishment

I am still on the belief that a revival of the Anglo Scottish would have been more beneficial. OK, higher travelling costs but I am sure this would have been counterbalanced with increased attendances, therefore increased revenues. It would be more attractive to finding a sponsor too.

It's a piss-take now. Before it was useless, but at least you could get yourself knocked out at match number one. Now we have to play 3 (!!!!) games, one against Sunderland kids/reserves. I hope that JS sends the first team out with instructions that if you break a sweat you will be subbed.

I think all the league teams should put out a side of old fashioned cloggers against the EPL teams and cause so many injuries that they pull out of the competition.

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I used to like the old paint pot trophy, it was a way for teams like us to dream of Wembley, but the fact is hardly anyone else cared so they had to change it, but they made it worse than it was

1 hour ago, ivansneck said:

I think all the league teams should put out a side of old fashioned cloggers against the EPL teams and cause so many injuries that they pull out of the competition.

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Brutal but effective.

If we make 11 changes we can argue that we were saving our best team for the trophy 

I thought about an Anglo-Scottish Cup too @Piethagoram, but it wouldn't be suitable for a midweek competition as small clubs with part-time players would have to travel monstrous distances. I don't think there's room in the calendar for it TBH.