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unusual facts about FA Inter-League Cup


FA Inter-League Cup

After a 1–2 defeat to the Bratislava team (Slovakia) a 3–2 win over the hosting Hradec Králové team left the side with a chance of qualifying for the finals.


1983–84 Football League

Liverpool had an extremely strong season, as they also won the European Cup and the League cup.

2006–07 West Ham United F.C. season

1. Since the finalists of the 2006–07 FA Cup (Manchester United and Chelsea) and the League Cup winners (Chelsea) had already qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League through their Premier League positions, their 2007–08 UEFA Cup places were given to the 6th- and 7th-placed Premier League teams.

2010–11 Swindon Town F.C. season

The club also competed in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Amdy Faye

Faye played in Stoke's 1–0 League Cup victory over Leyton Orient this being his only appearance in the 2009–10 season.

Arnau Riera

He played well in his debut game, but was sent off just three minutes into the following match, a League Cup match against Bury which Sunderland lost 2–0 at Gigg Lane.

Barry Bridges

His most successful season with the club was in 1964–65, in which he scored 27 goals in 42 matches, as Chelsea won the League Cup but faltered late-on in their championship and FA Cup challenges.

Colin West

The next season he scored three goals over the two legs in the League Cup semi-final win over Chelsea, but was left out of the Wembley final by manager Len Ashurst.

Darron McDonough

Injuries plagued his time at Luton, and he was sidelined for Luton's famous League Cup victory over Arsenal in 1987–88, though he did appear in the defeat to Nottingham Forest a year later.

Dean Sinclair

Sinclair made his Addicks debut on 14 August 2007 in the clubs 2–0 League Cup win over Swindon Town with Sinclair making a 78th minute appearance as a replacement for Andy Reid.

Ed de Goey

He was first choice goalkeeper for most of his time in West London, and was a member of the sides that won the League Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup (both in 1998) and the FA Cup in 2000.

Frankie Bunn

His most famous moment as a player came on 25 October 1989, when he scored six goals in Oldham's 7–0 victory over Scarborough in the third round of the League Cup, which is still the League Cup record for most goals by a player in a single match.

Fraser Forster

Forster had a successful season with Celtic, winning a runner-up medal in the League Cup and Scottish Premier League.

Gary Gillespie

Gillespie took a while to settle in, mainly because world-class defenders Mark Lawrenson and Alan Hansen were ahead of him, but eventually he got into the team, making his debut on 7 April 1984 in the 2–2 League Cup draw with Walsall at Anfield, he became a regular during the 1986–87 season.

Geoff Pike

He played for the Upton Park club for twelve years, gaining an FA Cup winners medal in 1980, a League Cup runners-up medal in 1981 and promotion back to the top tier, after finishing as Division Two champions in 1980–81.

Gianfranco Zola

In the 1997–98 season, Zola helped Chelsea win three more trophies, the League Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the Super Cup.

Jan Budtz

Born in Hillerød, Budtz became an instant hero in his first game for Doncaster Rovers when he replaced the injured Andy Warrington during a League Cup tie against Manchester City in September 2005.

Jason Euell

During a League Cup match between Blackpool and Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on 22 September, Euell, who at the time was sat on the substitutes bench, was racially abused by a Stoke fan, who was ejected from the stadium and subsequently arrested by Staffordshire Police, before being released pending inquiries.

Jim McCalliog

The 1973–74 season saw his appearances hampered by injuries and he did not win his place back for Wolves' League Cup win over Manchester City; Alan Sunderland taking his spot.

Marvin Brown

On his City debut, as a second-half substitute for Alex Meechan in the League Cup defeat away to Nottingham Forest on 15 September 1999 he became their youngest ever player, aged 16 years and 71 days.

Mick Rathbone

The 17-year-old Rathbone made his first-team debut on 31 August 1976 in a League Cup defeat at Blackpool, and his league debut on 20 October, as a substitute replacing Archie Styles in a 1–0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.

Pieter Huistra

Between 1990 and 1995 he played for Scottish Premier Division club Rangers, becoming the first of a number of Dutch players to play for the club, where he won five League medals, two League Cup medals and a Scottish Cup medal.

Raí

He still managed to contribute with six goals in 28 Ligue 1 games as his new club won the national championship for the second time in its history; he helped PSG to the following season's French Cup, and was on target in the League Cup final against SC Bastia (2–0).

Richard Kingson

On 28 August 2007, Kingson made his debut for Birmingham in a League Cup third round tie against Hereford United.

Skelmersdale United F.C.

That year United won their way to the FA Amateur Cup Final at Wembley in front of 75,000 spectators (which, at the time, was the biggest Wembley attendance for any game other than an FA Cup Final, League Cup or International game).

Steve Mildenhall

Mildenhall played 91 games for the Magpies, scoring one goal (a free-kick against Mansfield Town in a League Cup tie) which later appeared as a 'What happened next' slot on an episode of A Question of Sport.


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