NL Cup - latest status

[RC-Moderator]

(This was asked on the HSC thread, so I moved it to its own thread)

Its knockout- but we dont know anymore yet (eg when , or who we get)
We dont know whether they will give NL clubs preference for home venue as per before

The ones where the NL clubs are in pole position:

- Aldershot
- Maidenhead (or Brighton U21)
- Braintree
- Altrincham or Rochdale (or Wolves U21) - decided 11-Feb
- Dagenham or Sutton (or Notts Forest U21) - decided tomorrow night

And then academies:

- Newcastle
- Leeds
- Man Utd
- (maybe Wolves/Forest or Brighton, as per above)


For us, our first obvious Tuesday without moving matches is March 11th, so would suggest our match will be then unless the other side is unavailable (eg Sutton, Rochdale/Altrincham have a league game that night). So be ready for some uproar when a league match gets moved around!

I expect the league would like 4 U21 sides to go through, as that is both a great story in terms of equity/balance; and would also allow for ALL the quarter finals to be NL side at home, versus U21 side.

Update from mdg : "I think I read somewhere that teams cannot be drawn against those from the same qualification group. So at least we don't have to go to Maidenhead twice this year ..."

[Peter macdonald]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

[brian bloomfield]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

The management team have a fantastic opportunity to cement contacts at these clubs particularly our Chairman. This could result in some loan signings next season.

[Silasgoldeen]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

The management team have a fantastic opportunity to cement contacts at these clubs particularly our Chairman. This could result in some loan signings next season.

yep, probably got us Will Armitage in that way

[Wanderer]

If Nottingham Forest win at Sutton tomorrow, they will be the team to qualify from that group and if Maidenhead lose their last game badly they could let Brighton in.

[RC-Moderator]

Wanderer - great spots. I failed to notice how tight the groups were. Updated orig post

[shotsboy66]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

The management team have a fantastic opportunity to cement contacts at these clubs particularly our Chairman. This could result in some loan signings next season.

The club have done loan signings to death. Need stability from the get go.

[A.T.F.C 92]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

Will Armatage come.from Southampton after we.played them. We can see how good he is for us so it's had some benefits

[Josh]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

The management team have a fantastic opportunity to cement contacts at these clubs particularly our Chairman. This could result in some loan signings next season.

Clutching at straws. There will be u21 sides in the national league in a few years

[Peter macdonald]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

The management team have a fantastic opportunity to cement contacts at these clubs particularly our Chairman. This could result in some loan signings next season.

All the other sides can do exactly the same though

[RC-Moderator]

The ones where the NL clubs are in pole position:

- Aldershot
- Maidenhead (or Brighton U21)
- Braintree
- Altrincham or Rochdale (or Wolves U21) - decided 11-Feb
- Sutton

And then academies:

- Newcastle
- Leeds
- Man Utd
- (maybe Wolves or Brighton, as per above)

Sutton progress…so above updated. Interesting overlap of us, Sutton, Rochdale and Altrincham in the Trophy and here.


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[shots1965]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

You remembered it,, so it must've been significant at some point.
Change the record postie… getting very very old

We all know your feelings towards this competition

[chimpster99]

I agree that this competition is a load of old tosh. But I also believe it's here to stay for a while, so we might as well go and try to win it and grab the associated prize money. It's hard to see anything other than a downward financial spiral for ATFC at the moment.

[GrahamH]

I have no doubt should Shots progress to the final in this competition or the HSC people will turn out for the final

[Peter macdonald]

This competition is about as significant as a bogey i once flicked on a pavement when I was 8

You remembered it,, so it must've been significant at some point.
Change the record postie… getting very very old

We all know your feelings towards this competition

Christ you must have mentioned Southgate about 1500 times, I’m up to about 700 about this crap cup admittedly