League Cup Quarter-Final - Liverpool at home

[john e]

I think we should be helpful in this situation because we may need the favour back in two years time when we're playing in it.

Liking the long term big picture thinking there

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Out of interest when did we play I think Penarol in the final of that in 1982, mid season or a later date? I assume we had to miss a league game or two given it was held back then in Tokyo.

We played on Sunday 12th December 1982. There were no Division One league games that weekend as it was Euro international qualifiers. England beat Luxembourg 9-0 the following Wednesday. Our next game after getting back from Tokyo was at home in the league the following Saturday. We lost it 4-2...to Liverpool.

[Sexual Ealing]

I think we should be helpful in this situation because we may need the favour back in two years time when we're playing in it.

I agree with LeeB again.

[Brassneck]

I believe that Liverpool and/or the EFL should take responsibility here.  We should not have arrived at this crisis point and then begun clutching at straws to see when the game could be played.

Having 2 sides playing the semis, 1 side in limbo and 2 sides playing a quarter final is far from ideal.  It also impacts planning for the eventual winner of the quarter final and gives fans of the 1st semi final advantages in booking hotels etc.

Not life or death but in an age when fans are constantly complaining about re-arranged kick off times and dates, a contingency plan ought to have been in place for this eventuality back in August when the competition began.

[Richard]

I don't get your post Brassneck the semi finals are two legged and does it really matter who gets through first

[SoccerHQ]

Seems the club are happy to play it in early Jan so would imagine it will be sorted for then.

[Brassneck]

I don't get your post Brassneck the semi finals are two legged and does it really matter who gets through first

As I said, not life or death.

It DOES matter who gets through first, especially if there's a large gap between that and the 2nd qualifying finalist.  Hotels etc tend to get booked up very quickly once a team gets to Wembley.  Furthermore, the shorter the period between qualifying and the actual game, the more difficult it becomes for fans, clubs and indeed sponsors to make arrangements.

Not sure what your point is about the semi final?  We are supposedly playing our QF when the other teams are playing their SF.  Therefore, when they play the 2nd leg, we/Liverpool will presumably be playing our 1st leg.

[Risso]

Quite why the League Cup still has the semis over two legs I will never understand.

[PeterWithesShin]

Clubs tend to make preparations for finals once they reach the QF. And I like that the semis are 2 legs.

[Pete3206]

We had a fixture pile up in 1994 which resulted in us playing a League Cup semi on a Sunday. Didn't work out too badly as I recall

[eamonn]

And was the first leg on a Friday?

[Three Spires Villa]

And was the first leg on a Friday?

Yep

[Rudy65]

And was the first leg on a Friday?

Yep

Are you sure?

[PeterWithesShin]

First leg was Weds 16th, second leg was Sunday 27th.

[olaftab]

First leg was Weds 16th, second leg was Sunday 27th.

We were probably out of the FA cup at third round  as Saturday 26 Jan would have been the fourth round day.