juanpabloingram Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 League Cup to be rebranded Capital One Cup in new deal The League Cup will be known as the Capital One Cup from next season after the Football League agreed a new four-year sponsorship deal. The competition had been sponsored by brewers Molson Coors since 1998, and branded as the Carling Cup since 2003. Football League chief commercial officer Richard Heaselgrave said: "This is terrific news for clubs and a great way to conclude the season." The first draw for the Capital One Cup will be held on Thursday, 14 June. League Cup winners 2012: Liverpool 2011: Birmingham 2010: Manchester United 2009: Manchester United 2008: Tottenham The first-round ties will be held in the week beginning 13 August and will start the domestic season this year, with the league programme following over the weekend of 18 August. All Championship clubs - bar Blackburn and Bolton - will be in the first-round draw alongside clubs from League One and League Two. Thirteen Premier League clubs join Blackburn and Bolton in round two, to be played at the end of August, while seven top-flight sides involved in European football join the competition in round three. The 2011-12 Carling Cup was won by Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool . Heaselgrave added: "The Capital One Cup is in great shape having been re-invigorated in recent seasons by a number of memorable finals, some thrilling midweek cup football and a first glimpse of the stars of the future." The first final of the Capital One Cup will take place at Wembley on Sunday, 24 February 2013. Source - BBC Sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Sounds so wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It's always been the league cup to me, regardless of which company's logo was plastered over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2012 Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2012 Remember when it was the Milk Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2012 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I can remember the Littlewoods, Rumbelows(spelling), Coca Cola, Worthingtons and Carling Cups any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2012 Of the seven sponsors, four were products that you could actually drink from a cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It's nearly there. The best iterations have been the Coca Cola Cup and the Carling Cup, probably due to the alliteration...they should probably drop the 'one' and just call it the Capital Cup, or the Captial (one) Cup. At a push they could condsider Captial 1 Cup aka. C1C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 1, 2012 Moderator Share Posted June 1, 2012 Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.Does COC roll off your tongue better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted June 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2012 Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.Does COC roll off your tongue better? Liverpool, current holders of the COC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 1, 2012 Yes. That's much better. I'll be rolling COC off my tongue for years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djamfisher Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I reckon Blackburn are going to be winning next season, I know a few people had them down for it last time. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted June 4, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted June 4, 2012 Capital One gets a Cup to go with the Bowl. Question is whether the COC is more respected than the mascot challenge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Remember when it was the Milk Cup? And what a way to start trophy-branding that was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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