4 wins means 40k - 2 League 2 players for the 2nd half of the season - which would be a boost to the shambles of a team we have now from pound land.

Great name for it UD the Poundland Trophy, the EFL should have approached them before Leasing.com

The figures speak for themselves?

https://twitter.com/cufc_stats/status/1176766688488042496?s=21

Two more record lowest crowds elsewhere:

https://twitter.com/againstleague3/status/1176759462192959493?s=21

Looking at this trophy now is very sad. If this competition was in accident and emergency fighting for its life, and then flat lined. The Doctors would look at each other and suggest jump starting it’s heart. Then they would look at each other and go nah! “Come on let’s go to the pub. Bring back the Autowindscreens format, we DON’T WANT THE PREMIER league it our competition [censored]* off

I wouldn't be surprised if it sponsored by Thomas Cook next season.

Some big crowds tonight:
Crawley 361
Burton 435
Morecambe 514
:-D

Scraping the barrel for publicity now!

https://twitter.com/leasingcomtrphy/status/1181666286134288384?s=21

Don’t know how to post the picture, but the Daily Telegraph are running an ‘exclusive’ tomorrow under the heading “EFL chief Shaun Harvey: I wanted to stage cup draw in outer space”.

Must be the EFL Trophy due to lack of atmosphere....

We are the only game being played in the Trophy tonight, having chosen not to use the traditional pre-International Tuesday like most others did.

Pathetic...

Sums up the trophy... Pathetic

And before anyone says ‘But Blackpool were on TV last Monday’ the Trophy fixtures were announced long before that was!

I expect another stuffing tonight.

A random one!

https://twitter.com/skyfootball/status/1185266351075708928?s=21

Their under 21s will prob get a invite next season.

Amazing!

https://twitter.com/againstleague3/status/1187699241797537793?s=21

More huge crowds...

https://twitter.com/coventry_city/status/1191831094074720261?s=21

I believe JN voted for the admittance of U21 teams to the EFL trophy and now the competition is dying.

This illustrates the quality of decision making, or rather the lack of it, at board level at Brunton Park.

As I've said before if Carlisle United were a public company the shareholders would have given the directors the push by now.

This aged well...

https://twitter.com/leasingcomtrphy/status/1200022103266856961?s=21

Well 7 U21 teams made the Second Round, 5 have gone out, leaving Man City and Leicester as the last teams standing.

Another successful Season in the Trophy for the future of the England team!

493 at Exeter tonight and 505 at Salford last night.

The size of crowds in this competition is irrelevant to those in charge of clubs, because the money they’ve accepted from the Premier League covers the lost revenue and more (not that the old trophy was bringing in the crowds).

You could have, may have, one man and a dog at a game, it won’t make any difference to their decision making as long as the pound signs are dangled before their eyes by the top clubs...

Well 7 U21 teams made the Second Round, 5 have gone out, leaving Man City and Leicester as the last teams standing.

Another successful Season in the Trophy for the future of the England team!

Two become one!

Leicester U21’s are last men standing for the Academies after winning at Tranmere last night and Man City U21 are defeated by Scunthorpe tonight...

A Leicester U21 / Stevenage final would do me!

Still on Nobby...

Quarter-Final draw from earlier today was:

Portsmouth v Scunthorpe United
Newport County v Leicester City U21s
Salford City v Accrington Stanley
Exeter City v Stevenage

Chance of voucher scheme for tickets: unlikely

They'll be desperate for a Portsmouth v Exeter final

Nah Salford v Pompey.

Class of 92 orgasm even though they’ll only sell about 3k tickets!

Thought that the North and South groups were kept apart until the final.
At least that was what it used to be.
Maybe it has changed?

That’s the last U21 team out with Leicester beat at Newport tonight.

Now the EFL will want the Salford (Class of 92 orgasm) v Pompey (Big following) Final that the Semi draw kept alive...

Portsmouth selling their soul again with a big crowd against Exeter

Two injury time goals for Pompey to win 3-2, EFL suits happy with a 40k following likely...

It's a shame because Portsmouth fans did stand against the charade early on it seemed but they do seem to have sold their soul. Im sure they have a hardcore who care about the principle but it seems they are in the minority.

And the Class of 92 owned Salford join Pompey in the Final.

The dream pair for the EFL!

A big Pompey following and all the media that Salford attract due to their Owners.

[censored] the Trophy...

It was a terrible game - if these are mid table League 2 sides thank god I only see it 2 or 3 times a season.

Beckham, Scholes, Giggs etc weren't even there or sky would be having a wank fest over it.

For a semi final it hardly compares with these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ6jSNLwDpk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_iRv053D1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv-3j8LshBw

Salford have a big initial allocation for the Final.

3000 (Three thousand)...

https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/wembley-ticket-details-feb20/

3,000 on par with what Stevenage took to Stoke for the playoff final against us.

As soon as these non league sides return to where they belong the better.

By the way
'At least we are not Stockport' have a higher average attendance than us!

Debatable whether we’re better off or not with the additional prize money this competition brings, as our crowds (and therefore gate receipts) have suffered as a result.

Since the academy teams were invited we’ve had 9 home games and averaged 1,068

Our previous 9 home games before academy teams were invited averaged 2,913 (I’ve excluded the Leeds area final as it slightly distorts the figure)

That’s an average loss of 1,845 fans a game, at say £10 a head is £18,450 a game, 45% of which is £8,300. The fact you get £10,000 a game if you win (sod all if you lose) when we’re losing nearly that in gate receipts means it wasn’t really worth voting in favour of in the first place!

EFL met Salford and Portsmouth, and have finally decided to refund the tickets bought 10 months ago.

Incredibly, they’re still planning on playing the Final!