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OUT OF ITS LEAGUE

FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL
THE LEAGUE CUP HAS BEEN PART OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL FOR 60 YEARS, BUT THOMAS BLOW SAYS THE CONSTANT DEVALUING OF THE COMPETITION IS UNDERMINING ITS HISTORY AND FUTURE…

MY FONDEST memory of the League Cup is Sheffield United beating Liverpool in the first leg of the 2003 semi-final.
As a youngster just getting into football, I loved seeing my boyhood club defeat one of Europe’s finest. Although United lost the second leg, it was still a fine example of how magical the competition could be. Yet today, it is a shell of its former self.
Twenty years ago the forma...

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