League Cup - Round 2 draw - Norwich (a)

[Pamplemousse]

Takes place around 7.20pm

Ball numbers:

South Section
1 AFC Bournemouth

2 AFC Wimbledon

3 Brentford

4 Brighton & Hove Albion

5 Bristol City

6 Bromley

7 Cambridge United

8 Cardiff City

9 Charlton Athletic

10 Coventry City

11 Fulham

12 Millwall

13 Norwich City

14 Oxford United

15 Plymouth Argyle

16 Reading

17 Southampton

18 Swansea City

19 West Ham United

20 Wolverhampton Wanderers

21 Wycombe Wanderers

22 Cheltenham Town or Exeter City

[Eric The Red]

EFL seem to have screwed over it's Southern teams here. Only 22 teams in the South compared to 24 in the North and we have 6 established PL teams whilst the North has 5 including all the newly promoted ones. So definitely more scope for a winnable fixture for an EFL team if you're in the Northern pot

[SNSUN]

Jack Rudoni derby. Cov. Put a monkey on it.

[Saint Garrett]

Bromley, Wimbledon, Cheltenham/Exeter for me...

All possible new grounds...good fun last night going to Northampton.

[trousers]

This has got Millwall or Swansea away written all over it...

[Pamplemousse]

Bromley or Wimbledon away would be my first choices immediately

[AlexLaw76]

Everton away 

[ChrisPY]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Everton away 

Might have to play them at home because it’s the southern section of the draw.

[kitch]

It's Fulham or West Ham IMO.

[AlexLaw76]

8 minutes ago, ChrisPY said:

Might have to play them at home because it’s the southern section of the draw.

Exactly 🙁

[CB Fry]

39 minutes ago, Eric The Red said:

EFL seem to have screwed over it's Southern teams here. Only 22 teams in the South compared to 24 in the North and we have 6 established PL teams whilst the North has 5 including all the newly promoted ones. So definitely more scope for a winnable fixture for an EFL team if you're in the Northern pot

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Edited August 13 by CB Fry
Sorry I over thought it

[Saint Scott]

Norwich Away

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[skintsaint]

Norwich away meh

Edited August 13 by skintsaint

[Lee On Solent Saint]

Fuck. That's a shit draw

[SW11_Saint]

Must be the most northernmost club in the ‘South section’…😫

[whelk]

At least it’s on tv

[Lighthouse]

Couple of all PL draws in that, also a couple of PL teams against strong Championship sides, which is always good for progression chances.

I’m indifferent to our draw.

[SNSUN]

Ah another Nor fixture. 

And another spousal rivalry to to push my already animosity-filled marriage to the limits. Bloody Norwich. Even my daughter favours them over Saints. I'm hoping our new arcade and mini golf course will sway her.

Edited August 13 by SNSUN

[Pamplemousse]

Probably the worst possible tie we could've got

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

30 minutes ago, SW11_Saint said:

Must be the most northernmost club in the ‘South section’…😫

Just pipped for distance by that other...ahem...southern club Wolverhampton.

Shit draw.

Edit: Tell a lie, just checked and Norwich 190 miles, Swansea 170, Wolverhampton and Plymouth both over 150.

Edited August 13 by TheAlehouseBrawlers

[Lighthouse]

Just now, Pamplemousse said:

Probably the worst possible tie we could've got

Why? Far better than a trip to Brighton, Bournemouth or West Ham.

[SW11_Saint]

2 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Probably the worst possible tie we could've got

Winnable, but shit for fans…

[sfc4prem]

Proper shite draw, that.

[RedWillie]

Almost friggin Norway

[Pamplemousse]

20 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Why? Far better than a trip to Brighton, Bournemouth or West Ham.

Purely from a matchgoing perspective

[OneMrsWallace]

20 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Why? Far better than a trip to Brighton, Bournemouth or West Ham.

Pretty sure people are referring to the journey needed to get there and back in midweek, rather than the standard of opposition. Maybe more winnable of course, although PL teams often put out their weaker teams. 

[Football Special]

8 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Purely from a matchgoing perspective

It's been a 5 hour drive there before with m25 traffic,  bloody tough trip on a Tuesday night, suppose some will make a trip of it but we've played there plenty of times so not appealing 

[EssEffCee]

Anyone who wants one will get a ticket for this.

[SNSUN]

5 minutes ago, Football Special said:

It's been a 5 hour drive there before with m25 traffic,  bloody tough trip on a Tuesday night, suppose some will make a trip of it but we've played there plenty of times so not appealing 

We've got an airport, they've got an airport. Hire a private jet, job done. I can't see a flaw in this plan. 

[die Mannyschaft]

Was looking for Reading or Bromley but have to play a big team ar some stage. Probably worst team we could draw, long trip etc. Its winnable,  do we get a big allocation? Maybe only chance for fans not on 10 -4 aways to get a ticket.  never many officials coaches though always sold out early on. 

[LGTL]

That’s the worst draw possible. 

[Pamplemousse]

1 hour ago, EssEffCee said:

Anyone who wants one will get a ticket for this.

Indeed. I'll be giving it a swerve. If we take more than a 1000, fair play.

[stevegrant]

Last train out of Norwich after the game is at 2202 which gets back into London Liverpool Street at 2357.

If the game went to penalties, you'd probably have a little bit of a jog required to make that train...

[Verbal]

1 hour ago, stevegrant said:

Last train out of Norwich after the game is at 2202 which gets back into London Liverpool Street at 2357.

If the game went to penalties, you'd probably have a little bit of a jog required to make that train...

If it goes to pens you'd need to swim across the Wensum to get that last train.

[Wilf]

If you swam across the river from Carrow Road, you'd have to swim back again to get to the station!

[stevegrant]

10 hours ago, Verbal said:

If it goes to pens you'd need to swim across the Wensum to get that last train.

7:45 kickoff, so full-time around 9:35, penalties takes 5 minutes to get going and then 5 minutes to complete. Out of the ground at 9:45, into the station at 9:55 with 7 minutes to get food and drink for the train. Job done.

[Football Special]

23 minutes ago, stevegrant said:

7:45 kickoff, so full-time around 9:35, penalties takes 5 minutes to get going and then 5 minutes to complete. Out of the ground at 9:45, into the station at 9:55 with 7 minutes to get food and drink for the train. Job done.

Still pack your swimmers just in case Steve 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

Good pricing for this assuming we get charged the same:

£12 adult, £6 U21s & over 65s, £2 U18s

https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/ticketing-southampton-carabao-cup-blackburn-rovers

[Football Special]

5 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Good pricing for this assuming we get charged the same:

£12 adult, £6 U21s & over 65s, £2 U18s

https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/ticketing-southampton-carabao-cup-blackburn-rovers

We are , details are confirmed, I actually think Norwich is a good place to visit for couple of days, some great pubs in the city centre not far from the ground, tempted to head up there if I can sort with work 

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/norwich-city-vs-southampton

 

[Gloucester Saint]

20 minutes ago, Football Special said:

We are , details are confirmed, I actually think Norwich is a good place to visit for couple of days, some great pubs in the city centre not far from the ground, tempted to head up there if I can sort with work 

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/norwich-city-vs-southampton

 

If you like real ale and craft beer, I rate it as one of the top 5 places in the UK. Fat Cat is too out of the way for the football ground but a must earlier in the day or next day if you’re on annual leave. 

Edited August 16 by Gloucester Saint

[BTW Saint]

Tickets now on sale to members. Still a few remaining as at 17:00. Looking at staying up, hotel adjacent fully booked now for the Tuesday. This is the one with pitch facing rooms. 

[suewhistle]

On 16/08/2025 at 20:36, Football Special said:

We are , details are confirmed, I actually think Norwich is a good place to visit for couple of days, some great pubs in the city centre not far from the ground, tempted to head up there if I can sort with work 

The newly reopened Norwich castle looks interesting too.

[EssEffCee]

15 minutes ago, BTW Saint said:

Tickets now on sale to members. Still a few remaining as at 17:00. Looking at staying up, hotel adjacent fully booked now for the Tuesday. This is the one with pitch facing rooms. 

Went on general sale at half 3.

Sold quite a few it seems, though I suspect a large amount of seats will be empty on the night.

[sledger]

came in the post this morning,see they can do it.

[Football Special]

12 hours ago, EssEffCee said:

Went on general sale at half 3.

Sold quite a few it seems, though I suspect a large amount of seats will be empty on the night.

I suspect you are right but the idea of buying a ticket and not bothering to use it seems mad to me, at least offer to give it away to someone 

Only about 150 left out of the 2,022 allocation 

[derry]

On 13/08/2025 at 20:11, SNSUN said:

We've got an airport, they've got an airport. Hire a private jet, job done. I can't see a flaw in this plan. 

About 40 years ago I flew the Southampton team to Norwich in a Fokker F27 of Air UK. If I remember correctly they lost.

[DJ_TOAST]

2 tickets going spare if anybody needs (2 in our group dropped out), I'm sure everyone has one as they went to general sale. Going to the game today so can pass over, drop me an email. Not a member on here so can't reply to pms. 
andy.moore.passion.records@gmail.com