February 5, 2025 | Awake & Dreaming

The Carabao Cup, formerly known as the League Cup, has had various sponsors over the years.

The League Cup was launched in 1960 at a time when the spectators at the football matches were dwindling in number, English football was losing its prestige and the rivalry between the Football League and the Football Association was at its highest point.

The Carabao Cup is open to all 92 clubs of the Premier League and the English Football League. They are divided in seven rounds in such a way that 32 clubs remain in the third round.

Ian Rush holds the record for the most goals in the Carabao Cup, whilst his club – Liverpool – have won the competition the most times since 1961.

The first six finals were played over two legs at each of the finalist’s home grounds before moving to the national stadium in 1967.

But for the first decade of the League Cup, players weren’t given medals, but tankards (silver handled mugs). One such silver tankard given to Tottenham player Cyril Knowles in 1971 sold at auction for around £1200.

The Football League moved to giving players medals in the 1970s – a shame given the fact the tournament was renamed the Milk Cup in the 1980s, where a tankard would have been the perfect way to enjoy a quick milky drink at full time.

What is a “normal” life experience you feel like you missed out on?

Quite a few actually. I know somewhere early on in my life the gauntlet was thrown on the ground and the fault is no ones but mine. Maybe some bad luck or something along with it, but mainly the fault is no one else’s but mine. I am solely to blame for me missing out on what I can say are life experiences that one should expect in their lifetime. From the point of view of a guy ofcourse.

I missed out on a lot of things. Getting married and enjoying the life of a married man, with a woman who is my partner in life. Yes I have been in love, been intimate with a woman a few times, with 3 women in total but they are all gone long back. I haven’t been with a woman in a very long, long time – in over 20 years – and I am 48 years old now. I had hoped that I would be married by the time I was 30 and lived in a different house or an apartment with my wife.

And that we’d get a dog or two and maybe a couple of cats. And live the life of a married couple. Maybe have a couple of kids. I’d love to have a daughter and raise the girl and watch her grow from a cute little angel kid to a woman. I’d love to be able to do that! I missed out on all that. Instead I have the life that I have, such as it is.

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