League Cup

A Little Romance

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK Sport

Swansea City rolled back the years on Tuesday with an open top bus parade to celebrate the club's League Cup triumph against Bradford City. Swans...

The Clock Strikes Midnight On The Cinderella Story

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.02.2013 | UK Sport

Swansea City barely broke sweat as they thrashed Bradford City 5-0 in perhaps the most one-sided League Cup final in the competition's 52-year history...

Bradford City at Wembley for Capital One Cup Final: Emotions Will Run Deep

David Hobbs | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Sport
David Hobbs

Much has been said about Bradford City's fall since the heady days of Premiership football, but the struggles go back much further than that and provide more context for what Sunday's Capital One Cup Final means for the club and its fans.

5 League Cup Finals (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK Sport

Bradford City and Swansea City's storybook paths to the League Cup final have finally granted the competition some belated recognition. For since the ...

'We Have To Be Ready'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK Sport

Swansea City chairman Huw Jenkins has admitted the club are "ready" should highly regarded manager Michael Laudrup leave the club this summer. Ahea...

The Lambert Paradox: Why Paul Lambert's Norwich City Model has Failed at Aston Villa

Alex Ward | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Sport
Alex Ward

It's not a matter of the players being too young, it's their sudden integration into the first team that has reaped the damage. It's simply a matter of trying to usher in a new era prematurely, long before the players could build their confidence. Lambert has tried to run before he could walk.

FA Won't Extend Hazard Ban

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK Sport

The Football Association has decided against extending Eden Hazard's ban for kicking a ball boy during Chelsea's Capital One Cup semi-final against Sw...

Hazard Charged By FA Over Ball Boy Kick

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 25.01.2013 | UK Sport

Eden Hazard has been charged by the Football Association for his kick on Swansea City ball boy Charlie Morgan in Chelsea's Capital One Cup semi-final ...

The Bantam Menaces

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 23.01.2013 | UK Sport

Phil Parkinson believes his Bradford players deserve to be honoured in the same way as the club's 1911 FA Cup winning-side after reaching the Capital ...

This Bradford City Fan Holds The Key To The Game's Future

The Daily Telegraph | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK Sport

Watching television coverage of Bradford City beating Aston Villa on Tuesday night, I was struck by the most arresting sight....

Lambert Takes A Walk Through Valley Parade's Shadow Of Death

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 09.01.2013 | UK Sport

Bradford manager Phil Parkinson admitted his players had far exceeded his expectations after seeing them inflict more embarrassment on top-flight oppo...

Samuel Luckhurst

7 Reasons Why The League Cup Is Better Than The FA Cup

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK Sport

Following a largely uneventful third-round weekend the FA Cup's fourth-round draw was as uninspiring as ITV's coverage. In May we said the FA Cup was ...

HIGHLIGHTS: Leeds 1-5 Chelsea (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.12.2012 | UK Sport

Chelsea showed barely a flicker of jet lag from their Far East excursions as they vanquished a sorry Leeds United 5-1 in the Capital One Cup quarter-f...

Samuel Luckhurst

Leeds United V Chelsea: A 50-Year Hatred (PICTURES)

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Sport

Leeds United last entertained Chelsea over nine years ago when Jermaine Pennant, on loan from Arsenal, weaved his way through the visitors' defence to...

Benítez Keen To Avoid Another Warnock Row

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK Sport

Chelsea boss Rafael Benítez is keen to avoid another row with Neil Warnock after the Leeds United manager revealed the Spaniard threatened to sue him...

PICTURES: Bradford Shock Arsenal

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Sport

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger insisted he was not embarrassed at the Gunners' Capital One Cup quarter-final defeat to a Bradford team which cost a to...

Samuel Luckhurst

This Has To Be Wenger's Final Season With Arsenal

HuffingtonPost.com | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Sport

Arsène Wenger's last visit to Bradford before Arsenal's black Tuesday came in September 2000 when 19-year-old Ashley Cole cancelled out Stuart McCall...

Did Chelsea Fan Make Monkey Gesture Towards Danny Welbeck?

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 13.12.2012 | UK Sport

A disturbing photo has emerged showing a Chelsea supporter apparently making a monkey gesture towards Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck during t...

WATCH: Chelsea 5-4 United League Cup Highlights

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.11.2012 | UK Sport

Chelsea and Manchester United's enthralling Premier League victory was tainted by accusations and controversy, but their Capital One Cup meeting was n...

WATCH: Giroud And Coquelin Give Away Their Shirts... Before Extra-Time

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.10.2012 | UK Sport

Arsenal's 7-5 comeback win at Reading from 4-0 down wasn't the only extraordinary occurrence at the Madejski Stadium, as both Olivier Giroud and Franc...

Di Canio: 'Beating Villa Would Be Like Having Sex With Madonna'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.10.2012 | UK Sport

Paolo di Canio, the Swindon Town manager, has said beating Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup would equal “having sex with Madonna”. Swindon ho...

GALLERY: Sport Pictures Of The Week

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.09.2012 | UK Sport

After Liverpool and Manchester United supporters largely refrained from idiocy, cricket and golf took centre stage in League Cup week as the Twenty20 ...

PICTURES: Cattermole's Red Cards

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Sport

Sunderland captain Lee Cattermole received the seventh red card of his career on Tuesday night in the 2-0 Capital One Cup third round win at MK Dons. ...

Lambert Gets One Over Mancini On The Pitch... And Off It

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Sport

Manchester City lost their second game in a week against Aston Villa 4-2 in the Capital One Cup, and Roberto Mancini also lost his rag for the second ...

WATCH: Rooney's Everton Goal At Elland Road

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Sport

Leeds United host Everton for the first time at Elland Road in the League Cup tonight since the two sides faced one another in an April 2004 Premier L...