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- North London derby on TV
The North London derby match between Tottenham v Arsenal in the third round of the Carling Cup will be televised live by SKY Sports. The game takes place on Tuesday September 21st (kick off 7:45) at White Hart Lane.
- First fixture dates confirmed
The first few fixture dates have been confirmed for the third round. Millwall will host Ipswich and Sunderland play West Ham on Tuesday 21st September, while three games have so far been confirmed for Wednesday 22nd September. They are Scunthorpe v Manchester United, Chelsea against Newcastle and Liverpool v Northampton. The rest of the fixtures will be confirmed ASAP, but will take place in the week commencing 20th September.
- Cup draw a bonus for Cobblers
Northampton chairman David Cardoza has revealed that the Carling Cup trip to Liverpool will balance the budget for the season. He said: "We have worked really hard over the last few years to sort out the financial side of the club and this draw means that we are now covered for money for the rest of this season. It keeps our head above the water for the foreseeable future and going into next season we will be self-sufficient which is fantastic. I am sure we will take a good few thousand fans up to Anfield and we deserve it."
- Mirfin hails dream draw
Scunthorpe centre-back David Mirfin was delighted with the Carling Cup third round draw, as his side drew holders Manchester United. He said: It's a brilliant draw for the club. Manchester United are the biggest club in England. It's good for the fans because it's one of those games they can look forward to and get excited about. Hopefully there will be a full house here."
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- Third round draw
Brentford v Everton
Portsmouth v Leicester
Stoke v Fulham
Chelsea v Newcastle
Aston Villa v Blackburn
Tottenham v Arsenal
Millwall v Ipswich
Wolves v Notts County
Burnley v Bolton
Birmingham v MK Dons
Liverpool v Northampton
Scunthorpe v Man Utd
West Brom v Man City
Sunderland v West Ham
Peterborough v Swansea
Wigan v Preston
- Second round gallery
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Shrewsbury 4-3 Charlton The home fans were almost ready to pack up and go home after Charlton raced in to a 3-0 lead, courtesy of a brace from Pawel Abbott and Lee Martin, but if they did they missed out on one of the comebacks of the season. Jake Robinson have the Shrews hope and an own goal just before the break meant they went in at half time on the up at 3-2. Danny O'Donnell then completed the extraordinary comeback just before the hour, before Matt Harrold bundled home the winner to send the home fans crazy.
Morecambe 2-0 Coventry Morecambe moved to their brand new Globe Arena in the summer, after leaving Christie Park at the end of last term, and their first competitive match was the Carling Cup tie with Coventry. The League Two side held their own against the Championship outfit, and took the lead through Andrew Fleming on the stroke of half time. And in front of a bumper crowd of 4,002, Fleming grabbed a second midway through the second half to get Morecambe off to a dream start at their new home.
Exeter 2-3 Ipswich (aet) A topsy-turvy game at St James' Park saw Championship Ipswich require extra time to see off their League Two opponents. The scoring didn't start until the 54th minute when Ryan Harley put the Grecians in front. Ronan Murray and David Norris then turned the game on its head, before Harley snatched a late equaliser to force extra time. But the Tractor Boys broke the home fans hearts when Norris fired home the decisive third goal for the visitors.
QPR 1-3 Port Vale Neil Warnock's QPR had made an ominous start to their league campaign, but they were brought down to earth with a bump by League Two side Port Vale. Justin Richards scored a brace as Vale crashed home three goals in 18 minutes either side of half-time to leave the home fans shell-shocked. Antonio German pulled a goal back for the home side, but it was too little too late.
Southend 3-2 Bristol City Southend caused an upset by knocking out Championship side Bristol City at Roots Hall. An upset didn't look likely when they fell behind to a second minute strike from Jamie McAllister but they got back on terms through Matt Paterson's penalty. City thought they had won it when Ivan Sproule scored late on but Barry Coor forced extra time, where Paterson was the hero with his second strike.
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