http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7789466/New-sponsor-for-League-Cup The Football League has announced that the League Cup will be named the Capital One Cup after agreeing a new four-year sponsorship deal. The 52-year-old knockout competition - one of the domestic game's three major honours - has been called the Carling Cup since 2003. A new agreement has now been reached with leading UK credit card company Capital One, and Football League chief commercial officer Richard Heaselgrave is delighted with the deal. "This is terrific news for clubs and a great way to conclude what has been a memorable domestic football season," he said. "I am absolutely delighted to welcome Capital One to working with The Football League, our clubs and those of the Premier League. They're a hugely respected company that really impressed us with a passion and excitement for the competition so we can't wait to build a successful, innovative partnership over the next four seasons. "The Capital One Cup is in great shape having been re-invigorated in recent seasons by a number of memorable finals, some thrilling midweek cup football and a first glimpse of the stars of the future." Excited Brian Cole, chief executive of Capital One UK said: "We are very excited about getting behind the Capital One Cup and working with The Football League, the clubs, the players and the fans to build something amazing. "The Capital One Cup gives clubs, big and small, a chance to compete on the national footballing stage and we look forward to introducing ourselves to millions of football fans across the country." Capital One opened its UK HQ in Nottingham in 1997 and today is a top ten credit card issuer in the UK with three million customers. The draw for round one of the Capital One Cup will be released on Thursday 14th June with the matches providing the curtain raiser to the new domestic season (w/c August 13th), ahead of the start of the league programme on August 18th. All Championship, League One and League Two clubs will take part with the exception of the two highest placed clubs in last season's league tables (Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers). Both clubs will enter the competition along with 13 Premier League clubs at the second round stage (w/c August 27th). The seven Premier League clubs that have qualified for European competition - Manchester City,Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Liverpool - will join the fray in the third round (w/c September 24th). The final of the Capital One Cup will take place at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, February 24th, 2013. Liverpool are the current champions after beating Cardiff on penalties in February's League Cup final. What some of you may now notice is, that the abbreviation is CoC....so to say a team is after the CoC is only gonna prove amusing for reporters....
How I hate Capitol One. One of the most dishonest financial companies in existence. ****ers. Oh well, never called it the Carling Cup anyway, just the League Cup.
Don't know about the GE angle, but this company is despicable. Won't bore with a rant, but they represent everything wrong in the financial world.
"This is terrific news for clubs and a great way to conclude what has been a memorable domestic football season," he said. You can picture the little ****ers ****ing over this! How's it terrific for clubs? Same cup, same competition?
I know mate, I worked for Natwest a fair few years back, and companies like GE, lending to low income families then ****ing them with charges and interest, are exactly as you say, despicable.
I work for GE over in Australia.... We are pretty honest over here. GE don't lend to low income families, or atleast over here. Somthing to do with repsonsible lending - then against Australian rules are alot stricter.
I dont know why you are saying it is the Carling cup no more when it was only that for a couple of years and Carling is probably more of a tacky name to a cup. It wont be the Capital Cup much longer, it seems a bit cyclical that it gets sponsored and then they realise it has no sponsorable value and so they move on. Milk cup, coca cola cup, carling up etc. and life goes on. Who knows, in a few years the FA cup may even be called the Budweiser cup
