The Checkatrade Trophy rules oblige league teams to play a ‘full strength’ side. And yet the EFL has revised these rules so as to make them impossible to breach… Continue reading
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Why does the EFL promote a competition where hosting games can lose its members money? It won’t say…
Attendances at Checkatrade Trophy games are sometimes so poor that the EFL has to pay clubs to cover losses they make from hosting games. Yet it won’t admit this – nor explain why it continues to back a format where gate receipts alone don’t always cover costs.
Young Guns II: Going Down in a Blaze of Harvey – Checkatrade Trophy attendances, young English stars and Half Man Half Biscuit
Year two of Shaun Harvey’s B Team revolution is coming to a close. But has it been any more successful than the first?
Harvey Headbanger – the EFL chief presses on even though his plans lie in ruins
The numbers are in: Shaun Harvey and his Checkatrade Trophy have failed. Both must be scrapped.
With just the final left to play, we can begin to measure the success or otherwise of this season’s changes to the Checkatrade Trophy. By bringing in young players from top academies, did it – as promised – revitalise a struggling competition? Did it inject new excitement for fans, new money for clubs and new hope for the future of the England national team?
The Ugly Game 