Ed Aarons saw Palace recover their rhythm with a first win of the season.
Jamie Jackson was at Goodison to see Sean Dyche’s worries eased – for now.
William Morgan gets in touch: “The tackle on new Brighton boy, Matt O’Reilly was nowt short of an abomination. Poor fella, three minutes in and knacked by Williams, nasty, nasty tackle.”
Jay Williams was the defender who made the tackle. It was hefty and late, late, late.
Tuesday Carabao Cup results
Middlesbrough 0-5 Stoke
Barnsley 1-0 Sheff Utd
Barrow 0-0 Derby (Barrow win 3-2 on penalties)
Blackburn 1-2 Blackpool
Coventry 1-0 Oxford Utd
Everton 3-0 Doncaster
Fleetwood Town 2-1 Rotherham
Grimsby 1-5 Sheff Wed
Harrogate Town 0-5 Preston North End
Leicester 4-0 Tranmere
Millwall 0-1 Leyton Orient
QPR 1-1 Luton (QPR win 4-1 on penalties)
Shrewsbury 0-2 Bolton
Walsall 3-2 Huddersfield
Watford 2-0 Plymouth
Brighton 4-0 Crawley Town
Birmingham 0-2 Fulham
Crystal Palace 4-0 Norwich
That’s it at Selhurst, too. Full-time: Crystal Palace winning 4-0 against Norwich.
Full-time at Birmingham, who lost 2-0 to Fulham, who survived making 11 changes. Jay Stansfield did the danger against the club he spent time on loan. He’s one to watch.
They’re playing seven extra minutes at St Andrews, where Fulham are leading 2-0. Not long to go at Selhurst, either.
Goal! Crystal Palace 4-0 Norwich (Eberechi Eze, 84)
The star man completes the rout. Nice win for Oliver Glasner after a tough start to the season. It was a solo goal, and he just shot ahead of anyone else’s anticipation. They can’t let him go, surely. Such a wonderful player.
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QPR knock out Luton on penalties
The two clubs meet on Friday night, Kenneth Paal slotting the decisive kick. Cauley Woodrow and Tahith Chong missed for the Hatters.
League Two Barrow beat Derby on penalties!
Huge celebrations in Cumbria, and that’s the shock result of the night. Barrow get to this stage of the competition for the first time since 1968
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Full-time scores and 8pm latest
Middlesbrough 0-5 Stoke (7.15pm)
Barnsley 1-0 Sheff Utd
Barrow 0-0 Derby (gone to penalties)
Blackburn 1-2 Blackpool
Coventry 1-0 Oxford Utd
Everton 3-0 Doncaster
Fleetwood Town 2-1 Rotherham
Grimsby 1-5 Sheff Wed
Harrogate Town 0-5 Preston North End
Leicester 4-0 Tranmere
Millwall 0-1 Leyton Orient
QPR 1-1 Luton (gone to penalties)
Shrewsbury 0-2 Bolton
Walsall 3-2 Huddersfield
Watford 2-0 Plymouth
Brighton 4-0 Crawley Town
Birmingham 0-2 Fulham (8pm ko)
Crystal Palace 3-0 Norwich (8pm ko)
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Goal! Grimsby 1-5 Sheff Wed (Pol Valentin 90)
Red card for Crawley's Jack Roles
Studs up against Brighton and off he goes.
Goal! Leicester 4-0 Tranmere (Harry Winks, 90)
The midfielder completes a satisfying evening for Steve Cooper.
Goal! Crystal Palace 3-0 Norwich (Mateta, 68)
Eze was like Guehi a surprise selection considering transfer interest but he sets up the hitman supreme. Norwich fans eyeing the long trip home.
Billy Sharp, once the 21st century’s most prolific striker in English football – Harry Kane took that accolade – is making himself busy at Goodison for Donny.
Goal! Brighton 4-0 Crawley (Mark O'Mahony, 86)
Brighton’s other Irish striker, and one who Roberto de Zerbi rated, delivers a cool finish for his first senior goal. Another Brighton youngster!
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Goal! Harrogate 0-5 Preston 5 (Milutin Osmajic 83, hat-trick)
A lovely finish to complete that treble.
Goal! Brighton 3-0 Crawley (Adam Webster, 84)
From six yards, the big defender nods down and Fabian Hurzeler can do no wrong. He’s 31, you know. When will Chelsea make their move?
The games between Barrow and Derby – at 0-0 and QPR v Luton – 1-1 –are going to penalties.
Goal! Grimsby 1-4 Sheff Wed (Callum Paterson 81)
Goal! Everton 3-0 Doncaster (Beto, 84)
This time, the big striker, who has worked hard all evening, gets on the scoresheet. Relief for Sean Dyche.
Goal! Blackburn 1-2 Blackpool (Hayden Coulson 77)
A real comeback from a team under the interim management of Richard Keogh.
Goal! Crystal Palace 2-0 Norwich (Jean-Philippe Mateta, 57)
The supplier of the first scores the second with such a neat finish, a player in the form of his life after being so good at the Olympics.
Goal! Walsall 3-2 Huddersfield (Michal Helik Og 77)
The comeback complete against the ten men.
Remember: the games level at full-time go to penalties. A few remain in the balance.
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Goal! Blackburn 1-1 Blackpool (Jake Beesley 72)
Goal! Watford 2-0 Plymouth (Mileta Rajovic 72)
Goal! Everton 2-0 Doncaster (Iliman Ndiaye, 74)
He looks the player who can make a difference, the former Sheffield United man.
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Goal! Leicester 3-0 Tranmere (Wilfred Ndidi, 71)
Steve Cooper’s first win secured by the long-serving midfielder.
Goal! Walsall 2-2 Huddersfield (Nathan Lowe 70)
Goal! Grimsby 1-3 Sheff Wed (Callum Paterson 72)
Doncaster are pushing on and the home fires are beginning to groan at Goodison. Dear Ashley Young made a mistake and was booked after 30 seconds to follow his red on opening day, but the League Two club can’t take advantage.
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For Everton, still leading Doncaster 1-0, Beto has just missed a header that was going begging. It was a lovely cross from the lively Iliman Ndiaye.
Goal! Shrewsbury 0-2 Bolton (Dion Charles 65)
Goal! Walsall 1-2 Huddersfield (Nathan Lowe 63)
The ten men may be under pressure for the conclusion to that game. Lowe had missed a penalty but now Walsall are back in it.
Full-time: Middlesbrough 0-5 Stoke City
Remember the names: Lewis Koumas and Million Manhoef, who both scored in Stoke’s biggest away win in 70 years.
My colleague Tom Davies on the Leyton Orient haters, such as they are: “Southend and Orient have traditionally had beef over the years, though mutual sympathy at our clubs’ respective ownership crises in the past decade has muted it somewhat. Stevenage seemed to get very excited at playing us when Steve Evans was in charge.”
Goal! Coventry 1-0 (Brandon Thomas-Asante 57) Oxford Utd
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Goal! Walsall 0-2 Huddersfield (Joshua Ruffels 53)
Goal! Barnsley 1-0 (Max Watters 52) Sheff Utd
Goal! Shrewsbury 0-1 Bolton (Jordi Osei-Tutu 52)
Goal! Grimsby 1-2 Sheff Wed (Jamal Lowe 54)
Goal! Grimsby 1-1 Sheff Wed (Ike Ugbo 53)
Goal! Leicester 2-0 Tranmere (Stephy Mavididi Pen 51)
It looked soft, a foul on Pereira and up steps the winger. Leicester cruising through.
Goal! Everton 1-0 Doncaster (Tim Iroegbunam, 53)
A first Everton goal of the season, and it came from the new signing, swept in from teh edge of the box.
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Goal! Brighton 2-0 Crawley (Jeremy Sarmimento, 48)
The Fabian Hurzeler dream continues, and what a goal, and from another youngster, his first goal in a Brighton shirt.
Back underway in the 7.45pms we go
No shocks so far…but let’s see.
Brighton transfer news, though we await the latest on poor Matt O’Riley.
Tim Smith gets in touch: “No news of the Millwall-Orient game. Any needle between these clubs (more than what is the norm for Millwall against anyone)? I cannot recall them playing each other. I see the O’s are a goal up which I’m sure is going down well with the locals.”
Does anyone have any beef with Orient? The Daggers?
Peter Oh gets in touch: “I’m pretty sure Brighton are going to be among the hipsters’ favourites this season. As REM presaged, Everybody Hürz(eler).”
So does Mary Waltz: “John, greetings from California. I guess I could be happy Everton isn’t trailing at halftime. Gawd, this is going to be a long slog this year. Sigh.” James Garner hit the post, but not great.
Graham Randall on Steve Cooper: “Not really impressed with the team he has put out for Leicester tonight. Very dull.”
Goal! Middlesbrough 0-5 Stoke (Million Manhoef 69)
Big trouble for Michael Carrick here after a slow start to the season.
Goal! Middlesbrough 0-4 Stoke (Million Manhoef 65)
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7.45 pm half-time and latest scores
Middlesbrough 0-3 Stoke (7.15pm)
Barnsley 0-0 Sheff Utd
Barrow 0-0 Derby
Blackburn 1-0 Blackpool
Coventry 0-0 Oxford Utd
Everton 0-0 Doncaster
Fleetwood Town 2-1 Rotherham
Grimsby 1-0 Sheff Wed
Harrogate Town 0-4 Preston North End
Leicester 1-0 Tranmere
Millwall 0-1 Leyton Orient
QPR 1-1 Luton
Shrewsbury 0-0 Bolton
Walsall 0-1 Huddersfield
Watford 1-0 Plymouth
Brighton 1-0 Crawley Town
Birmingham 0-2 Fulham (8pm ko)
Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich (8pm ko)
Goal! Harrogate 0-4 Preston (Milutin Osmajic 45)
Goal! Middlesbrough 0 Stoke 3 (Lewis Koumas 60)
A fine goal from the aforementioned Lewis Koumas.
Red card: Matty Pearson Huddersfield v Walsall (42). It was a last-man foul, with few complaints as the defender went off.
Goal! Middlesbrough 0-2 Stoke (Ryan Mmaee 57)
Lewis Koumas again played his part in this one.
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Timothy Castagne has been asked to make a goalline clearance from Birmingham, who have been playing well despite being two down.
Goal! Harrogate Town 0-3 Preston (Milutin Osmajic 39)
Goal! Leicester 1-0 Tranmere (Jordan Ayew, 38)
A first Leicester goal for new signing Ayew in the 2000 final reunion. This time, Joe Murphy had no chance. This was a beauty, edge of the box and wallop…
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Goal! Harrogate 0-2 Preston (Sam Greenwood, pen 37)
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The news from Goodison is two shots on goal, and both by Doncaster players. Beto meanwhile is at it hammer and tongs with the Donny defenders.
A couple of injuries at Selhurst, with Chadi Riad limping off for Palace, and Amankwah Forson for Norwich. Palace have a goal disallowed, too, Eze looked to have scored a beauty but the offside flag was off. Forson needed oxygen – a dislocated shoulder.
Goal! Brighton 1-0 Crawley (Simon Adringra, 31)
Set up by Carlos Baleba, and against the run of play, and Brighton are ahead.
Goal! Birmingham 0-2 Fulham (Stansfield, 14)
The player who did so well for Blues last season on loan has scored, and rather too easily.
Goal! Fleetwood Town 2-1 Rotherham (Ryan Graydon 29)
Transfer news, Liverpool sign someone….a goalie.
We have reached an agreement for the transfer of Giorgi Mamardashvili, subject to a work permit and international clearance – with the Valencia goalkeeper set to move to Anfield ahead of the 2025-26 season 🙌🔴
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 27, 2024
At the Amex, the word is that the better team from Sussex is Crawley. That’s what 11 changes can do to a team. Has anyone mentioned that Brighton’s manager is 31?
Goal! Birmingham 0-1 Fulham (Raul Jimenez, 9 pen)
The Premier League team take the lead, after a handball from a Tom Cairney shot. The Mexican veteran steps up to slot home.
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Jordan Pickford has just been asked to make his first save as Doncaster build up a head of steam. Gibson’s free-kick asked the England man to make the save.
Goal! Blackburn 1-0 Blackpool (Makhtar Gueye, 21 pen)
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Goal! Crystal Palace 1-0 Norwich (Daichi Kamada 2)
Great start in the 8pm kick-off, with Mateta the supplier for the Japanese international, who slots in.
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Goal! Grimsby 1-0 Sheff Wed (Cameron McJannett 18)
Goal! Watford 1-0 Plymouth (Mileta Rajovic 17)
Goal! Walsall 0-1 Huddersfield (Josh Koroma, 16)
Goal! Fleetwood Town 1-1 (Ryan Graydon 16)
Goal! QPR 1-1 Luton (Zack Nelson 16)
Goal! Harrogate Town 0-1 Preston (Sam Greenwood 14)
Goal! Millwall 0-1 Leyton Orient (Dan Agyei 14)
Goal! QPR 1-0 Luton (Hevertton Santos 11)
Sadly, that’s it for O’Riley, he’s lasted four minutes, and been carried from the field by the physio. His ankle is the problem. Mark O’Mahony is on in his stead.
Bad news from Brighton: new signing Matt O’Riley has gone down on a heavy challenge. It looks as though he may have to go off, just a few minutes into his debut since his £30m move from Celtic.
Around the grounds, there’s been tributes paid to Sven Goran Eriksson, another name to conjure the year 2000. At Brighton, Enciso has gone close. just one of their hugely talented players that Fabian Hurzeler has to hand.
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And an early goal, with Rotherham taking the lead at Fleetwood. Jamie McCart got it.
The 7.45 kick-offs get underway in the Carabao Cup
What football maguc awaits us?
Joe Pearson gets in touch as those 7.45 kick-offs approach: “I don’t know if prog metal is in your wheelhouse, but whenever I see the words ‘here we are’, I get an immediate earworm of Fates Warning’s ‘A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Part VI’. The song also includes a lyric that may be running through Sean Dyche’s head right now: ‘But I often wonder what else could be. And I still dream of running away’”
That early Stoke goal was set up by Lewis Koumas, son of Jason, who was a Tranmere player at the time of that 2000 final but missed out on the final. In football, it’s all connected.
Brighton, top of the Premier League, are also unveiling a new signing, Ferdi Kadioglu, who you may recall from the Euros, ahead of their game with Crawley.
It's finally Ferdi time... 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/MuHQzD9t3H
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) August 27, 2024
Watford, who face Plymouth, have made a big signing in the Italian veteran, Angelo Ogbonna.
Uncle Oggy, Hornet. 💛 pic.twitter.com/ILOGAqgoZJ
— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) August 27, 2024
Birmingham, who have made a great start to their League One campaign, eye a shock at St Andrews. Chris Davies may well be a manager going places at Blues, who have recovered well from last season’s Wayne Rooney folly.
The first goal of the night! That early game between Boro and Stoke is still 0-1, Stoke’s Emre Tezgel got it.
The major team news: Fulham make 11 changes, Leicester make eight changes, with no Vardy. Tranmere’s goalie is Joe Murphy – he played in that 2000 final linked below – he’s 43 now. Sean Dyche names a strong Everton team, and Palace name Marc Guehi despite all that transfer speculation.
Crystal Palace v Norwich teams
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Mitchell, Guehi, Riad, Munoz, Doucoure, Hughes, Clyne, Kamada, Eze, Mateta. Subs: Johnstone, Ward, Sarr, Lerma, Schlupp, Wharton, Edouard, Richards, Ahamada.
Norwich: Long, Fisher, Hanley, Cordoba, Chrisene, Nunez, Gibbs, Forsyth, Amankwah, Hernandez, Crnac. Subs: Mair, Stacey, Duffy, Doyle, Hills, McLean, Schwartau, Sargent, Sainz.
Leicester v Tranmere teams
Leicester: Ward, Ricardo Pereira, Okoli, Faes, Thomas, Skipp, Winks, Ndidi, Mavididi, Ayew, McAteer. Subs: Iversen, Justin, Coady, Nelson, Choudhury, Fatawu, De Cordova-Reid, Alves, Popov.
Tranmere: Murphy, Norman, Davies, Walker, Turnbull, Jennings, O’Connor, Merrie, Patrick, Saunders, Davison. Subs: McGee, Bradshaw, Morris, Dennis, Solomon, Wood, Williams.
Birmingham v Fulham teams
Birmingham: Allsop, Laird, Klarer, Bielik, Cochrane, Paik, Leonard, Anderson, Willumsson, Hansson, May. Subs: Peacock-Farrell, Sampsted, Davies, Khela, Roberts, Hall, Miyoshi, Yokoyama, Jutkiewicz.
Fulham: Benda, Castagne, Cuenca, Andersen, Sessegnon, Berge, Reed, Wilson, Cairney, Stansfield, Jimenez. Subs: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Lukic, King, Smith Rowe, Traore, Iwobi, Rodrigo Muniz.
Brighton v Crawley teams
Brighton: Verbruggen, Lamptey, Webster, Igor, Samuels, O’Riley, Baleba, Adingra, Ayari, Sarmiento, Enciso. Subs: Steele, Ferguson, Estupinan, Weir, Cozier-Duberry, Yalcouye, Offiah, O’Mahony, Peupion.
Crawley Town: Wollacott, Mullarkey, Mukena, Flint, Williams, Bragg, Anderson, Kelly, Quitirna, Darcy, Hepburn-Murphy. Subs: Beach, Adeyemo, Barker, Roles, Camara, Papadopoulos, Khaleel.
The early game is at Middlesbrough, who welcome Stoke. The 2004 and 1972 winners will be looking to the Championship rather than the only competition they have won even if Boro did smash Leeds in the previous round. That one kicks off at 7.15pm.
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Everton v Doncaster teams:
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Keane, O’Brien, Mykolenko, Iroegbunam, Lindstrom, Ndiaye, Garner, McNeil, Beto. Subs: Virginia, Holgate, Calvert-Lewin, Harrison, Doucoure, Young, Gueye, Armstrong, Dixon.
Doncaster: Lawlor, Nixon, Olowu, McGrath, Senior, Bailey, Kelly, Molyneux, Westbrooke, Gibson, Ironside. Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Sterry, Anderson, Broadbent, Sbarra, Sharp, Yeboah, Hurst, Close.
There’s five Premier League teams involved, including a Sussex derby and a rerun of the 2000 final. Clint Hill, Dave Challinor, Matt Elliott and Steve Guppy: ah, memories. The Old Wembley, too.
Brighton v Crawley
Everton v Doncaster
Leicester v Tranmere
Birmingham v Fulham
Palace v Norwich
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Preamble
So here we are, and there we were, to coin a popular phrase of 30 years ago. This is history. Yes, Sean Dyche may have smiled this morning at the news of the big comeback but he’s got a right job on. Lose at home to Doncaster and the Goodison groan will probably be audible in Heaton Park, let alone Stanley Park. Such has been Everton’s terrible start to the season that match is the headline fixture of a meaty Tuesday night of action in the tournament that is often more fun than it’s given credit for.
All 7.45 UK time kick-offs, unless stated.
Middlesbrough v. Stoke (7.15pm)
Barnsley v. Sheff Utd
Barrow v. Derby
Blackburn v. Blackpool
Coventry v. Oxford Utd
Everton v. Doncaster
Fleetwood Town v. Rotherham
Grimsby v. Sheff Wed
Harrogate Town v. Preston North End
Leicester v. Tranmere
Millwall v. Leyton Orient
QPR v. Luton
Shrewsbury v. Bolton
Walsall v. Huddersfield
Watford v. Plymouth
Brighton v. Crawley Town
Birmingham v. Fulham (8pm)
Crystal Palace v. Norwich (8pm)
