On a recent episode of the Football Weekly podcast produced by The Guardian, Barry Glendenning assessed where the also-ran EFL/League/Carabao Cup belongs in social discourse and the footballing hierarchy.
“It’s not compulsory,” opined the frequently droll journalist. “If you’re not interested, you don’t have to watch it. We have to feign some sort of mild interest in it. But it’s fine. I would imagine in a lot of people’s heads it ranks somewhere below both transfer windows in terms of, you know, winning a trophy. But, uh, it’s fine. I’d quite like Sunderland to win it.