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Notes from the organizer: It's back! Only three months late, but whatever.

Yes, it's Apterous's least-inspiring football-related tournament is back. For those of you who don't follow the Carabao Cup (other energy drinks are available), it's a very straightforward knockout tournament, where you either win or lose. As per the real-life Carabao Cup, some players will inevitably receive byes in order to make up the correct numbers. These will all be decided on Pro Ranks for Mon 2 Jan, so if you want to potentially take a bye into a future round, get playing. We can have a maximum of 92 entrants, and though I don't anticipate that many, if we do get more than 92 we may have to do some extra qualifying rounds.

The draw follows the format of the actual Carabao Cup, and as per the current rules, there is no longer a seeding system in the early rounds. We won't bother with "North" and "South" because that's not really possible in an online tournament.

This means that semi-finals will be held over two legs. This means that the scores will be added together in each semi final to find a winner.

We have had five runnings of this tournament in 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, and we have never had a repeat winner. The current holder of the Carabao Cup (other energy drinks are available) is Jack Worsley, who beat Hazel Drury in the 2021 final. https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=3099453

So, get signing up! I'll leave sign-ups open for two weeks, and then it'll be one week per round, with potentially a bit longer for the earlier rounds, so we should be done by February. Ish.

Any questions, feel free to ask. Unless it's "why did you disappear for a year", for which the answer is "working full time". And your next question, "won't that get in the way?", the answer is no. Because while some people have Hypergoat vs Rex to keep them coming back here, I have tourney organisationnesses.

SIGN-UP DEADLINE: FRIDAY 6 JANUARY 2023

Ran from: 23 December 2022 – 6 January 2023. Format: 15 Rounder. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Signed up: Jason Larsen, Ian Volante, James Hurrell, Tom Cappleman, Adam Dexter, Cillian McM, Johnny Canuck, Kieran Bray, Mike Lee, Philip Aston, Patrick Thompson, Andy SC, Claire Spinks, Hazel Drury, Dan Byrom, George Armstrong, Edward Ashcroft, Fiona T, Ronan M Higginson, Dave Robjohns, Maria Chandler, Dave Kempshall, Darren Godfrey, Dan Spinks, Wesley Barton, Stu Harkness, Adam Latchford, Tom Lock, Steven Grady, Piaras Last-Name, Mark O'Regan, Matt Gould, Adrian Fletcher, Ethan H, Stephen Elsley.

Fixtures: 0. Completed: 0.