Newcastle United have now found out their League Cup opponents on Thursday night.

Comical League Cup draw ends with Newcastle once again welcoming Nottingham Forest after two feisty games last season.

A pretty depressing record so far in the competition – Newcastle will discover League Cup opposition later today.

Can you imagine in the next year or two talking to your mates in the pub about the Carabao Cup?

Myself and my older Newcastle United supporting mate had polar opposite views…Is the Premiership really that important? Is being in the top division more important than winning a real legitimate trophy?

Hull v Newcastle could have sold out but NUFC refused more tickets – these stats proving the game will have thousands of empty seats.

The 49,000+ who turned out for Newcastle 6 Preston 0 (and the 1,228 Sunderland fans at Southampton) have helped smash League (EFL) Cup fourth round crowd records.

Listen, right. We don’t want Sunderland in the cup. If you think we do, you are dafter than a March Badger which is up to you, but please stop broadcasting it as some kind of populist opinion, because fate might hear you.

Glynn Snodin:“Rafa Benitez probably could have gone and got a Premier League job, or at one of the top clubs in Europe, but he has probably seen what a great club Newcastle United are and what he can do there.”

Notts County 1 Newcastle 7 – Already 4-1 up from the first leg watch as Newcastle make it 11-2 on aggregate – including six for Andy Cole!