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Sound the trumpets lovers of the retro format for tonight we shall treat you not to the minute-by-minute report but a genuine back-in-the-day clockwatch of not one but four fourth-round Carabao Cup games. Oh yes, that invigorating tonic of carbonated water, Sucrose, Citric acid, Taurine, flavourings, aspartame, Stevia, caffeine, Inositol, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Riboflavin, caramel and Sodium Benzoate is bringing us Blackpool’s visit to Arsenal, Chelsea vs Derby County, West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur and the 8pm kick-off between Tony Pulis’s Middlesbrough and his former charges Crystal Palace.
And all for the honour of joining Burton Albion, Bournemouth and Manchester City or Fulham in the quarter-final draw which will be held after these four ties.
Chelsea have won it four times in the past 20 years, Spurs’ last was in 2008 when Jonathan Woodgate’s extra-time winner did for Chelsea and Avram Grant, Boro beat Bolton in 2004 with Joseph Desire Job up front and opening the scoring and Arsenal, twice runners-up under Arsene Wenger, have not won it since 1993 when its name was Coca-Cola (carbonated water, sugar, colour [Caramel E150d], Phosphoric acid, natural flavourings including caffeine) and Tony Adams tried to juggle Stevie Morrow with painful consequences.
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