• ARTICLE: Burnley to play in the National League Cup

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:02 am**

First result of us going Cat 1

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/burnley-to ... league-cup

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:08 am**

'and Blackburn, who play their first team football at a lower level'.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:09 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:02 am
First result of us going Cat 1

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/burnley-to ... league-cup

How do the fixtures occur against the remaining teams is it 2 home 1 away? Will fans be able to attend?

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:09 am**

Why do we have 4 away games?

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:11 am**

Leisure wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:09 am
Why do we have 4 away games?

It's the rules - this competition was the sweetener from the Premier League to the National League to get them to vote in favour of scrapping FA Cup replays. Leeds won it last season.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:20 am**

These games should be a real challenge for our young players. The EFL trophy might be an option for our u21s but seeing the results against teams from L1 it's a big step up for even the best academies.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:23 am**

Free entry at Rochdale supposedly.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:27 am**

claret wizard wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:23 am
Free entry at Rochdale supposedly.

It is, I'll get some info for that closer to the game (we don't know the kick off yet but they are looking at playing it in the afternoon to attract kids) but we will have to get tickets from them ahead of the game.

The fixtures haven't been published other than Rochdale confirming theirs.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:29 am**

dibraidio wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:20 am
These games should be a real challenge for our young players. The EFL trophy might be an option for our u21s but seeing the results against teams from L1 it's a big step up for even the best academies.

We didn't get in the Trophy - only 16 get in with only Bournemouth & Brentford without Cat 1 academies so it was the other 15 teams who stayed in the PL plus Leeds who finished last season above us and Sunderland.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:29 am**

Leisure wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:08 am
'and Blackburn, who play their first team football at a lower level'.

Couldn't resist Leisure

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:30 am**

bumba wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:09 am
How do the fixtures occur against the remaining teams is it 2 home 1 away? Will fans be able to attend?

Fans can attend but all away in the groups

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:41 am**

Excellent news it will help our young players develop

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:11 am**

Should one of teams in group B be Brackley?

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:14 am**

clarets1978 wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:11 am
Should one of teams in group B be Brackley?

It certainly should and is now - thanks.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:38 am**

claret wizard wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:23 am
Free entry at Rochdale supposedly.

Good to know, thanks - that's a ground I haven't yet ticked off

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:44 am**

I never object to a trip to Morecambe. Hope it's sunny. (And that Morecambe FC still exists.)

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:53 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:30 am
Fans can attend but all away in the groups

So we play the other cat 1 teams away too? How does that work because that means there playing home games surely games against other cat 1 academies should be split home and away?

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:08 am**

bumba wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:53 am
So we play the other cat 1 teams away too? How does that work because that means there playing home games surely games against other cat 1 academies should be split home and away?

No - we only play the four non-league teams in the group and then the top four go through from each group. The first chance of playing a league team is if we finish in the top two in our group.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:12 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:08 am
No - we only play the four non-league teams in the group and then the top four go through from each group. The first chance of playing a league team is if we finish in the top two in our group.

Ah I understand now what a strange way to do it

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:33 am**

bumba wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:12 am
Ah I understand now what a strange way to do it

Non league teams get all the money too - just part of the award from the PL for voting to axe the FA Cup replays.

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:19 pm**

Solihull Moors will be like a home game for me, I live just across the park from the ground!

Posted: **Wed Jul 16, 2025 3:49 pm**

bfcmik wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 2:19 pm
Solihull Moors will be like a home game for me, I live just across the park from the ground!

On the subject of Solihull Moors, their home friendly today against Birmingham has been postponed following a pitch inspection. The record temperatures recorded in recent weeks left areas of the pitch at Damson Park an injury concern.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:21 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 3:49 pm
On the subject of Solihull Moors, their home friendly today against Birmingham has been postponed following a pitch inspection. The record temperatures recorded in recent weeks left areas of the pitch at Damson Park an injury concern.

Since February we have only had about 30mm of rain in total, and almost half of that was on 1 day! Apparently we are in a rain shadow area from the Birmingham Plateau. Temperatures reached 34C on a couple of days last week, and 32C the previous set of hot days.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:40 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:33 am
Non league teams get all the money too - just part of the award from the PL for voting to axe the FA Cup replays.

That's good and rightly so to be fair, do not agree with cutting of replays though just to satisfy teams competing in Europe or the premier league because non of them play strong teams anyway

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:04 am**

bumba wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:40 am
That's good and rightly so to be fair, do not agree with cutting of replays though just to satisfy teams competing in Europe or the premier league because non of them play strong teams anyway

I don't think the competition has much of a future to be honest. It looked for a time as if they might have to invite teams from the level below as clubs pulled out - Altrincham, Carlisle, Yeovil, York, Eastleigh all said no thanks.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:24 am**

When do we play Solihull and Tamworth away. Both of these are very close for me. ?

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:37 am**

Longsider wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:24 am
When do we play Solihull and Tamworth away. Both of these are very close for me. ?

We don't know yet. The dates for our four group games are at the link but we only know that Rochdale is the first of them because Rochdale have published their fixtures.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:58 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:27 am
It is, I'll get some info for that closer to the game (we don't know the kick off yet but they are looking at playing it in the afternoon to attract kids) but we will have to get tickets from them ahead of the game.

The fixtures haven't been published other than Rochdale confirming theirs.

Could be a spicy one that, Rochdale absolutely hate Burnley. Weirdly the hatred has only got stronger over the years we havent played them

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:09 pm**

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:58 am
Could be a spicy one that, Rochdale absolutely hate Burnley. Weirdly the hatred has only got stronger over the years we havent played them

There will be next to nobody there. We don't get many when we play U21 games on the Turf and the attendances for these games last season were very low, average I think was a few hundred.

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:10 pm**

What are the rules on player eligibility - can we play a certain number of 1st team or over-age players?

Posted: **Thu Jul 17, 2025 4:17 pm**

claretsmart wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 3:10 pm
What are the rules on player eligibility - can we play a certain number of 1st team or over-age players?

I'm assuming because it's a competition for our under-21s that we will be able to play some older players, I think it's three plus goalkeeper, although I doubt we will.

Posted: **Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:43 pm**

Leisure wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:09 am
Why do we have 4 away games?

I don’t suppose it makes much of a difference. Almost all of our U21 and women’s games are played away as they’re not in Burnley.

Big bug bearer of mine if you haven’t guessed : D

Posted: **Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:34 am**

ClaretTony wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 17, 2025 10:04 am
I don't think the competition has much of a future to be honest. It looked for a time as if they might have to invite teams from the level below as clubs pulled out - Altrincham, Carlisle, Yeovil, York, Eastleigh all said no thanks.

And most of the conference sides that do take part take the competition as an opportunity to field their squad players, not the first teams.

Posted: **Mon Jul 28, 2025 4:51 pm**

Solihull have our National league cup fixture showing as Tuesday September 16th at 7pm

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