Template:Did you know nominations/2016–17 Football League Cup

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 00:22, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

2016–17 Football League Cup

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... that the 2016–17 Football League Cup will be the first since the Football League became the English Football League?

ALT1:that England's seven clubs involved in UEFA competition get byes to the third round of the 2016–17 Football League Cup?
Reviewed: Alcohol-free bar

Created by Tri015 (talk) and The C of E (talk). Nominated by The C of E (talk) at 11:06, 30 May 2016 (UTC).

New enough, long enough. QPQ present. Hook is cited and interesting (I vastly prefer ALT1 because it does not involve word gymnastics). One thing I'd need clarified before approving is a lot of the wording is similar to other Football League Cup articles. Is this OK? Raymie (t • c) 23:02, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

@Raymie: Usually it is allowed but is discounted. If you discount the format section, which is what is similar to other articles, the character count is still over the limit. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 16:13, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Sounds good then. Raymie (t • c) 21:15, 10 June 2016 (UTC)