Worse than paint drying?
Never mind the paint drying trophy! The successor to the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, the Checkatrade Trophy, gets under way tonight.
Cautions and sending-offs are exclusive to the tournament and in normal circumstances won’t affect other EFL or Premier League fixtures. The EFL clubs will field a minimum of five ‘First Team’ players in the starting 11 as defined under the competition’s existing rules, whilst the invited clubs will have at least six under-21 players in their starting line-up.