Tuesday 23 August 2011

GRECIANS AWAIT REDS TEST

Exeter City go into their Carling Cup second round tie with Premiership giants Liverpool dreaming of an upset.

In the past ten years, the Grecians have experienced a number of tremendous highs, which have included drawing with Manchester United in the FA Cup Third Round in the 2004-05 season and winning back-to-back promotions under Paul Tisdale.

This clash will provide a welcome boost to the club's finances and it will also give Tisdale the opportunity to pit his managerial wits against Kenny Dalglish.

It has also been confirmed that the tie, which is also being shown live on Sky TV, is a sell-out.

Tommorrow's meeting will be the fifth time the two sides have played in each other and their fourth meeting in the League Cup, with Liverpool winning each of those encounters.

The Grecians last knocked out top-flight opposition from the competition in 1978 when they defeated Bolton Wanderers in the third round. Ironically 1978 was also the year the Reds were last beaten in the second round when they bowed out to Sheffield United.

Dalglish's men will also be hoping lightning doesn't strike twice as they were eliminated from the competition by lower league opposition last season when Northampton Town defeated them on penalties in the third round, a fact that Paul Tisdale will no doubt be keen to remind his players of.