Football League, founded in 1886, was originally in charge of all 92 professional clubs at all levels in England. However, after 20 teams in 1992' s first-class league defected to form a parallel super league, there were only 72 subordinate clubs. Since the level of the club in charge is not the highest, the weight of speech is naturally not as good as before, and if you want the top clubs in the Premier League to participate in the Carling Cup, it is natural to look at other people's faces. The status of the Carling Cup has been ranked behind the Premier League (before 1992 was League One) and the FA Cup. For top Premier League clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal, the Carling Cup is just a training substitute game. Of course, for these clubs, ignoring the Carling Cup is also a helpless move, because in addition to participating in the League, FA Cup and Carling Cup, they also have to participate in the lucrative European Champions Cup or UEFA Cup. If they get good grades all the way, like Liverpool, which won the triple crown, they can play nearly 70 games in nine months of a season and nearly two games a week, and the players are not made of steel. The decline of the Carling Cup has its own reasons. In order to attract sponsors, the alliance sold the name of the UEFA Cup, first it became a milk cup, then it became a Coca-Cola cup, and it was sold to a brewer a few years ago. So in recent years, the name of the League Cup has become the Waddington Cup. When you first arrive in England, you will be confused by this cup. The change of the cup name has made this 40-year-old traditional competition lose its appeal among fans.