Littlewoods Cup

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football cup competition name sponsored competition name

The Littlewoods Cup was the sponsored name used for England’s primary knockout football competition for professional clubs, now commonly known as the EFL Cup, during the late 1980s.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Littlewoods Challenge Cup	1
Rumbelows Cup	1
Worthington Cup	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football cup competition name ⓘ sponsored competition name ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Littlewoods Cup ⓘ surface form: Littlewoods Challenge Cup
alternativeCurrentNameOfCompetition	EFL Cup ⓘ surface form: League Cup
competitionScope	English football league system ⓘ
competitionType	knockout cup competition ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
currentNameOfCompetition	EFL Cup ⓘ
finalVenue	Wembley Stadium ⓘ
followedBySponsoredName	Rumbelows Cup ⓘ
format	home-and-away legs in early rounds ⓘ
governingBody	English Football League ⓘ
includesClubsFrom	First Division ⓘ Fourth Division ⓘ Second Division ⓘ Third Division ⓘ
level	major domestic cup ⓘ
notableEra	late 1980s ⓘ
organisedBy	English Football League ⓘ surface form: The Football League
participantType	professional football clubs ⓘ
precededBySponsoredName	Milk Cup ⓘ
region	England and Wales ⓘ
sponsor	Littlewoods ⓘ
sponsoredNameOf	EFL Cup ⓘ EFL Cup ⓘ surface form: Football League Cup
sponsorIndustry	football pools ⓘ retail ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
usedAsNameFromSeason	1986–87 ⓘ
usedAsNameUntilSeason	1989–90 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Littlewoods Cup → alsoKnownAs → Littlewoods Cup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Littlewoods Challenge Cup

EFL Cup → previousSponsorshipName → Littlewoods Cup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rumbelows Cup

EFL Cup → previousSponsorshipName → Littlewoods Cup ⓘ

this entity surface form: Worthington Cup