I don't know why they peed about with the format of this competition, and one thing we can still say is we were the last team to win it in the previous format, in 2016.
It was a proper knock out cup competition then, and there were no Prem u-21 teams.
Still, at least its better than the ill advised Anglo-Italian cup!!. Who on earth thought that was a good idea to bring it back again in the early/mid 90's. 😮