Are the Carling Cup draws a sign of sod's law?

Hark back to 2006. It was the first season at The Grove and despite many more tickets being on sale on a match-by-match basis, many gooners couldn't get a ticket to watch their club in the plush new stadium. It was nigh on impossible for Red members to get a ticket.

In those times, we couldn't buy a home draw in the Carling cup.