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Trump's League Cup draw returns from ITV Sport's archives

Saint and Greavsie's visit to Trump Tower joins a Bryan Robson documentary and vintage Manchester United highlights among seven new uploads.

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ITV Sport Story of November 5, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

When Donald Trump Did the League Cup Draw! (1991)

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0:00David Dent assigns Greaves the home teams and Trump the away teams for the quarter-final draw.
1:15Trump draws Manchester United away to Leeds, prompting an animated reaction from the hosts.
2:02Trump recalls playing soccer at high school and discusses the sport's growing American presence.
2:47Greaves presents Trump with a Saint & Greavsie commemorative mug.

Jimmy Greaves hands Donald Trump a commemorative mug and calls it football's most prestigious award. ITV Sport's archive has supplied an unusual centrepiece for the week: the 1991 Rumbelows Cup quarter-final draw, conducted inside Trump Tower.

Greaves pulls the home teams, Trump the away sides, with Football League secretary David Dent overseeing proceedings. When Trump pairs Leeds United with Manchester United, the hosts react rather more strongly than their guest. "You don't realize what you've done there," Greaves tells him. Trump replies: "It sounds like a game I want to go to."

The clip reached roughly 58,000 views, making it the most watched of ITV Sport's seven new uploads. But Manchester United nostalgia extends well beyond that boardroom. "Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story" follows the midfielder from his North East upbringing to recognition by the Queen, while a Stamford Bridge rewind features Mark Hughes, Remi Moses and Frank Stapleton scoring in United's comeback against Chelsea.

The busiest video on the channel right now is another archive visit, "Rare Sir Alex Ferguson Dressing Room Footage". Already past a million views, it brings together team talks, contract negotiations involving Giggs and Scholes, Lee Sharpe's club-car story and Ferguson's management of Eric Cantona.

There was room for the present sporting calendar too: Dan Biggar and Claire Thomas previewed Nations Championship rugby, and Ligue 1 highlights featured a Hakimi hat-trick against Le Havre.

Subscribers edged upwards, though daily viewing is running well below ITV Sport's usual level. Its weekly views were the lowest among the nearby football channels listed here, while Amazon Prime Video Sport is enjoying a sharp daily surge. For ITV Sport, the distinctive attraction this week was the tape cupboard, from Ferguson's dressing room to Greaves's gift-giving.

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