2002 Football League Cup Final

2002 Football League Cup Final
Event 2001–02 Football League Cup
Blackburn Rovers Tottenham Hotspur
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Date 24 February 2002
Venue Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the Match Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers)[1]
Referee Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)[2]
Attendance 72,500[2]

The 2002 Football League Cup Final was played between Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on Sunday, 24 February 2002. Blackburn won the match 2–1.[2]

Blackburn opened the scoring with a goal from Matt Jansen, but Christian Ziege soon equalised for Spurs. Andy Cole scored the winner in the 68th minute with a typical instinctive strike after mistakes in the Spurs defence. Les Ferdinand could have made the match square after a close one-on-one chance with Friedel, but failed to make anything of it. In the final minute Teddy Sheringham controversially had a claim for a penalty turned down by referee Graham Poll.[2]

Road to Cardiff

Blackburn Rovers
Round 2[3] Blackburn 2–0 Oldham
Round 3 Blackburn 2–1 (a.e.t.) Middlesbrough
Round 4 Blackburn 2–0 Manchester City
Quarter-final Blackburn 4–0 Arsenal
Semi-final (1st leg) Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Blackburn
Semi-final (2nd leg) Blackburn 4–2 Sheffield Wednesday
Note:(Blackburn won 6–3 on aggregate)
Tottenham Hotspur
Round 2[3] Tottenham2–0Torquay
Round 3 Tranmere0–4Tottenham
Round 4 Fulham1–2Tottenham
Quarter-final Tottenham6–0Bolton
Semi-final (1st leg) Chelsea 2–1Tottenham
Semi-final (2nd leg) Tottenham 5–1 Chelsea
Note:(Tottenham won 6–3 on aggregate)

Match

Details

24 February 2002
14:00 GMT
Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur
Jansen  25'
Cole  68'		 Report Ziege  33'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,500[2]
Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)[2]
Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur
GK 1 United States Brad Friedel
RB 28England Martin Taylor
CB 4 Norway Henning Berg (c)
CB 14Sweden Nils-Eric Johansson
LB 5 Norway Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM 18Northern Ireland Keith Gillespie  75'
CM 8 England David Dunn
CM 12Wales Mark Hughes
LM 11Republic of Ireland Damien Duff
CF 10England Matt Jansen  74'
CF 9 England Andy Cole
Substitutes:
GK 27England Alan Miller
DF 2 England John Curtis
MF 15England Craig Hignett  75'
MF 16Republic of Ireland Alan Mahon
FW 17Spain Yordi  74'
Manager:
Scotland Graeme Souness
GK 1 Scotland Neil Sullivan
RB 3 Argentina Mauricio Taricco  79'
CB 6 England Chris Perry
CB 26England Ledley King
LB 18Wales Ben Thatcher
RM 7 England Darren Anderton
CM 8 England Tim Sherwood
CM 14Uruguay Gustavo Poyet  84'
LM 23Germany Christian Ziege
CF 10England Teddy Sheringham
CF 9 England Les Ferdinand
Substitutes:
GK 13United States Kasey Keller
DF 30England Anthony Gardner
MF 29Wales Simon Davies  79'
FW 11Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov
FW 16Norway Steffen Iversen  84'
Manager:
England Glenn Hoddle

Man of the match

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round

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