2002 Football League Cup final

2002 Football League Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event2001–02 Football League Cup
Blackburn Rovers Tottenham Hotspur
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Date24 February 2002
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the MatchBrad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers)[1]
RefereeGraham Poll (Hertfordshire)[2]
Attendance72,500[2]
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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 in what was the club's first appearance in the competition's final.[2]

Tottenham were forced to produce a one-off yellow shirt for the final when The Football League decided both of their home and away strips, respectively white and light blue, clashed with Blackburn's blue-and-white home strip.

Blackburn were without defender Craig Short and midfielders Gary Flitcroft and Tugay Kerimoğlu due to suspension. This led to 38 year-old veteran striker Mark Hughes starting in central midfield. Blackburn were also without injured back-up goalkeeper Alan Kelly and cup-tied right-back Lucas Neill.

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, mainly from Ledley King. 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 had a claim for a penalty turned down by referee Graham Poll.[2]

Road to Cardiff

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Match

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Details

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Blackburn Rovers2–1Tottenham Hotspur
Jansen 25'
Cole 68'		 Report Ziege 33'
Attendance: 72,500[2]
Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur
GK 1 United States Brad Friedel
RB 28 England Martin Taylor
CB 4 Norway Henning Berg (c)
CB 14 Sweden Nils-Eric Johansson
LB 5 Norway Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM 18 Northern Ireland Keith Gillespie downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 12 Wales Mark Hughes
CM 8 England David Dunn
LM 11 Republic of Ireland Damien Duff
CF 9 England Andy Cole
CF 10 England Matt Jansen downward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutes:
GK 27 England Alan Miller
DF 2 England John Curtis
MF 15 England Craig Hignett upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 16 Republic of Ireland Alan Mahon
FW 17 Spain Yordi upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Scotland Graeme Souness
GK 1 Scotland Neil Sullivan
RWB 3 Argentina Mauricio Taricco Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 79'
CB 26 England Ledley King
CB 6 England Chris Perry
CB 18 Wales Ben Thatcher
LWB 23 Germany Christian Ziege Yellow card
CM 7 England Darren Anderton
CM 8 England Tim Sherwood Yellow card
AM 14 Uruguay Gustavo Poyet downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 10 England Teddy Sheringham (c)
CF 9 England Les Ferdinand
Substitutes:
GK 13 United States Kasey Keller
DF 30 England Anthony Gardner
MF 29 Wales Simon Davies upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 11 Ukraine Serhii Rebrov
FW 16 Norway Steffen Iversen upward-facing green arrow 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

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  1. ^ a b "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round
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