2002 Football League Cup final

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]

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]

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

Match

Details
Blackburn Rovers2–1Tottenham Hotspur
Jansen 25'
Cole 68'		 Report Ziege 33'
Attendance: 72,500[2]
Blackburn Rovers
Tottenham Hotspur
GK1United States Brad Friedel
RB28England Martin Taylor
CB4Norway Henning Berg (c)
CB14Sweden Nils-Eric Johansson
LB5Norway Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM18Northern Ireland Keith Gillespiedownward-facing red arrow 75'
CM12Wales Mark Hughes
CM8England David Dunn
LM11Republic of Ireland Damien Duff
CF9England Andy Cole
CF10England Matt Jansendownward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutes:
GK27England Alan Miller
DF2England John Curtis
MF15England Craig Hignettupward-facing green arrow 75'
MF16Republic of Ireland Alan Mahon
FW17Spain Yordiupward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Scotland Graeme Souness
GK1Scotland Neil Sullivan
RWB3Argentina Mauricio TariccoYellow carddownward-facing red arrow 79'
CB26England Ledley King
CB6England Chris Perry
CB18Wales Ben Thatcher
LWB23Germany Christian ZiegeYellow card
CM7England Darren Anderton
CM8England Tim SherwoodYellow card
AM14Uruguay Gustavo Poyetdownward-facing red arrow 84'
CF10England Teddy Sheringham (c)
CF9England Les Ferdinand
Substitutes:
GK13United States Kasey Keller
DF30England Anthony Gardner
MF29Wales Simon Daviesupward-facing green arrow 79'
FW11Ukraine Serhii Rebrov
FW16Norway Steffen Iversenupward-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
  1. "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round
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