2002 Football League Cup final
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| Event | 2001–02 Football League Cup | ||||||
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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 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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| Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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| Jansen 25' Cole 68' |
Report | Ziege 33' |
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Man of the match
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Match rules
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References
- ^ a b "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ a b Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round