2006 Football League Cup final

2006 Football League Cup Final
Event2005–06 Football League Cup
Manchester United Wigan Athletic
4 0
Date26 February 2006
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the MatchWayne Rooney (Manchester United)[1]
RefereeAlan Wiley (Staffordshire)
Attendance66,866
WeatherMostly cloudy
6 °C (43 °F)[2]

The 2006 Football League Cup Final also known as the 2006 Carling Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was played between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic on 26 February 2006. Manchester United won the match comfortably, by four goals to nil. Louis Saha and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored one goal, and Wayne Rooney scored twice. For the trophy presentation, the Manchester United players wore special shirts reading "For You Smudge", referring to Alan Smith, who had broken his left leg during a recent FA Cup match against Liverpool.[3] Wigan goalkeeper Mike Pollitt picked up a hamstring injury after just 14 minutes, cutting short a dream cup final for the journeyman player, who started his career with the Red Devils.

Road to Cardiff

Match details

Manchester United4–0Wigan Athletic
Rooney 33', 61'
Saha 55'
Ronaldo 59'		 Report
Attendance: 66,866
Manchester United
Wigan Athletic
GK 19 Edwin van der Sar
RB 2 Gary Neville (c)
CB 6 Wes Brown  83'
CB 5 Rio Ferdinand
LB 27 Mikaël Silvestre  83'
RM 7 Cristiano Ronaldo  60'  73'
CM 22 John O'Shea
CM 11 Ryan Giggs
LM 13 Park Ji-sung
SS 8 Wayne Rooney
CF 9 Louis Saha
Substitutes:
GK 1 Tim Howard
DF 3 Patrice Evra  83'
DF 15 Nemanja Vidić  83'
MF 23 Kieran Richardson  73'
FW 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manager:
Sir Alex Ferguson
GK 12 Mike Pollitt  14'
RB 2 Pascal Chimbonda
CB 16 Arjan de Zeeuw (c)  45'
CB 6 Stéphane Henchoz  62'
LB 26 Leighton Baines
RM 21 Jimmy Bullard
CM 11 Graham Kavanagh  72'
CM 19 Paul Scharner
LM 20 Gary Teale
CF 7 Henri Camara
CF 30 Jason Roberts
Substitutes:
GK 1 John Filan  14'
DF 4 Matt Jackson
MF 8 Andreas Johansson
MF 23 Reto Ziegler  72'
FW 10 Lee McCulloch  62'
Manager:
Paul Jewell

Match officials

Man of the match

Match rules

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

Statistics

Statistic[5] United Wigan
Total shots 14 16
Shots on target 9 7
Ball possession 46% 54%
Corner kicks 1 5
Fouls committed 11 13
Offsides 3 2
Yellow cards 1 1
Red cards 0 0

References

  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. ^ "Weather History for Cardiff-Wales, United Kingdom - Weather Underground". wunderground.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Carling Cup final clockwatch". BBC. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second and clubs in European competitions received a bye to the third round
  5. ^ "Manchester United; Carling Cup Winners 2006". ESPN. 26 February 2006. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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