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 competiton'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. 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
GK1 Brad Friedel
RB28 Martin Taylor
CB4 Henning Berg (c)
CB14 Nils-Eric Johansson
LB5 Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM18 Keith Gillespie 75'
CM8 David Dunn
CM12 Mark Hughes
LM11 Damien Duff
CF10 Matt Jansen 74'
CF9 Andy Cole
Substitutes:
GK27 Alan Miller
DF2 John Curtis
MF15 Craig Hignett 75'
MF16 Alan Mahon
FW17 Yordi 74'
Manager:
Graeme Souness
GK1 Neil Sullivan
RWB3 Mauricio Taricco 79'
CB26 Ledley King
CB6 Chris Perry
CB18 Ben Thatcher
LWB23 Christian Ziege
CM8 Tim Sherwood
AM14 Gustavo Poyet 84'
CM7 Darren Anderton
CF9 Les Ferdinand
CF10 Teddy Sheringham
Substitutes:
GK13 Kasey Keller
DF30 Anthony Gardner
MF29 Simon Davies 79'
FW11 Serhiy Rebrov
FW16 Steffen Iversen 84'
Manager:
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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