2002 Football League Cup Final

2002 Football League Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	2001–02 Football League Cup
Date	24 February 2002
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the Match	Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers)
Referee	Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)
Attendance	72,500
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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[]

**Blackburn Rovers**
Round 2^[3]	Blackburn	2–0	Oldham
Round 3	Blackburn	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Middlesbrough
Round 4	Blackburn	2–0	Manchester City
Quarter-final	Blackburn	4–0	Arsenal
Semi-final (1st leg)	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Blackburn
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Blackburn	4–2	Sheffield Wednesday
Note:	(Blackburn won 6–3 on aggregate)

**Tottenham Hotspur**
Round 2^[3]	Tottenham	2–0	Torquay
Round 3	Tranmere	0–4	Tottenham
Round 4	Fulham	1–2	Tottenham
Quarter-final	Tottenham	6–0	Bolton
Semi-final (1st leg)	Chelsea	2–1	Tottenham
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Tottenham	5–1	Chelsea
Note:	(Tottenham won 6–3 on aggregate)

Match[]

Details[]

24 February 2002

14:00 GMT

Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Jansen 25' Cole 68'	Report	Ziege 33'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 72,500^[2]

Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)^[2]

Blackburn Rovers

Tottenham Hotspur


GK	1	Brad Friedel
RB	28	Martin Taylor
CB	4	Henning Berg (c)
CB	14	Nils-Eric Johansson
LB	5	Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM	18	Keith Gillespie	75'
CM	12	Mark Hughes
CM	8	David Dunn
LM	11	Damien Duff
CF	9	Andy Cole
CF	10	Matt Jansen	74'
Substitutes:
GK	27	Alan Miller
DF	2	John Curtis
MF	15	Craig Hignett	75'
MF	16	Alan Mahon
FW	17	Yordi	74'
Manager:
Graeme Souness


GK	1	Neil Sullivan
RWB	3	Mauricio Taricco	79'
CB	26	Ledley King
CB	6	Chris Perry
CB	18	Ben Thatcher
LWB	23	Christian Ziege
CM	7	Darren Anderton
CM	8	Tim Sherwood
AM	14	Gustavo Poyet	84'
CF	10	Teddy Sheringham
CF	9	Les Ferdinand
Substitutes:
GK	13	Kasey Keller
DF	30	Anthony Gardner
MF	29	Simon Davies	79'
FW	11	Serhii Rebrov
FW	16	Steffen Iversen	84'
Manager:
Glenn Hoddle

Man of the match

Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers)^[1]

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[]

^ ^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

[Man_of_match-1] "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

[BBC-report-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Cole strike stuns Spurs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

[bye-3] Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round

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