2006 Football League Cup final

April 2014 April 2014 2006 Football League Cup final CarlingCup2006.jpg 200px 2005–06 Football League Cup Manchester United 4 Wigan Athletic 0 26 February 2006 Millennium Stadium Cardiff Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) 66,866 Mostly cloudy6 °C °Fhttp://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EGFF/2006/2/26/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Weather History for Cardiff-Wales, United Kingdom - Weather Underground wunderground.com 20 June 2016 2005 2007 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/4752806.stm Carling Cup final clockwatch 26 February 2006 16 August 2014 BBC 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 + Manchester UnitedRound 3Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second and clubs in European competitions received a bye to the third roundManchester United4–1BarnetRound 4Manchester United3–1West Bromwich AlbionRound 5Birmingham City1–3Manchester UnitedSemi-final (1st leg)Blackburn Rovers1–1Manchester UnitedSemi-final (2nd leg)Manchester United2–1Blackburn Rovers  (Man Utd won 3–2 on aggregate) + WiganRound 2Wigan Athletic1–0AFC BournemouthRound 3Wigan Athletic3–0WatfordRound 4Wigan Athletic1–0Newcastle UnitedRound 5Wigan Athletic2–0Bolton WanderersSemi-final (1st leg)Wigan Athletic1–0ArsenalSemi-final (2nd leg)Arsenal2–1Wigan Athletic  (2–2 on aggregate. Wigan Athletic won on away goals) Match details 26 February 2006 15:00 Manchester United 4–0 Wigan Athletic Report Rooney 33 61Saha 55Ronaldo 59 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 66,866 Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) _manutd0406h _manutd0406h _manutd0406h _manutd0406h _manutd0406hl E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United _3whitestripes 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF FFFFFF Wigan Athletic GK 19NED Edwin van der SarRB 2 ENG Gary Neville (c)CB 6 ENG Wes Brown 83CB 5 ENG Rio FerdinandLB 27FRA 1974 Mikaël Silvestre 83RM 7 POR Cristiano Ronaldo 60 73CM 22IRL John O'SheaCM 11WAL Ryan GiggsLM 13KOR 1997 Park Ji-sungSS 8 ENG Wayne RooneyCF 9 FRA 1974 Louis SahaSubstitutes:GK 1 USA Tim HowardDF 3 FRA 1974 Patrice Evra 83DF 15SCG Nemanja Vidić 83MF 23ENG Kieran Richardson 73FW 10NED Ruud van NistelrooyManager:SCO Sir Alex Ferguson300px GK 12ENG Mike Pollitt 14RB 2 FRA 1974 Pascal ChimbondaCB 16NED Arjan de Zeeuw (c) 45CB 6 SUI Stéphane Henchoz 62LB 26ENG Leighton BainesRM 21ENG Jimmy BullardCM 11IRL Graham Kavanagh 72CM 19AUT Paul ScharnerLM 20SCO Gary TealeCF 7 SEN Henri CamaraCF 30GRN Jason RobertsSubstitutes:GK 1 AUS John Filan 14DF 4 ENG Matt JacksonMF 8 SWE Andreas JohanssonMF 23SUI Reto Ziegler 72FW 10SCO Lee McCulloch 62Manager:ENG Paul Jewell Match officials Assistant referees: John Holbrook (Worcestershire) Paul Norman (Dorset) Fourth official: Andy Hall (West Midlands) Man of the match Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AlanHardakerTrophyWinners/0,,10794~1354852,00.html The Football League 26 February 2012 8 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120421013843/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AlanHardakerTrophyWinners/0%2C%2C10794~1354852%2C00.html 21 April 2012 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 StatisticManchester United; Carling Cup Winners 2006 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=194227&cc=5739 https://archive.today/20130103004044/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=194227&cc=5739 dead 3 January 2013 ESPN 26 February 2006 6 May 2012 United WiganTotal shots 14 16Shots on target 9 7Ball possession 46% 54%Corner kicks 1 5Fouls committed 11 13Offsides 3 2Yellow cards 1 1Red cards 0 0 References External links Match facts at soccerbase.com Category:2005–06 in English men's football cups Category:EFL Cup seasons League Cup final 2006 League Cup final 2006 League Cup final 2006 Category:2000s in Cardiff Football League Cup final Category:Football finals in Wales Category:Football competitions in Cardiff