2002 Football League Cup final

April 2014 April 2014 2002 Football League Cup final 2002 Football League Cup Final match programme cover.jpg Match programme cover 2001–02 Football League Cup Blackburn Rovers 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 24 February 2002 Millennium Stadium Cardiff Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers) Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) 72,500 2001 2003 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm Cole strike stuns Spurs 24 February 2002 BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation 8 May 2012 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. Road to Cardiff + Blackburn RoversRound 2Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second or third round Blackburn 2–0 OldhamRound 3 Blackburn 2–1 (a.e.t.) MiddlesbroughRound 4 Blackburn 2–0 Manchester CityQuarter-final Blackburn 4–0 ArsenalSemi-final (1st leg) Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 BlackburnSemi-final (2nd leg) Blackburn 4–2 Sheffield WednesdayNote:(Blackburn won 6–3 on aggregate) + Tottenham HotspurRound 2 Tottenham2–0TorquayRound 3 Tranmere0–4TottenhamRound 4 Fulham1–2TottenhamQuarter-final Tottenham6–0BoltonSemi-final (1st leg) Chelsea 2–1TottenhamSemi-final (2nd leg) Tottenham 5–1 ChelseaNote:(Tottenham won 6–3 on aggregate) Match Details 24 February 2002 15:00 GMT Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Report Tottenham Hotspur Jansen 25Cole 68 Ziege 33 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,500 Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) _whitehalf 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Blackburn Rovers _spurs0102t _spurs0102t _spurs0102t _spurs0102h _3_stripes_white 01023B FFD63E 01023B 01023B 01023B Tottenham Hotspur GK 1 USA Brad FriedelRB 28ENG Martin TaylorCB 4 NOR Henning Berg (c)CB 14SWE Nils-Eric JohanssonLB 5 NOR Stig Inge BjørnebyeRM 18NIR Keith Gillespie 75CM 12WAL Mark HughesCM 8 ENG David DunnLM 11IRL Damien DuffCF 9 ENG Andy ColeCF 10ENG Matt Jansen 74Substitutes:GK 27ENG Alan MillerDF 2 ENG John CurtisMF 15ENG Craig Hignett 75MF 16IRL Alan MahonFW 17ESP Yordi 74Manager:SCO Graeme Souness300px GK 1 SCO Neil SullivanRWB3 ARG Mauricio Taricco 79CB 26ENG Ledley KingCB 6 ENG Chris Perry CB 18WAL Ben ThatcherLWB23GER Christian Ziege CM 7 ENG Darren AndertonCM 8 ENG Tim Sherwood AM 14URU Gustavo Poyet 84CF 10ENG Teddy Sheringham (c)CF 9 ENG Les FerdinandSubstitutes:GK 13USA Kasey Keller DF 30ENG Anthony Gardner MF 29WAL Simon Davies 79FW 11UKR Serhii RebrovFW 16NOR Steffen Iversen 84 Manager:ENG Glenn Hoddle Man of the match Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers)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 shootout if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions References Category:2001–02 in English men's football cups Category:EFL Cup seasons Category:EFL Cup finals League Cup final 2002 League Cup final 2002 Category:2000s in Cardiff Category:February 2002 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Football finals in Wales Category:Football competitions in Cardiff