2009–10 Football League Cup

2009–10 Football League Cup
Carling Cup, League Cup

The logo of the 2009–10 League Cup
Country  England
Teams 92
Champions Manchester United
Runners-up Aston Villa
Matches played 93
Goals scored 304 (3.27 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Carlos Tevez (6 goals)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, was the 50th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs.[1] Manchester United successfully defended their Football League Cup title after defeating Aston Villa by 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium on 28 February 2010.

Each season, the League Cup winners – like the winners of the FA Cup – are granted a place in the UEFA Europa League for the following season. However, in cases where a team has already gained a place in European competition via their league position or progress in other cup competitions, their place in the Europa League is deferred to the next-placed league side. In this season, since Manchester United and FA Cup winners Chelsea qualified for the UEFA Champions League via the Premier League, Aston Villa and Liverpool qualified for the Europa League as the sixth- and seventh-placed sides in the league.

First round

The draw for the First Round took place on 16 June 2009, with matches played two months later in the week beginning 10 August 2009.[2][3]

Newcastle United and Middlesbrough received a first round bye as the highest ranked Football League teams from the previous season's league placings.[4] The other 70 of the 72 Football League clubs competed in the First Round, divided into North and South sections. Each section was divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 2008–09 season.

North
Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1Accrington Stanley2 – 1Walsall1,041
2Huddersfield Town3 – 1Stockport County5,120
3Rotherham United2 – 1Derby County4,345
4Tranmere Rovers4 – 0Grimsby Town3,527
5Sheffield Wednesday3 – 0Rochdale6,696
6Bury0 – 2West Bromwich Albion3,077
7Notts County0 – 1Doncaster Rovers4,893
8Lincoln City0 – 1Barnsley3,635
9Scunthorpe United2 – 1Chesterfield2,501
10Coventry City0 – 0Hartlepool United6,055
Hartlepool United won 1 – 0 after extra time
11Darlington0 – 1Leeds United4,487
12Preston North End5 – 1Morecambe5,407
13Crewe Alexandra1 – 2Blackpool2,991
14Carlisle United1 – 0Oldham Athletic2,509
15Nottingham Forest3 – 0Bradford City4,639
16Macclesfield Town0 – 2Leicester City2,197
17Sheffield United1 – 2Port Vale7,627
South
Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1Cardiff City3 – 1Dagenham & Redbridge5,545
2Wycombe Wanderers0 – 4Peterborough United2,078
3Southampton2 – 0Northampton Town10,921
4Barnet0 – 0Watford3,139
Watford won 2 – 0 after extra time
5Hereford United0 – 0Charlton Athletic2,017
Hereford United won 1 – 0 after extra time
6Bristol Rovers2 – 1Aldershot Town3,644
7Millwall4 – 0AFC Bournemouth3,552
8Gillingham2 – 1Plymouth Argyle3,306
9Colchester United1 – 2Leyton Orient3,308
10Reading5 – 1Burton Albion5,893
11Exeter City0 – 5Queens Park Rangers4,614
12Cheltenham Town1 – 2Southend United1,918
13Brentford0 – 1Bristol City3,024
14Yeovil Town0 – 4Norwich City3,860
15Crystal Palace2 – 1Torquay United3,140
16Milton Keynes Dons1 – 4Swindon Town4,812
17Swansea City3 – 0Brighton & Hove Albion6,400
18Shrewsbury Town3 – 3Ipswich Town4,184
3 – 3 after extra time – Ipswich Town won 4 – 2 on penalties

1 Score after 90 minutes

Second round

The 13 Premier League teams not involved in European competitions entered at this stage, along with the winners from the First Round plus Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, who received a First Round bye. From the Second Round onwards, the teams are no longer split geographically. The draw for the Second Round took place on 12 August 2009, after the First Round games had been completed,[5] and the matches were played in the week beginning 24 August 2009.[2]

Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1West Bromwich Albion2 – 2Rotherham United10,659
West Bromwich Albion won 4 – 3 after extra time
2Norwich City1 – 4Sunderland12,345
3Tranmere Rovers0 – 1Bolton Wanderers5,381
4Queens Park Rangers2 – 1Accrington Stanley5,203
5Bristol City0 – 2Carlisle United6,359
6Leyton Orient0 – 0Stoke City2,742
Stoke City won 1 – 0 after extra time
7Port Vale2 – 0Sheffield Wednesday6,667
8Hull City3 – 1Southend United7,994
9Leeds United1 – 1Watford14,681
Leeds United won 2 – 1 after extra time
10Cardiff City3 – 1Bristol Rovers9,767
11Portsmouth4 – 1Hereford United6,645
12Crystal Palace0 – 2Manchester City14,725
13Wolverhampton Wanderers0 – 0Swindon Town11,416
0 – 0 after extra time – Wolverhampton Wanderers won 6 – 5 on penalties
14Gillingham1 – 3Blackburn Rovers7,203
15Blackpool4 – 1Wigan Athletic8,089
16Southampton1 – 2Birmingham City11,753
17Preston North End2 – 1Leicester City6,977
18Newcastle United4 – 3Huddersfield Town23,815
19West Ham United1 – 1Millwall24,492
West Ham United won 3 – 1 after extra time
20Hartlepool United1 – 1Burnley3,501
Burnley won 2 – 1 after extra time
21Nottingham Forest1 – 1Middlesbrough8,838
Nottingham Forest won 2 – 1 after extra time
22Reading1 – 2Barnsley5,576
23Swansea City1 – 2Scunthorpe United7,321
24Doncaster Rovers1 – 5Tottenham Hotspur12,923
25Peterborough United2 – 1Ipswich Town5,451

1 Score after 90 minutes

Third round

The seven Premier League teams involved in European competition enter at this stage, along with the winners from the Second Round. The draw for the Third Round took place on 29 August 2009, after the Second Round games had been played. The matches were played in the week beginning 21 September 2009.[2]

Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1Arsenal2 – 0West Bromwich Albion56,592
2Chelsea1 – 0Queens Park Rangers37,781
3Bolton Wanderers1 – 1West Ham United8,050
Bolton Wanderers won 3 – 1 after extra time
4Barnsley3 – 2Burnley6,270
5Hull City0 – 4Everton13,558
6Leeds United0 – 1Liverpool38,168
7Manchester United1 – 0Wolverhampton Wanderers51,160
8Manchester City1 – 1Fulham24,507
Manchester City won 2 – 1 after extra time
9Sunderland2 – 0Birmingham City20,576
10Peterborough United2 – 0Newcastle United10,298
11Carlisle United1 – 3Portsmouth7,042
12Nottingham Forest0 – 1Blackburn Rovers11,553
13Stoke City4 – 3Blackpool13,957
14Scunthorpe United0 – 0Port Vale3,383
Scunthorpe United won 2 – 0 after extra time
15Preston North End1 – 5Tottenham Hotspur16,533
16Aston Villa1 – 0Cardiff City22,527

1 Score after 90 minutes

Fourth round

The draw for the Fourth Round took place after the Third Round games had been played, on 26 September 2009, and the matches were played on the week beginning on 26 October 2009.[2] The only clubs from outside the Premier League left in the draw were Barnsley, Peterborough United and Scunthorpe United.

Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance
1Blackburn Rovers5 – 2Peterborough United8,419
2Manchester City5 – 1Scunthorpe United36,358
3Tottenham Hotspur2 – 0Everton35,843
4Barnsley0 – 2Manchester United20,019
5Chelsea4 – 0Bolton Wanderers41,538
6Sunderland0 – 0Aston Villa27,666
0 – 0 after extra time – Aston Villa won 3 – 1 on penalties
7Arsenal2 – 1Liverpool60,004
8Portsmouth4 – 0Stoke City11,251

1 Score after 90 minutes

Fifth Round

The Fifth Round draw took place on 31 October, and the matches were played in the week commencing 30 November 2009.[2]

1 December 2009
19:45
Portsmouth 2 – 4 Aston Villa
Petrov  10' (o.g.)
Kanu  87'		 Report Heskey  12'
Milner  27'
Downing  74'
A. Young  89'
Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Attendance: 17,034
Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

2 December 2009
19:45
Manchester City 3 – 0 Arsenal
Tevez  50'
Wright-Phillips  69'
Weiss  89'		 Report

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw took place on 2 December 2009, after the completion of the first three Fifth Round matches. The first leg matches were to be played the week commencing 4 January 2010, but adverse weather conditions including severe snow and ice in North West England caused the games to be rearranged.[2]

First leg

14 January 2010
20:00
Blackburn Rovers 0 – 1 Aston Villa
Report Milner  23'
Ewood Park, Blackburn
Attendance: 18,595
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (County Durham)

19 January 2010
20:00
Manchester City 2 – 1 Manchester United
Tevez  42' (pen.), 65' Report Giggs  17'

Second leg

20 January 2010
19:45
Aston Villa 6 – 4 Blackburn Rovers
Warnock  30'
Milner  40' (pen.)
N'Zonzi  53' (o.g.)
Agbonlahor  58'
Heskey  62'
A. Young  90+3'		 Report Kalinić  10', 26'
Olsson  63'
Emerton  84'

Aston Villa won 7–4 on aggregate.

27 January 2010
20:00
Manchester United 3 – 1 Manchester City
Scholes  52'
Carrick  71'
Rooney  90+2'		 Report Tevez  76'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 74,576
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)

Manchester United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London, on Sunday, 28 February 2010.

28 February 2010
15:00
Aston Villa 1 – 2 Manchester United
Milner  5' (pen.) Report Owen  12'
Rooney  74'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 88,596
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Prize money

The prize money is awarded by the Football League. The winners of the League Cup won £100,000 and the runners-up won £50,000. The losing semi-finalists each took home £25,000.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "2009/10 Carling Cup Dates Revealed". The Football League. 20 March 2009. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2009/10 Carling Cup Key Dates". The Football League. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Clubs discover Carling Cup fate". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "North East sides receive Cup bye". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "Carling Cup second-round draw". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Football Queries". Carling.com. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
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