2006 Football League Cup Final

2006 Football League Cup Final
Event 2005–06 Football League Cup
Manchester United Wigan Athletic
4 0
Date 26 February 2006
Venue Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the Match Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)[1]
Referee Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
Attendance 66,866
Weather Mostly cloudy
6 °C (43 °F)[2]

The 2006 Football League Cup Final 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.[3] 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

Match details

Manchester United 4–0 Wigan Athletic
Rooney  33', 61'
Saha  55'
Ronaldo  59'		 Report
Attendance: 66,866
Manchester United
Wigan Athletic
GK19Netherlands Edwin van der Sar
RB2England Gary Neville (c)
CB6England Wes Brown 83'
CB5England Rio Ferdinand
LB27France Mikaël Silvestre 83'
RM7Portugal Cristiano RonaldoYellow card 60' 73'
CM22Republic of Ireland John O'Shea
CM11Wales Ryan Giggs
LM13South Korea Park Ji-Sung
SS8England Wayne Rooney
CF9France Louis Saha
Substitutes:
GK1United States Tim Howard
DF3France Patrice Evra 83'
DF15Serbia and Montenegro Nemanja Vidić 83'
MF23England Kieran Richardson 73'
FW10Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manager:
Scotland Sir Alex Ferguson
GK12England Mike Pollitt 14'
RB2France Pascal Chimbonda
CB16Netherlands Arjan de Zeeuw (c)Yellow card 45'
CB6Switzerland Stéphane Henchoz 62'
LB26England Leighton Baines
RM21England Jimmy Bullard
CM11Republic of Ireland Graham Kavanagh 72'
CM19Austria Paul Scharner
LM20Scotland Gary Teale
CF7Senegal Henri Camara
CF30Grenada Jason Roberts
Substitutes:
GK1Australia John Filan 14'
DF4England Matt Jackson
MF8Sweden Andreas Johansson
MF23Switzerland Reto Ziegler 72'
FW10Scotland Lee McCulloch 62'
Manager:
England Paul Jewell

Match officials

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.

Statistics

United Wigan
Total shots1416
Shots on target97
Ball possession46%54%
Corner kicks15
Fouls committed1113
Offsides32
Yellow cards11
Red cards00

Source: ESPN[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Weather History for Cardiff-Wales, United Kingdom - Weather Underground". wunderground.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Carling Cup final clockwatch". BBC. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 Clubs in the Premier League receive a bye to the second and clubs in European competitions received a bye to the third round
  5. ↑ "Manchester United; Carling Cup Winners 2006". ESPNsoccernet. ESPN Inc. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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