2006 Football League Cup Final

The 2006 Football League Cup Final also known as the 2006 Carling Cup Final for ssponsorship 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.[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.

2006 Football League Cup Final
Event2005–06 Football League Cup
Manchester United Wigan Athletic
4 0
Date26 February 2006
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the MatchWayne Rooney (Manchester United)[1]
RefereeAlan Wiley (Staffordshire)
Attendance66,866
WeatherMostly cloudy
6 °C (43 °F)[2]

Road to Cardiff

Match details
Manchester United4–0Wigan Athletic
Rooney  33', 61'
Saha  55'
Ronaldo  59'		 Report
Attendance: 66,866
Manchester United
Wigan Athletic
GK19 Edwin van der Sar
RB2 Gary Neville (c)
CB6 Wes Brown 83'
CB5 Rio Ferdinand
LB27 Mikaël Silvestre 83'
RM7 Cristiano Ronaldo 60' 73'
CM22 John O'Shea
CM11 Ryan Giggs
LM13 Park Ji-sung
SS8 Wayne Rooney
CF9 Louis Saha
Substitutes:
GK1 Tim Howard
DF3 Patrice Evra 83'
DF15 Nemanja Vidić 83'
MF23 Kieran Richardson 73'
FW10 Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manager:
Sir Alex Ferguson
GK12 Mike Pollitt 14'
RB2 Pascal Chimbonda
CB16 Arjan de Zeeuw (c) 45'
CB6 Stéphane Henchoz 62'
LB26 Leighton Baines
RM21 Jimmy Bullard
CM11 Graham Kavanagh 72'
CM19 Paul Scharner
LM20 Gary Teale
CF7 Henri Camara
CF30 Jason Roberts
Substitutes:
GK1 John Filan 14'
DF4 Matt Jackson
MF8 Andreas Johansson
MF23 Reto Ziegler 72'
FW10 Lee McCulloch 62'
Manager:
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. "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. 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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