League Cup 2009/10

League Cup 2009/10 2009-10 Football League Cup

Cup winners	Manchester United (4th title)
Beginning	August 10, 2009
final	February 28, 2010
Final stadium	Wembley Stadium , London
Teams	92
Games	93
Gates	304 (ø 3.27 per game)
Top scorer	Carlos Tevez (6 goals)
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The 2009/10 League Cup was the 50th edition of The Carling Cup , or League Cup . The tournament started with 92 clubs.

The competition started on August 10, 2009 with the first round and ended with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on February 28, 2010. The winner of the competition was Manchester United .

First round

The draw for the first round took place on June 16, 2009. The Newcastle United and Middlesbrough FC were the only teams from the Football League that went until the second round of the tournament, as they were the top two teams last season. The other 70 teams in the Football League had to compete in the first round.

North

	Result		spectator
Accrington Stanley	2: 1	Walsall FC	1,041
Huddersfield Town	3: 1	Stockport County	5,120
Rotherham United	2: 1	Derby County	4,345
Tranmere Rovers	4-0	Grimsby Town	3,527
Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Rochdale AFC	6,696
Bury FC	0: 2	West Bromwich Albion	3,077
Notts County	0: 1	Doncaster Rovers	4,893
Lincoln City	0: 1	Barnsley FC	3,635
Scunthorpe United	2: 1	Chesterfield FC	2,501
Coventry City	0: 1 a.d.	Hartlepool United	6,055
Darlington FC	0: 1	Leeds United	4,487
Preston North End	5: 1	Morecambe FC	5,407
Crewe Alexandra	1: 2	Blackpool FC	2,991
Carlisle United	1-0	Oldham Athletic	2,509
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Bradford City	4,639
Macclesfield Town	0: 2	Leicester City	2,197
Sheffield United	1: 2	Port Vale	7,627

south

	Result		spectator
Cardiff City	3: 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	5.545
Wycombe Wanderers	0: 4	Peterborough United	2,078
Southampton FC	2-0	Northampton Town	10,921
Barnet FC	0: 2 a.d.	Watford FC	3.139
Hereford United	1: 0 a.d.	Charlton Athletic	2.017
Bristol Rovers	2: 1	Aldershot Town	3,644
Millwall FC	4-0	Bournemouth AFC	3,552
Gillingham FC	2: 1	Plymouth Argyle	3,306
Colchester United	1: 2	Leyton Orient	3,308
Reading FC	5: 1	Burton Albion	5,893
Exeter City	0: 5	Queens Park Rangers	4,614
Cheltenham Town	1: 2	Southend United	1.918
Brentford FC	0: 1	Bristol City	3,024
Yeovil Town	0: 4	Norwich City	3,860
Crystal Palace	2: 1	Torquay United	3,140
Milton Keynes Dons	1: 4	Swindon Town	4,812
Swansea City	3-0	Brighton & Hove Albion	6,400
Shrewsbury Town	3: 3 (2: 4 in good condition)	Ipswich Town	4.184

Second round

The 13 Premier League clubs that failed to qualify for a European competition last season, as well as Newcastle United and Middlesbrough FC (see above) , got on in the second round .

	Result		spectator
West Bromwich Albion	4: 3 a.d.	Rotherham United	10,659
Norwich City	1: 4	Sunderland AFC	12,345
Tranmere Rovers	0: 1	Bolton Wanderers	5,381
Queens Park Rangers	2: 1	Accrington Stanley	5,203
Bristol City	0: 2	Carlisle United	6,359
Leyton Orient	0: 1 a.d.	Stoke City	2,742
Port Vale	2-0	Sheffield Wednesday	6,667
Hull City	3: 1	Southend United	7,994
Leeds United	2: 1 a.d.	Watford FC	14,681
Cardiff City	3: 1	Bristol Rovers	9,767
Portsmouth FC	4: 1	Hereford United	6,645
Crystal Palace	0: 2	Manchester City	14,725
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 0 (6: 5 on account)	Swindon Town	11,416
Gillingham FC	1: 3	Blackburn Rovers	7,203
Blackpool FC	4: 1	Wigan Athletic	8,089
Southampton FC	1: 2	Birmingham City	11,753
Preston North End	2: 1	Leicester City	6,977
Newcastle United	4: 3	Huddersfield Town	23,815
West Ham United	3: 1 a.d.	Millwall FC	24,492
Hartlepool United	1: 2 a.d.	Burnley FC	3,501
Nottingham Forest	2: 1 a.d.	Middlesbrough FC	8,838
Reading FC	1: 2	Barnsley FC	5,576
Swansea City	1: 2	Scunthorpe United	7,321
Doncaster Rovers	1: 5	Tottenham Hotspur	12,923
Peterborough United	2: 1	Ipswich Town	5,451

Third round

From the third round, the seven clubs that had qualified for the European competitions for the current season also had to compete.

	Result		spectator
Arsenal FC	2-0	West Bromwich Albion	56,592
Chelsea FC	1-0	Queens Park Rangers	37,781
Bolton Wanderers	3: 1 a.d.	West Ham United	8,050
Barnsley FC	3: 2	Burnley FC	6,270
Hull City	0: 4	Everton FC	13,558
Leeds United	0: 1	Liverpool FC	38.168
Manchester United	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	51,160
Manchester City	2: 1 a.d.	Fulham FC	24,507
Sunderland AFC	2-0	Birmingham City	20,576
Peterborough United	2-0	Newcastle United	10,298
Carlisle United	1: 3	Portsmouth FC	7,042
Nottingham Forest	0: 1	Blackburn Rovers	11,553
Stoke City	4: 3	Blackpool FC	13,957
Scunthorpe United	2: 0 a.d.	Port Vale	3,383
Preston North End	1: 5	Tottenham Hotspur	16,533
Aston Villa	1-0	Cardiff City	22,527

Round of 16

	Result		spectator
Blackburn Rovers	5: 2	Peterborough United	8,419
Manchester City	5: 1	Scunthorpe United	36,358
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Everton FC	35,843
Barnsley FC	0: 2	Manchester United	20,019
Chelsea FC	4-0	Bolton Wanderers	41,538
Sunderland AFC	0: 0 (1: 3 in good condition)	Aston Villa	27,666
Arsenal FC	2: 1	Liverpool FC	60.004
Portsmouth FC	4-0	Stoke City	11,251

Quarter finals

	Result		spectator
Portsmouth FC	2: 4	Aston Villa	17,034
Manchester United	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur	57,212
Manchester City	3-0	Arsenal FC	46,015
Blackburn Rovers	3: 3 (4: 3 in good condition)	Chelsea FC	18,136