League Cup 2010/11
League Cup 2010/11 2010-11 Football League Cup |
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Cup winners | Birmingham City (2nd title) |
Beginning | August 9, 2010 |
final | February 27, 2011 |
Final stadium | Wembley Stadium , London |
Teams | 92 |
Games | 93 |
Gates | 314 (ø 3.38 per game) |
Top scorer |
Carlton Cole Scott Sinclair (4 goals each) |
← League Cup 2009/10 |
The 2010/11 League Cup was the 51st edition of the tournament; The Carling Cup , or League Cup . The tournament started with 92 clubs.
The competition started on August 9, 2010 with the first round and ended with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on February 27, 2011. The winner of the competition was Birmingham City .
First round
The draw for the first round took place on June 16, 2010. The Burnley and Hull City 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 | ||
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Hartlepool United | 2-0 | Sheffield United | 2.520 |
Leicester City | 4: 3 | Macclesfield Town | 6,142 |
Walsall FC | 0: 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 2.253 |
Carlisle United | 0: 1 | Huddersfield Town | 3.475 |
Stockport County | 0: 5 | Preston North End | 3.724 |
Barnsley FC | 0: 1 | Rochdale | 4.107 |
Morecambe FC | 2-0 | Coventry City | 4.002 |
Doncaster Rovers | 1: 2 a.d. | Accrington Stanley | 4.603 |
Chesterfield FC | 1: 2 | Middlesbrough FC | 6,509 |
Peterborough United | 4: 1 | Rotherham United | 4.145 |
Bradford City | 2: 1 a.d. | Nottingham Forest | 5.175 |
Leeds United | 4-0 | Lincoln City FC | 12.602 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 1-0 | Bury FC | 7.390 |
Scunthorpe United | 2: 1 | Oldham Athletic | 2.602 |
Crewe Alexandra | 1-0 | Derby County | 3,778 |
south
Result | spectator | ||
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Exeter City | 2: 3 a.d. | Ipswich Town | 4,520 |
Southend United | 3: 2 a.d. | Bristol City | 2.940 |
Southampton FC | 2-0 | Bournemouth AFC | 17,135 |
Brentford FC | 2: 1 | Cheltenham Town | 2.049 |
Queens Park Rangers | 1: 3 | FC Port Vale | 6,619 |
Torquay United | 0: 1 a.d. | Reading FC | 2.832 |
Norwich City | 4: 1 | Gillingham FC | 13,068 |
Stevenage FC | 1: 2 | Portsmouth FC | 4.236 |
Shrewsbury Town | 4: 3 | Charlton Athletic | 3,700 |
Cardiff City | 4: 1 a.d. | Burton Albion | 6.080 |
Northampton Town | 2-0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2,431 |
Swansea City | 3-0 | Barnet FC | 6.644 |
Plymouth Argyle | 0: 1 | Notts County | 5.454 |
Wycombe Wanderers | 1: 2 a.d. | Millwall FC | 3.028 |
Oxford United | 6: 1 | Bristol Rovers | 5.008 |
Milton Keynes Dons | 2: 1 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 3.502 |
Hereford United | 0: 3 | Colchester United | 1.996 |
Yeovil Town | 0: 1 | Crystal Palace | 3.720 |
Aldershot Town | 0: 3 | Watford FC | 3.292 |
Swindon Town | 1: 2 | Leyton Orient | 4,450 |
Second round
In the second round, the 13 Premier League clubs that failed to qualify for a European competition last season, as well as Burnley FC and Hull City (see above), got on board.
Third round
From the third round, the seven clubs that had qualified for the European competitions for the current season also had to compete. Northampton Town , from the Football League Two , was the club from the lowest division that was still represented in the competition.
Result | spectator | ||
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Brentford FC | 1: 1 (4: 3 i.E.) |
Everton FC | 8,960 |
Portsmouth FC | 1: 2 | Leicester City | 8.327 |
Stoke City | 2-0 | Fulham FC | 12.778 |
Chelsea FC | 3: 4 | Newcastle United | 41,511 |
Aston Villa | 3: 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 18.753 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 1: 4 a.d. | Arsenal FC | 35.883 |
Millwall FC | 1: 2 | Ipswich Town | 5.070 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4: 2 a.d. | Notts County | 11,516 |
Burnley FC | 1-0 | Bolton Wanderers | 17.602 |
Birmingham City | 3: 1 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9.450 |
Liverpool FC | 2: 2 n.v. (2: 4 in good condition) |
Northampton Town | 22,577 |
Scunthorpe United | 2: 5 | Manchester United | 9,077 |
West Bromwich Albion | 2: 1 | Manchester City | 10,418 |
Sunderland AFC | 1: 2 | West Ham United | 21,907 |
Peterborough United | 1: 3 | Swansea City | 4.164 |
Wigan Athletic | 2: 1 | Preston North End | 6,987 |
Round of 16
Since Northampton Town had also survived the third round, it was the first time since the 2006/07 season that a club from all four top leagues was still in competition at this time.
Result | spectator | ||
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Newcastle United | 0: 4 | Arsenal FC | 33.157 |
Birmingham City | 1: 1 (4: 3 i.E.) |
Brentford FC | 15.166 |
Wigan Athletic | 2-0 | Swansea City | 11,705 |
Aston Villa | 2: 1 a.d. | Burnley FC | 34.618 |
Leicester City | 1: 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 16,957 |
Manchester United | 3: 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46.083 |
West Ham United | 3: 1 a.d. | Stoke City | 25.304 |
Ipswich Town | 3: 1 | Northampton Town | 12,929 |
Quarter finals
With Ipswich Town only one club was represented in the competition that does not play in the Premier League . Defending champion Manchester United was thrown out against West Ham United this round .
Result | spectator | ||
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Arsenal FC | 2-0 | Wigan Athletic | 59.525 |
Birmingham City | 2: 1 | Aston Villa | 27.679 |
West Ham United | 4-0 | Manchester United | 33,551 |
Ipswich Town | 1-0 | West Bromwich Albion | 11,363 |
Semifinals
The semi-finals took place in January. The semi-final was the first and only round that was played with a return leg.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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West Ham United | 3: 4 | Birmingham City | 2: 1 | 1: 3 a.d. |
Ipswich Town | 1: 3 | Arsenal FC | 1-0 | 0: 3 |
final
The final took place at Wembley Stadium and was directed by Mike Dean . Arsenal went into the game as favorites as they won both league comparisons. Nevertheless, Arsenal lost a little surprisingly 2-1 and Birmingham City won their first title since 1963. By winning the League Cup, Birmingham qualified for the play-offs of the 2011/12 Europa League .
Birmingham City | Arsenal FC | Lineup | ||||||
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Ben Foster - Stephen Carr , Roger Johnson , Martin Jiránek , Liam Ridgewell - Keith Fahey (83rd Obafemi Martins ), Craig Gardner , Barry Ferguson , Lee Bowyer (50th Jean Beausejour ) - Sebastian Larsson , Nikola Žigić (90th + 2 ' Cameron Jerome ) Trainer: Alex McLeish |
Wojciech Szczęsny - Bacary Sagna , Johan Djourou , Laurent Koscielny , Gaël Clichy - Tomáš Rosický , Alexandre Song , Samir Nasri , Jack Wilshere , Andrei Arshavin (77th Marouane Chamakh ) - Robin van Persie (70th Nicklas Bendtner ) Trainer: Arsène Wenger |
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1-0 Nikola Žigić (28th) 2-1 Obafemi Martins (89th) |
1: 1 Robin van Persie (39th) |
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Sebastian Larsson (41.), Barry Ferguson (90.) | Laurent Koscielny (35.), Gaël Clichy (52.) | |||||||
Player of the Match: Ben Foster (Birmingham City) |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ thefa.com: 2010/11 Carling Cup Dates Revealed