League Cup 2010/11

League Cup 2010/11 2010-11 Football League Cup

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)
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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
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
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.

	Result		spectator
Accrington Stanley	2: 3	Newcastle United	4.098
Portsmouth FC	1: 1 (4: 3 i.E.)	Crystal Palace	8.412
Leeds United	1: 2	Leicester City	16,509
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2: 1 a.d.	Southend United	10.284
Blackburn Rovers	3: 1	Norwich City	9.235
Milton Keynes Dons	4: 3	Blackpool FC	7.458
Tranmere Rovers	1: 3	Swansea City	2,450
Everton FC	5: 1	Huddersfield Town	28,901
Peterborough United	2: 1	Cardiff City	3.806
Reading FC	2: 2 (2: 4 on behalf)	Northampton Town	6.986
Scunthorpe United	4: 2	Sheffield Wednesday	4,680
Brentford FC	2: 1	Hull City	3.335
Sunderland AFC	2-0	Colchester United	13,532
Leyton Orient	0: 2	West Bromwich Albion	2,349
Morecambe FC	1: 3	Burnley FC	5.003
Birmingham City	3: 2	Rochdale AFC	6.431
Crewe Alexandra	0: 1	Ipswich Town	3.309
Watford FC	1: 2	Notts County	6.434
West Ham United	1-0	Oxford United	20.902
Southampton FC	0: 1	Bolton Wanderers	10.251
Bradford City	1: 2	Preston North End	4.221
Fulham FC	6-0	FC Port Vale	9.031
Millwall FC	2: 1	Middlesbrough FC	6.704
Stoke City	2: 1	Shrewsbury Town	11,995
Hartlepool United	0: 3	Wigan Athletic	3.196

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
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
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
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
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

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