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2002 Football League Cup final

Field	Value
title	2002 Football League Cup Final
image	2002 Football League Cup Final match programme cover.jpg
caption	Match programme cover
event	[2001–02 Football League Cup](2001-02-football-league-cup)
team1	Blackburn Rovers
team1score	2
team2	Tottenham Hotspur
team2score	1
date	24 February 2002
stadium	Millennium Stadium
city	Cardiff
man_of_the_match1a	Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers)
referee	Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)
attendance	72,500
previous	[2001](2001-football-league-cup-final)
next	[2003](2003-football-league-cup-final)

The 2002 Football League Cup Final was played between Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on Sunday, 24 February 2002. Blackburn won the match 2–1 in what was the club's first appearance in the competition's final.

Tottenham were forced to produce a one-off yellow shirt for the final when The Football League decided both of their home and away strips, respectively white and light blue, clashed with Blackburn's blue-and-white home strip.

Blackburn were without defender Craig Short and midfielders Gary Flitcroft and Tugay Kerimoğlu due to suspension. This led to 38 year-old veteran striker Mark Hughes starting in central midfield. Blackburn were also without injured back-up goalkeeper Alan Kelly and cup-tied right-back Lucas Neill.

Blackburn opened the scoring with a goal from Matt Jansen, but Christian Ziege soon equalised for Spurs. Andy Cole scored the winner in the 68th minute with a typical instinctive strike after mistakes in the Spurs defence, mainly from Ledley King. Les Ferdinand could have made the match square after a close one-on-one chance with Friedel, but failed to make anything of it. In the final minute Teddy Sheringham had a claim for a penalty turned down by referee Graham Poll.

Road to Cardiff

Note:	(Blackburn won 6–3 on aggregate)

Note:	(Tottenham won 6–3 on aggregate)

Match

Details

Cole

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SCO Graeme Souness

ENG Glenn Hoddle

References

(24 February 2002). "Cole strike stuns Spurs". British Broadcasting Corporation.
Clubs in the [[Premier League]] receive a bye to the second or third round
(26 February 2012). "Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners". The Football League.

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