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2005–06 Football League Cup

FieldValue
titleFootball League Cup
year2005–06
other_titlesCarling Cup, League Cup
countryEngland
Wales
num_teams92
defending_championsChelsea
championsManchester United
count2
runner-upWigan Athletic
top goal scorerLouis Saha
(6 goals)
prevseason[2004–05](2004-05-football-league-cup)
nextseason[2006–07](2006-07-football-league-cup)

Wales | runner-up = Wigan Athletic (6 goals) The 2005–06 Football League Cup (known as the Carling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 46th staging of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for the top 92 football clubs played in English football league system. The competition name reflects a sponsorship deal with lager brand Carling.

The competition began on 22 August 2005, and ended with the final on 26 February 2006 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff while reconstruction work was still ongoing at Wembley Stadium.

The tournament was won by Manchester United, who beat surprise finalists Wigan Athletic 4–0 in the final, thanks to two goals from Wayne Rooney and one each from Cristiano Ronaldo and Louis Saha. Wigan had only been promoted to the Premier League at the beginning of the season.

First round

The 72 Football League clubs compete from the first round. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 2004–05 season. Therefore, the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2005, Norwich City, Crystal Palace and Southampton, were the top seeds, and the clubs newly promoted to the Football League, Barnet and Carlisle United, were bottom seeds.

  • On 28 June 2005 seeded clubs and unseeded clubs were paired off to create the first-round draw.
  • Matches occurred on 22, 23 and 24 August 2005.
  • Extra time played when the scores were level after 90 minutes.
  • A penalty shoot-out took place if the scores were level after extra time.
Tie noHome teamScore1Away teamDate0–0 after extra time — AFC Bournemouth win 4 – 3 on penalties1–1 after extra time — Mansfield Town win 3 – 0 on penalties2–2 after extra time — Barnsley win 5 – 4 on penalties
1Chesterfield2–4**Huddersfield Town**24 August 2005
2Colchester United0–2**Cardiff City**24 August 2005
3Derby County0–1**Grimsby Town**24 August 2005
4Rushden & Diamonds0–3**Coventry City**24 August 2005
5Torquay United0–0AFC Bournemouth24 August 2005
6**Blackpool**2–1Hull City23 August 2005
7Bristol City2–4**Barnet**23 August 2005
8**Burnley**2–1Carlisle United23 August 2005
9Bury0–3**Leicester City**23 August 2005
10**Crystal Palace**3–0Walsall23 August 2005
11**Cheltenham Town**5–0Brentford23 August 2005
12**Gillingham**1–0Oxford United23 August 2005
13**Hartlepool United**3–1Darlington23 August 2005
14Ipswich Town0–2**Yeovil Town**23 August 2005
15**Leeds United**2–0Oldham Athletic23 August 2005
16Leyton Orient1–3**Luton Town**23 August 2005
17**Lincoln City**5–1Crewe Alexandra23 August 2005
18MK Dons0–1**Norwich City**23 August 2005
19Mansfield Town1–1Stoke City23 August 2005
20**Millwall**2–0Bristol Rovers23 August 2005
21**Northampton Town**3–0Queens Park Rangers23 August 2005
22Nottingham Forest2–3**Macclesfield Town**23 August 2005
23**Plymouth Argyle**2–1Peterborough United23 August 2005
24Preston North End1–1Barnsley23 August 2005
25**Reading**3–1Swansea City23 August 2005
26Rochdale0–5**Bradford City**23 August 2005
27**Rotherham United**3–1Port Vale23 August 2005
28**Scunthorpe United**2–1Tranmere Rovers23 August 2005
29**Sheffield United**1–0Boston United23 August 2005
30**Shrewsbury Town**3–2Brighton & Hove Albion23 August 2005
31Stockport County2–4**Sheffield Wednesday**23 August 2005
32Swindon Town1–3**Wycombe Wanderers**23 August 2005
33**Watford**3–1Notts County23 August 2005
34**Wolverhampton Wanderers**5–1Chester City23 August 2005
35Wrexham0–1**Doncaster Rovers**23 August 2005
36Southend United0–3**Southampton**22 August 2005

Second round

The 36 winners from the first round joined the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in European competition in round two. The draw was made on 27 August. The matches occurred on 20 and 21 September.

Tie noHome teamScore1Away teamDate1–1 after extra time — Doncaster Rovers win 3 – 0 on penalties0–0 after extra time — Sheffield United win 4 – 3 on penalties
1**Blackburn Rovers**3–1Huddersfield Town21 September 2005
2**Doncaster Rovers**1–1Manchester City21 September 2005
3**Fulham**5–4Lincoln City21 September 2005
4**Barnet**2–1Plymouth Argyle20 September 2005
5**Burnley**3–0Barnsley20 September 2005
6**Crystal Palace**1–0Coventry City20 September 2005
7**Cardiff City**2–1Macclesfield Town20 September 2005
8**Charlton Athletic**3–1Hartlepool United20 September 2005
9**Gillingham**3–2Portsmouth20 September 2005
10**Grimsby Town**1–0Tottenham Hotspur20 September 2005
11**Leicester City**2–1Blackpool20 September 2005
12**Mansfield Town**1–0Southampton20 September 2005
13**Norwich City**2–0Northampton Town20 September 2005
14**Reading**1–0Luton Town20 September 2005
15Rotherham United0–2**Leeds United**20 September 2005
16Scunthorpe United0–2**Birmingham City**20 September 2005
17Sheffield Wednesday2–4**West Ham United**20 September 2005
18Shrewsbury Town0–0**Sheffield United**20 September 2005
19**Sunderland**1–0Cheltenham Town20 September 2005
20**Watford**2–1Wolverhampton Wanderers20 September 2005
21**West Bromwich Albion**4–1Bradford City20 September 2005
22**Wigan Athletic**1–0AFC Bournemouth20 September 2005
23Wycombe Wanderers3–8**Aston Villa**20 September 2005
24Yeovil Town1–2**Millwall**20 September 2005

Third round

The 24 winners from the second round joined the eight Premier League clubs participating in European competition in round three. The draw was made on 24 September. Matches were played on 25 and 26 October.

Tie noHome teamScore1Away teamDate1–1 after extra time — Charlton Athletic win 5 – 4 on penalties
1**Birmingham City**2–1Norwich City26 October 2005
2**Bolton Wanderers**1–0West Ham United26 October 2005
3Cardiff City0–1**Leicester City**26 October 2005
4Chelsea1–1**Charlton Athletic**26 October 2005
5Everton0–1**Middlesbrough**26 October 2005
6Grimsby Town0–1**Newcastle United**26 October 2005
7**Manchester United**4–1Barnet26 October 2005
8**Aston Villa**1–0Burnley25 October 2005
9**Blackburn Rovers**3–0Leeds United25 October 2005
10**Crystal Palace**2–1Liverpool25 October 2005
11**Doncaster Rovers**2–0Gillingham25 October 2005
12Fulham2–3**West Bromwich Albion**25 October 2005
13Mansfield Town2–3**Millwall**25 October 2005
14**Reading**2–0Sheffield United25 October 2005
15Sunderland0–3**Arsenal**25 October 2005
16**Wigan Athletic**3–0Watford25 October 2005

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on 29 October 2005 and matches were played on 29 and 30 November. Doncaster caused the shock of the round, beating Aston Villa 3-0.

Vaz Tê

Murphy Thompson Bentley

Saha O'Shea

Németh

Van Persie
Lupoli

Heffernan Thornton

Elliott Heskey

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 3 December 2005 and matches were played on 20 and 21 December. The only non-Premier League club, Doncaster Rovers gave Arsenal a scare by drawing 2–2 after extra-time but Arsenal made it through 3–1 on penalties

Green Gilberto

Park

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was made on 21 December, 2005 after the conclusion of the quarter-finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The ties were played in the weeks beginning 9 January and 23 January 2006.

First leg

Second leg

Van Persie Score level at 2-2 on aggregate. Wigan win on away goals rule.

Saha Manchester United win 3–2 on aggregate

Final

The 2006 League Cup final was played on 26 February 2006 and was contested between Premier League teams Wigan Athletic and Manchester United at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The favourites Manchester United won the game comfortably 4–0 in normal time.

Saha Ronaldo

References

References

  1. (2005-06-28). "Swansea handed difficult cup test". BBC Sport.
  2. (2005-08-27). "Tottenham given Grimbsy cup test". BBC Sport.
  3. (2005-09-24). "Plum draws for Grimsby and Barnet". BBC Sport.
  4. (2005-10-29). "Doncaster face Villa in cup clash". BBC Sport.
  5. (2005-12-03). "Doncaster land plum Arsenal draw". BBC Sport.
  6. (2005-12-21). "Big guns kept apart in cup semis". BBC Sport.
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