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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title                      = Football League Cup
| year                       = 2001–02
| other_titles               = Worthington Cup, League Cup
| image                      = 
| imagesize                  = 
| caption                    = 
| country                    = England<br>Wales
| num_teams                  = 92
| defending champions = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| champions                  = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| count                      = 1
| runner-up                  = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| continentalcup1            = 
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = 
| matches                    = 
| goals                      = 
| top goal scorer            = [[Matt Jansen]]<br />(6 goals)
| player                     = 
| prevseason                 = [[2000–01 Football League Cup|2000–01]]
| nextseason                 = [[2002–03 Football League Cup|2002–03]]
}}
The '''2001–02 Football League Cup''' (known as the '''[[Worthington Brewery|Worthington]] Cup''' for sponsorship reasons) was the 42nd staging of the [[EFL Cup|Football League Cup]], a knockout competition for England's top 92 [[association football|football]] clubs.

The competition began on 20 August 2001, and ended with the [[2002 Football League Cup Final|final]] on 26 February 2002 at the [[Millennium Stadium]] in [[Cardiff]] as [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] had been closed for a rebuild.

The tournament was won by [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], who beat [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] 2–1 in the final, thanks to single strikes from [[Matt Jansen]] and [[Andy Cole]], sandwiched by an equaliser from [[Christian Ziege]].<ref name=BBC-report>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm|title=Cole strike stuns Spurs|date=24 February 2002|work=BBC Sport|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> Blackburn had only just returned to the [[2001–02 FA Premier League|Premier League]] at the beginning of the season after relegation several years earlier.

==First round==
The 70 [[Football League First Division|First]], [[Football League Second Division|Second]] and [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] clubs compete from the First Round, except Manchester City and Coventry. 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 [[2000–01 in English football|2000–01 season]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
!Date
|-
|1||'''[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]'''||3–0||[[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]||22 August 2001
|-
|2||[[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]]||1–1 {{aet}}||'''[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]'''||22 August 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|West Bromwich Albion won 4–3 on penalties
|-
|3||[[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]||0–0 {{aet}}||'''[[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]'''||22 August 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Oldham Athletic won 6–5 on penalties
|-
|4||[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]||1–2||'''[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]'''||22 August 2001
|-
|5||'''[[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]'''||2–0||[[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]]||21 August 2001
|-
|6||'''[[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]'''||3–2||[[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]||21 August 2001
|-
|7||[[AFC Bournemouth|Bournemouth]]||0–2||'''[[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|8||'''[[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]'''||1–0||[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]||21 August 2001
|-
|9||'''[[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]'''||2–1||[[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]]||21 August 2001
|-
|10||'''[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]'''||2–1||[[Cheltenham Town F.C.|Cheltenham Town]]||21 August 2001
|-
|11||[[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]||2–3||'''[[Rushden & Diamonds F.C.|Rushden & Diamonds]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|12||[[Bury F.C.|Bury]]||1–3||'''[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|13||[[Exeter City F.C.|Exeter City]]||0–1||'''[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|14||'''[[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]'''||2–1||[[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]||21 August 2001
|-
|15||[[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]||0–1||'''[[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|16||[[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]]||2–3 {{aet}}||'''[[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|17||[[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]]||2–4||'''[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|18||[[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield Town]]||1–2 {{aet}}||'''[[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|19||[[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]]||3–4||'''[[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|20||'''[[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]'''||2–1||[[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]]||21 August 2001
|-
|21||'''[[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]]'''||2–1 {{aet}}||[[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]]||21 August 2001
|-
|22||[[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]]||1–2 {{aet}}||'''[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|23||'''[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]'''||2–1||[[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]||21 August 2001
|-
|24||[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]||1–2||'''[[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|25||'''[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]'''||4–0||[[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]]||21 August 2001
|-
|26||'''[[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]'''||3–0||[[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]||21 August 2001
|-
|27||[[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]||0–2||'''[[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|28||'''[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]'''||3–1||[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]||21 August 2001
|-
|29||'''[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]'''||1–0||[[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]||21 August 2001
|-
|30||[[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]||2–3||'''[[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|31||[[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]||0–1||'''[[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
|32||[[York City F.C.|York City]]||2–2 {{aet}}||'''[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]'''||21 August 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Crewe Alexandra won 6–5 on penalties
|-
|33||[[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]]||0–1||'''[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]'''||20 August 2001
|-
|34||[[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]]||0–2||'''[[Nottingham Forest]]'''||20 August 2001
|-
|35||[[Scunthorpe United]]||0–2||'''[[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]'''||20 August 2001
|}

==Second round==
The 35 winners from the First Round joined the 13 [[Premier League]], clubs not participating in European competition in the Second Round, plus Manchester City and Coventry (who received byes for their league position the previous season). Matches were played on 10–13 September.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
!Date
|-
|1||'''[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]'''||2–0||[[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]]||13 September 2001
|-
|2||'''[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]'''||2–0||[[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]||12 September 2001
|-
|3||[[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]]||2–3||'''[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]'''||12 September 2001
|-
|4||'''[[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]'''||2–0||[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]||12 September 2001
|-
|5||'''[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]'''||3–0||[[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]]||12 September 2001
|-
|6||[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]||1–1 {{aet}}||'''[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]'''||12 September 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Crystal Palace won 5–4 on penalties
|-
|7||'''[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]'''||4–1 {{aet}}||[[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]]||12 September 2001
|-
|8||'''[[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]'''||1–1 {{aet}}||[[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]||12 September 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Nottingham Forest won 8–7 on penalties
|-
|9||'''[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]'''||4–2 {{aet}}||[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]||12 September 2001
|-
|10||'''[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]'''||4–3 {{aet}}||[[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]]||11 September 2001
|-
|11||[[Brighton & Hove Albion]]||0–3||'''[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]'''||11 September 2001
|-
|12||[[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]]||0–3||'''[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]'''||11 September 2001
|-
|13||[[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]]||1–3||'''[[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]'''||11 September 2001
|-
|14||'''[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]'''||2–0 {{aet}}||[[Rushden & Diamonds F.C.|Rushden & Diamonds]]||11 September 2001
|-
|15||'''[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]'''||2–1||[[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]]||11 September 2001
|-
|16||'''[[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]'''||3–3 {{aet}}||[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]||11 September 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Grimsby Town won 4–2 on penalties
|-
|17||'''[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]'''||3–1||[[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]]||11 September 2001
|-
|18||[[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]||2–4 {{aet}}||'''[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'''||11 September 2001
|-
|19||[[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]]||2–2 {{aet}}||'''[[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]'''||11 September 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Coventry City won 4–2 on penalties
|-
|20||'''[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]'''||0–0 {{aet}}||[[West Ham United|West Ham]]||11 September 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Reading won 6–5 on penalties
|-
|21||[[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]||2–2 {{aet}}||'''[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]'''||11 September 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Fulham won 6–5 on penalties
|-
|22||[[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]]||0–4||'''[[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]'''||11 September 2001
|-
|23||'''[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]'''||4–1||[[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]||11 September 2001
|-
|24||'''[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]'''||2–0 {{aet}}||[[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]||11 September 2001
|-
|25||[[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]||0–1||'''[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]'''||10 September 2001
|}

==Third round==
The 25 winners from the Second Round joined the seven [[Premier League|Premiership]] clubs participating in European competition in the Third Round. Matches were played on 8–10 October.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
!Date
|-
|1||'''[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]'''||4–0||[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]||5 November 2001
|-
|2||'''[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]'''||1–0||[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]||10 October 2001
|-
|3||'''[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]'''||2–1 {{aet}}||[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]||10 October 2001
|-
|4||'''[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]'''||5–2||[[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]]||10 October 2001
|-
|5||'''[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'''||6–0||[[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]||10 October 2001
|-
|6||'''[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]'''||2–2 {{aet}}||[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]||10 October 2001
|-
!colspan="5"|Sheffield Wednesday won 3–1 on penalties
|-
|7||[[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]||0–1||'''[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|8||[[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]||0–2||'''[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|9||[[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]||2–3||'''[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|10||[[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]]||0–2||'''[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|11||[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]||0–6||'''[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|12||[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]||1–2 {{aet}}||'''[[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|13||[[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]||0–4||'''[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|14||'''[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]'''||4–1||[[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]||9 October 2001
|-
|15||[[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]||0–1||'''[[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]'''||9 October 2001
|-
|16||'''[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]'''||1–0||[[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]||8 October 2001
|}

==Fourth round==
The matches were played on 27–29 November.

{{football box
| date = 29 November 2001
| team1 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| score = 1–2
| report = 
| team2 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| goals1 = [[Barry Hayles|Hayles]] {{goal|45}}
| goals2 = [[Serhii Rebrov|Rebrov]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Simon Davies (footballer born 1979)|Davies]] {{goal|86}}
| stadium = [[Craven Cottage]], [[London]]
| attendance = 17,006
| referee = [[Mark Halsey]]
| event = 
| time = 19:45 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 28 November 2001
| team1 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| score = 0–1
| report = 
| team2 = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Efan Ekoku|Ekoku]] {{goal|40}}
| stadium = [[Villa Park]], [[Birmingham]]
| attendance = 26,526
| referee = [[Clive Wilkes]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date=28 November 2001
|team1=[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2=[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|goals1=[[Nils-Eric Johansson|Johansson]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[Damien Johnson|Johnson]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ewood Park]], [[Blackburn]]
|attendance=17,907
|referee=[[Uriah Rennie]] }}
----
{{football box
|date=28 November 2001
|team1=[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
|score=0–2
|report=
|team2=[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Eiður Guðjohnsen|Guðjohnsen]] {{goal|59}} {{goal|80}}
|stadium=[[Elland Road]], [[Leeds]]
|attendance=33,841
|referee=[[Jeff Winter]] }}
----
{{football box
|date=27 November 2001
|team1=[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2=[[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]
|goals1=[[Edu (footballer, born 1978)|Edu]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Sylvain Wiltord|Wiltord]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]], [[London]]
|attendance=16,917
|referee=[[Dermot Gallagher]] }}
----
{{football box
|date=27 November 2001
|team1=[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
|score=2–2 {{aet}}<br />6–5 [[Penalty shootout (football)|p]]
|report=
|team2=[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
|goals1=[[Dean Holdsworth|Holdsworth]] {{goal|55|pen.}}<br />[[Michael Ricketts|Ricketts]] {{goal|110}}
|goals2=[[Kevin Davies|Davies]] {{goal|80}}<br />[[Taher El Khalej|El Khalej]] {{goal|111}}
|stadium=[[Reebok Stadium]], [[Bolton]]
|attendance=8,404
|referee=[[Andy D'Urso]] }}
----
{{football box
|date=27 November 2001
|team1=[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|score=4–1
|report=
|team2=[[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]
|goals1=[[Laurent Robert|Robert]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Shola Ameobi|Ameobi]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Alan Shearer|Shearer]] {{goal|37}} {{goal|40}}
|goals2=[[Darren Bent|Bent]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium=[[St. James' Park]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]
|attendance=32,576
|referee=[[Alan Wiley]] }}
----
{{football box
|date=27 November 2001
|team1=[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
|score=3–2 {{aet}}
|report=
|team2=[[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
|goals1=[[Paolo Vernazza|Vernazza]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Paul Robinson (defender born 1978)|Robinson]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Heiðar Helguson|Helguson]] {{goal|99}}
|goals2=[[Steve Brown (footballer born 1972)|Brown]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[John Robinson (footballer, born 1971)|Robinson]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Vicarage Road]], [[Watford]]
|attendance=12,621
|referee=[[Neale Barry]] }}

==Fifth round==
The four matches were played on 11–12 and 19 December.

{{football box
|date=19 December 2001
|team1=[[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
|score=4–0
|report=
|team2=[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
|goals1=[[Gerald Sibon|Sibon]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Matthew Hamshaw|Hamshaw]] {{goal|73}}<br />[[Phil O'Donnell (footballer)|O'Donnell]] {{goal|89}}<br />[[Trond Egil Soltvedt|Soltvedt]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Hillsborough Stadium|Hillsborough]], [[Sheffield]]
|attendance=20,319
|referee=[[Andy Butler (referee)|Andy Butler]] }}
----
{{football box
|date=12 December 2001
|team1=[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=[[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|goals1=[[Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink|Hasselbaink]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]], [[London]]
|attendance=27,613
|referee=[[David Elleray]] }}
----
{{football box
|date=11 December 2001
|team1=[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
|score=4–0
|report=
|team2=[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|goals1=[[Matt Jansen|Jansen]] {{goal|11}} {{goal|15}} {{goal|68}}<br />[[Mark Hughes|Hughes]] {{goal|21}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ewood Park]], [[Blackburn]]
|attendance=13,278
|referee=[[Paul Durkin]] }}
----
{{football box
| date = 11 December 2001
| team1 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| score = 6–0
| report = 
| team2 = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
| goals1 = [[Simon Davies (footballer born 1979)|Davies]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Les Ferdinand|Ferdinand]] {{goal|29}} {{goal|30}} {{goal|38}}<br />[[Anthony Barness|Barness]] {{goal|79|o.g.}}<br />[[Steffen Iversen|Iversen]] {{goal|84}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[White Hart Lane]], [[London]]
| attendance = 28,430
| referee = [[Graham Barber]]
| event = 
| time = 19:45 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

==Semi-finals==
The semi-final draw was made in December 2001 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 7 and 21 January 2002.

===First leg===
{{football box
| date = 8 January 2002
| time = 19:45 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| team1 = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| score = 1–2
| report = 
| team2 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| goals1 = [[Efan Ekoku|Ekoku]] {{goal|52}}
| goals2 = [[Craig Hignett|Hignett]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Andy Cole|Cole]] {{goal|39}}
| stadium = [[Hillsborough Stadium|Hillsborough]], [[Sheffield]]
| attendance = 30,883
| referee = [[Andy D'Urso]]
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 9 January 2002
| time = 20:05 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| team1 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| score = 2–1
| report = 
| team2 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| goals1 = [[Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink|Hasselbaink]] {{goal|10}} {{goal|77}}
| goals2 = [[Les Ferdinand|Ferdinand]] {{goal|65}}
| stadium = [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]], [[London]]
| attendance = 37,264
| referee = [[Alan Wiley]]
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

===Second leg===
{{football box
| date = 22 January 2002
| time = 19:45 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| team1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| score = 4–2
| report = 
| team2 = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| goals1 = [[Matt Jansen|Jansen]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Damien Duff|Duff]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Andy Cole|Cole]] {{goal|82}}<br />[[Craig Hignett|Hignett]] {{goal|88}}
| goals2 = [[Efan Ekoku|Ekoku]] {{goal|59|pen.}}<br />[[Trond Egil Soltvedt|Soltvedt]] {{goal|85}}
| stadium = [[Ewood Park]], [[Blackburn]]
| attendance = 26,884
| referee = [[Mike Riley (referee)|Mike Riley]]
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

''Blackburn Rovers won 6–3 on aggregate.''
----
{{football box
| date = 23 January 2002
| time = 20:05 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| team1 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| score = 5–1
| report = 
| team2 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| goals1 = [[Steffen Iversen|Iversen]] {{goal|2}}<br />[[Tim Sherwood|Sherwood]] {{goal|33}}<br />[[Teddy Sheringham|Sheringham]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Simon Davies (footballer born 1979)|Davies]] {{goal|76}}<br />[[Serhii Rebrov|Rebrov]] {{goal|87}}
| goals2 = [[Mikael Forssell|Forssell]] {{goal|90}}
| stadium = [[White Hart Lane]], [[London]]
| attendance = 36,100
| referee = [[Mark Halsey]]
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
}}

''Tottenham Hotspur won 6–3 on aggregate''

==Final==
{{details|2002 Football League Cup Final}}
The 2002 Worthington Cup Final was played on 24 February 2002 and was contested between Premier League teams [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] and [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] at the [[Millennium Stadium]] in [[Cardiff]]. Blackburn Rovers won the game 2–1.

{{football box
| date = 24 February 2002
| time = 15:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| team1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| score = 2–1
| team2 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| report = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm
| goals1 = [[Matt Jansen|Jansen]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Andrew Cole|Cole]] {{goal|69}}
| goals2 = [[Christian Ziege|Ziege]] {{goal|33}}
| stadium = [[Millennium Stadium]], [[Cardiff]]
| attendance = 72,500
| referee = [[Graham Poll]]
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080703165157/http://www.carlingcup.co.uk/ Official Carling Cup website]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/default.stm Carling Cup] at bbc.co.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071026073115/http://football.uk.reuters.com/leaguecup/ League Cup news, match reports and pictures] on Reuters.co.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100313032425/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60 Results on Soccerbase]

{{EFL Cup}}
{{2001-02 in English football}}
{{2001–02 in European football (UEFA)}}

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[[Category:EFL Cup seasons]]
[[Category:2001–02 in English football cups|League Cup]]
[[Category:2001–02 Football League|Cup]]