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{{Infobox football match
| 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]]
| team1              = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| team1association   = 
| team1score         = 2
| team2              = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| team2association   = 
| team2score         = 1
| details            = 
| date               = 24 February 2002
| stadium            = [[Millennium Stadium]]
| city               = [[Cardiff]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Brad Friedel]] (Blackburn Rovers)<ref name="Man of match"/>
| referee            = [[Graham Poll]] ([[Hertfordshire County Football Association|Hertfordshire]])<ref name=BBC-report/>
| attendance         = 72,500<ref name=BBC-report/>
| weather            = 
| previous           = [[2001 Football League Cup Final|2001]]
| next               = [[2003 Football League Cup Final|2003]]
}}
The '''2002 Football League Cup Final''' was played between [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] and [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|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.<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>

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 Jr.|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.<ref name=BBC-report/>
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==Road to Cardiff==
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|+ <big>Blackburn Rovers</big>
|'''Round 2<ref name=bye>Clubs in the [[Premier League]] receive a bye to the second or third round</ref>''' ||align=right| Blackburn ||align=center|2–0|| [[Oldham Athletic|Oldham]]
|-
|'''Round 3''' ||align=right| Blackburn ||2–1 <small>([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])</small>|| [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
|-
|'''Round 4'''||align=right| Blackburn ||align=center|2–0|| [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|-
|'''Quarter-final'''||align=right| Blackburn ||align=center|4–0|| [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|-
|'''Semi-final (1st leg)'''||align=right| [[Sheffield Wednesday]] ||align=center|1–2|| Blackburn
|-
|'''Semi-final (2nd leg)'''||align=right| Blackburn ||align=center|4–2|| Sheffield Wednesday
|-
|''Note:''||colspan=3 align=center|'''(Blackburn won 6–3 on aggregate)'''
|}
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|+ <big>Tottenham Hotspur</big>
|'''Round 2<ref name=bye/>''' ||align=right|Tottenham||2–0||[[Torquay United|Torquay]]
|-
|'''Round 3''' ||align=right|[[Tranmere Rovers|Tranmere]]||0–4||Tottenham
|-
|'''Round 4''' ||align=right|[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]||1–2||Tottenham
|-
|'''Quarter-final''' ||align=right|Tottenham||6–0||[[Bolton Wanderers|Bolton]]
|-
|'''Semi-final (1st leg)''' ||align=right| [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] ||2–1||Tottenham
|-
|'''Semi-final (2nd leg)''' ||align=right| Tottenham ||5–1|| Chelsea
|-
|''Note:''||colspan=3 align=center|'''(Tottenham won 6–3 on aggregate)'''
|}
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==Match==

===Details===
{{football box
| date = 24 February 2002
| time = 15:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| team1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| score = 2–1
| report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/worthington_cup/1834988.stm Report]
| team2 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| goals1 = [[Matt Jansen|Jansen]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Andy Cole|Cole]] {{goal|68}}
| goals2 = [[Christian Ziege|Ziege]] {{goal|33}}
| stadium = [[Millennium Stadium]], Cardiff
| attendance = 72,500<ref name=BBC-report/>
| referee = [[Graham Poll]] ([[Hertfordshire County Football Association|Hertfordshire]])<ref name=BBC-report/>
| event = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
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{| width=100%
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{| style=font-size:90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Brad Friedel]]
|-
|RB ||'''28'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Taylor (footballer, born 1979)|Martin Taylor]]
|-
|CB ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Henning Berg]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Nils-Eric Johansson]]
|-
|LB ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Stig Inge Bjørnebye]]
|-
|RM ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Keith Gillespie]] || || {{suboff|75}}
|-
|CM ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Mark Hughes]]
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Dunn]]
|-
|LM ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Damien Duff]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Cole]]
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Matt Jansen]] || || {{suboff|74}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''27'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Miller (footballer)|Alan Miller]]
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Curtis (footballer born 1978)|John Curtis]]
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Craig Hignett]] || || {{subon|75}}
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Alan Mahon]]
|-
|FW ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Yordi]] || || {{subon|74}}
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Graeme Souness]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:Blackburn vs Tottenham 2002-02-24.svg|300px]]
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{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Neil Sullivan]]
|-
|RWB||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mauricio Taricco]] || {{yel}} || {{suboff|79}}
|-
|CB ||'''26'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ledley King]]
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Perry (English footballer)|Chris Perry]] 
|-
|CB ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Thatcher]]
|-
|LWB||'''23'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Christian Ziege]] || {{yel}}
|-
|CM ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Darren Anderton]]
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tim Sherwood]] || {{yel}}
|-
|AM ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|URU}} [[Gustavo Poyet]] || || {{suboff|84}}
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Teddy Sheringham]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Les Ferdinand]]
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kasey Keller]] 
|-
|DF ||'''30'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Anthony Gardner]] 
|-
|MF ||'''29'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Simon Davies (footballer born 1979)|Simon Davies]] || || {{subon|79}}
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Serhii Rebrov]]
|-
|FW ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Steffen Iversen]] || || {{subon|84}} 
|-
|colspan="3"|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="3"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Glenn Hoddle]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|-
|style="width:50%;vertical-align:top"|
'''Man of the match'''
*[[Brad Friedel]] (Blackburn Rovers)<ref name="Man of match">{{cite web|title=Alan Hardaker Trophy Winners |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AlanHardakerTrophyWinners/0,,10794~1354852,00.html |publisher=The Football League |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=8 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421013843/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/AlanHardakerTrophyWinners/0%2C%2C10794~1354852%2C00.html |archive-date=21 April 2012 }}</ref>
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'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
*Penalty shootout if scores still level
*Five named substitutes
*Maximum of three substitutions
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==References==
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{{Football League Cup Finals}}
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[[Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. matches|League Cup Final 2002]]
[[Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. matches|League Cup Final 2002]]
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[[Category:Football competitions in Cardiff]]