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2006–07 Football League Cup

2006–07 Football League Cup

Carling Cup, League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England  Wales
Teams	92
Defending champions	Manchester United
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (4th title)
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Jermaine Easter Júlio Baptista (6 goals)
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The 2006–07 Football League Cup (known as the Carling Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th 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 in August 2006 and ended with the final on 25 February 2007. The Millennium StadiuminCardiff hosted the final, as the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium could not be completed in time to host the final.

The winners were Chelsea, beating Arsenal in the final 2-1 after two goals by Didier Drogba.

Format[edit]

The competition consists of five single elimination rounds (taking place only on week-nights) before a two-legged semi-final and then a final match at a neutral venue. The venue for each fixture in round one to the finals will not be neutral. It will be the home ground of one of the two clubs in each fixture, and will be decided as part of the draw for each round.

There are no replays in the competition. If necessary, extra-time and penalties will decide each tie's winners on the night.

First round[edit]

The 72 Football League clubs compete from the first round, which is divided into North and South sections. 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 2005-06 season. Therefore, the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2006; Sunderland (North), Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion (South) are the top seeds, and the clubs newly promoted to the Football League — Accrington Stanley and Hereford United — are bottom seeds in north and south sections respectively.

• At 12:00 BST on 21 June 2006, seeded clubs and unseeded clubs were paired off to create the first round draw.
• The small numbers represent the seeding.
• Ties are shown in order of the draw.

¹ Score after 90 minutes

Second round[edit]

In Round 2, the 36 winners from Round 1 were joined by the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in European competitions. The draw took place on 26 August 2006 and matches were played during the week commencing 18 September.

¹ Score after 90 minutes

Third round[edit]

Round 3 was drawn on 23 September from the 24 remaining clubs and the eight Premier League clubs in European competitions. The ties were played the week of 23 October:

¹ Score after 90 minutes

Fourth round[edit]

The Fourth round draw was made on 25 October 2006.

Birmingham City	0–1	Liverpool
	Report	Agger 45'

Attendance: 23,061

Referee: Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire)

Chelsea	4–0	Aston Villa
Lampard 32' Shevchenko 65' Essien 82' Drogba 84'	Report

Attendance: 41,516

Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)

Chesterfield	3–3 (a.e.t.) 3–4p	Charlton Athletic
Larkin 2' Folan 47' Allison 120'	Report	Hasselbaink 40', 93' Bent 73'

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mike Riley (West Yorkshire)

Everton	0–1	Arsenal
	Report	Adebayor 85'

Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)

Notts County	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers
	Report	Easter 49'

Attendance: 7,395

Referee: Nigel Miller (County Durham)

Southend United	1–0	Manchester United
Eastwood 27'	Report

Attendance: 11,532

Referee: Uriah Rennie (Sheffield & Hallamshire)

Tottenham Hotspur	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Port Vale
Huddlestone 80', 99' Defoe 107'	Report	Constantine 64'

Attendance: 34,560

Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

Watford	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–5p	Newcastle United
Francis 69' Shittu 108'	Report	Sibierski 3' Parker 116'

Attendance: 16,791

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

Quarter-finals[edit]

The quarter-final draw was made on 11 November 2006 at 12:00 GMT.

Charlton Athletic	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers
	Report	Easter 35'

Attendance: 18,940

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (County Durham)

Liverpool	3–6	Arsenal
Fowler 33' Gerrard 68' Hyypiä 80'	Report	Aliadière 27' Baptista 40', 45+2', 60', 84' Song 45'

Attendance: 42,614

Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)

Newcastle United	0–1	Chelsea
	Report	Drogba 79'

Attendance: 37,406

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Tottenham Hotspur	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Southend United
Defoe 115'	Report

Attendance: 35,811

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Semi-finals[edit]

The semi-final draw was made on 23 December 2006 at 12:00 GMT. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home.

First leg[edit]

Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Chelsea
Easter 77'	Report	Bridge 36'

Attendance: 9,771

Referee: Steve Bennett (Kent)

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Arsenal
Berbatov 12' Baptista 20' (o.g.)	Report	Baptista 64', 77'

Attendance: 35,485

Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)

Second leg[edit]

Chelsea	4–0	Wycombe Wanderers
Shevchenko 22', 43' Lampard 69', 90'	Report

Attendance: 41,591

Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)

Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate.

Arsenal	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur
Adebayor 77' Aliadière 105' Chimbonda 113' (o.g.)	Report	Mido 85'

Attendance: 59,872

Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

Arsenal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea
Walcott 12'	(Report)	Drogba 20', 84'

Attendance: 70,073

Referee: Howard Webb (Sheffield & Hallamshire)

See also[edit]

• Football League Cup

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Football League Cup 2006-2007.

• Official Carling Cup website
• Carling Cup at bbc.co.uk