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 Stadium in Cardiff 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.

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.

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

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.

Tie no	Home team	Score1	Away team	Attendance
1	Leeds United	3–1	Barnet	7,220
2	Watford	0–0	Accrington Stanley	8,368
0–0 after extra time — Watford win 6–5 on penalties
3	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Wigan Athletic	3,907
4	Doncaster Rovers	3–3	Derby County	5,598
3–3 after extra time — Doncaster Rovers win 8–7 on penalties
5	Sheffield United	1–0	Bury	6,273
6	Millwall	0–4	Southampton	5,492
7	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Cheltenham Town	10,974
8	Peterborough United	1–2	Everton	10,756
9	Hereford United	1–3	Leicester City	4,073
10	Port Vale	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	3,550
11	Fulham	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	6,620
12	Hull City	0–0	Hartlepool United	6,392
0–0 after extra time — Hull City win 3–2 on penalties
13	Walsall	1–3	Bolton Wanderers	6,243
14	Middlesbrough	0–1	Notts County	11,148
15	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Carlisle United	8,190
16	Barnsley	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	4,411
17	Chesterfield	2–1	Manchester City	7,960
18	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Aston Villa	6,502
19	Southend United	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	4,819
20	Brentford	0–3	Luton Town	3,005
21	Reading	3–3	Darlington	10,353
3–3 after extra time — Reading win 4–2 on penalties
22	Birmingham City	1–1	Wrexham	10,491
Birmingham City win 4–1 after extra time
23	Rotherham United	2–4	Norwich City	3,958
24	Mansfield Town	1–2	Portsmouth	6,646

¹ Score after 90 minutes

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:

Tie no	Home team	Score1	Away team	Attendance
1	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	3,308
2–2 after extra time — Wycombe win 3–2 on penalties
2	Sheffield United	2–4	Birmingham City	10,584
3	Leicester City	2–2	Aston Villa	27,288
Aston Villa win 3–2 after extra time
4	Watford	2–1	Hull City	8,274
5	Leeds United	1–3	Southend United	10,449
6	Chesterfield	2–1	West Ham United	7,787
7	Notts County	2–0	Southampton	6,731
8	Newcastle United	3–0	Portsmouth	25,028
9	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	10,788
10	Liverpool	4–3	Reading	42,445
11	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Arsenal	21,566
12	Port Vale	0–0	Norwich City	4,518
0–0 after extra time — Port Vale win 3–2 on penalties
13	Everton	4–0	Luton Town	27,149
14	Milton Keynes Dons	0–5	Tottenham Hotspur	8,306
15	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Manchester United	10,046
Manchester United win 2–1 after extra time
16	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Chelsea	14,732

¹ Score after 90 minutes

The Fourth round draw was made on 25 October 2006.

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

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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.

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Chelsea won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Arsenal won 5–3 on aggregate.

• Football League Cup

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