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This will be the 8th League Cup
Final in Club history.
1. LOST FINAL Saturday 26th
March 1983 - Liverpool 2 v 1
Manchester United
2. LOST FINAL Sunday 21st April 1991 - Sheffield Wednesday 0
v 1 Manchester United
3. WON FINAL Sunday 12th April 1992 -
Manchester United 1 v 0
Nottingham Forest
4. LOST FINAL Sunday 27th March 1994 - Aston Villa 3 v 1
Manchester United
5. LOST FINAL Sunday 2nd March 2003 - Liverpool 2 v 0
Manchester United
6. WON FINAL Sunday 26th February 2006 -
Manchester United 4 v 0
Wigan Athletic
7. WON FINAL (A.E.T. United won 4-1 on penalties) Sunday 1st
March 2009 - Manchester United
0 v 0 Tottenham Hotspur
8. ??????????? Sunday 28th
February 2009 - Manchester United
v Aston Villa
Wayne Rooney & Michael Owen of
the current squad are the only players who has scored in a
League Cup Final, ironically, Owen scored against the Reds
in 2003.
Wayne Rooney is United's top
goalscorer in League Cup Final history with 2 strikes.
Other scorers in the Final are
Norman Whiteside,
Brian McClair,
Mark Hughes,
Louis Saha &
Cristiano Ronaldo.
Scored 7 times in a League cup
final, conceded 8.
United's 43rd participation in
the League Cup.
United have won the trophy 3
times, 1991/92, 2005/06 & 2008/09. |
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Aston Villa (from): Friedel,
Guzan, Cuellar, L Young, Beye, Collins, Dunne, Davies,
Warnock, A Young, Milner, Petrov, Sidwell, Delph, Downing,
Agbonlahor, Heskey, Carew, Delfouneso.
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster,
Rafael, Neville, Brown, Evans, Vidic, De Laet, Evra, Fabio,
Valencia, Obertan, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Gibson, Park,
Berbatov, Owen, Rooney, Diouf. |
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who starts in goal
""I have three good
goalkeepers and I need to choose the right one," said
Ferguson.
"I gave Edwin the rest on Tuesday because he has come
through quite a tough period with his injury and also his
family situation.
"He has not missed a game, including all the midweek ones,
so this week was an opportunity to give him a rest.
"Now I have to consider what is the right thing to do on
Sunday."
Michael Carrick on Villa
"Villa showed their qualities
that day at Old Trafford," said Carrick ahead of the game.
"They are good on the counter-attack. They have speed,
energy and a lot of quality. They are also a tough team who
are pretty solid defensively.
"It is hard to say how they will approach this game though
because it is a one-off, with a trophy at stake. You can't
really settle for a draw as you might in a league game.
"We will try to stick to our normal game. Hopefully that
will bring us the result." |
Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM.
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