Football League Cup 2004-05
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The Carling Cup 2004–05 was the 45th staging of the Football League Cup
, a knockout competition for England
's top 92 football
clubs. The competition name reflects a sponsorship deal with lager brand Carling
.
The competition began in August 2004 and ended with the final on 25 February 2005. The Millennium Stadium
in Cardiff
hosted the final match, as it had done since 2001, with the new Wembley Stadium
still not complete.
The winners were Chelsea
, beating Liverpool
in the final 3–2 after extra-time thanks to goals from Didier Drogba
and Mateja Kezman
in extra-time after the game had finished 1–1.
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Liverpool win 2–0 on aggregate
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
, a knockout competition for England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
's top 92 football
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clubs. The competition name reflects a sponsorship deal with lager brand Carling
Carling
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.
The competition began in August 2004 and ended with the final on 25 February 2005. The Millennium Stadium
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...
in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
hosted the final match, as it had done since 2001, with the new Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
still not complete.
The winners were Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
, beating Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
in the final 3–2 after extra-time thanks to goals from Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he is deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team...
and Mateja Kezman
Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman is a Serbian football striker who plays for FC BATE Borisov of the Belarusian Premier League....
in extra-time after the game had finished 1–1.
First round
| Tie no | Home team | Score1 | Away team | Date |
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| 1 | Mansfield Town | 0–4 | Preston | 21 September 2004 |
| 2 | Boston United | 3–3 | Luton Town | 7 September 2004 |
| Boston United win 4–3 after extra time | ||||
| 3 | Bradford City Bradford City A.F.C. Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two.... |
1–1 | Notts County | 25 August 2004 |
| Notts County win 2–1 after extra time | ||||
| 4 | Coventry City | 4–1 | Torquay United | 25 August 2004 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Scunthorpe Scunthorpe United F.C. Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One.... |
25 August 2004 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 0–2 | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
25 August 2004 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1–0 | Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
25 August 2004 |
| 8 | Brighton | 1–2 | Bristol Rovers | 24 August 2004 |
| 9 | Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the... |
2–3 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
24 August 2004 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 2–1 | Cheltenham Town | 24 August 2004 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 4–1 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
24 August 2004 |
| 12 | Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... |
0–2 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
24 August 2004 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 3–1 | Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
24 August 2004 |
| 14 | Gillingham Gillingham F.C. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium... |
1–2 | Northampton Town | 24 August 2004 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 1–0 | Wigan Athletic | 24 August 2004 |
| 16 | Hartlepool Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season... |
2–1 | Macclesfield Town | 24 August 2004 |
| 17 | Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football... |
2–2 | Wrexham | 24 August 2004 |
| 2–2 after extra time — Wrexham win 3 – 1 on penalties | ||||
| 18 | Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Brentford Brentford F.C. Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One.... |
24 August 2004 |
| 19 | Kidderminster Harriers | 1–1 | Cardiff City Cardiff city Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium... |
24 August 2004 |
| 1–1 after extra time — Cardiff City win 5 – 4 on penalties | ||||
| 20 | Leeds United | 1–0 | Huddersfield Town | 24 August 2004 |
| 21 | Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
1–3 | Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
24 August 2004 |
| 22 | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
3–1 | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
24 August 2004 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 2–1 | Stoke City | 24 August 2004 |
| 24 | Peterborough United | 0–3 | M.K. Dons | 24 August 2004 |
| 25 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
3–0 | Swansea City | 24 August 2004 |
| 26 | Rotherham United | 2–1 | Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower... |
24 August 2004 |
| 27 | Rushden and Diamonds | 0–1 | Swindon Town | 24 August 2004 |
| 28 | Sheffield United | 1–1 | Stockport County | 24 August 2004 |
| Sheffield United win 4–1 after extra time | ||||
| 29 | Sunderland | 3–0 | Chester City Chester City F.C. Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the... |
24 August 2004 |
| 30 | Tranmere Rovers | 2–1 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 August 2004 |
| 31 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
1–0 | Cambridge United | 24 August 2004 |
| 32 | West Ham | 2–0 | Southend United | 23 August 2004 |
| 33 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0–1 | Bristol City | 24 August 2004 |
| 34 | Yeovil Yeovil Town F.C. Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05... |
2–2 | Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the... |
24 August 2004 |
| Yeovil win 3–2 after extra time | ||||
| 35 | Rochdale Rochdale Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan... |
2–4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 August 2004 |
Second round
| Tie no | Home team | Score1 | Away team | Date |
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| 1 | Leicester City | 2–2 | Preston | 4 October 2004 |
| Preston win 2–3 after extra time | ||||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 3–1 | Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years... |
22 September 2004 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 2–2 | Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
22 September 2004 |
| 3–3 after extra time — Bournemouth win 7 – 6 on penalties | ||||
| 4 | Boston United | 1–4 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
22 September 2004 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 2–2 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
22 September 2004 |
| 2–2 after extra time — Everton win 4 – 3 on penalties | ||||
| 6 | Coventry City | 1–0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 September 2004 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 0–3 | Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
22 September 2004 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Rotherham United | 22 September 2004 |
| Nottingham Forest win 2–1 after extra time | ||||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 0–6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 September 2004 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 3–1 | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
21 September 2004 |
| 11 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
1–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 September 2004 |
| 1–1 after extra time — Burnley win 4 – 2 on penalties | ||||
| 12 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
1–1 | Hartlepool United Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season... |
21 September 2004 |
| Crystal Palace win 2–1 after extra time | ||||
| 13 | Colchester United | 1–1 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 September 2004 |
| Colchester United win 2–1 after extra time | ||||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 2–2 | Sunderland | 21 September 2004 |
| 3–3 after extra time — Crewe Alexandra win 4 – 2 on penalties | ||||
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | Ipswich Town | 21 September 2004 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 0–2 | Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic F.C. Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,... |
21 September 2004 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 1–0 | Swindon Town | 21 September 2004 |
| 18 | MK Dons | 1–4 | Cardiff City Cardiff city Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium... |
21 September 2004 |
| 19 | Manchester City | 7–1 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
21 September 2004 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers | 21 September 2004 |
| 21 | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
0–3 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
21 September 2004 |
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 0–1 | Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from... |
21 September 2004 |
| 23 | West Ham West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
3–2 | Notts County | 21 September 2004 |
| 24 | Wrexham | 2–3 | Sheffield United | 21 September 2004 |
| 25 | Yeovil Town Yeovil Town F.C. Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05... |
0–2 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 September 2004 |
Third round
| Tie no | Home team | Score1 | Away team | Date |
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| 1 | Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
0–1 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
27 October 2004 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... |
2–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 October 2004 |
| Tottenham Hotspur win 4–3 after extra time | ||||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic F.C. Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,... |
0–1 | Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in... |
27 October 2004 |
| 4 | Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... |
1–0 | West Ham | 27 October 2004 |
| 5 | Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football... |
2–0 | Preston | 27 October 2004 |
| 6 | Manchester City | 1–2 | Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... |
27 October 2004 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889... |
3–0 | Coventry City | 27 October 2004 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 2–1 | Norwich City | 27 October 2004 |
| 9 | Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club... |
3–2 | Colchester United | 27 October 2004 |
| 10 | Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
2–2 | Cardiff City Cardiff city Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium... |
26 October 2004 |
| 3–3 after extra time — Cardiff City win 5 – 4 on penalties | ||||
| 11 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
3–1 | Aston Villa | 26 October 2004 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 0–3 | Manchester United | 26 October 2004 |
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 0–2 | Nottingham Forest | 26 October 2004 |
| 14 | Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the... |
0–3 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
26 October 2004 |
| 15 | Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from... |
2–1 | Leeds United | 26 October 2004 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 0–0 | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
26 October 2004 |
| 0–0 after extra time — Watford win 4 – 2 on penalties | ||||
Fourth round
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Quarter-finals
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First leg
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Liverpool win 2–0 on aggregate
Final
External links
- Official Carling Cup website
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