2004 Football League Cup Final
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The 2004 Football League Cup Final (known as the Carling
Cup final for sponsorship reasons) was played between Bolton Wanderers
and Middlesbrough
at the Millennium Stadium
on 29 February 2004. Middlesbrough won the game 2-1 to clinch their first major trophy. Middlesbrough forward Joseph-Désiré Job's second minute goal was the fastest ever scored in a League Cup
final, but this record would be broken a year later by Liverpool
's John Arne Riise
. Five minutes after Job's goal, Middlesbrough won a penalty when he was tripped in the box. Boudewijn Zenden stepped up to take the kick and beat Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen
. Kevin Davies
scored a consolation for Bolton on 21 minutes and the score remained at 2-1 to Middlesbrough.
It remains the only League Cup final ever to have been played on 29 February.
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MIDDLESBROUGH:
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GK
1
Mark Schwarzer
RB
15
Danny Mills
CB
4
Ugo Ehiogu
CB
6
Gareth Southgate
(C)
LB
3
Franck Queudrue
RM
14
Gaizka Mendieta
CM
7
George Boateng
CM
20
Doriva
LM
27
Boudewijn Zenden
AM
10
Juninho
CF
16
Joseph-Désiré Job
Substitutes:
GK
35
Brad Jones
DF
5
Chris Riggott
MF
19
Stewart Downing
FW
9
Massimo Maccarone
FW
17
Michael Ricketts
Manager:
Steve McClaren
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|Round 2 ||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||3–1|| Walsall
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|Round 3 ||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||2–0|| Gillingham
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|Round 4||align=right| Liverpool
||2–3|| Bolton Wanderers
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|Quarter-final||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||1–0|| Southampton
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||5–2|| Aston Villa
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|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right| Aston Villa ||2–0|| Bolton Wanderers
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Bolton Wanderers won 5–4 on aggregate)
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|Round 2 ||align=right|Middlesbrough||1–0||Brighton & Hove Albion
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|Round 3 ||align=right|Wigan Athletic
||1–2||Middlesbrough
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|rowspan=2|Round 4 ||align=right|Middlesbrough||0–0||Everton
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Middlesbrough won 5–4 on penalties)
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|rowspan=2|Quarter-final ||align=right|Tottenham Hotspur
||1–1||Middlesbrough
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Middlesbrough won 5–4 on penalties)
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|Semi-final (1st leg) ||align=right| Arsenal
||0–1|| Middlesbrough
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|Semi-final (2nd leg) ||align=right| Middlesbrough ||2–1|| Arsenal
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Middlesbrough won 3–1 on aggregate)
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Carling
Carling brands are currently owned by the Molson Coors Brewing Company. In South Africa it is distributed by SABMiller.Carling Black Label is the name of a brand of Canadian lager in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and South Africa...
Cup final for sponsorship reasons) was played between 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....
and 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...
at 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...
on 29 February 2004. Middlesbrough won the game 2-1 to clinch their first major trophy. Middlesbrough forward Joseph-Désiré Job's second minute goal was the fastest ever scored in a League Cup
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...
final, but this record would be broken a year later by 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...
's John Arne Riise
John Arne Riise
John Arne Semundseth Riise is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays as a left wing-back for Fulham and the Norwegian national team. Riise spent seven years playing for Premier League side Liverpool before moving to Roma in 2008...
. Five minutes after Job's goal, Middlesbrough won a penalty when he was tripped in the box. Boudewijn Zenden stepped up to take the kick and beat Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli, and made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996, he moved to VPS Vaasa where...
. Kevin Davies
Kevin Davies
Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....
scored a consolation for Bolton on 21 minutes and the score remained at 2-1 to Middlesbrough.
It remains the only League Cup final ever to have been played on 29 February.
Match details
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| GK | 22 |  Jussi JääskeläinenJussi Jääskeläinen Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli, and made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996, he moved to VPS Vaasa where... |
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| RB | 18 | Nicky Hunt Nicky Hunt Nicholas Brett "Nicky" Hunt is an English footballer who plays for Bristol City as a right back.-Bolton Wanderers:Hunt made his professional debut as a substitute for Colin Hendry in the First Division match against Sheffield United on the final day of the 2000–01 season, shortly before Bolton won... |
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| CB | 5 | Bruno N'Gotty Bruno N'Gotty Bruno N'Gotty is a French football player of Cameroonian ancestry who last played for English club Leicester City. Initially a player at his home team Olympique Lyonnais, he later played for Paris Saint-Germain, A.C... |
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| CB | 26 | Emerson Thome Emerson Thome Emerson Augusto Thome is a Brazilian former football player who last played for Vissel Kobe.He first came to England towards the end of the 1997-1998 season when moving to Sheffield Wednesday from Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, who signed him from Tirsense in 94/95, when the "jesuítas" stood one... |
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| LB | 3 | Simon Charlton Simon Charlton Simon Thomas Charlton is an English former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Huddersfield Town, Southampton, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City and Oldham Athletic. He played most frequently as a left back, but could... |
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| RM | 8 |  Per FrandsenPer Frandsen Per Frandsen is a Danish former professional football player, who won the 1995 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in England... |
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| CM | 16 | Iván Campo Iván Campo Iván Campo Ramos is a retired Spanish footballer.Originally a central defender, Campo featured in a defensive midfield role in his later years... |
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| CM | 10 |  Jay-Jay OkochaJay-Jay Okocha Augustine Azuka "Jay-Jay" Okocha is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He is known for his stepovers, skill, technique, and being 'so good that they named him twice'... |
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| CM | 4 | Kevin Nolan Kevin Nolan Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan is an English professional footballer who plays for and is the current club captain of West Ham United in the Football League Championship. An attacking midfielder, he has represented England at under-21 level.... |
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| LM | 6 | Youri Djorkaeff Youri Djorkaeff Youri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000... |
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| CF | 14 | Kevin Davies Kevin Davies Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009.... |
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| GK | 1 | Kevin Poole Kevin Poole Kevin Poole is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Football League Two side Burton Albion, where he is also goalkeeping coach... |
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| DF | 2 | Anthony Barness Anthony Barness Anthony Barness is a defender, currently playing for Lewes.-Biography:Barness started out as a trainee for Charlton Athletic. It is to be noted that in his first spell at Charlton he scored Charlton's opening riposte after going 3-0 down at Newcastle, this strike was the goal of the match... |
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| MF | 7 |  Stelios GiannakopoulosStelios Giannakopoulos Stylianos "Stelios" Giannakopoulos , popularly known as Stelios, is a retired Greek footballer who is currently president of the Greek Professional Footballers Association... |
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| FW | 25 | Javi Moreno Javi Moreno Javier 'Javi' Moreno Valera is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.Best known for his Alavés stint, he also had short spells in Italy and England, with little impact, amassing La Liga totals of 118 games and 38 goals.-Early years / Alavés:Moreno made his professional debuts with... |
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| FW | 9 | Henrik Pedersen Henrik Pedersen Henrik Pedersen is a Danish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Silkeborg IF, having left Hull City by mutual consent for family reasons. He has played three games for the Danish national team.-Career:... |
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| Manager: | ||||
| Sam Allardyce Sam Allardyce Samuel "Sam" Allardyce , nicknamed "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player. In June 2011 he was appointed as manager of West Ham United.... |
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Mark SchwarzerMark Schwarzer
Mark Schwarzer OAM is an Australian association football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Premier League club Fulham. He rose to prominence during his time at North-East England football club Middlesbrough...
Danny MillsDanny Mills
Daniel John Mills is a former English professional footballer best known for his time at Leeds United. His main position was right-back, though he could also play as central defender...
Ugo EhioguUgo Ehiogu
Ugochuku "Ugo" Ehiogu is an English former footballer who played as a centre back, most recently for Sheffield United...
Gareth SouthgateGareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate in Crawley, West Sussex is a retired English footballer and ex-manager. He is known as the "Penalty Misser of '96." He served as manager of Middlesbrough from June 2006, until he was dismissed in October 2009...
(C)
Franck QueudrueFranck Queudrue
Franck Queudrue is a French footballer who plays as a left back for Lens. He began his career with Lens, for whom he played in Ligue 1, and went on to play in the Premier League for Middlesbrough, Fulham and Birmingham City, and in the Football League for Colchester United.-Lens:Queudrue began his...
Gaizka MendietaGaizka Mendieta
Gaizka Mendieta Zabala is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.Versatile, with good offensive and tackling skills, also being capable of creating goals for teammates and himself, he played mainly for Valencia CF, and finished his career at Middlesbrough of England.He played 40...
George BoatengGeorge Boateng
George Boateng is a Dutch footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in The Championship.-Club career:...
Doriva Boudewijn Zenden JuninhoJuninho Paulista
Osvaldo Giroldo Júnior , better known as Juninho Paulista or simply Juninho, is a former Brazilian footballer...
Joseph-Désiré Job Brad Jones Chris RiggottChris Riggott
Christopher Mark "Chris" Riggott is an English footballer. He is a defender and has recently re-signed for his first professional club Derby County after spending the 2011-2012 pre-season with the squad....
Stewart DowningStewart Downing
Stewart Downing is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool and the England national team. Primarily a winger, Downing has previously played for Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Sunderland.-Middlesbrough:...
Massimo MaccaroneMassimo Maccarone
Massimo Maccarone is an Italian association football striker currently playing for Sampdoria....
Michael RickettsMichael Ricketts
Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English football player who was released by Tranmere Rovers in February 2010. He played as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.-Early career:...
Steve McClarenSteve McClaren
Stephen "Steve" McClaren is an English football manager and former player.McClaren was previously manager of VfL Wolfsburg in Germany between May 2010 and February 2011, having left his post at Dutch side FC Twente, with whom he won the club's first Eredivisie championship in the 2009–10 season...
MATCH RULES
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Bolton Wanderers
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|Round 2 ||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||3–1|| 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...
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|Round 3 ||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||2–0|| 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...
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|Round 4||align=right| 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...
||2–3|| Bolton Wanderers
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|Quarter-final||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||1–0|| 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...
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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right| Bolton Wanderers ||5–2|| Aston Villa
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|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right| Aston Villa ||2–0|| Bolton Wanderers
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Bolton Wanderers won 5–4 on aggregate)
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Middlesbrough
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|Round 2 ||align=right|Middlesbrough||1–0||Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
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|Round 3 ||align=right|Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
||1–2||Middlesbrough
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|rowspan=2|Round 4 ||align=right|Middlesbrough||0–0||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...
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Middlesbrough won 5–4 on penalties)
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|rowspan=2|Quarter-final ||align=right|Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
||1–1||Middlesbrough
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Middlesbrough won 5–4 on penalties)
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|Semi-final (1st leg) ||align=right| 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...
||0–1|| Middlesbrough
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|Semi-final (2nd leg) ||align=right| Middlesbrough ||2–1|| Arsenal
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|colspan=4 align=center|(Middlesbrough won 3–1 on aggregate)
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