…from the cup final? Eh? That wasn’t supposed to happen was it, last year the Carling Cup win was meant to… well… spur Spurs onto producing a better run in the league, this year’s defeat was meant to leave behind a dispirited squad. Wasn’t it? What with Boro comin...

…fixture congestion next season then. After losing the Carling Cup on penalties there’ll be no Europa League to bother building our hopes up about only to sacrifice in the latter stages, cos there’s too many games. That’s of course if ‘Arry’s about, after all not ...

Tottenham Hotspurs 0-0 United Carling Cup Final;1-4 win on penalties after extra time Wembley Stadium, attendance 88,217 More than frisson of giddiness in going to Wembley, never been before 'cos I've never wanted to. It would be the disappointment of a long journey home after a defeat that has put ...

…’bout that continental rubbish. It’s just a distraction from the real football, you gotta wanna win that so you are in that continental rubbish next year, don’t ya. ‘Arry made a lot of noise about all the upcoming games that are more important to him than progressing i...

…against a lower league side in the cup. That’s the usual type of benchmark to figure out if a player can play in this country and has got what you need in a relegation scrap. Shame that the only one around at Spurs hasn’t got his work permit yet, some were still questioning the si...

Derby County 1-0 United Carling Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg; attendance 30,194 It could have been a 3 or 4 nil defeat, and I think Derby will rue those missed opportunities to score when it comes to the second leg in two weeks time. They played a good game, defending and harrying well, so well Roy Carrol...

Derby County 1 Manchester United 0 The game had huge coverage in the media today and rightly so - this was a massive game for Derby. Not only were they facing one of the biggest clubs in the World nor was it the furthest they’ve progressed in the League Cup for over 40 years but the new manage...

43 mins: Yet more nimble play by Burnley, who are confident and inventive on the ball and are forcing countless last-ditch interventions by Spurs defenders around the box. 40 mins: Bentley juggles with the ball down the left wing ... and then passes it to a Burnley defender. He hasn't been good toni...

Strap a polygraph to Sir Alex Ferguson and he might just be forced to admit that he often finds the Carling Cup a hindrance in an already cluttered fixture list. At this stage of the competition, however, the good outweighs the bad and Manchester United will not overly mind the extra dates in their ...

United 5-3 Blackburn RoversCarling Cup 5th Round Tevez v. The Rovers from biffadigital on Vimeo.If we didn't have tickets we would have stayed in with the radio coverage. A bitter cold night, ice on the side roads surrounding home, traffic chaos in Manchester with two matches on one night. Got a tax...