The competition began on 13 August 2007, and ended with the final on 24 February 2008. Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final match for the first time since its major renovation completed.
The 72 Football League clubs started in the first round, which was divided into North and South sections. Each section was divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depended upon their finishing position in the 2006–07 season. Therefore, the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2007; Watford, Charlton Athletic (south) and Sheffield United (north) were the top seeds, and the clubs newly promoted to the Football League, Morecambe and Dagenham & Redbridge, were bottom seeds in north and south sections respectively.
On 13 June 2007 seeded clubs and unseeded clubs were paired off to create the first round draw.
Matches occurred during the week commencing 13 August 2007.
Extra time played when the scores were level after 90 minutes.
1 Score after 90 minutes 2 As Nottingham Forest were leading 1–0 at the time of the abandonment of the first meeting, they were given a "free goal" by Leicester City, who allowed Forest goalkeeperPaul Smith to dribble up the pitch uncontested and score straight from the kick-off.[1]
Third roundedit
The 24 winners from the second round joined the eight Premier League clubs participating in European competitions in the third round. The draw was made on 1 September.[2] Matches were played on 25 September and 26 September.
The draw for the fifth round was made on 3 November 2007. Matches were played in the week beginning 17 December 2007, with the exception of the match between West Ham United and Everton, which was played on 12 December due to Everton's commitments in the UEFA Cup.
The semi-final draw was made on 19 December 2007 at 22:00 GMT. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The ties were played in the weeks beginning 9 January and 21 January 2008.
^"Forest given 'free goal' by Foxes". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
^"City to face West Brom in the cup". BBC Sport. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
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The 2007 08 Football League Cup known as the Carling Cup for sponsorship reasons was the 48th staging of the Football League Cup a knock out competition for the top 92 football clubs played in English football league system The winners qualified for the first round of the 2008 09 UEFA Cup if not already qualified for European competitions 2007 08 Football League CupCarling Cup League CupTottenham and Chelsea players lined up before the finalTournament detailsCountry England WalesTeams92Defending championsChelseaFinal positionsChampionsTottenham Hotspur 4th title Runner upChelseaTournament statisticsTop goal scorer s EduardoFrank LampardMichael Mifsud 4 goals 2006 072008 09 The competition began on 13 August 2007 and ended with the final on 24 February 2008 Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final match for the first time since its major renovation completed The tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur who beat holders Chelsea 2 1 in the final thanks to goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Jonathan Woodgate Didier Drogba scored the opener for Chelsea Contents 1 First round 2 Second round 3 Third round 4 Fourth round 5 Fifth round 6 Semi finals 6 1 First leg 6 2 Second leg 7 Final 8 ReferencesFirst round editThe 72 Football League clubs started in the first round which was divided into North and South sections Each section was divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs Clubs rankings depended upon their finishing position in the 2006 07 season Therefore the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2007 Watford Charlton Athletic south and Sheffield United north were the top seeds and the clubs newly promoted to the Football League Morecambe and Dagenham amp Redbridge were bottom seeds in north and south sections respectively On 13 June 2007 seeded clubs and unseeded clubs were paired off to create the first round draw Matches occurred during the week commencing 13 August 2007 Extra time played when the scores were level after 90 minutes North Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 1 Bradford City 9 625 2 Grimsby Town 0 0 Burnley 2 431 1 1 after extra time Burnley won 4 2 on penalties 3 Rochdale 1 1 Stoke City 2 369 2 2 after extra time Rochdale won 4 2 on penalties 4 Scunthorpe United 1 2 Hartlepool United 2 965 5 Port Vale 1 1 Wrexham 2 916 After extra time Wrexham won 5 3 on penalties 6 Crewe Alexandra 0 3 Hull City 2 862 7 Chester City 0 0 Nottingham Forest 2 720 After extra time Nottingham Forest won 4 2 on penalties 8 Sheffield United 3 1 Chesterfield 11 170 9 Rotherham United 1 3 Sheffield Wednesday 6 416 10 Barnsley 2 1 Darlington 3 780 11 Bury 0 1 Carlisle United 2 213 12 Doncaster Rovers 4 1 Lincoln City 5 084 13 Preston North End 1 2 Morecambe 7 703 14 Stockport County 1 0 Tranmere Rovers 3 944 15 Accrington Stanley 0 1 Leicester City 2 029 16 Macclesfield Town 0 1 Leeds United 3 422 17 Oldham Athletic 4 1 Mansfield Town 3 155 18 Blackpool 1 0 Huddersfield Town 6 395 South Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance 1 Watford 3 0 Gillingham 8 166 2 Swindon Town 0 2 Charlton Athletic 6 175 3 Milton Keynes Dons 2 2 Ipswich Town 7 496 3 3 after extra time Milton Keynes Dons won 5 3 on penalties 4 Southend United 1 1 Cheltenham Town 3 084 Southend United won 4 1 after extra time 5 Norwich City 5 2 Barnet 13 971 6 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 Colchester United 3 069 Shrewsbury Town won 1 0 after extra time 7 Cardiff City 0 0 Brighton amp Hove Albion 3 726 Cardiff City won 1 0 after extra time 8 Swansea City 2 0 Walsall 6 943 9 Brentford 0 3 Bristol City 2 213 10 Bristol Rovers 1 1 Crystal Palace 5 566 After extra time Bristol Rovers won 4 1 on penalties 11 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 AFC Bournemouth 10 250 12 Peterborough United 2 1 Southampton 4 087 13 Hereford United 4 1 Yeovil Town 2 085 14 Queens Park Rangers 1 2 Leyton Orient 5 260 15 Northampton Town 2 0 Millwall 1 735 16 Dagenham amp Redbridge 1 2 Luton Town 1 754 17 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 Wycombe Wanderers 5 474 18 Coventry City 3 0 Notts County 6 735 1 Score after 90 minutesSecond round editThe 36 winners from the first round joined the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in European competitions in the second round Round two was drawn on 16 August Matches occurred during the week commencing 28 August Extra time played when the scores were level after 90 minutes Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance 1 Plymouth Argyle 2 0 Doncaster Rovers 5 133 2 Southend United 2 0 Watford 5 554 3 Nottingham Forest A A Leicester City Original match abandoned due to serious player illness rematch took place on 18 September Rematch Nottingham Forest2 2 3 Leicester City 15 519 4 Wigan Athletic 0 1 Hull City 5 440 5 Birmingham City 2 1 Hereford United 10 185 6 Carlisle United 0 2 Coventry City 5 744 7 Bristol Rovers 1 2 West Ham United 10 831 8 Derby County 1 1 Blackpool 8 658 2 2 after extra time Blackpool won 7 6 on penalties 9 Rochdale 1 1 Norwich City 2 990 After extra time Norwich won 4 3 on penalties 10 Portsmouth 3 0 Leeds United 8 502 11 Cardiff City 1 0 Leyton Orient 6 150 12 Milton Keynes Dons 2 2 Sheffield United 7 943 Sheffield United won 3 2 after extra time 13 Burnley 3 0 Oldham Athletic 7 317 14 Swansea City 0 0 Reading 12 027 Reading won 1 0 after extra time 15 Peterborough United 0 2 West Bromwich Albion 4 917 16 Shrewsbury Town 0 1 Fulham 6 223 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 1 Morecambe 11 296 Morecambe won 3 1 after extra time 18 Middlesbrough 2 0 Northampton Town 11 686 19 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 Hartlepool United 8 751 Sheffield Wednesday won 2 1 after extra time 20 Luton Town 3 0 Sunderland 4 401 21 Wrexham 0 5 Aston Villa 8 221 22 Charlton Athletic 4 3 Stockport County 8 022 23 Newcastle United 2 0 Barnsley 30 523 24 Bristol City 1 2 Manchester City 19 941 1 Score after 90 minutes 2 As Nottingham Forest were leading 1 0 at the time of the abandonment of the first meeting they were given a free goal by Leicester City who allowed Forest goalkeeper Paul Smith to dribble up the pitch uncontested and score straight from the kick off 1 Third round editThe 24 winners from the second round joined the eight Premier League clubs participating in European competitions in the third round The draw was made on 1 September 2 Matches were played on 25 September and 26 September Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance 1 Blackburn Rovers 3 0 Birmingham City 9 205 2 Reading 2 4 Liverpool 23 563 3 Manchester United 0 2 Coventry City 74 055 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2 0 Middlesbrough 32 280 5 Hull City 0 4 Chelsea 23 543 6 Blackpool 1 1 Southend United 5 022 Blackpool won 2 1 after extra time 7 West Ham United 1 0 Plymouth Argyle 25 774 8 Arsenal 2 0 Newcastle United 60 004 9 Luton Town 1 1 Charlton Athletic 4 534 Luton Town won 3 1 after extra time 10 Manchester City 1 0 Norwich City 20 938 11 Sheffield United 5 0 Morecambe 8 854 12 Sheffield Wednesday 0 3 Everton 16 463 13 Fulham 1 1 Bolton Wanderers 10 500 Bolton Wanderers won 2 1 after extra time 14 Burnley 0 1 Portsmouth 8 202 15 Aston Villa 0 1 Leicester City 25 956 16 West Bromwich Albion 2 4 Cardiff City 14 085 1 Score after 90 minutesFourth round editThe draw for the fourth round was made on 29 September 2007 and matches were played in the week commencing 29 October Tie no Home team Score1 Away team Attendance 1 Luton Town 0 0 Everton 8 944 Everton won 1 0 after extra time 2 Portsmouth 1 2 Blackburn Rovers 11 788 3 Chelsea 4 3 Leicester City 40 037 4 Sheffield United 0 3 Arsenal 16 971 5 Tottenham Hotspur 2 0 Blackpool 32 196 6 Bolton Wanderers 0 1 Manchester City 15 510 7 Coventry City 1 2 West Ham United 23 968 8 Liverpool 2 1 Cardiff City 41 780 1 Score after 90 minutesFifth round editThe draw for the fifth round was made on 3 November 2007 Matches were played in the week beginning 17 December 2007 with the exception of the match between West Ham United and Everton which was played on 12 December due to Everton s commitments in the UEFA Cup 12 December 200719 45West Ham United1 2EvertonCole nbsp 12 Osman nbsp 40 Yakubu nbsp 88 Boleyn Ground LondonAttendance 28 777Referee Mark Halsey Lancashire 18 December 200719 45Manchester City0 2Tottenham HotspurReport Defoe nbsp 5 Malbranque nbsp 82 City of Manchester Stadium ManchesterAttendance 38 564Referee Steve Bennett Kent 19 December 200719 45Chelsea2 0LiverpoolLampard nbsp 59 Shevchenko nbsp 90 ReportStamford Bridge LondonAttendance 41 366Referee Martin Atkinson West Yorkshire 18 December 200720 00Blackburn Rovers2 3 a e t ArsenalSanta Cruz nbsp 42 60 Diaby nbsp 6 Eduardo nbsp 29 104 Ewood Park BlackburnAttendance 16 207Referee Mike Riley West Yorkshire Semi finals editThe semi final draw was made on 19 December 2007 at 22 00 GMT Unlike the other rounds the semi final ties were played over two legs with each team playing one leg at home The ties were played in the weeks beginning 9 January and 21 January 2008 First leg edit 8 January 200819 45Chelsea2 1EvertonWright Phillips nbsp 26 Lescott nbsp 90 2 o g Yakubu nbsp 64 Stamford Bridge LondonAttendance 41 178Referee Peter Walton Northamptonshire 9 January 200819 45Arsenal1 1Tottenham HotspurWalcott nbsp 79 Report Jenas nbsp 37 Emirates Stadium LondonAttendance 53 136Referee Mike Dean Wirral Second leg edit 23 January 200820 00Everton0 1ChelseaJ Cole nbsp 69 Goodison Park LiverpoolAttendance 37 086Referee Steve Bennett Kent Chelsea won 3 1 on aggregate 22 January 200820 00Tottenham Hotspur5 1ArsenalJenas nbsp 3 Bendtner nbsp 27 o g Keane nbsp 48 Lennon nbsp 60 Malbranque nbsp 90 4 Report Adebayor nbsp 70 White Hart Lane LondonAttendance 35 979Referee Howard Webb Sheffield amp Hallamshire Tottenham won 6 2 on aggregateFinal editFurther information on this match 2008 Football League Cup final The 2008 League Cup Final was played on 24 February 2008 and was the first to be played at Wembley Stadium since 2000 24 February 200815 00Chelsea1 2 a e t Tottenham HotspurDrogba nbsp 39 Report Berbatov nbsp 70 pen Woodgate nbsp 94 Wembley Stadium 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