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2001/2002
Worthington Cup Winners Since taking over at Blackburn Rovers in March 2000, Graeme Souness has assiduously built a side that combines experience with some of the most talented youngsters in the country. He has spent wisely at Ewood Park and the result has been a return to the Premiership and now a major football league cup. |
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Graeme
Souness |
Phil
Boersma |
Brad
Friedel (G) |
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Manager
led team back to Premiership, and cup win. |
Assistant
Manager, and longest-serving steward. |
Experienced
Coach, and long-time friend of Souness |
Won
the Cup Final's Man of the Match award. |
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Stig
Inge Bjornebye (D) |
Martin
Taylor (D) |
Henning
Berg (D) |
Nils-Eric
Johansson (D) |
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Played
well to keep winger Darren Anderton relatively quiet. |
Looked
composed on the ball and grew in stature as the game wore on. |
Blocked
Ziege's goal-bound shot before Ziege equalised later. |
Worked
with Berg in confidence guarding the Spurs striker Ferdinand. |
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Damien
Duff (M) |
David
Dunn (M) |
Keith
Gillespie (M) |
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Home-grown
boy did well at both ends. His pace kept Taricco busy. Good outlet for
Bjornebye. |
Veteran
imposed authority, and kept possession well. against Tim Sherwood and
Darren Anderton. |
Local
boy worked well in tandem with Hughes in the centre darting dribbles. |
Inspired
right winger created defence problems for Spurs. |
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£8
millions club-record
signing scored the match winner in the 69th minute with a clinical right
foot finish. |
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Rovers
Fans' favourite scored the opening goal at 25th minute. Has scored 5
goals during the cup campaign. |
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Andy
Cole (S) |
Matt
Jansen (S) |
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Jorge
Yordi (S) |
Craig
Hignett (M) |
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Substitute for Matt Jansen. New loan signing has a shot saved. |
Substitute
for Gillespie. Impressive midfielder scored 3 goals in Worthington Cup
campaign. |
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| Blackburn Rovers route to the 2001/2002 Worthington Cup Final | ||||||||
2nd
Round |
Blackburn
Rovers |
2 | Oldham
Athletic |
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Matt
Jansen, Darren Dunning |
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3rd
Round |
Blackburn
Rovers |
2 | Middlesbrough |
1 | ||||
Craig
Hignett, Craig Short |
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4th
Round |
Blackburn
Rovers |
2 | Manchester
City |
1 | ||||
Nils-Eric Johansson, Damien Johnson |
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5th
Round |
Blackburn
Rovers |
4 | Arsenal |
0 | ||||
Matt
Jansen (3 goals), Mark Hughes |
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Semi
Finals Leg 1 |
Blackburn
Rovers |
2 | Sheffield
Wednesday |
1 | ||||
Craig Hignett, Andy Cole |
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Semi
Finals Leg 2 |
Blackburn
Rovers |
4 | Sheffield
Wednesday |
2 | ||||
Damien
Duff, Matt Jansen, Andy Cole, Craig Hignett |
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Worthington
Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on 24 February 2002. |
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