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Carling Cup: Late Arsenal Mistake Gives Birmingham The Title

I couldn’t help but laugh at the end of the game as Birmingham celebrated their Carling Cup victory. It is sort of cruel for Arsenal, but somehow it seemed like classic Liverpool. Birmingham played better than people expected, but the

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Carling Cup Final Preview

The first silverware of the season are being handed out as Arsenal square off with Birmingham at Wembley in London. These are two teams that are on different ends of the Premier League table. Arsenal have won the two meeting

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Weekend Watch List: Carling Cup Final And More

The Carling Cup final will be the first silverware handed out in England, however, there are lots of top matches across Europe. Here is a look at the top games. Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund (Saturday 2pm Delayed, GolTV) Dortmund

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West Ham United 4, Manchester United 0: Spector Leads West Ham Rout

West Ham advanced to the semifinals of the Carling Cup with a resounding 4-0 victory at snowy Upton Park. They got two first half goals from former United player Jonathan Spector while Carlton Cole added two more in the second

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Manchester United 3, Wolverhampton 2: Hernandez Wins It Late

The Carling Cup match between Wolverhampton and Manchester United provided a good opportunity for the younger players at Manchester United to show what they could do. While it was not a great performance, they did defeat a Premier League side

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Carling Cup: Big Names Go Out Of The Competition

The big name teams may have entered the competition this round, but many of them are already out of the competition as many fell Wednesday in the final six games of the third round. Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Tottenham

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A Look At Midweek Soccer: Carling Cup And Other Leagues

Most of the other leagues are using this midweek to get in another round of league fixtures, but this also marks Round 3 of the Carling Cup where the final group of Premier League teams join the competition. Here is

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Manchester United 2, Aston Villa 1: Aston Villa Competed But Rooney’s Header Wins Carling Cup

It is intriguing how things go sometimes. Of the their three meetings with United this season, I thought this was Aston Villa’s best performance as they were able to be a constant menace on the counter attack the entire game

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Carling Cup Preview And Gameweek 28 I Know The Score

It is finally getting to be the business end of the season and the first silverware of the year will be handed out this weekend in the Carling Cup where Aston Villa faces off against the holders Manchester United. Heading

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REPORT: Manchester United 3, Manchester City 1

I wish these two teams could play every week. They have played three entertaining games so far this season with two of the games involving a late winner. The game started off tentatively in the first half as both teams

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