2001 Football League Cup Final
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The <entity_0> was a <entity_5> played between <entity_4> and <entity_7> on <entity_3> at the <entity_2>, Cardiff. It was the <entity_9> match of the <entity_1>, the 41st season of the Football League Cup, a <entity_8> competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and The Football League. <entity_7> were appearing in their eighth <entity_9>; they had previously won six and lost two, while Birmingham were there for the second time. Therefore, Birmingham progressed through six rounds to reach the <entity_9>, whereas <entity_7> progressed through four. Birmingham thought they had a valid claim for a second penalty in extra time, only for referee <entity_6> to turn it down, taking the game to a penalty shoot-out, the first such penalty shoot-out in a major English domestic cup <entity_9> (excluding Charity Shield matches). The match remained level until the <entity_9> minute when Michael Johnson scored to give Birmingham a 2–<entity_11> victory. Goals from Martin Grainger and Andrew Johnson secured a 4–<entity_11> victory and a 4–2 aggregate win to send Birmingham into the <entity_9>. Despite striker Emile Heskey being sent off for a clash with Winston Bogarde, striker Robbie Fowler scored to give <entity_7> a 2–<entity_11> victory. The decision was made to stage the <entity_9> at the <entity_2> in Cardiff. <entity_7> were appearing in their eighth <entity_9> they had won five (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995) and lost two (1978, 1987). They beat local rivals Aston Villa 3–<entity_11> over two legs in the 1963 <entity_9>. The sides had previously met three times in the competition, <entity_7> won the first match in the 1980–81 Football League Cup 3–<entity_11>, while their fourth round tie in the 1983–84 Football League Cup, resulted in a 3–0 victory for <entity_7> in a replay after the original match finished <entity_11>–<entity_11>. Cardiff's <entity_2> was hosting the <entity_9> for the first time; it took over as the venue for the event while the new Wembley Stadium underwent a six-year renovation between <entity_10> and 2006. <entity_7>'s last match before the <entity_9> was the second leg tie in the fourth round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup against Italian team Roma. <entity_7> lost the match <entity_11>–0, but progressed to the quarter-finals, as result of their 2–0 victory in the first leg.
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