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	TEVEZ Man City	6
	KALINIC Blackburn	4
	HARRIS Millwall	4
	BROWN Preston	4
	ROUTLEDGE QPR	4
	CROUCH Tottenham	4

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The Final

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- Win signed shirts
You can still enter our competition to win a signed Aston Villa or Manchester United shirt! CHECK IT OUT!

- Watch Carling Cup final highlights
You can watch highlights of Manchester United's Carling Cup final victory over Aston Villa on the BBC website. CLICK HERE!

- Tevez finishes as top goalscorer
Carlos Tevez has finished top goalscorer of the Carling Cup for the second year running, scoring six goals for Manchester City in the 2009/10 competition. He finished joint top while at Manchester United last season, again scoring six goals, along with Derby's Nathan Ellington and Tottenham's Roman Pavlyuchenko.

- Aston Villa 1-2 Man United
Read our report on how Manchester United beat Aston Villa to retain the Carling Cup by clicking here

- Aston Villa 1-2 Man United
Check out our photo galleries from the Final by clicking here

- Ferguson admits Vidic was 'lucky'
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that Nemanja Vidic "was probably lucky" to not be sent-off in the opening stages of the Carling Cup Final. The Serbian defender brought down Gabriel Agbonlahor four minutes into the game but was not carded by referee Phil Dowd.

- Dowd decision angers O'Neill
Martin O'Neill was left fuming by the decision. He said: "I think it would be universally accepted they should be down to 10 men. It's not a good decision by an otherwise fine referee, it's poor."

- Dunne accepts Final defeat
Richard Dunne was magnanamous in defeat. He was at fault for the United equaliser, but said: "We got a great start and that's what we wanted to do, but I made a mistake on halfway and against United they score. We had a few chances but unfortunately today wasn't our day."

- Fergie explains Rooney absence
Ferguson opted to leave Rooney on the bench at the start of the match to give him a break with some tough fixtures coming up. The Scottish manager said: "There's a lot of big games coming up now and that's why we didn't play him today, but he's had 45, 50 minutes."

- Ferguson laments Owen injury
Sir Alex Ferguson believes Michael Owen may have lacked match sharpness before the Carling Cup Final. The striker played from the start and scored, but came off midway through the first half with a hamstring injury. Ferguson said: "He did really well for us and it was a good performance from him. It's maybe our fault too. He's not had a lot of minutes recently and that soft pitch didn't help him. It's a bad blow for us."

- Owen positive despite injury
Owen himself was in a positive mood after the match, despite the injury. He said: "It was great to win, great to score, great to play a part, just soured by getting a hamstring injury. It's the first injury I have had since I have been at United but it's been a good day."

- Digital Jukebox winners
The votes are in and the winners of our Digital Jukebox are as follows - If Aston villa win the final, Ocean Colour Scene's "The Day We Caught the Train" will be played, and if Manchester United win the final, "This is the One" by The Stone Roses will be played at Wembley! Thanks for all your votes!

- Order your Final programme
You can order your Carling Cup Final programme. For more information, just click here

- Students make Carling Cup final
Fifteen lucky students from Trinity High School in Redditch will be ball persons at the Carling Cup Final. Teacher Paul Rickard is chairman of the English Schools Football Association, and he said: "I felt that this was a wonderful opportunity for our students."

- United to wear home kit
Manchester United will wear their home strip at Wembley after they won the traditional coin toss. United will play in red shirts, white shorts and black socks, with Villa lining up in their away kit of white shirts, navy shorts and white socks.

- Dowd takes charge at Wembley
Staffordshire-based referee Phil Dowd will take charge of the Carling Cup Final 2010 at Wembley. His assistants will be Shaun Procter-Green and David Richardson, with Lee Mason acting as fourth official, and Nigel Bannister as reserve assistant.

- Can you spot the ball?
You could win a case of Carling if you can spot the ball in our image from the Carling Cup semi-finals! HAVE A GO!

- Semi-final photo galleries
Relive the ups and downs of the Carling Cup semi-finals in our gallery section. CHECK IT OUT!

YOUR PITCH

FIVE OF THE BEST... Carling Cup Final moments

Ben Foster's penalty heroics (2008/09) The Carling Cup represented Ben Foster's best chances of making an impact in the Manchester United team, and he did that by guiding the Premier League champions to their 2009 final win. Foster, deputy to regular number 1 Edwin van der Sar, saved two of Tottenham's penalties in the shoot-out after a goal-less draw, as United prevailed 4-1 on spotkicks, to earn Foster the Alan Hardaker Award for man of the match.

First League Cup final at the new Wembley (2007/08) The 2008 Carling Cup final between Chelsea and Tottenham was the first to be played in England since the old Wembley was demolished in 2000. Chelsea were looking for back-to-back victories, but were defeated in extra time by a Jonathan Woodgate goal. Earlier, Dimitar Berbatov had cancelled out Didier Drogba's first half free kick.

Riise's quickest goal in League Cup final history (2004/05) Liverpool's Jon Arne Riise broke the record for quickest League Cup final goal - set the previous year by Job - with a sweetly struck left footed volley after just 45 seconds against Chelsea. Unfortunately for the Reds, they were pegged back by a Steven Gerrard own goal, before Didier Drogba and Mateja Kezman helped Chelsea to a 3-2 win after extra time, handing Jose Mourinho his first trophy as Chelsea boss.

Middlesbrough's first ever major trophy (2003/04) Two early goals from Joseph Desire Job - the then fastest goal in League Cup Final history - and Boudewijn Zenden helped Middlesbrough to a 2-1 win over Bolton at the Millennium Stadium and their first major trophy. They had previously finished as runners-up in 1997 and 1998. Boss Steve McClaren then led them on a memorable run in the UEFA Cup the following season, taking them to the final before defeat to Sevilla.

Wigan's first major final (2005/06) The 2006 Carling Cup final saw Wigan take on Manchester United at the Millennium Stadium. Wigan's incredible rise from the bottom tier of the Football League to the Premier League reached its peak as they took on the mighty Manchester United. A great day out it was, but unfortunately they were outclassed by the Reds, who scored through Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney (2), paying tribute to injured striker Alan Smith in their post-match celebrations.