English Carling Cup Round 2 Recap and Video Highlights: Wednesday August 26, 2009 – Stoke, Newcastle, WBA, and Tottenham advance
The English Football League Cup or Carling Cup as its known continued its round 2 of matches on Wednesday August 26, 2009. Most of the Premier League teams advanced including Tottenham and Stoke City while Wigan fell 1-4 to Blackpool. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s matches along with video highlights. (Update – Video Highlights will be added as they become available)
English Carling Cup Round 2 Recap – Wednesday August 26, 2009
Tottenham Hotspur continued their impressive start with a 5-1 road win against Doncaster as they got goals from Crouch, O’Hara, Huddlestone, Bentley, and Pavlyuchenko. Wigan had a very disappointing result as they lost 1-4 on the road and could only manage a 90th minute goal. West Bromwich Albion just barely advanced as it went to extra time and they had to score two goals to advance 4-3. Newcastle United was another Championship just advanacing as they came from behind and had three second half goals. Other teams advancing were Cardiff winnning 3-1 over Bristol Rovers, Carlisle United topping Bristol city, and Stoke City beating Leyton Orient 1-0 on the road. Here’s a full listing of the fixtures from Tuesday and click on each match for video highlights (some are not available and will be added later).
| Wednesday, August 26, 2009 | |||||
| Status | Home | Score | Away | STAGE | VENUE (ATT.) |
| Final | Blackpool | 4 - 1 | Wigan Athletic | Round 2 | Bloomfield Road (8,089) |
| Final | Bristol City | 0 - 2 | Carlisle United | Round 2 | Ashton Gate (6,359) |
| Final | Cardiff City | 3 - 1 | Bristol Rovers | Round 2 | Cardiff City Stadium (9,767) |
| Final | Doncaster Rovers | 1 - 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | Round 2 | Keepmoat Stadium (12,923) |
| Final | Leyton Orient | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | Round 2 | Matchroom Stadium (2,742) |
| Final | Newcastle United | 4 - 3 | Huddersfield Town | Round 2 | St James’ Park (23,815) |
| Final | West Bromwich Albion | 4 - 3 | Rotherham United | Round 2 | The Hawthorns (10,659) |
