The Carling Cup is an English football competition that allows all of the FA Premier League and Football League clubs to enter. It is a knockout competition with all rounds being played over just one tie apart from the semi-finals where these are played over two legs so teams have the opportunity to play both home and away.

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The lucky team to win the Carling Cup gains automatic qualification into the UEFA Europa League. If the winning team has already won a place in a European competition, then it is a Premier League team who finishes top, but hasn’t qualified for a place in Europe, that takes the Europa League spot.

This year’s final saw the mighty Manchester United take on Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley. 90 minutes was not long enough to find a winner to pick up the trophy so extra time had to be played. With no winner still after a further 30 minutes, a penalty shootout loomed and had the internet sports betting punters at Coral.co.uk on the edge of their seats. Both teams couldn’t give much more and it came down to the strikes of some of the best players in the world to clinch it as Manchester United came out on top winning 4-1 on penalties.

Ben Foster really made a name for himself this year as he saved one of the penalties and bagged himself Man of the Match for this save and many other fine saves during the match. He is now tipped to become an England regular. The scorers for Manchester United were Giggs, Tevez, Ronaldo and Anderson.