The 2006 Carling Cup Final was played between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic on 26 February 2006. Manchester United won the match comfortably, by four goals to nil. Louis Saha and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored one goal, and Wayne Rooney scored twice. For the trophy presentation, the Manchester United players wore special shirts reading "For You Smudge", referring to Alan Smith, who had broken his left leg during a recent FA Cup match against Liverpool.^[1] Wigan goalkeeper Mike Pollitt picked up a nasty hamstring injury during the match, which cut short a dream cup final for the journeyman player, having started his career with the Red Devils.

[edit] Match details

26 February 2006 15:00	Manchester United	4 – 0	Wigan Athletic	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 66,866 Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
	Rooney  33', 61' Saha  55' Ronaldo  59'	Report

Manchester United

Wigan Athletic

MANCHESTER UNITED: GK 19 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Gary Neville (c) CB 6 Wes Brown 83' CB 5 Rio Ferdinand LB 27 Mikaël Silvestre 83' RM 7 Cristiano Ronaldo 60' 73' CM 22 John O'Shea CM 11 Ryan Giggs LM 13 Park Ji-Sung SS 8 Wayne Rooney CF 9 Louis Saha Substitutes: GK 1 Tim Howard DF 3 Patrice Evra 83' DF 15 Nemanja Vidić 83' MF 23 Kieran Richardson 73' FW 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manager: Alex Ferguson

WIGAN ATHLETIC: GK 12 Michael Pollitt 14' RB 2 Pascal Chimbonda CB 16 Arjan de Zeeuw (c) 45' CB 6 Stéphane Henchoz 62' LB 26 Leighton Baines RM 21 Jimmy Bullard CM 11 Graham Kavanagh 72' CM 19 Paul Scharner LM 20 Gary Teale CF 7 Henri Camara CF 30 Jason Roberts Substitutes: GK 1 John Filan 14' DF 4 Matt Jackson MF 8 Andreas Johansson MF 23 Reto Ziegler 72' FW 10 Lee McCulloch 62' Manager: Paul Jewell

[edit] Road to Cardiff

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