Thursday 27 January 2011

It's A Long Long Road......

Last night my football team qualified for their first major trophy in 10 years.  Blues last made the final of the League Cup back in 2001, losing to Liverpool (on penalties) at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.  Blues have won the cup once, back in 1963 when they beat local rivals Aston Villa.

Last night they beat West Ham 4-3 on aggregate and booked their place at Wembley where they will face Arsenal.

West Ham came to St Andrew's with a 2-1 lead after the first leg.   That game had seen Blues fail to make an impact in the first half but gave a much better performance in the second.

Last night was very similar.  A dire first half saw Carlton Cole score for the visitors.  The second half saw the introduction of Zigic and much better Blues performance.  Bowyer levelled the score, on the night, after 59 minutes. As the game entered it's final stages Roger Johnson's header levelled the score on aggregate and took the game to extra time.

Craig Gardener had already hit the post twice with long range efforts and put the ball in the back of the net in extra time taking the final score to 3-1 on the night.

The final takes place on 27th February.  I hope I'm able to get a ticket!!