by fivecups » Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:37 pm
Brian Reade:
Much has been made about Liverpool’s return to Wembley for the first time in 16 years with some saying that stat is more embarrassing than the suits they turned up in back then.
A 16-year absence from the home of cup glory for a team with such history, places their silver-lifting days very much in the past, critics argue. But strangely, they couldn’t be further from the truth.
If Liverpool win tomorrow’s Carling Cup final they will have won more major cups this century (and that’s without doing a Gerard Houllier and counting their two European Super Cups) than any other English team.
Since 2000 they’ve won six: (One Champions League, two FA Cups, two League Cups and a UEFA Cup) as have Chelsea (four FA Cups, two League Cups).
Manchester United have won five (Champions League, FA Cup, three League Cups), Arsenal three (all FA Cups), Manchester City one FA Cup, and Spurs one League Cup.
So, beat Cardiff and they hold the title of England’s most successful 21st century cup-winners.
Which my not be the title they’re after, but it’s a start.