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3rd Round
Blackburn Rovers v Walsall

Worthington Cup Round 3	Blackburn Rovers Ciccio Grabbi (pen) 46'50 Ian Roper (og) 105'00		Walsall Zigor Aranalde (pen) 68'25 David Zdrilic(sub) 93'30		1-1 (FT) 2-2 (AET)
	John Curtis Ciccio Grabbi David Dunn Alan Mahon Marc Richards		Daniel Sonner Tony Barras Darren Wrack (saved) Darren Bazeley David Zdrilic		Rovers won 5-4 on penalties

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4th Round Draw 9th November 2002
games to be played w/c 2nd December 2002

Aston Villa v Preston North End
Burnley v Manchester United
Liverpool v Ipswich Town
Blackburn Rovers v Rotherham
Wigan Athletic v Fulham
Sheffield United v Sunderland
Crystal Palace v Oldham Athletic
Chelsea v Everton

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Worthington Cup Round 4

Blackburn Rovers Dwight Yorke 11'01, 38'00 Andy Cole 15'35 Damien Duff 42'12

Rotherham -

4-0

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Quarter Final Draw 4th December 2002
games to be played 17th & 18th December 2002

Wigan v Blackburn Rovers
Aston Villa v Liverpool
Sheffield United v Crystal Palace
Manchester United v Chelsea

Worthington Cup Quarter Finals 16'922 (stadium record)

Wigan Athletic

Blackburn Rovers Andy Cole 15'39, 79'05 -

0-2

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Semi Final Draw 18th December 2002
games to be played w/c 6th and 20th January 2003

Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United v Liverpool

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Worthington Cup Semi-Final First Leg

Manchester United Paul Scholes 58'00

Blackburn Rovers David Thompson 61'00

1-1

(c) BBC MMIII

[21-01-03] - Liverpool v Sheffield United second leg 2-0 (3-2 agg)
Liverpool go to this years final....

[22-01-03] - Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United 1-3 (2-4 agg)
Mancheter United will meet Liverpool at Cardiff

Worthington Cup Semi-Final Second Leg

Blackburn Rovers Andy Cole 11'25

Manchester United Paul Scholes 29'00, 41,10 Ruud van Nistelrooy (pen) 75'12

1-3 (2-4 agg)

The dream is over!