Alan Hardaker Trophy

The Alan Hardaker Trophy has been awarded to the Man of the Match at every Football League Cup final since 1990. The winners to date are:

Final	Player	Team	Opponents	Score
1990	Des Walker	Nottingham Forest	Oldham Athletic	1–0
1991	Nigel Pearson	Sheffield Wednesday	Manchester United	1–0
1992	Brian McClair	Manchester United	Nottingham Forest	1–0
1993	Paul Merson	Arsenal	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1
1994	Kevin Richardson	Aston Villa	Manchester United	3–1
1995	Steve McManaman	Liverpool	Bolton Wanderers	2–1
1996	Andy Townsend	Aston Villa	Leeds United	3–0
1997	Steve Walsh	Leicester City	Middlesbrough	1–1
1998	Dennis Wise	Chelsea	Middlesbrough	2–0
1999	Allan Nielsen	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	1–0
2000	Matt Elliott	Leicester City	Tranmere Rovers	2–1
2001	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	Birmingham City	1–1
2002	Brad Friedel	Blackburn Rovers	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1
2003	Jerzy Dudek	Liverpool	Manchester United	2–0
2004	Boudewijn Zenden	Middlesbrough	Bolton Wanderers	2–1
2005	John Terry	Chelsea	Liverpool	3–2
2006	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Wigan Athletic	4–0
2007	Didier Drogba	Chelsea	Arsenal	2–1
2008	Jonathan Woodgate	Tottenham Hotspur	Chelsea	2–1
2009	Ben Foster	Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0
2010	Antonio Valencia	Manchester United	Aston Villa	2–1
2011	Ben Foster	Birmingham City	Arsenal	2–1
2012	Stewart Downing	Liverpool	Cardiff City	2–2
2013	Nathan Dyer	Swansea City	Bradford City	5–0
2014	Samir Nasri	Manchester City	Sunderland	3–1
2015	John Terry	Chelsea	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0
2016	Vincent Kompany	Manchester City	Liverpool	1–1

• ^A The replay was held at Hillsborough Stadium and Leicester won 1–0.
• ^B Liverpool won the penalty shoot-out 5–4.
• ^C Manchester United won the penalty shoot-out 4–1.
• ^D Liverpool won the penalty shoot-out 3–2.
• ^E Manchester City won the penalty shoot-out 3–1.