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2.) The City of Birmingham
A dejected Jack Wilshere at the end of the Carling Cup final between Arsenal and Birmingham
It was the closest Arsenal came to using the new trophy cabinet at the Emirates. The Gunners were left twiddling their thumbs after a side battling relegation pipped them in the closing minutes of the 2011 Carling Cup final. Alex McLeish’s Birmingham City claimed their first trophy since 1963 when they won the same trophy.
Arsenal were clearly favorites going in, but their opponents did what most romanticized underdogs do, and pulled an upset. City endured the onslaught and never let the Gunners get in to the groove. Arsenal were even pinned back for bits, and Birmingham were flooded with courage as opposed to hope.
Nikola Zigic drew first blood with an unconvincing header, before Robin van Persie saved face for Arsenal before the half. In the dying moments, a miscommunication between goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and defender Laurent Koscielny cost Arsenal everything they had hoped for.
Substitute Obafemi Martins pounced on a loose ball as Koscielny and his keeper could only look on. Birmingham were eventually relegated, becoming the first team ever to win the Carling Cup and get relegated. Nothing short of legendary, but only one side will want to remember this one.
