Chris Foy has been named as referee for the Carling Cup final between Manchester United and Tottenham on 1 March.

The Merseyside official has been on the Select Group of referees since 2001 and was the fourth official when Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp won the FA Cup with his former club Portsmouth last season.

In October 2006 Foy apologised to Redknapp for awarding a penalty against Portsmouth for what looked like a dive by Tottenham midfielder Didier Zokora. Talking about the incident late last year, Foy said: "The biggest decision I regret was giving a penalty at Tottenham when a player dived."

Foy will be assisted at Wembley by Northamptonshire's Peter Kirkup and Andy Butler of Lancashire. The West Midlands referee Andre Marriner will be the fourth official.