1999 Football League Cup Final

Event	1998–99 Football League Cup
Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur 0 1
Date	23 March 1999
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
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The 1999 Worthington Cup Final was played between Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City, at Wembley on Sunday 21 March 1999. Tottenham won the game, and their third League Cup, with an injury-time diving header from Allan Nielsen. Justin Edinburgh became the last ever player to be sent off at the old Wembley, after brushing Robbie Savage's head with a fist following a confrontation between the two. Although not the greatest final ever, the dramatic ending more than made up for the two teams performances with events like Ramon Vega famously making a last-ditch sliding tackle to deny Emile Heskey a sure goal, after Ian Walker rushed off his line and Allan Nielsen's last minute diving header.

[edit] Match facts

1999-03-21	Leicester City	0 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley, London Attendance: 77,892 Referee: Terry Heilbron (County Durham)
			Nielsen  90'

Leicester

Tottenham

LEICESTER CITY : GK 1 Kasey Keller RWB 19 Robert Ullathorne LWB 11 Steve Guppy CB 18 Matty Elliott CB 5 Steve Walsh (c) CB 4 Gerry Taggart CM 7 Neil Lennon CM 6 Muzzy Izzet CM 14 Robbie Savage 90' CF 27 Tony Cottee CF 9 Emile Heskey 74' Substitutes: GK 22 Pegguy Arphexad DF 15 Pontus Kåmark MF 16 Stuart Campbell MF 37 Theodoros Zagorakis 90' FW 20 Ian Marshall 74' Manager: Martin O'Neill

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: GK 1 Ian Walker RB 2 Stephen Carr CB 23 Sol Campbell CB 15 Ramon Vega LB 12 Justin Edinburgh  63' RM 9 Darren Anderton CM 4 Steffen Freund CM 6 Allan Nielsen LM 14 David Ginola 90' CF 10 Les Ferdinand CF 18 Steffen Iversen Substitutes: GK 13 Espen Baardsen DF 32 Luke Young MF 20 José Dominguez MF 22 Andy Sinton 90' FW 11 Chris Armstrong Manager: George Graham

[edit] Road to Wembley

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