1999 Football League Cup final explained

1999 Football League Cup Final
Event:	1998–99 Football League Cup
Team1:	Leicester City
Team1score:	0
Team2:	Tottenham Hotspur
Team2score:	1
Date:	21 March 1999
Stadium:	Wembley Stadium
City:	London
Man Of The Match1a:	Allan Nielsen (Tottenham Hotspur)^[1]
Referee:	Terry Heilbron (County Durham)
Attendance:	77,892
Weather:	Rain
Previous:	1998
Next:	2000

The 1999 Football League 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 after a cross from the right from Steffen Iversen had been blocked by goalkeeper Kasey Keller.^[2] Justin Edinburgh became the last player to be sent off at the old Wembley, after angrily waving his arm towards Robbie Savage following a particularly tough Savage challenge. In the last few minutes of the game, Ramon Vega made a last-ditch sliding tackle to deny Emile Heskey a goal for Leicester, after Ian Walker rushed off his line, and Allan Nielsen scored a diving header.^{[3] [4]}

Road to Wembley

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Leicester City Round 2, 1st leg: Leicester City 3–0 Chesterfield Round 2, 2nd leg: Chesterfield 1–3 Leicester City Round 3: Charlton Athletic 1–2 Leicester City Round 4: Leicester City 2–1 Leeds United Quarter-final: Leicester City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Semi-final, 1st leg: Sunderland 1–2 Leicester City Semi-final, 2nd leg: Leicester City 1–1 Sunderland

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Tottenham Hotspur Round 2, 1st leg: Brentford 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Round 2, 2nd leg: Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Brentford Round 3: Northampton Town 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Round 4: Liverpool 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Quarter-final: Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Manchester United Semi-final, 1st leg: Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Wimbledon Semi-final, 2nd leg: Wimbledon 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur

Match

Details

GK 1 Kasey Keller CB 18 CB 5 Steve Walsh (c) CB 4 Gerry Taggart RWB 19 Robert Ullathorne LWB 11 Steve Guppy CM 7 CM 6 CM 14 CF 27 CF 9 Substitutes: GK 22 Pegguy Arphexad DF 15 MF 16 MF 37 FW 20 Manager: Martin O'Neill

GK 1 Ian Walker RB 2 Stephen Carr CB 23 Sol Campbell (c) CB 15 LB 12 RM 9 CM 4 CM 6 Allan Nielsen LM 14 CF 18 Steffen Iversen CF 10 Les Ferdinand Substitutes: GK 13 Espen Baardsen DF 32 Luke Young MF 20 José Dominguez MF 22 FW 11 Manager: George Graham

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leicester 0 Spurs 1. tottenham-spur.blogspot. 7 October 2014.
2. Web site: Leicester 0 Spurs 1. hotspurhq.com. 7 October 2014.
3. Web site: Leicester 0 Spurs 1. Spursodyssey. 7 October 2014.
4. Web site: 1999 League Cup Final. lcfc.com. 7 October 2014.