1999 Football League Cup final

1999 Football League Cup Final

Match programme cover
Event	1998–99 Football League Cup
Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur 0 1
Date	21 March 1999
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Allan Nielsen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Referee	Terry Heilbron (County Durham)
Attendance	77,892
Weather	Rain

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. 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.

Road to Wembley

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

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

21 March 1999

15:00 GMT

Leicester City	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report	Nielsen 90'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 77,892

Referee: Terry Heilbron (County Durham)

Leicester City

Tottenham Hotspur

GK 1 Kasey Keller CB 18 Matt Elliott CB 5 Steve Walsh (c) CB 4 Gerry Taggart RWB 19 Robert Ullathorne LWB 11 Steve Guppy 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

GK 1 Ian Walker RB 2 Stephen Carr CB 23 Sol Campbell (c) 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 18 Steffen Iversen CF 10 Les Ferdinand 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