1999 Football League Cup Final

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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.

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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