The 1999 Football League Cup Final was played between

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and

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, at

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on Sunday, 21 March 1999. Tottenham won the game, and their third League Cup, with an injury-time diving header from

Allan Nielsen Allan Nielsen (born 13 March 1971) is a Danish former professional footballer whose most notable period of football was four years at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur with whom he won the 1999 League Cup, scoring the winning goa ...

after a cross from the right from Steffen Iversen had been blocked by goalkeeper

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Justin Edinburgh Justin Charles Edinburgh (18 December 1969 – 8 June 2019) was an English professional football manager and player who played as a left back. He notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur, where he made 213 league appearance ...

became the last player to be sent off at the

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, after angrily waving his arm towards

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following a particularly tough Savage challenge. In the last few minutes of the game,

Ramon Vega Ramon Vega (born 14 June 1971) is a Swiss retired footballer, who played as a central defender. During his 13-year professional career he played for Grasshoppers, Cagliari, Tottenham Hotspur, Celtic, Watford and Créteil. Vega also played 23 ti ...

made a last-ditch sliding tackle to deny

Emile Heskey Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey (born 11 January 1978) is an English former professional footballer who currently serves as head of football development of Leicester City Women. Playing as a striker, he made more than 500 appearances in the Foo ...

a goal for Leicester, after Ian Walker rushed off his line, and Allan Nielsen scored a diving header.

Road to Wembley

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