1997 Football League Cup Final

1997 Football League Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1996–97 Football League Cup
	After extra time
Date	6 April 1997
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Steve Walsh; (Leicester City)
Referee	Martin Bodenham
Attendance	76,757
Replay
	After extra time
Date	16 April 1997
Venue	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Man of the Match	Steve Walsh; (Leicester City)
Referee	Martin Bodenham
Attendance	39,428
	← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 Football League Cup Final was played between Middlesbrough and Leicester City. The first game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, 6 April 1997 ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time. Fabrizio Ravanelli opened the scoring only for Leicester's Emile Heskey to equalise in the last minute of extra time. Leicester won the replay, and their second League Cup, in the game played at Hillsborough Stadium on 16 April 1997 with another extra-time goal, this time from Steve Claridge.^[1]

This was the last year that the Football League Cup Final was decided by a replay.^[2]

Road to Wembley[]

Leicester City[]

Round 2, 1st leg: Scarborough 0–2 Leicester City

Round 2, 2nd leg: Leicester City 2–1 Scarborough

Round 3: York City 0–2 Leicester City

Round 4: Leicester City 2–0 Manchester United

Quarter-final: Ipswich Town 0–1 Leicester City

Semi-final, 1st leg: Leicester City 0–0 Wimbledon

Semi-final, 2nd leg: Wimbledon 1–1 Leicester City (on away goals)

Middlesbrough[]

Round 2, 1st leg: Middlesbrough 7–0 Hereford United

Round 2, 2nd leg: Hereford United 0–3 Middlesbrough

Round 3: Middlesbrough 5–1 Huddersfield Town

Round 4: Middlesbrough 3–1 Newcastle United

Quarter-final: Middlesbrough 2–1 Liverpool

Semi-final, 1st leg: Stockport County 0–2 Middlesbrough

Semi-final, 2nd leg: Middlesbrough 0–1 Stockport County

Match details[]

6 April 1997

15:00 BST

Leicester City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Middlesbrough
Heskey 118'	Report	Ravanelli 95'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,757

Referee: Martin Bodenham (Cornwall)

Leicester City

Middlesbrough



GK	13	Kasey Keller
DF	2	Simon Grayson
DF	3	Mike Whitlow	105'
DF	5	Steve Walsh (c)
DF	15	Pontus Kåmark
DF	17	Spencer Prior
MF	6	Muzzy Izzet	108'
MF	7	Neil Lennon
MF	10	Garry Parker
FW	9	Steve Claridge
FW	11	Emile Heskey
Substitutes:
GK	1	Kevin Poole
MF	8	Scott Taylor	108'
FW	12	Mark Robins	105'
Manager:
Martin O'Neill



GK	19	Mark Schwarzer
DF	2	Neil Cox
DF	14	Curtis Fleming
DF	5	Nigel Pearson (c)
DF	18	Gianluca Festa
MF	21	Craig Hignett
MF	8	Robbie Mustoe
MF	10	Juninho
MF	6	Emerson
FW	9	Mikkel Beck
FW	11	Fabrizio Ravanelli
Substitutes:
DF	4	Steve Vickers
DF	17	Clayton Blackmore
MF	12	Alan Moore
Manager:
Bryan Robson

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Replay if scores still level
Three named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

Replay[]

16 April 1997

Leicester City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Middlesbrough
Claridge 100'	Report

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield

Attendance: 39,428

Referee: Martin Bodenham (Cornwall)

Leicester

Middlesbrough



GK	13	Kasey Keller
RWB	2	Simon Grayson
CB	3	Mike Whitlow	109'
CB	5	Steve Walsh (c)
CB	17	Spencer Prior
LWB	15	Pontus Kåmark
CM	6	Muzzy Izzet
CM	7	Neil Lennon
CM	10	Garry Parker
CF	9	Steve Claridge	117'
CF	11	Emile Heskey
Substitutes:
GK	1	Kevin Poole
DF	21	Jamie Lawrence	109'
FW	12	Mark Robins	117'
Manager:
Martin O'Neill



GK	25	Ben Roberts
RB	2	Neil Cox	105'
CB	5	Nigel Pearson (c)
CB	18	Gianluca Festa	76'
LB	7	Vladimir Kinder
CM	17	Clayton Blackmore
CM	6	Emerson
CM	8	Robbie Mustoe
AM	10	Juninho
CF	21	Craig Hignett	105'
CF	11	Fabrizio Ravanelli
Substitutes:
DF	4	Steve Vickers	76'
MF	12	Alan Moore	105'
FW	9	Mikkel Beck	105'
Manager:
Bryan Robson

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Penalty shootout if scores still level
Three named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

References[]

^ "Coca Cola Cup 1996/97". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "The Football League Cup". soccer.mistral.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Coca Cola Cup 1996/97". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[2] "The Football League Cup". soccer.mistral.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

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