1997 Football League Cup Final: Event
1997 Football League Cup Final: Event
1997 Football League Cup Final: Event
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Leicester City Middlesbrough
Attendance 76,757
Replay
Attendance 39,428
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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]
Contents
• 1Road to Wembley
o 1.1Leicester City
o 1.2Middlesbrough
• 2Match details
o 2.1Replay
• 3References
• 4External links
Road to Wembley[edit]
Leicester City[edit] Middlesbrough[edit]
Round 2, 1st leg: Scarborough 0–2 Leicester City Round 2, 1st leg: Middlesbrough 7–0 Hereford
United
Round 2, 2nd leg: Leicester City 2–1
Scarborough Round 2, 2nd leg: Hereford United 0–3
Middlesbrough
Round 3: York City 0–2 Leicester City
Round 3: Middlesbrough 5–1 Huddersfield Town
Round 4: Leicester City 2–0 Manchester United
Round 4: Middlesbrough 3–1 Newcastle United
Quarter-final: Ipswich Town 0–1 Leicester City
Quarter-final: Middlesbrough 2–1 Liverpool
Semi-final, 1st leg: Leicester City 0–0 Wimbledon
Semi-final, 2nd leg: Wimbledon 1–1 Leicester Semi-final, 1st leg: Stockport County 0–2
City (on away goals) Middlesbrough
Semi-final, 2nd leg: Middlesbrough 0–1 Stockport
County
Match details[edit]
6 April 1997
15:00 BST
Leicester City 1–1 Middlesbrough
(a.e.t.)
Report
Heskey 118' Ravanelli 95'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 76,757
Referee: Martin Bodenham (Cornwall)
Middlesbrough
Leicester City
GK 13 Kasey Keller GK 19 Mark Schwarzer
DF 2 Simon Grayson DF 2 Neil Cox
DF 3 Mike Whitlow 105' DF 14 Curtis Fleming
DF 5 DF 5 Nigel Pearson (c)
Steve Walsh (c)
DF 15 Pontus Kåmark DF 18 Gianluca Festa
DF 17 Spencer Prior MF 21 Craig Hignett
MF 6 MF 8 Robbie Mustoe
Muzzy Izzet 108'
MF 7 Neil Lennon MF 10 Juninho
MF 10 Garry Parker MF 6 Emerson
FW 9 Steve Claridge FW 9 Mikkel Beck
FW 11 Emile Heskey FW 11 Fabrizio Ravanelli
Substitutes: Substitutes:
GK 1 Kevin Poole DF 4 Steve Vickers
MF 8 Scott Taylor 108' DF 17 Clayton Blackmore
FW 12 Mark Robins 105' MF 12 Alan Moore
Manager: Manager:
Martin O'Neill 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[edit]
16 April 1997
Leicester City 1–0 Middlesbrough
(a.e.t.)
Claridge 100'
Report
Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Attendance: 39,428
Referee: Martin Bodenham (Cornwall)
Middlesbrough
Leicester
GK 13 Kasey Keller GK 25 Ben Roberts
RWB2 Simon Grayson RB 2 Neil Cox 105'
CB 3 Mike Whitlow 109' CB 5 Nigel Pearson (c)
CB 5 Steve Walsh (c) CB 18 Gianluca Festa 76'
CB 17 Spencer Prior LB 7 Vladimir Kinder
LWB 15 Pontus Kåmark CM 17 Clayton Blackmore
CM 6 Muzzy Izzet CM 6 Emerson
CM 7 Neil Lennon CM 8 Robbie Mustoe
CM 10 Garry Parker AM 10 Juninho
CF 9 Steve Claridge 117'
CF 21 Craig Hignett 105'
CF 11 Emile Heskey CF 11 Fabrizio Ravanelli
Substitutes:
Substitutes:
GK 1 Kevin Poole DF 4 Steve Vickers 76'
DF 21 Jamie Lawrence 109'
MF 12 Alan Moore 105'
FW 12 Mark Robins 117'
FW 9 Mikkel Beck 105'
Manager:
Manager:
Martin O'Neill
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[edit]
1. ^ "Coca Cola Cup 1996/97". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
2. ^ "The Football League Cup". soccer.mistral.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2016.