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1997 Football League Cup final

Field	Value
title	1997 Football League Cup Final
image	1997leaguecupfinalprog.png
image_size	200px
caption	Match programme cover
event	[1996–97 Football League Cup](1996-97-football-league-cup)
details	Leicester City won after a replay
firstleg	Final
team1	Leicester City
team1score1	1
team2	Middlesbrough
team2score1	1
details1	After extra time
date1
stadium1	Wembley Stadium
city1	London
man_of_the_match1a	Steve Walsh
(Leicester City)
referee1	Martin Bodenham
attendance1	76,757
secondleg	Replay
team1score2	1
team2score2	0
details2	After extra time
date2
stadium2	Hillsborough Stadium
city2	Sheffield
man_of_the_match2a	Steve Walsh
(Leicester City)
referee2	Martin Bodenham
attendance2	39,428
previous	[1996](1996-football-league-cup-final)
next	[1998](1998-football-league-cup-final)

(Leicester City) (Leicester City)

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. Heskey was fortunate to be on the field, having committed what was a bookable foul on Boro captain Nigel Pearson after already being booked. 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.

This was the last year that the Football League Cup Final was decided by a replay.

Road to Wembley

Match details

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NIR Martin O'Neill

ENG Bryan Robson

Replay

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NIR Martin O'Neill

ENG Bryan Robson

References

"Coca Cola Cup 1996/97". Soccerbase.
"The Football League Cup".

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