1991 Football League Cup Final

The 1991 Rumbelows Cup Final was a football match played on 21 April 1991 between Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday. It was the first year that the competition had been sponsored by Rumbelows.citeweb|url=http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/CarlingCupDetail/0,,10794~475424,00.html|title=League Cup History|publisher=The Football League|accessdate=2008-04-30]

Despite the previous season's FA Cup winners, Manchester United being favourites to lift the trophy, Second Division side Sheffield Wednesday won the match 1–0, the winning goal scored by John Sheridan, giving the Owls their first League Cup title in a season when they also won promotion to the top flight. The match is regarded as one of the most memorable League Cup finals of all time.citeweb|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11689_3316328,00.html|title=Top Ten: League Cup finals|publisher=Sky Sports|date=2008-03-17|accessdate=2008-04-30] citeweb|url=http://www.setanta.com/en/TV-and-Entertainment/Entertainment/XI-at-11/XI-at-11-The-best-League-Cup-finals/|title=XI at 11: The best League Cup finals|publisher=Setanta Sports|date=2008-02-22|accessdate=2008-04-30]

Match details

footballbox
date=1991-04-21
team1=Sheffield Wednesday
score=1 – 0
report=
team2=Manchester United
goals1=Sheridan goal
goals2=
stadium=Wembley, London
attendance= 77,612
referee=

Yorkshire Television controversy

The broadcast of this League Cup final caused controversy in the Yorkshire region, as instead of showing the post-match celebrations (as London Weekend Television did), Yorkshire Television decided to cut the broadcast short in order to show a programme titled "War of the Monster Trucks". Sheffielders often cite this event as a demonstration of the station's bias towards West Yorkshire, Leeds and above all Leeds United. The incident inspired the name of the Sheffield Wednesday fanzine War of the Monster Trucks.cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/10/10/sfndia10.xml&sSheet=/sport/2003/10/10/ixfooty.html|title=Football Diary: Friendless England|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=2003-10-13|accessdate=2008-04-30]

References

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=260057 Line-ups]