The best League Cup finals ever

1961 Peter McParland's goal in the 109th minute of the second leg gives Aston Villa a 3-2 aggregate victory over Rotherham in the first final Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association Images Photograph: PA/guardian.co.uk 1963 Birmingham beat Aston Villa 3-1, 0-0 in the only all-Birmingham cup final Photograph: Empics Sport Photograph: Empics/guardian.co.uk 1967 Mark Lazarus completes QPR's comeback from the dead against West Brom in the first Wembley final. He's pictured with Rodney Marsh Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association Images Photograph: PA/guardian.co.uk 1969 Don Rogers scores twice in extra time as Swindon Town beat Arsenal 3-2 Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association Images Photograph: PA/guardian.co.uk 1972 The 35-year-old George Eastham's late goal gives Stoke their only major trophy, in a 2-1 win against Chelsea Photograph: Arthur Jones/Getty Images Photograph: Arthur Jones/guardian.co.uk 1976 Manchester City's Dennis Tueart scores a spectacular overhead winner against Newcastle; City have not won a major trophy since Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association Images Photograph: PA/guardian.co.uk 1977 Brian Little's goal in the dying moments gives Aston Villa a 3-2 win over Everton in a a second replay at Old Trafford after a 0-0 and a 1-1 Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association Images Photograph: PA Photos/guardian.co.uk 1978 Phil Thompson fouls John O'Hare outside the area in the replay at Old Trafford but a penalty is given; his post-match interview after Nottingham Forest's resultant 1-0 win is apparently the first usage by a footballer of “Sick as a parrot” Photograph: Roger Lings/Getty Images Photograph: Roger Lings/guardian.co.uk 1980 Andy Gray gives Wolves their last trophy and denies Forest a hat-trick of wins Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association Images Photograph: PA/guardian.co.uk 1984 Graeme Souness scores the winner in a Maine Road replay as Liverpool win the trophy for the fourth year in succession, beating Everton in the first all-Merseyside major cup final Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images Photograph: Bob Thomas/guardian.co.uk 1985 A Gordon Chisholm own goal settles final between Norwich and Sunderland, two teams who end up being relegated Photograph: PA Archive/Press Association Ima Photograph: PA/guardian.co.uk 1986 Oxford United beat QPR 3-0 Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images Photograph: Bob Thomas/guardian.co.uk 1988 The greatest League Cup final? Luton lead for nearly 60 minutes but have to come from 2-1 down with eight minutes left to beat Arsenal 3-2 Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: Getty Images/guardian.co.uk 1991 Rumbelows Cup: TV rental company's employee of the year presents the trophy to Sheffield Wednesday's Nigel Pearson after 1-0 win over Manchester United. Last lower-division winners Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Photograph: Shaun Botterill/guardian.co.uk 1993 Tony Adams drops Arsenal's matchwinner, Steve Morrows, off his shoulders during the post-match celebrations against Sheffield Wednesday. Morrows breaks an arm Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images Photograph: David Cannon/guardian.co.uk 2001 Liverpool beat Birmingham on penalties, the first League Cup final to be settled that way, and the first at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images Photograph: Phil Cole/guardian.co.uk 2004 Steve McClaren's Middlesbrough beat Sam Allardyce's Bolton 2-1, in what can be viewed as something of an elimination contest to become Sven-Goran Eriksson's successor as England coach. That went well. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Photograph: Clive Brunskill/guardian.co.uk 2006 Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) are all sent off, and other players were charged following a mass brawl six minutes into extra time. The 10 men beat the nine 2-1. Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Photograph: Darren Walsh/guardian.co.uk 2009 Ben Foster is Manchester United's hero as they win a shoot-out against Spurs. Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images Photograph: John Peters/guardian.co.uk