On this day in 2008: Spurs lift the League Cup | OneFootball

Seventeen years ago today, Tottenham Hotspur lifted what is now known as the Carabao Cup, and then the Carling Cup, when they defeated Chelsea, with a 2-1 win after extra time at Wembley. It was the last piece of silverware the club won - which is why the importance of this season's Europa League cannot be stressed enough.

Spurs overcome Chelsea at Wembley, on this day, all the way back in 2008

For the big game, Juande Ramos opted for a line up of; Paul Robinson; Alan Hutton, Jonathan Woodgate, Ledley King, Pascal Chimbonda; Aaron Lennon, Jermaine Jenas, Didier Zokora, Steed Malbranque; Robbie Keane, and Dimitar Berbatov.

Just seconds into the game, Spurs had a chance to score, after a stray pass from a Chelsea defender, but Keane struck wide of the goal. Not long later, following a set piece, a Chimbona header struck the bar.

Despite a positive start to the game from Spurs, Chelsea would take the lead, just over five minutes before half-time, as Didier Drogba left Robinson completely flat footed from a free-kick. He had gone close from a free-kick minutes earlier, so the warning signs had been there.

With twenty minutes remaining, Wayne Bridge handled the ball in the area when tussling for the ball with substitute Tom Huddlestone, and a penalty was awarded. Up stepped Berbatov, the coolest man in the stadium, sending Petr Cech the wrong way to level the game.

In the closing minutes of the game, Zokora intercepted a Frank Lampard pass, playing the ball to Keane, whose return pass put the Ivorian through on goal. However, his shot was tame, and saved by Cech - before firing the rebound off target. Many people thought that would end up costing Spurs. That would be that for the 90 minutes, and we went into extra time.

Just a couple of minutes into the additional 30, Spurs were awarded a free-kick inside the Chelsea half. From there, Jenas whipped a ball into the box, with a Woodgate header hitting Cech, back onto the defender, and into the back of the net. Pretty poor goalkeeping, and defending, but a great ball in and a great header.

Minutes later in extra time, Lampard tried to catch out Robinson at his near post from a free kick, that most had assumed would have been a cross. Good way to redeem himself for being caught flat footed for the opener.

From there, Spurs saw the game out relatively comfortably - even though the fans would have felt anything but comfortable - and won what remains to this day the club's last trophy. How amazing would it be to have that feeling again, in Bilbao, at the end of May.