Spurs had teetered on the edge of going out of business during this Cup run and the mercurial Paul Gascoigne's brilliance had inspired Spurs through to the final. Gascoigne was so pumped up for this match that he almost ended his involvement in the first few minutes. In winning the ball out on the right touchline, he followed through with his foot up and caught Garry Parker in the chest. Referee Roger Milford let him off with a lecture, but failed to calm Gascoigne, who scythed down Gary Charles as he ran across the face of the Spurs penalty area. He received a yellow card and Forest got a free-kick on the edge of the box. When Stuart Pearce took the dead ball kick, his team-mate Glover pulled a Spurs defender off the end of the wall and the ball flew past Erik Thorstvedt to give Forest the lead.

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