Tottenham may need all the luck they can get in the Sunday's Carabao Cup final with Manchester City, the same type of fortune that greeted Pascal Chimbonda when Spurs last won a trophy 13 years ago.
Ahead of the 2008 Carling Cup final with Premier League title hopefuls Chelsea, the French full-back suffered a knee injury in training just two days before the Wembley clash.
Chimbonda could barely walk just 24 hours before the match with Spurs already plunged in a left-back crisis. Gareth Bale and Lee Young-Pyo had long-term injuries, while midfielder Teemu Tainio was being shoehorned into a full-back role.