1971 Football League Cup final explained

1971 Football League Cup Final
Event:	1970–71 Football League Cup
Team1:	Tottenham Hotspur
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Aston Villa
Team2score:	0
Date:	27 February 1971
Stadium:	Wembley Stadium
City:	London
Referee:	Jim Finney (Hereford)
Attendance:	100,000
Previous:	1970
Next:	1972

The 1971 Football League Cup Final took place in February 1971 at Wembley Stadium. It was the eleventh Football League Cup final and the fifth to be played at Wembley.

It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa. Tottenham Hotspur were riding high in the First Division (as the top level of league football in England was then known) and Aston Villa, the most successful club of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras and a traditional heavyweight, were in the Third Division (then the third tier of English football), a level to which it had never previously sunk.

This match signalled the reversal of a long period of decline for Villa. Ten years later they were champions of England and the following year they had become the champions of Europe.

Players and officials

1 Pat Jennings 2 Joe Kinnear 3 Cyril Knowles 4 Alan Mullery (c) 5 Peter Collins 6 Phil Beal 7 Alan Gilzean 8 Steve Perryman 9 Martin Chivers 10 Martin Peters 11 Jimmy Neighbour Substitute: 12 Jimmy Pearce Manager: Bill Nicholson

1 John Dunn 2 Keith Bradley 3 Charlie Aitken 4 Brian Godfrey (c) 5 Fred Turnbull 6 Brian Tiler 7 Pat McMahon 8 Bruce Rioch 9 Andy Lochhead 10 Ian Hamilton 11 Willie Anderson Substitute: 12 Dave Gibson Manager: Vic Crowe

Road to Wembley

Home teams listed first.

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Tottenham Hotspur Round 1: Bye Round 2: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Swansea City (9 September 1970) Round 3: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Sheffield United (7 October 1970) Round 4: Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 West Bromwich Albion (28 October 1970) Quarter final: Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Coventry City (18 November 1970) Semi final, 1st leg: Bristol City 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur (16 December 1970) Semi final, 2nd leg: Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Bristol City (after extra time) (23 December 1970) Tottenham won 3–1 on aggregate

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Aston Villa Round 1: Aston Villa 4–0 Notts County Round 2: Aston Villa 2–0 Burnley Round 3: Northampton Town 1–1 Aston Villa Replay Aston Villa 3–0 Northampton Town Round 4: Aston Villa 1–0 Carlisle United Quarter final: Bristol Rovers 1–1 Aston Villa Replay Aston Villa 1–0 Bristol Rovers Semi final, 1st leg: Manchester United 1–1 Aston Villa Semi final, 2nd leg: Aston Villa 2–1 Manchester United Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate

External links

• Match summary on Soccerbase