1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final explained

1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final
Event:1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup
Team1:West Ham United
Team1score:2
Team2:Anderlecht
Team2association:
Team2score:4
Date:5 May 1976
City:Brussels
Referee:Robert Wurtz (France)
Attendance:51,296
Previous:1975
Next:1977

The 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final was a football match between West Ham United of England and Anderlecht of Belgium. The final was held at Heysel Stadium in Brussels on 5 May 1976. It was the final match of the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup tournament and the 16th European Cup Winners' Cup final. Anderlecht won 4–2 against the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup winners to secure their first ever European trophy.

Route to the final

See main article: 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup.

West Ham United Anderlecht
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Reipas Lahti5–22–2 (A)3–0 (H)First round Rapid București2–10–1 (A)2–0 (H)
Ararat Yerevan4–2 1–1 (A)3–1 (H)Second round Borac Banja Luka3–13–0 (H)0–1 (A)
Den Haag5–5 (a)2–4 (A)3–1 (H)Quarter-finals Wrexham2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)
Eintracht Frankfurt4–31–2 (A)3–1 (H)Semi-finals Sachsenring Zwickau5–03–0 (A)2–0 (H)

Match

Summary

Pat Holland put West Ham into the lead in the 28th minute. Just before half-time, Frank Lampard misjudged a back pass, allowing Peter Ressel to collect the ball and pass it to Rob Rensenbrink to score the equaliser. In attempting the backpass, Lampard tore a stomach muscle that ruled him out of much of the remainder of the game. Three minutes into the second-half, François van der Elst scored, assisted by Rensenbrink. Keith Robson later equalised for West Ham from a cross by Trevor Brooking. Anderlecht were awarded a clear penalty in the 73rd minute, after Holland rashly challenged and fouled Rensenbrink who then scored from the penalty. Holland obviously misjudged the tackle and was duly penalised. With two minutes left, as West Ham fell apart, van der Elst ran through to score Anderlecht's fourth goal for a deserved victory.

Details

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GK 1 Mervyn Day
DF 2 Keith Coleman
DF 3
DF 4 Billy Bonds (c)
DF 5 Tommy Taylor
MF 6
MF 7
MF 8 Graham Paddon
FW 9 Billy Jennings
MF 10 Trevor Brooking
FW 11 Keith Robson
Substitutes:
FW 12
Manager:
John Lyall
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GK 1 Jan Ruiter
DF 2 Michel Lomme
DF 3 Hugo Broos
DF 4 Gilbert Van Binst (c)
DF 5 Jean Thissen
MF 6 Jean Dockx
FW 7 François Van der Elst
MF 8 Arie Haan
MF 9 Peter Ressel
MF 10
FW 11 Rob Rensenbrink
Substitutes:
MF 15
Manager:
Hans Croon

See also

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