1973 Football League Cup final

The 1973 Football League Cup Final was held on 3 March 1973 and was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs beat Norwich City 1–0 at the old Wembley. After 12 different teams had won the League Cup in its first 12 seasons, Spurs became the first team to win the competition for a second time.^[1]

1973 Football League Cup Final

Match programme cover
Event	1972–73 Football League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City 1 0
Date	3 March 1973
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	David Smith (Stonehouse)
Attendance	100,000
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Match

Summary

The only goal of the game was scored by substitute Ralph Coates in the 72nd minute with a low right foot shot to the left corner of the net from just outside the penalty area.^[2]

Details

Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Norwich City
Coates 72'

3 March 1973

15:30

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000

Tottenham Hotspur

Norwich City

1 Pat Jennings 2 Joe Kinnear 3 Cyril Knowles 4 John Pratt  25' 5 Mike England 6 Phil Beal 7 Alan Gilzean 8 Steve Perryman 9 Martin Chivers 10 Martin Peters (c) 11 Jimmy Pearce Substitute: 12 Ralph Coates  25' Manager: Bill Nicholson

1 Kevin Keelan 2 Clive Payne 3 Geoff Butler 4 Dave Stringer 5 Duncan Forbes (c) 6 Max Briggs 7 Doug Livermore 8 Jim Blair  82' 9 David Cross 10 Graham Paddon 11 Terry Anderson Substitute: 12 Trevor Howard  82' Manager: Ron Saunders

Road to Wembley

Home teams listed first.

Tottenham Hotspur Round 2: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Huddersfield Town Round 3: Middlesbrough 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Replay Tottenham Hotspur 0–0(a.e.t.) Middlesbrough 2nd Replay Tottenham Hotspur 2–1(a.e.t.) Middlesbrough Round 4: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Millwall Quarter final: Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Replay Tottenham 3–1 Liverpool Semi final, 1st leg: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Semi final, 2nd leg: Tottenham Hotspur 2–2(a.e.t.) Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham won 4–3 on aggregate

Norwich City Round 2: Norwich City 2–1 Leicester City Round 3: Hull City 1–2 Norwich City Round 4: Stockport County 1-5 Norwich City Quarter final: Arsenal 0–3 Norwich City Semi final, 1st leg: Chelsea 0–2 Norwich City Semi final, 2nd leg: Norwich City 1–0 Chelsea Norwich City won 3–0[3] on aggregate

References

1. "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
2. "Ralph Coates obituary". Guardian. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
3. The first attempt to play the second leg of the semi-final was abandoned due to heavy fog at Carrow Road. Norwich were leading 3-2 on the night, 5–2 on aggregate at the time.

External links

• Match summary on Soccerbase