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1970 Football League Cup Final
Event 1969–70 Football League Cup
after extra time
Date7 March 1970
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
RefereeV James (York)
Attendance97,963
WeatherMuddy Conditions
1969
1971

The 1970 Football League Cup Final took place on 7 March 1970 at Wembley Stadium with an attendance of 97,963. It was the tenth Football League Cup final and the fourth to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion. Manchester City won their first of two trophies that season; on 29 April they would win the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup Final 2–1 against Górnik Zabrze.

The pitch had been criticised by Joe Mercer as a "pig of a pitch" due to recent snowfall and the fact the Horse of the Year Show had been held at Wembley a few days earlier. [1] In muddy pitch conditions therefore, Jeff Astle opened the scoring for Albion with a header after five minutes, becoming the first player to score in the final of both the League Cup and FA Cup at Wembley. He had already scored in the first leg of the 1966 League Cup Final four years previously, however that was at West Ham's Boleyn Ground. City equalised from a low shot to the left corner from Mike Doyle to send the game into extra-time, and eventually won 2–1, with Glyn Pardoe scoring the winner when he volleyed the ball into the net from close range.

Players and officials

Manchester City2–1 ( a.e.t.) West Bromwich Albion
Doyle 60'
Pardoe 102'
Report Astle 5'
Attendance: 97,963
Referee: V James (York)
Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion
1 England Joe Corrigan
2 England Tony Book (c)
3 Scotland Arthur Mann
4 England Mike Doyle
5 England Tommy Booth
6 England Alan Oakes
7 England George Heslop
8 England Colin Bell
9 England Mike Summerbee downward-facing red arrow
10 England Francis Lee
11 England Glyn Pardoe
Substitute:
12 England Ian Bowyer upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
England Joe Mercer
1 England John Osborne
2 Scotland Doug Fraser
3 Scotland Ray Wilson
4 England Tony Brown (c)
5 England John Talbut
6 England John Kaye
7 England Len Cantello
8 England Colin Suggett
9 England Jeff Astle
10 Scotland Asa Hartford downward-facing red arrow
11 Scotland Bobby Hope
Substitute:
12 Wales Dick Krzywicki upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
England Alan Ashman

Background

Honours were shared in the league matches between the two sides during the 1969–70 league season, with Manchester City gaining a 2–1 victory at Maine Road and West Bromwich Albion winning 3–0 at The Hawthorns. City went on to achieve a 10th-place finish in the First Division, while Albion finished 16th. [2] The only previous meeting between the two sides in the League Cup had taken place at the third round stage of the 1966–67 competition; on that occasion, Albion progressed by a 4–2 scoreline and went on to reach that season's final. [3]

References

  1. ^ boswell (19 July 2011). "Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion League Cup Final 1969/70 – City Til I Die". Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ McOwan, Gavin (2002). The Essential History of West Bromwich Albion. Headline. p. 261. ISBN  0-7553-1146-9.
  3. ^ Matthews, Tony; Mackenzie, Colin (1987). Albion! A Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion 1879–1987. Breedon Books. p. 175. ISBN  0-907969-23-2.