1972 UEFA Cup Final

1972 UEFA Cup Final
Event 1971–72 UEFA Cup
First leg
Date 3 May 1972
Venue Molineux, Wolverhampton
Referee Tofik Bahramov (Soviet Union)
Attendance 38,362
Second leg
Date 17 May 1972
Venue White Hart Lane, London
Referee Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance 54,303

The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first ever UEFA Cup football tournament. It was a two-legged contest played on 3 May and 17 May 1972 between two English clubs, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur.

Tottenham Hotspur won the tie 32 on aggregate. A 21 victory away from home in the first leg proved decisive for them, with Martin Chivers scoring a remarkable late winner, firing in an unstoppable shot from 25 yards. They then held Wolves to a 11 draw in the second leg to win the competition.

Match details

First leg

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur
1 England Phil Parkes
2 England Bernard Shaw
3 England Gerry Taylor
4 Northern Ireland Danny Hegan
5 Scotland Frank Munro
6 England John McAlle
7 Scotland Jim McCalliog (c)
8 England Kenny Hibbitt
9 England John Richards
10Northern Ireland Derek Dougan
11England Dave Wagstaffe
Substitutes:
12England Derek Parkin
13England Rod Arnold (GK)
14Scotland Hugh Curran
15England Steve Daley
16England Peter Eastoe
Manager:
England Bill McGarry
1 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
2 Republic of Ireland Joe Kinnear
3 England Cyril Knowles
4 England Alan Mullery (c)
5 Wales Mike England
6 England Phil Beal
7 Scotland Alan Gilzean
8 England Steve Perryman
9 England Martin Chivers
10England Martin Peters
11England Ralph Coates  68'
Substitutes:
12England Ray Evans
13England Barry Daines (GK)
14England Terry Naylor
15England John Pratt  68'
16England Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson

Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
2 Republic of Ireland Joe Kinnear
3 England Cyril Knowles
4 England Alan Mullery (c)
5 Wales Mike England
6 England Phil Beal
7 Scotland Alan Gilzean
8 England Steve Perryman
9 England Martin Chivers
10England Martin Peters
11England Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
12England Ray Evans
13England Barry Daines (GK)
14England Terry Naylor
15England John Pratt
16England Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson
1 England Phil Parkes
2 England Bernard Shaw
3 England Gerry Taylor
4 Northern Ireland Danny Hegan
5 Scotland Frank Munro
6 England John McAlle
7 Scotland Jim McCalliog (c)
8 England Kenny Hibbitt  55'
9 England John Richards
10Northern Ireland Derek Dougan  84'
11England Dave Wagstaffe
Substitutes:
12England Derek Parkin
13England Rod Arnold (GK)
14England Mike Bailey  55'
15Scotland Hugh Curran  84'
16England Steve Daley
Manager:
England Bill McGarry

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate

Route to the final

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Round 1 (1st leg)Wolverhampton Wanderers30Académica de Coimbra
Round 1 (2nd leg)Académica de Coimbra14Wolverhampton Wanderers
(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 71 on aggregate)
Round 2 (1st leg)ADO Den Haag13Wolverhampton Wanderers
Round 2 (2nd leg)Wolverhampton Wanderers40ADO Den Haag
(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 71 on aggregate)
Round 3 (1st leg)Carl Zeiss Jena01Wolverhampton Wanderers
Round 3 (2nd leg)Wolverhampton Wanderers30Carl Zeiss Jena
(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 40 on aggregate)
Quarter final (1st leg)Juventus11Wolverhampton Wanderers
Quarter final (2nd leg)Wolverhampton Wanderers21Juventus
(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 32 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)Ferencváros22Wolverhampton Wanderers
Semi-final (2nd leg)Wolverhampton Wanderers21Ferencváros
(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 43 on aggregate)

Tottenham Hotspur

Round 1 (1st leg)Keflavík ÍF16Tottenham Hotspur
Round 1 (2nd leg)Tottenham Hotspur90Keflavík ÍF
(Tottenham Hotspur won 151 on aggregate)
Round 2 (1st leg)Nantes00Tottenham Hotspur
Round 2 (2nd leg)Tottenham Hotspur10Nantes
(Tottenham Hotspur won 10 on aggregate)
Round 3 (1st leg)Tottenham Hotspur30Rapid Bucharest
Round 3 (2nd leg)Rapid Bucharest02Tottenham Hotspur
(Tottenham Hotspur won 50 on aggregate)
Quarter final (1st leg)UTA Arad02Tottenham Hotspur
Quarter Final (2nd leg)Tottenham Hotspur11UTA Arad
(Tottenham Hotspur won 31 on aggregate)
Semi-final (1st leg)Tottenham Hotspur21Milan
Semi-final (2nd leg)Milan11Tottenham Hotspur
(Tottenham Hotspur won 32 on aggregate)

See also

References

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