1973 Football League Cup Final

1973 Football League Cup Final

Match programme cover
Event	1972–73 Football League Cup
Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City 1 0
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	David Smith (Stonehouse)

The 1973 Football League Cup Final was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs beat Norwich City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium, Ralph Coates with the goal.

Players and officials

Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City

3 March 1973 15:30

Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Norwich City
Coates  72'

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[1] on aggregate

References

1. 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