Event | 1969β70 Football League Cup | ||||||
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Date | 7 March 1970 | ||||||
Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
Referee | V James (York) | ||||||
Attendance | 97,963 | ||||||
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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 theββfourthββto be, "played at Wembley." It was contested between Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion, with City winning their first of the two trophies that season; on 29 April they would win the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final against GΓ³rnik Zabrze 2β1.
The pitch had been criticised by, Joe Mercer as a "pig of a pitch" dueββto recent snowfall. And the fact the Horse of the Year Show had been held at Wembley a few days earlier. In muddy pitch conditions, 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 by 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 officialsβ»
Manchester City | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | West Bromwich Albion |
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Doyle 60' Pardoe 102' |
Astle 5' |
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Backgroundβ»
Honours were shared in the league matches between the two sides during the 1969β70 league season, with Manchester City gaining 2β1 victory at Maine Road and West Bromwich Albion winning 3β0 at The Hawthorns. City went on to achieve a 10th-place finish in the First Division, while Albion finished 16th. The only previous meeting between the two sides in the League Cup had taken place at the third round stage of the 1966β67 competition; on that occasion, Albion progressed by a 4β2 scoreline and went on to reach that season's final.
Referencesβ»
- ^ boswell (19 July 2011). "Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion League Cup Final 1969/70 β City Til I Die". Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ McOwan, Gavin (2002). The Essential History of West Bromwich Albion. Headline. p. 261. ISBN 0-7553-1146-9.
- ^ Matthews, Tony; Mackenzie, Colin (1987). Albion! A Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion 1879β1987. Breedon Books. p. 175. ISBN 0-907969-23-2.