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1971 Football League Cup final

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1971 Football League Cup Final
Event1970–71 Football League Cup
Date27 February 1971
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeJim Finney (Hereford)
Attendance100,000
1970
1972

The 1971 Football League Cup Final took place in February 1971 at Wembley Stadium. It was the eleventh Football League Cup final and the fifth to be played at Wembley.

It was contested between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa. Tottenham Hotspur were riding high in the First Division (as the top level of league football in England was then known) and Aston Villa, the most successful club of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras and a traditional heavyweight, were in the Third Division (then the third tier of English football), a level to which it had never previously sunk.

This match signalled the reversal of a long period of decline for Villa. Ten years later they were champions of England and the following year they had become the champions of Europe.

Players and officials

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Tottenham Hotspur2–0Aston Villa
Chivers 78', 82'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: J. Finney
Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa


1 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
2 Republic of Ireland Joe Kinnear
3 England Cyril Knowles
4 England Alan Mullery (c)
5 England Peter Collins
6 England Phil Beal
7 Scotland Alan Gilzean
8 England Steve Perryman
9 England Martin Chivers
10 England Martin Peters
11 England Jimmy Neighbour
Substitute:
12 England Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson
1 England John Dunn
2 England Keith Bradley
3 Scotland Charlie Aitken
4 Wales Brian Godfrey (c)
5 England Fred Turnbull
6 England Brian Tiler
7 Scotland Pat McMahon
8 Scotland Bruce Rioch
9 Scotland Andy Lochhead
10 England Ian Hamilton
11 England Willie Anderson
Substitute:
12 Scotland Dave Gibson
Manager:
Wales Vic Crowe

Road to Wembley

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Home teams listed first.

Tottenham Hotspur

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Round 1: Bye

Round 2: Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Swansea City (9 September 1970)

Round 3: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Sheffield United (7 October 1970)

Round 4: Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 West Bromwich Albion (28 October 1970)

Quarter final: Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Coventry City (18 November 1970)

Semi final, 1st leg: Bristol City 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur (16 December 1970)

Semi final, 2nd leg: Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Bristol City (after extra time) (23 December 1970)

Tottenham won 3–1 on aggregate

Aston Villa

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Round 1: Aston Villa 4–0 Notts County

Round 2: Aston Villa 2–0 Burnley

Round 3: Northampton Town 1–1 Aston Villa

Replay Aston Villa 3–0 Northampton Town

Round 4: Aston Villa 1–0 Carlisle United

Quarter final: Bristol Rovers 1–1 Aston Villa

Replay Aston Villa 1–0 Bristol Rovers

Semi final, 1st leg: Manchester United 1–1 Aston Villa

Semi final, 2nd leg: Aston Villa 2–1 Manchester United

Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate
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Specific

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