1970–71 FA Cup

the women's event 1970–71 WFA Cup 1970–71 FA Cup EnglandWales Arsenal 4 Liverpool Stoke City Everton Ted MacDougall (6 goals) 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 FA Cup was the 90th season of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup. First Division champions Arsenal won the competition for the fourth time, defeating Liverpool 2–1 in the final at Wembley. In doing so, Arsenal were the fourth team to complete a double of League and Cup victories, following Preston North End, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. Some matches, however, might be rescheduled for other days if there were clashes with games for other competitions or the weather was inclement. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played. Calendar Round Date Preliminary round Saturday 5 September 1970 First round qualifying Saturday 19 September 1970 Second round qualifying Saturday 10 October 1970 Third round qualifying Saturday 24 October 1970 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 7 November 1970 First round proper Saturday 21 November 1970 Second round proper Saturday 12 December 1970 Third round proper Saturday 2 January 1971 Fourth round proper Saturday 23 January 1971 Fifth round proper Saturday 13 February 1971 Sixth round proper Saturday 6 March 1971 Semi-finals Saturday 27 March 1971 Final Saturday 8 May 1971 Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 28 places available in the first round. The winners from the fourth qualifying round were South Shields, Bradford Park Avenue, Scarborough, Rhyl, Bangor City, Great Harwood, Wigan Athletic, Hereford United, Tamworth, Grantham, Boston United, Chelmsford City, Barnet, Oxford City, Wycombe Wanderers, Cheltenham Town, Slough Town, Aveley, Bishop's Stortford, Hendon, Ringmer, Crawley Town, Walton & Hersham, Margate, Wimbledon, Yeovil Town, Minehead and Weymouth. Those appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Great Harwood, Aveley, Bishop's Stortford, Ringmer, Crawley Town and Minehead. Of the others, Rhyl had last featured at this stage in 1962–63 and Slough Town had last done so in 1945–46 (during their short-lived Slough United amalgamation). Rhyl had qualified for the first round of the FA Cup in a competition-record 15 consecutive seasons up to and including 1962–63. This season the club played in 12 matches across seven rounds of the tournament, defeating Pwllheli & District, Porthmadog, Oswestry Town (after a replay), South Liverpool (after a second replay), Hartlepool and Barnsley (after another second replay) before going out to Swansea City at Vetch Field in the third round. However, this season also saw Rhyl's consecutive qualification record finally broken by Hereford United in that club's penultimate non-league season before being voted into the Football League.May 2026 all qualifying round results 1970–71 FA Cup qualifying rounds Results First round proper At this stage the 48 clubs from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions joined the non-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. To complete this round, four additional non-league clubs were given byes. Macclesfield Town and Telford United were the finalists from the inaugural FA Trophy competition held during the previous season, while Enfield and Dagenham were the finalists from the previous season's FA Amateur Cup. Matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 21 November 1970, with the exception of the Great Harwood–Rotherham United match which was played the following Tuesday. Nine matches were drawn, with Scunthorpe United and Tranmere Rovers needing a second replay at Goodison Park to settle their tie (in Scunthorpe's favour). Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Enfield0–1Cambridge United21 November 19702Chesterfield2–0Halifax Town21 November 19703Darlington5–1Bangor City21 November 19704Barnet6–1Newport County21 November 19705Grantham2–1Stockport County21 November 19706Preston North End1–1Chester21 November 1970ReplayChester1–0Preston North End25 November 19707Rochdale2–0Oldham Athletic21 November 19708Yeovil Town1–0Aveley21 November 19709Reading6–1Bishop's Stortford21 November 197010Walsall3–0Plymouth Argyle21 November 197011Notts County1–0Port Vale21 November 197012Grimsby Town0–1Bury21 November 197013Crewe Alexandra0–0Doncaster Rovers21 November 1970ReplayDoncaster Rovers1–3Crewe Alexandra24 November 197014Lincoln City2–1Barrow21 November 197015Scarborough2–3Workington21 November 197016Tranmere Rovers1–1Scunthorpe United21 November 1970ReplayScunthorpe United0–0Tranmere Rovers24 November 1970ReplayTranmere Rovers0–1Scunthorpe United30 November 197017Wycombe Wanderers1–1Slough Town21 November 1970ReplaySlough Town1–0Wycombe Wanderers25 November 197018Oxford City1–1Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic21 November 1970ReplayBournemouth & Boscombe Athletic8–1Oxford City25 November 197019Fulham1–2Bristol Rovers21 November 197020Barnsley1–0Bradford Park Avenue21 November 197021Brentford2–1Gillingham21 November 197022Great Harwood2–6Rotherham United24 November 197023Brighton & Hove Albion4–0Cheltenham Town21 November 197024Rhyl1–0Hartlepool21 November 197025Bradford City3–2Macclesfield Town21 November 197026Southend United7–0Weymouth21 November 197027Mansfield Town2–0Wrexham21 November 197028Minehead1–2Shrewsbury Town21 November 197029Southport0–2Boston United21 November 197030Torquay United3–1Aston Villa21 November 197031Hereford United2–2Northampton Town21 November 1970ReplayNorthampton Town1–2Hereford United24 November 197032Tamworth0–0York City21 November 1970ReplayYork City5–0Tamworth23 November 197033Peterborough United3–1Wimbledon21 November 197034South Shields1–1Wigan Athletic21 November 1970ReplayWigan Athletic2–0South Shields23 November 197035Colchester United3–0Ringmer21 November 197036Walton & Hersham2–5Telford United21 November 197037Hendon0–2Aldershot21 November 197038Dagenham2–0Margate21 November 197039Crawley Town1–1Chelmsford City21 November 1970ReplayChelmsford City6–1Crawley Town23 November 197040Swansea City4–1Exeter City21 November 1970 Second round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 12 December 1970. Six matches were drawn, with replays taking place later the same week or the week after. The Lincoln City–Bradford City match required a second replay, which was played on the 21 December. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Chester1–0Crewe Alexandra12 December 19702Chesterfield0–0Workington12 December 1970ReplayWorkington3–2Chesterfield16 December 19703Darlington0–2Rochdale12 December 19704Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic0–1Yeovil Town12 December 19705Bury1–1Notts County12 December 1970ReplayNotts County3–0Bury21 December 19706Grantham1–4Rotherham United12 December 19707Lincoln City2–2Bradford City12 December 1970ReplayBradford City2–2Lincoln City16 December 1970ReplayLincoln City4–1Bradford City21 December 19708Shrewsbury Town2–2Reading12 December 1970ReplayReading1–0Shrewsbury Town21 December 19709Brentford1–0Walsall12 December 197010Rhyl0–0Barnsley12 December 1970ReplayBarnsley1–1Rhyl15 December 1970ReplayRhyl2–0Barnsley21 December 197011Southend United1–0Dagenham12 December 197012Scunthorpe United3–0Mansfield Town12 December 197013Hereford United1–2Brighton & Hove Albion12 December 197014Aldershot1–1Bristol Rovers12 December 1970ReplayBristol Rovers1–3Aldershot15 December 197015Wigan Athletic2–1Peterborough United12 December 197016Boston United1–2York City12 December 197017Colchester United3–0Cambridge United12 December 197018Chelmsford City0–1Torquay United12 December 197019Slough Town0–1Barnet12 December 197020Swansea City6–2Telford United12 December 1970 Third round proper The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage. The matches were scheduled Saturday, 2 January 1971, but ten were played at later dates. Seven matches were drawn and went to replays. Yeovil Town, Rhyl, Wigan Athletic and Barnet were the last non-league clubs left in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Blackpool4–0West Ham United2 January 19712Chester1–2Derby County2 January 19713Barnet0–1Colchester United5 January 19714Liverpool1–0Aldershot2 January 19715Rochdale2–1Coventry City11 January 19716Southampton3–0Bristol City11 January 19717Watford5–0Reading6 January 19718Yeovil Town0–3Arsenal6 January 19719Leicester City2–0Notts County2 January 197110Nottingham Forest1–1Luton Town2 January 1971ReplayLuton Town3–4Nottingham Forest11 January 197111Wolverhampton Wanderers5–1Norwich City2 January 197112West Bromwich Albion0–0Scunthorpe United2 January 1971ReplayScunthorpe United1–3West Bromwich Albion11 January 197113Sunderland0–3Orient11 January 197114Everton2–0Blackburn Rovers2 January 197115Newcastle United1–1Ipswich Town11 January 1971ReplayIpswich Town2–1Newcastle United13 January 197116Tottenham Hotspur4–1Sheffield Wednesday2 January 197117Manchester City1–0Wigan Athletic2 January 197118Queens Park Rangers1–2Swindon Town2 January 197119Portsmouth2–0Sheffield United2 January 197120Manchester United0–0Middlesbrough2 January 1971ReplayMiddlesbrough2–1Manchester United5 January 197121Hull City3–0Charlton Athletic2 January 197122Crystal Palace2–2Chelsea2 January 1971ReplayChelsea2–0Crystal Palace6 January 197123Southend United0–3Carlisle United11 January 197124Huddersfield Town1–1Birmingham City2 January 1971ReplayBirmingham City0–2Huddersfield Town5 January 197125Cardiff City1–0Brighton & Hove Albion2 January 197126Torquay United4–3Lincoln City2 January 197127Workington0–1Brentford2 January 197128York City2–0Bolton Wanderers2 January 197129Stoke City2–1Millwall2 January 197130Rotherham United0–0Leeds United11 January 1971ReplayLeeds United3–2Rotherham United18 January 197131Oxford United3–0Burnley11 January 197132Swansea City6–1Rhyl2 January 1971 Fourth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 23 January 1971. Seven matches were drawn, of which one required a second replay. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool3–0Swansea City23 January 19712Rochdale3–3Colchester United23 January 1971ReplayColchester United5–0Rochdale25 January 19713Leicester City3–0Torquay United25 January 19714Nottingham Forest1–1Orient23 January 1971ReplayOrient0–1Nottingham Forest1 February 19715West Bromwich Albion1–1Ipswich Town23 January 1971ReplayIpswich Town3–0West Bromwich Albion26 January 19716Derby County2–1Wolverhampton Wanderers23 January 19717Everton3–0Middlesbrough23 January 19718Portsmouth1–1Arsenal23 January 1971ReplayArsenal3–2Portsmouth1 February 19719Hull City2–0Blackpool23 January 197110Carlisle United2–3Tottenham Hotspur23 January 197111Chelsea0–3Manchester City23 January 197112Cardiff City0–2Brentford23 January 197113Leeds United4–0Swindon Town23 January 197114York City3–3Southampton23 January 1971ReplaySouthampton3–2York City1 February 197115Stoke City3–3Huddersfield Town23 January 1971ReplayHuddersfield Town0–0Stoke City26 January 1971ReplayStoke City1–0Huddersfield Town8 February 197116Oxford United1–1Watford23 January 1971ReplayWatford1–2Oxford United27 January 1971 Fifth round proper The matches were scheduled for Saturday, 13 February 1971 with one fixture and two replays played three or four days later. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool1–0Southampton13 February 19712Leicester City1–1Oxford United13 February 1971ReplayOxford United1–3Leicester City17 February 19713Everton1–0Derby County13 February 19714Tottenham Hotspur2–1Nottingham Forest13 February 19715Manchester City1–2Arsenal13 February 19716Hull City2–1Brentford13 February 19717Stoke City0–0Ipswich Town13 February 1971ReplayIpswich Town0–1Stoke City16 February 19718Colchester United3–2Leeds United13 February 1971 Sixth round proper The four sixth round ties were played on the 6 March 1971. There were two replays in the midweek fixtures of the following week. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool0–0Tottenham Hotspur6 March 1971ReplayTottenham Hotspur0–1Liverpool16 March 19712Leicester City0–0Arsenal6 March 1971ReplayArsenal1–0Leicester City15 March 19713Everton5–0Colchester United6 March 19714Hull City2–3Stoke City6 March 1971 Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 27 March 1971 with the Arsenal–Stoke match needing a replay. Liverpool and Arsenal came through the semi-final round to meet at Wembley. 27 March 1971 15:00 Liverpool 2–1 ReportJanuary 2025 medicmedic Everton Evans 60 Hall 75 Ball 11 Old Trafford, Manchester Ken Burns, Stourbridge 27 March 1971 15:00 Arsenal 2–2 ReportJanuary 2025 medicmedic Stoke City Storey 47 90 pen Smith 21 Ritchie 30 Hillsborough, Sheffield Pat Partridge, County Durham Replay 31 March 1971 19:45 Arsenal 2–0 ReportJanuary 2025 medicmedic Stoke City Graham 13 Kennedy 47 Villa Park, Birmingham 62,500 Pat Partridge, County Durham Third place playoff Between 1970 and 1974, a third place playoff between the two losing semi-finalists was held.The annual ENGLAND v YOUNG ENGLAND fixture is replaced by an F.A. Cup match - the 3rd and 4th Place Play-Off. https://web.archive.org/web/20190427042327/http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/Articles/SOS-YoungEngland-FAC3-4.htm 2019-04-27 , Football Site. 7 May 1971 Stoke City 3–2 Everton Bernard Ritchie Whittle Ball Selhurst Park, London 5,031 Final 1971 FA Cup Final The 1971 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley on the 8 May 1971. Arsenal won 2–1 after extra time, with all three goals coming in the added half-hour.June 2024 Steve Heighway scored for Liverpool first, before Arsenal equalised with a scrambled goal from substitute Eddie Kelly - the first time a substitute had ever scored in an FA Cup final. Charlie George scored the winner six minutes into the second period. 8 May 1971 15:00 BST Liverpool 1 – 2 Arsenal (Report) Heighway 92 Kelly 101George 111 Wembley Stadium, London 100,000 Norman Burtenshaw, Great Yarmouth _whiteborder _whitecollarsimple _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool _blueborder _bluecollarsimple _blueborder _1bluestripe FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 0000FF FFFF00 Arsenal TV Coverage The rights to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV network. All games were shown in a highlights format, except the Final, which was shown live both on BBC1 and ITV. The BBC football highlights programme Match Of The Day would show up to three games and the various ITV regional network stations would cover up to one game and show highlights from other games covered elsewhere on the ITV network. The ITV region Anglia showed highlights of the second round tie between Colchester United and Cambridge United, it would be the last game from outside the third round covered by ITV until 1982. Highlights of replays would be shown on either the BBC or ITV. Round BBC ITV Second round proper Colchester United v Cambridge United (Anglia only) Third round proper Blackpool v West Ham United Manchester City v Wigan Athletic Nottingham Forest v Luton Town Yeovil Town v Arsenal Chelsea v Crystal Palace (Replay) Leeds United v Rotherham United (Replay) Crystal Palace v Chelsea (LWT) Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City (ATV) Hull City v Charlton Athletic (Anglia) Manchester United v Middlesbrough (Granada) Huddersfield Town v Birmingham City (Yorkshire) Fourth round proper Derby County v Wolverhampton Wanderers Portsmouth v Arsenal Everton v Middlesbrough Chelsea v Manchester City (LWT) West Bromwich Albion v Ipswich Town (ATV) York City v Southampton (Yorkshire) Hull City v Blackpool (Anglia) Watford v Oxford United (All Regions) Fifth round proper Colchester United v Leeds United Liverpool v Southampton Leicester City v Oxford United Manchester City v Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest (LWT) Everton v Derby County (Granada) Hull City v Brentford (Anglia and Yorkshire) Stoke City v Ipswich Town (ATV) Sixth round proper Everton v Colchester United Leicester City v Arsenal Arsenal v Leicester City (Replay) Hull City v Stoke City Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (All regions) Semi-finals Everton v Liverpool Arsenal v Stoke City (Replay) Stoke City v Arsenal (All regions) Final Arsenal v Liverpool Arsenal v Liverpool See also 1970–71 WFA Cup References General The FA Cup Archive at TheFA.com English FA Cup 1970/71 at Soccerbase F.A. Cup results 1970/71 at Footballsite Specific MOTD listings 2 Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup