1973 Football League Cup final

1973 Football League Cup final 1973 Football League Cup Final.JPG Match programme cover 1972–73 Football League Cup Norwich City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 3 March 1973 Wembley Stadium London David Smith (Stonehouse) 100,000 1972 1974 The 1973 Football League Cup final was held on 3 March 1973 and was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs beat Norwich City 1–0 at the old Wembley. After 12 different teams had won the League Cup in its first 12 seasons, Spurs became the first team to win the competition for a second time.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfinal.html England – League Cup finals 1961–2001 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 23 April 2024 Match Summary The only goal of the game was scored by substitute Ralph Coates in the 72nd minute with a low right foot shot to the left corner of the net from just outside the penalty area.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/dec/28/ralph-coates-obituary Ralph Coates obituary 28 December 2010 Guardian 1 March 2017 Details 3 March 1973 15:30 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Norwich City Coates 72 Wembley Stadium, London 100,000 _blue stripes Tottenham Hotspur_greenborder _greencollar _greenborder _yellowsides FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 13AA53 13AA53 Norwich City 1 NIR Pat Jennings2 EIR Joe Kinnear3 ENG Cyril Knowles4 ENG John Pratt 255 WAL Mike England6 ENG Phil Beal7 SCO Alan Gilzean8 ENG Steve Perryman9 ENG Martin Chivers10ENG Martin Peters (c)11ENG Jimmy PearceSubstitute:12ENG Ralph Coates 25Manager:ENG Bill Nicholson 1 ENG Kevin Keelan2 ENG Clive Payne3 ENG Geoff Butler4 ENG Dave Stringer5 SCO Duncan Forbes (c) 6 ENG Max Briggs7 ENG Doug Livermore8 SCO Jim Blair 829 ENG David Cross10ENG Graham Paddon11ENG Terry AndersonSubstitute:12ENG Trevor Howard 82Manager:ENG Ron Saunders Road to Wembley Home teams listed first. 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 3–0The 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. on aggregateTottenham 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 References External links Match summary on Soccerbase June 2017 Category:EFL Cup finals League Cup final 1973 League Cup final 1973 Category:1972–73 in English men's football cups Category:EFL Cup seasons Football League Cup final Football League Cup final