1971 Football League Cup final

February 2020 April 2014 April 2026 1971 Football League Cup final Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg 200 1970–71 Football League Cup Tottenham Hotspur 2 Aston Villa 0 27 February 1971 Wembley Stadium London Jim Finney (Hereford) 100,000 1970 1972 The 1971 Football League Cup final took place on 27 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 27 February 1971 15:30 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Aston Villa Chivers 78 82 Wembley Stadium, London 100,000 J. Finney FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 0B267B FFFF33 Tottenham Hotspur _claretborder _claretborder _band_claret 88A7E0 970045 88A7E0 FFFFFF 88A7E0 Aston Villa 1 NIR Pat Jennings2 EIR Joe Kinnear3 ENG Cyril Knowles4 ENG Alan Mullery (c)5 ENG Peter Collins6 ENG Phil Beal7 SCO Alan Gilzean8 ENG Steve Perryman9 ENG Martin Chivers10ENG Martin Peters11ENG Jimmy NeighbourSubstitute:12ENG Jimmy PearceManager:ENG Bill Nicholson 1 ENG John Dunn2 ENG Keith Bradley3 SCO Charlie Aitken4 WAL Brian Godfrey (c)5 ENG Fred Turnbull6 ENG Brian Tiler7 SCO Pat McMahon8 SCO Bruce Rioch9 SCO Andy Lochhead10ENG Ian Hamilton11ENG Willie AndersonSubstitute:12SCO Dave GibsonManager:WAL Vic Crowe Road to Wembley Home teams listed first. Tottenham Hotspur 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 aggregateAston Villa 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 External links Match summary on Soccerbase https://web.archive.org/web/20050219010247/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259769 19 February 2005 Specific Category:EFL Cup finals League Cup final 1971 League Cup final 1971 Category:1970–71 in English men's football cups Category:EFL Cup seasons Football League Cup final Football League Cup final