1977 FA Cup final

March 2015 March 2015 the women's event 1977 WFA Cup final 1977 FA Cup Final 1977 FA Cup Final match programme.jpg Match programme cover 1976–77 FA Cup Liverpool 1 Manchester United 2 21 May 1977 Wembley Stadium London Bob Matthewson (Bolton) 99,252 1976 1978 The 1977 FA Cup final was the final match of the 1976–77 FA Cup, the 96th season of England's premier cup football competition. The match was played on 21 May 1977 at Wembley Stadium, London, and it was contested by Liverpool and Manchester United. United won the game 2–1.Glory Days: 1977 FA Cup Winners https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/glory-days-how-man-united-won-the-1977-fa-cup-against-liverpool ManUtd.com Manchester United 21 May 2020 3 September 2022 All three goals came in a five-minute period early in the second half. Stuart Pearson opened the scoring when he latched onto a long ball forward and drove a hard shot past Ray Clemence. Liverpool equalised through Jimmy Case soon after, as he turned and hooked a right foot half-volley into the top corner, giving Stepney no chance. However, just three minutes later, United regained the lead when Lou Macari's shot deflected off teammate Jimmy Greenhoff's chest and looped into the net past Clemence and Phil Neal on the line. Jimmy Greenhoff's brother Brian was also in the United line-up, making them the first pair of brothers to play in a winning FA Cup final team since George and Ted Robledo played for Newcastle United in 1952. Liverpool had already won the league title, which meant Manchester United qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup regardless of the result. Liverpool then won the European Cup just four days later, so United's victory prevented them from becoming the first English club to win the continental treble of League, FA Cup, and European Cup titles; United would achieve this feat instead 22 years later. For Tommy Docherty, this was his first FA Cup final win in four attempts: he had lost as a player with Preston in 1954, as a manager with Chelsea in 1967 and with Manchester United in 1976. Match details 21 May 1977 15:00 BST Liverpool 1–2 Report Manchester United Case 53 Pearson 51J. Greenhoff 55 Wembley Stadium, London 99,252 Bob Matthewson (Lancashire) _redborder _vneckred _redborder FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF Liverpool _manutdh7580 _manutdh7580 _manutdh7580 _redtopwhitestripe E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Manchester United GK 1 ENG Ray ClemenceRB 2 ENG Phil NealLB 3 WAL Joey JonesCB 4 ENG Tommy SmithMF 5 ENG Ray KennedyCB 6 ENG Emlyn Hughes (c)FW 7 ENG Kevin KeeganMF 8 ENG Jimmy CaseMF 9 IRL Steve HeighwayFW 10ENG David Johnson 64MF 11ENG Terry McDermottSubstitute:MF 12ENG Ian Callaghan 64Manager:ENG Bob Paisley GK 1 ENG Alex StepneyRB 2 NIR Jimmy NichollLB 3 SCO Arthur AlbistonCM 4 NIR Sammy McIlroyCB 5 ENG Brian GreenhoffCB 6 SCO Martin Buchan (c)RM 7 ENG Steve CoppellCF 8 ENG Jimmy GreenhoffCF 9 ENG Stuart PearsonCM 10SCO Lou MacariLM 11ENG Gordon Hill 81Substitute:MF 12NIR David McCreery 81Manager:SCO Tommy Docherty Match officials Assistant referees: Clive White R. Rodell Fourth official: C. J. RileyMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Replay if scores still level One named substitute References United win the Cup Peter Corrigan and Julie Welch The Observer 1977-05-22 1 External links LFC History Match Report https://web.archive.org/web/20070226134134/http://www.lfchistory.net/viewgame.asp?game_Id=978 26 February 2007 Category:FA Cup finals Final Fa Cup Final 1977 Fa Cup Final 1977 FA Cup Final FA Cup Final