1972 UEFA Cup final

1972 UEFA Cup Final
Event	1971–72 UEFA Cup
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	3 May 1972
Venue	Molineux, Wolverhampton
Referee	Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)
Attendance	38,362
Second leg
Date	17 May 1972
Venue	White Hart Lane, London
Referee	Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance	54,303
	← 1971 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) 1973 →

The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first UEFA Cup football tournament. It was a two-legged contest played on 3 May and 17 May 1972 between two English clubs, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. This was the first UEFA club competition final to feature two teams from the same association.

Tottenham Hotspur won the tie 3–2 on aggregate. A 2–1 victory away from home in the first leg proved decisive for them, with Martin Chivers scoring a remarkable late winner, firing in an unstoppable shot from 25 yards. They then held Wolves to a 1–1 draw in the second leg to win the competition.^[1]^[2]

Road to the final edit

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Wolverhampton Wanderers				Round	Tottenham Hotspur
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Round	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Académica	7–1	3–0 (H)	4–1 (A)	First round	Keflavík	15–1	6–1 (A)	9–0 (H)
ADO Den Haag	7–1	3–1 (A)	4–0 (H)	Second round	Nantes	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–0	1–0 (A)	3–0 (H)	Third round	Rapid București	5–0	3–0 (H)	2–0 (A)
Juventus	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	UTA Arad	3–1	2–0 (A)	1–1 (H)
Ferencváros	4–3	2–2 (A)	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	A.C. Milan	3–2	2–1 (H)	1–1 (A)

Match details edit

First leg edit

3 May 1972

19:30 BST

Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur
McCalliog 72'	Report	Chivers 57', 87'

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 38,362

Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tottenham Hotspur



GK	1	Phil Parkes
DF	2	Bernard Shaw
DF	3	Gerry Taylor
MF	4	Danny Hegan
DF	5	Frank Munro
DF	6	John McAlle
MF	7	Jim McCalliog (c)
MF	8	Kenny Hibbitt
FW	9	John Richards
FW	10	Derek Dougan
MF	11	Dave Wagstaffe
Substitutes:
DF	12	Derek Parkin
GK	13	Rod Arnold
FW	14	Hugh Curran
MF	15	Steve Daley
FW	16	Peter Eastoe
Manager:
Bill McGarry



GK	1	Pat Jennings
DF	2	Joe Kinnear
DF	3	Cyril Knowles
MF	4	Alan Mullery (c)
DF	5	Mike England
DF	6	Phil Beal
FW	7	Alan Gilzean
MF	8	Steve Perryman
FW	9	Martin Chivers
MF	10	Martin Peters
MF	11	Ralph Coates	68'
Substitutes:
DF	12	Ray Evans
GK	13	Barry Daines
DF	14	Terry Naylor
MF	15	John Pratt	68'
MF	16	Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
Bill Nicholson

Second leg edit

17 May 1972

19:45 BST

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mullery 29'	Report	Wagstaffe 40'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 54,303

Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Tottenham Hotspur

Wolverhampton Wanderers



GK	1	Pat Jennings
DF	2	Joe Kinnear
DF	3	Cyril Knowles
MF	4	Alan Mullery (c)
DF	5	Mike England
DF	6	Phil Beal
FW	7	Alan Gilzean
MF	8	Steve Perryman
FW	9	Martin Chivers
MF	10	Martin Peters
MF	11	Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
DF	12	Ray Evans
GK	13	Barry Daines
DF	14	Terry Naylor
MF	15	John Pratt
MF	16	Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
Bill Nicholson



GK	1	Phil Parkes
DF	2	Bernard Shaw
DF	3	Gerry Taylor
MF	4	Danny Hegan
DF	5	Frank Munro
DF	6	John McAlle
MF	7	Jim McCalliog (c)
MF	8	Kenny Hibbitt	55'
FW	9	John Richards
FW	10	Derek Dougan	84'
MF	11	Dave Wagstaffe
Substitutes:
DF	12	Derek Parkin
GK	13	Rod Arnold
MF	14	Mike Bailey	55'
FW	15	Hugh Curran	84'
MF	16	Steve Daley
Manager:
Bill McGarry

References edit

^ "On this day: Wolves lose the first UEFA Cup final". Express and Star. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Martin Chivers on Tottenham's 1972 UEFA Cup win". UEFA. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

External links edit

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[1] "On this day: Wolves lose the first UEFA Cup final". Express and Star. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[2] "Martin Chivers on Tottenham's 1972 UEFA Cup win". UEFA. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

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