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1973 Football League Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1972–73 Football League Cup
Date	3 March 1973
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	David Smith (Stonehouse)
Attendance	100,000
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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Details

3 March 1973

15:30

Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Norwich City
Coates 72'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000

Tottenham Hotspur

Norwich City



1	Pat Jennings
2	Joe Kinnear
3	Cyril Knowles
4	John Pratt	25'
5	Mike England
6	Phil Beal
7	Alan Gilzean
8	Steve Perryman
9	Martin Chivers
10	Martin Peters (c)
11	Jimmy Pearce
Substitute:
12	Ralph Coates	25'
Manager:
Bill Nicholson



1	Kevin Keelan
2	Clive Payne
3	Geoff Butler
4	Dave Stringer
5	Duncan Forbes (c)
6	Max Briggs
7	Doug Livermore
8	Jim Blair	82'
9	David Cross
10	Graham Paddon
11	Terry Anderson
Substitute:
12	Trevor Howard	82'
Manager:
Ron Saunders

Road to Wembley

Home teams listed first.

Tottenham 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

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 3–0^[3] on aggregate

References

^ "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ "Ralph Coates obituary". Guardian. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ The 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.

External links

Match summary on Soccerbase

[1] "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[2] "Ralph Coates obituary". Guardian. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[3] The 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.

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+The '''1973 Football League Cup Final''' was held on 3 March 1973 and was won by [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. Spurs beat [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] 1–0 at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfinal.html |title=England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001 |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref>
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+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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/dec/28/ralph-coates-obituary|title=Ralph Coates obituary|date=28 December 2010|work=Guardian|access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref>
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 '''Round 2:''' Norwich City 2–1 [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259796 Match summary on Soccerbase]
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 [[Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. matches|League Cup Final 1973]]
 [[Category:1972–73 Football League]]
-[[Category:March 1973 sports events]]
+[[Category:March 1973 sports events in the United Kingdom|Football League Cup Final]]
+[[Category:1973 sports events in London|Football League Cup Final]]

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