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1970 Football League Cup final

Field	Value
title	1970 Football League Cup Final
image	Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg
image_size	200
event	[1969–70 Football League Cup](1969-70-football-league-cup)
team1	Manchester City
team1score	2
team2	West Bromwich Albion
team2score	1
details	after extra time
date	7 March 1970
stadium	Wembley Stadium
city	London
referee	V James (York)
attendance	97,963
previous	[1969](1969-football-league-cup-final)
next	[1971](1971-football-league-cup-final)

The 1970 Football League Cup Final took place on 7 March 1970 at Wembley Stadium with an attendance of 97,963. It was the tenth Football League Cup final and the fourth to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion, with City winning their first of the two trophies that season; on 29 April they would win the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final against Górnik Zabrze 2–1.

The pitch had been criticised by Joe Mercer as a "pig of a pitch" due to recent snowfall and rain. In muddy pitch conditions, Jeff Astle opened the scoring for Albion with a header after five minutes, becoming the first player to score in the final of both the League Cup and FA Cup at Wembley. He had already scored in the first leg of the 1966 League Cup Final four years previously, however that was at West Ham's Boleyn Ground. City equalised from a low shot to the left corner by Mike Doyle to send the game into extra time, and eventually won 2–1, with Glyn Pardoe scoring the winner when he volleyed the ball into the net from close range.

The Cup was presented by FIFA president Sir Stanley Rous.

Players and officials

Pardoe

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ENG Joe Mercer

ENG Alan Ashman

Background

Honours were shared in the league matches between the two sides during the 1969–70 league season, with Manchester City gaining a 2–1 victory at Maine Road and West Bromwich Albion winning 3–0 at The Hawthorns. City went on to achieve a 10th-place finish in the First Division, while Albion finished 16th. The only previous meeting between the two sides in the League Cup had taken place at the third round stage of the 1966–67 competition; on that occasion, Albion progressed by a 4–2 scoreline and went on to reach that season's final.

References

boswell. (19 July 2011). "Manchester City v West Bromwich Albion League Cup Final 1969/70 – City Til I Die".
McOwan, Gavin. (2002). "The Essential History of West Bromwich Albion". Headline.
Matthews, Tony. (1987). "Albion! A Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion 1879–1987". Breedon Books.

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