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1971 Football League Cup final

Field	Value
title	1971 Football League Cup Final
image	Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg
image_size	200
event	[1970–71 Football League Cup](1970-71-football-league-cup)
team1	Tottenham Hotspur
team1score	2
team2	Aston Villa
team2score	0
date	27 February 1971
stadium	Wembley Stadium
city	London
referee	Jim Finney (Hereford)
attendance	100,000
previous	[1970](1970-football-league-cup-final)
next	[1972](1972-football-league-cup-final)

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

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ENG Bill Nicholson

WAL Vic Crowe

Road to Wembley

*Home teams listed first. *

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