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1978 Football League Cup final

Field	Value
title	1978 League Cup Final
event	[1977–78 Football League Cup](1977-78-football-league-cup)
team1	Nottingham Forest
team2	Liverpool
team1score1	0
team2score1	0
date1	18 March 1978
stadium1	Wembley Stadium
city1	London
referee1	Pat Partridge
attendance1	100,000
secondleg	Replay
team1score2	1
team2score2	0
date2	22 March 1978
stadium2	Old Trafford
city2	Manchester
attendance2	54,375
previous	[1977](1977-football-league-cup-final)
next	[1979](1979-football-league-cup-final)

The 1978 Football League Cup Final was the eighteenth League Cup final, and was contested between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The initial match resulted in a 0–0 draw at Wembley Stadium on 18 March 1978. The replay was four days later at Old Trafford, and saw John Robertson score from the penalty spot after a professional foul by Phil Thompson on John O'Hare, which TV replays confirmed was just outside the penalty area. This was enough to win the cup for Forest, who thus became the first club to achieve a League and League Cup double.

In the latter game, one of his last for Liverpool, stalwart Ian Callaghan received the only booking of his long career with the club.

Road to Wembley

Nottingham Forest

Forest's route to the final included victories over First Division teams West Ham United, Aston Villa and Leeds United (beating the latter 7–3 on aggregate in the semi-final). They also beat neighbours Notts County.

Liverpool

Liverpool were drawn at home to First Division teams in their first 3 rounds. They defeated Chelsea by 2 goals to nil in round 2, and Derby County by the same scoreline in round 3. They then drew 2-2 at home in round four against Coventry City, before winning the replay 2-0 at Highfield Road. They then beat Third Division Wrexham 3-1 in the quarter-final at The Racecourse Ground, before edging out Arsenal in a two-legged semi-final, which saw Liverpool winning 2-1 at Anfield and drawing 0-0 at Highbury.

Match details

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Manager: ENG Brian Clough		Manager: ENG Bob Paisley

Source for team line-ups:

Replay

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Manager: Brian Clough		Manager: Bob Paisley

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html League Cup results 1960–96 at rsssf]
"Liverpool 0 – 0 Nottingham Forest". LFCHistory.net.

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