1972 UEFA Cup Final

1972 UEFA Cup Final

Event	1971–72 UEFA Cup
Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur 2 3
First leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur 1 2
Date	3 May 1972
Venue	Molineux, Wolverhampton
Referee	Tofik Bakhramov
Attendance	38,362
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 1
Date	17 May 1972
Venue	White Hart Lane, London
Referee	Laurens Van Ravens
Attendance	54,303
1973 →

The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first ever 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.

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.

Match details

First leg

3 May 1972 19:30 BST	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur	Molineux, Wolverhampton Attendance: 38,362 Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)
	McCalliog  72'		Chivers  57',  87'

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tottenham Hotspur

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

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

Second leg

17 May 1972 19:45 BST	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 54,303 Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)
	Mullery  29'		Wagstaffe  40'

Tottenham Hotspur

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

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

Route to the final

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Round 1 (1st leg) Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Académica de Coimbra Round 1 (2nd leg) Académica de Coimbra 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate) Round 2 (1st leg) ADO Den Haag 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Round 2 (2nd leg) Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–0 ADO Den Haag (Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate) Round 3 (1st leg) Carl Zeiss Jena 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Round 3 (2nd leg) Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Carl Zeiss Jena (Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate) Quarter final (1st leg) Juventus 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Round 3 (2nd leg) Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Juventus (Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate) Semi-final (1st leg) Ferencváros 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Semi-final (2nd leg) Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Ferencváros (Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate) Tottenham Hotspur Round 1 (1st leg) Keflavík ÍF 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur Round 1 (2nd leg) Tottenham Hotspur 9–0 Keflavík ÍF (Tottenham Hotspur won 15–1 on aggregate) Round 2 (1st leg) Nantes 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Round 2 (2nd leg) Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Nantes (Tottenham Hotspur won 1–0 on aggregate) Round 3 (1st leg) Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Rapid Bucharest Round 3 (2nd leg) Rapid Bucharest 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur (Tottenham Hotspur won 5–0 on aggregate) Quarter final (1st leg) UTA Arad 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Round 3 (2nd leg) Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 UTA Arad (Tottenham Hotspur won 3–1 on aggregate) Semi-final (1st leg) Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Milan Semi-final (2nd leg) Milan 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur (Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate) See also 1971–72 UEFA Cup 1972 European Cup Final 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final References RSSSF v • d • e UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League UEFA Cup era, 1971–2009 Seasons 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 Finals 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 Europa League era, 2009–present Seasons 2009–10 · 2010–11 Finals 2010 · 2011 · 2012 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup · Records and statistics · Trophy · Winning managers · Winning teams This article about a European football competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e