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 Bahramov (Soviet Union)
Attendance	38,362
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 1
Date	17 May 1972
Venue	White Hart Lane, London
Referee	Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance	54,303

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur

3 May 1972 19:30 BST

Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur
McCalliog  72'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Chivers  57', 87'

Molineux, Wolverhampton Attendance: 38,362 Referee: Tofik Bahramov (Soviet Union)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tottenham Hotspur

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

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

Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers

17 May 1972 19:45 BST

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mullery  29'	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Wagstaffe  40'

White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 54,303 Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)

Tottenham Hotspur

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

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

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate

Route to the final

See also: 1971–72 UEFA Cup

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
Quarter final (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
Quarter Final (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