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The 1974 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 1973–74 Football League Cup

1973–74 Football League Cup

The Football League Cup 1973–74 was the 14th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition by defeating Manchester City 2–1 in the final on 2 March 1974...

, the 14th season of the Football League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 2 March 1974, and was contested by two First Division

Football League First Division

The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

clubs, Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

and Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

.

Wolves won the match 2–1 with goals from Kenny Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt

Kenny Hibbitt is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford Park Avenue, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City and Bristol Rovers, and in the North American Football League for the Seattle Sounders. He was capped once for England at under-23 level...

and John Richards

John Richards (footballer)

John Peter Richards is a former English international footballer, most associated with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...

. Colin Bell

Colin Bell

Colin Bell MBE , is a former English football player who was born in Hesleden, County Durham, England. Nicknamed "The King of the Kippax" , and Nijinsky after the famous racehorse , Bell is widely regarded as Manchester City's greatest ever player...

had equalised for Manchester City. This gave the Midlanders their first major silverware since lifting the 1960 FA Cup.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	MANCHESTER CITY:
	1	Keith MacRae
	2	Glyn Pardoe Glyn Pardoe Glyn Pardoe is an English former footballer who played for Manchester City between 1962 and 1974. He made his first team debut against Birmingham City in April 1962...
	3	Willie Donachie Willie Donachie William Donachie is a Scottish former professional footballer. He won 35 full caps for Scotland, playing in the 1978 World Cup.-Career:...
	4	Mike Doyle
	5	Tommy Booth Tommy Booth Tommy Booth is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester City and Preston North End, and was capped four times for England at under-23 level.Booth was born in Middleton, Lancashire...
	6	Tony Towers Tony Towers Mark Anthony Towers is an English former professional footballer who played for Manchester City, Sunderland, Birmingham City and England as a midfielder....
	7	Mike Summerbee Mike Summerbee Mike Summerbee is an English former footballer, who played in the successful Manchester City side of the late 1960s and early 1970s.... (c)
	8	Colin Bell Colin Bell Colin Bell MBE , is a former English football player who was born in Hesleden, County Durham, England. Nicknamed "The King of the Kippax" , and Nijinsky after the famous racehorse , Bell is widely regarded as Manchester City's greatest ever player...
	9	Francis Lee Francis Lee Francis Henry Lee is a former professional footballer, who played in the 1960s and 1970s, including 27 appearances for the England national team. Lee played for Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, and Derby County...
	10	Denis Law Denis Law Denis Law is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s....
	11	Rodney Marsh Rodney Marsh (footballer) Rodney William Marsh is an English retired footballer. He was named after HMS Rodney by his father, who served on the battleship. He played for Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City, the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the England national team. Lately, he has been a pundit and a commentator on the...
Substitute:
	12	Frank Carrodus Frank Carrodus Frank Carrodus is an English former professional footballer player who played as a Winger. In his career Carrodus played for Manchester City, Aston Villa, Wrexham, Birmingham City and Bury.-References:...
Manager:
Ron Saunders Ron Saunders Ron Saunders is a retired English football player and former successful manager. He remains the only manager to have taken charge of Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, normally bitter rivals....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS: | 1

Gary Pierce

Gary Pierce (footballer)

Gary Pierce is an English former professional football goalkeeper.Pierce began his football career in 1970 at non-league Mossley, before being quickly snapped up by First Division Huddersfield Town for £2,250, where he featured for two seasons. In 1973, he joined top flight Wolverhampton Wanderers...

Geoff Palmer

Geoff Palmer is a former professional footballer, who spent almost his entire career with .-Career:...

Derek Parkin

Derek Parkin is an English former football player who made a record number of appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers .-Career:...

Mike Bailey

Mike Bailey (footballer)

Michael Alfred Bailey is an English former international footballer who played in the Football League for Charlton Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Hereford United, and in the North American Soccer League for the Minnesota Kicks. He represented England twice...

Frank Munro

Francis Michael "Frank" Munro was a Scottish international footballer who played as a centre back.Munro played for Dundee United and Aberdeen in his native Scotland before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1968...

John McAlle 7

Alan Sunderland

Alan Sunderland is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and Ipswich Town. He was capped once for England.-Career:...

Kenny Hibbitt

John Richards

John Richards (footballer)

John Peter Richards is a former English international footballer, most associated with Wolverhampton Wanderers.-Career:...

Derek Dougan

Alexander Derek Dougan was a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers....

Dave Wagstaffe Substitute: 12

Barry Powell

Barry Powell (footballer)

Barry Powell is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City, Derby County, Burnley and Swansea City, in the North American Soccer League for the Portland Timbers, and in Hong Kong for Bulova and South China.-Career:Powell was born in...

Manager:

Bill McGarry

Bill McGarry (footballer)

William Harry "Bill" McGarry was an English international football player and manager.A right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years...

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- H. Williams (Sheffield)
- R.G. Sheppard (Dunstable)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes only
Replay (at Stoke City) if scores still level
One named substitute
Maximum of 1 substitution

Manchester City

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|Round 2||align=right|Walsall

Walsall F.C.

Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

||0–0||Manchester City
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|Round 2 (Replay)||align=right|Manchester City||0–0||Walsall

Walsall F.C.

(a.e.t.)
|-
|Round 2 (2nd replay)||align=right|Walsall

Walsall F.C.

||0–4||Manchester City
|-
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|Round 3||align=right|Carlisle United

Carlisle United F.C.

Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

||0–1||Manchester City
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|Round 4||align=right|York City

York City F.C.

York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...

||0–0||Manchester City
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|Round 4 (Replay)||align=right|Manchester City||4–1||York City

York City F.C.

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|Round 5||align=right|Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

||2–2||Manchester City
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|Round 5 (Replay)||align=right|Manchester City||4–2||Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

||1–1||Manchester City
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|rowspan=2|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Manchester City||2–0||Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

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|colspan=3 align=center|(Manchester City won 3–1 on aggregate)
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Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

||1–1||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|Round 3 (Replay)||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||2–1||Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

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|Round 4||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||5–1||Exeter City

Exeter City F.C.

Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...

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|Round 5||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||1–0||Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

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|Semi-final (1st leg)||align=right|Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

||1–1||Wolverhampton Wanderers
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|rowspan=2|Semi-final (2nd leg)||align=right|Wolverhampton Wanderers||1–0||Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

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|colspan=3 align=center|(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 2–1 on aggregate)
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