1974 Football League Cup Final

Event

1973–74 Football League Cup

Manchester City	Wolverhampton Wanderers

1	2

Date

2 March 1974

Venue

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee

Dave Wallace (Crewe)

Attendance

97,886

The 1974 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 1973–74 Football League Cup, the 14th season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 2 March 1974, and was contested by two First Division clubs, Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolves won the match 2–1 with goals from Kenny Hibbitt and John Richards. Colin Bell had equalised for Manchester City. This gave the Midlanders their first major silverware since lifting the 1960 FA Cup.

Steve Bruce the future Manchester United F.C. player and manager of Aston Villa F.C. was a ball boy during the match he was thirteen years old

Match details

2 March 1974
15:30 GMT

Manchester City	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bell 59'		Hibbitt 44' Richards 85'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 97,886
Referee: Dave Wallace (Crewe)



	1	Keith MacRae
	2	Glyn Pardoe
	3	Willie Donachie
	4	Mike Doyle
	5	Tommy Booth
	6	Tony Towers
	7	Mike Summerbee (c)
	8	Colin Bell
	9	Francis Lee
	10	Denis Law
	11	Rodney Marsh
Substitute:
	12	Frank Carrodus
Manager:
Ron Saunders



	1	Gary Pierce
	2	Geoff Palmer
	3	Derek Parkin
	4	Mike Bailey (c)
	5	Frank Munro
	6	John McAlle
	7	Alan Sunderland
	8	Kenny Hibbitt
	9	John Richards
	10	Derek Dougan
	11	Dave Wagstaffe	83'
Substitute:
	12	Barry Powell	83'
Manager:
Bill McGarry

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

Road to Wembley

Manchester City

Round 2	Walsall	0–0	Manchester City
Round 2 (Replay)	Manchester City	0–0	Walsall (a.e.t.)
Round 2 (2nd replay)	Walsall	0–4	Manchester City
Round 3	Carlisle United	0–1	Manchester City
Round 4	York City	0–0	Manchester City
Round 4 (Replay)	Manchester City	4–1	York City
Round 5	Coventry City	2–2	Manchester City
Round 5 (Replay)	Manchester City	4–2	Coventry City
Semi-final (1st leg)	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Manchester City
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Manchester City	2–0	Plymouth Argyle
Semi-final (2nd leg)	(Manchester City won 3–1 on aggregate)

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Round 2	Halifax Town	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Round 3	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Round 3 (Replay)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Tranmere Rovers
Round 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	Exeter City
Round 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Liverpool
Semi-final (1st leg)	Norwich City	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Norwich City
Semi-final (2nd leg)	(Wolverhampton Wanderers won 2–1 on aggregate)

EFL Cup

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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. matches

FA Cup Finals	1889 1893 1896 1908 1921 1939 1949 1960

Football League Cup Finals	1974 1980

Football League War Cup Final	1942

FA Charity Shields	1949 1954 1958 1959 1960

Football League play-off Finals	1987 Fourth Division 2003 First Division

Football League Trophy Final	1988

UEFA Cup Final	1972

Other matches	Wolverhampton Wanderers v Budapest Honvéd (1954)

Manchester City F.C. matches

FA Cup Finals	1904 1926 1933 1934 1955 1956 1969 1981 2011 2013

League Cup Finals	1970 1974 1976 2014 2016

FA Community Shield	1934 1937 1956 1968 1969 1972 1973 2011 2012 2014

European Cup Winners' Cup Final	1970

Full Members Cup Final	1986

Football League play-off Final	1999 Second Division

Other matches	Manchester United 4–3 Manchester City (2009)

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