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| Event | 1969–70 Football League Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 7 March 1970 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | V James (York) | ||||||
| Attendance | 97,963 | ||||||
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The1970 Football League Cup Final took place on 7 March 1970 atWembley Stadium with an attendance of 97,963. It was the tenthFootball League Cup final and the fourth to be played at Wembley. It was contested betweenManchester City andWest Bromwich Albion, with City winning their first of the two trophies that season; on 29 April they would win the1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final againstGórnik Zabrze 2–1.
The pitch had been criticised byJoe Mercer as a "pig of a pitch" due to recent snowfall and rain.[1] In muddy pitch conditions,Jeff Astle opened the scoring for Albion with a header after five minutes, becoming the first player to score in the final of both the League Cup and FA Cup at Wembley. He had already scored in the first leg of the1966 League Cup Final four years previously, however that was at West Ham's Boleyn Ground. City equalised from a low shot to the left corner byMike Doyle to send the game into extra time, and eventually won 2–1, withGlyn Pardoe scoring the winner when he volleyed the ball into the net from close range.
The Cup was presented by FIFA president SirStanley Rous.
| Manchester City | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | West Bromwich Albion |
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Doyle 60'Pardoe 102' | Astle 5' |
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Honours were shared in the league matches between the two sides during the1969–70 league season, withManchester City gaining a 2–1 victory atMaine Road andWest Bromwich Albion winning 3–0 atThe Hawthorns. City went on to achieve a 10th-place finish in theFirst Division, while Albion finished 16th.[2] The only previous meeting between the two sides in the League Cup had taken place at the third round stage of the1966–67 competition; on that occasion, Albion progressed by a 4–2 scoreline and went on to reach that season's final.[3]
