Showing posts with label League Cup. Show all posts
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Friday, March 23, 2012

English Leagues the 70s: Nottingham Forest Southampton League Cup 1978 1979


Final
Saturday March 17, 1979
Wembley Stadium,
London


Nottingham Forest will line up against Grasshoppers in the second leg of their European Cup quarter-final in Zurich on Wednesday with the comforting knowledge that they have regained the elusive touch of true champions. Forest left Wembley after beating Southampton 5-2. with the League Cup securely in Iheir grasp for the second season succession, after a second-half performance of the highest quality had swept away the doubts and inhibitions accumulated during the long, cold, frustrating winter. When searching for the hero of Forest's victory, look no further than their manager, Brian Clough, whose few well-chosen words during the interval transformed a witless, dissident team, seemingly tottering towards defeat, into aggressive, conquering heroes. The star who caught the eye on the field was young Garry Birtles, a £5,000 bargain from neighbouring Long Eaton, who is in his first season of senior football. He scored two goals and had two disallowed for offside, one of them a borderline decision.

Birtles pounced on an error by Ihe hesitant Nicholl in the 50th minute to equalize Peach's 17th minute goal and, in effect, provide the base for Forest's victory. The goal inspired Gemmill and McGovern lo take command in midfield fron the previously dominating Ball. Holmes and Williams, and produce some of the most devastating attacking soccer seen al Wembley for years. Southampton's defence, who had conceded only two goals in their last eight games, was torn apart . They were outrageously fortunate to survive until the 78th minute. but then Birtles shook off a challenge by Nicholl and planted the newly styled red and white ball firmly past the diving Gennoe. Woodcock, who had so ably supported Birlles, added a third in the 82nd minute. Holmes volleyed home a defiant 15-yarder just before the end, but Southampton never really looked like saving Ihe game.

Notts Forest: P.Shilton, C.Barrett, F.Clark, J.McGovern, L.Lloyd, D.Needham, M.O'Neill, A.Gemmill, G.Birtles, T.Woodcock, J.Robertson, unused sub: I.Bowyer.
Southampton: T.Gennoe, I.Golac, D.Peach, S.Williams, C.Nicholl, M.Waldron, A.Ball, P.Boyer, A.Hayes (T.Sealy 83), N.Holmes, T.Curran.



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Monday, January 30, 2012

Rumbelows League Cup 1991 1992 Manchester United Nottingham Forest.

Final
Sunday 12 April 1992
Wembley Stadium,
London
Attendance: 76,810
Referee: Mr G Courtney 

  Throughout the 1991 1992 season the future of the game in England was shrouded in uncertainty as the Football League and the Football Association were locked in a battle for power. The root of the matter was, of course, money. Satellite TV wanted live football to lure subscribers to the new technology and it was prepared to pay big sums for exclusive access to the action. The leading First Division clubs wanted to keep most of the cash for themselves and their hard-headed logic was faultless: the big teams generated most of the money, therefore they should get most of it The Football League, representing all 92 professional clubs, wanted the proceeds to be shared out more equally across the divisions. That prompted the best-supported sides to threaten a breakaway, which would have meant they could collar every penny the television companies were prepared to pay. In the end the traditional League system of English football was preserved -but compromise came at a huge cost for the lower league clubs. The FA Premier League was formed in time for the start of the 1992/93 season and the top flight teams began to bank television revenues wastly in excess of anything they had ever seen before. In May 1992 a deal was struck in which the BBC and Sky agreed to pay £300 million over Five years for highlights and live games. That was just the start, as television revenues continued to rocket and then went into orbit as the European Champions League took off.

United had geared up for football's brave new world by becoming a public limited company in the summer of 1991. The move brought benefits as well as drawbacks. Perhaps crucially, the initial injection of capital ensured that in the early days of the Premier League, the club would have the financial clout to compete for the best players available. Football had restructured itself in such a way that the most successful clubs would make the most money, giving them a head-start on the also-rans the following season. It was vitally important for ambitious clubs to climb aboard this gravy train at the start of the journey or they would be left standing at the station for a long time, perhaps forever. Failure in the early days would condemn lesser teams to a frustrating future of watching richer clubs contesting the big prizes, while they did their best to survive in the big league. The best most of them could hope for would be the occasional decent cup run and perhaps UEFA Cup qualification.





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Sunday, December 25, 2011

English Leagues the 60s: Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich Albion League Cup 1966 1967

Final
4 March 1967
Wembley Stadium,
London
Attendance: 97,952
Referee: Walter Crossley

The first final to be held as a single event - previous finals following the competition's formation in 1961 had been held over two legs - the Wembley showpiece did not disappoint. The famous stadium had hosted the World Cup final a year earlier and when top-flight West Brom took a 2-0 lead over Third Division QPR, thanks to two goals from Clive Clark against his old side, many thought that they would go on to finish the job.

However, the comeback began as Roger Moran headed home in the 63rd minute and one of the most memorable goals in the competition's history levelled the scores just 12 minutes later. Rodney Marsh dribbled through the Baggies' defence, eluding countless tackles on his way, before sliding his shot past goalkeeper Dick Sheppard and in off the post. With spirits high, QPR pushed on and, with nine minutes left, centre-half Ron Hunt challenged Sheppard and the ball broke for Mark Lazarus to smash home the winner. QPR had scored three goals in 20 second-half minutes to turn the tie on its head, and they became the first Third Division side to win a major trophy, although were not allowed to enter the Fairs Cup due to their league status.




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Sunday, December 18, 2011

English Leagues the 70s: League Cup Tottenham Newcastle 1975 1976

Semi Finals
14 January 1976
White Hart Lane ,
London
Referee Clive Thomas
Attendance : 40,215

 Spurs grabbed the initiative at the half-way stage of this League Cup semi-final after the first leg 1-0 win. A single strike from John Pratt gave Tottenham the win, but an inspired display in goal from Pat Jennings kept Newcastle at bay as they pushed forward to gain an equaliser.  Referee Clive Thomas played a good advantage when defender Geoff Nulty stopped John Duncan's header from Terry Naylor's cross from going in with his arm.  The match official let play continue and Pratt seized the loose ball to crack home a fierce shot. The last half hour was a backs-to-the-wall effort by Tottenham, as Newcastle pushed for an equaliser, but Jennings saved everything which was thrown at him, producing a stunning save from a drive from Tommy Craig which saw him arch backward to  punch the dipping shot away for a corner.

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