1977 FA Cup Final

1977 FA Cup Final
Event 1976–77 FA Cup
Date 21 May 1977
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Bob Matthewson
Attendance 99,252

The 1977 FA Cup Final was the final match of the 1976–77 FA Cup, the 96th season of England's premier cup football competition. The match was played on 21 May 1977 at Wembley Stadium, London, and it was contested by Manchester United and Liverpool. United won the game 2–1. All three goals came in a five-minute period early in the second half. Stuart Pearson opened the scoring when he latched onto a long ball forward and drove a hard shot past Ray Clemence. Liverpool equalised through Jimmy Case soon after, as he turned and hooked a right foot half-volley into the top corner, giving Stepney no chance. However, just three minutes later, United regained the lead when Lou Macari's shot deflected off team mate Jimmy Greenhoff's chest and looped into the net past Clemence and Phil Neal on the line.

Having already won the league title and then going on to win the European Cup four days later, United's victory prevented Liverpool from winning an unprecedented Treble – Manchester United became the first club to achieve this feat 22 years later.

Match details

Liverpool
Manchester United
GK 1 England Ray Clemence
DF 2 England Phil Neal
DF 3 Wales Joey Jones
DF 4 England Tommy Smith
MF 5 England Ray Kennedy
DF 6 England Emlyn Hughes (c)
FW 7 England Kevin Keegan
MF 8 England Jimmy Case
MF 9 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway
FW 10England David Johnson  64'
MF 11England Terry McDermott
Substitute:
MF 12England Ian Callaghan  64'
Manager:
England Bob Paisley
GK 1 England Alex Stepney
DF 2 Northern Ireland Jimmy Nicholl
DF 3 Scotland Arthur Albiston
MF 4 Northern Ireland Sammy McIlroy
DF 5 England Brian Greenhoff
DF 6 Scotland Martin Buchan (c)
MF 7 England Steve Coppell
MF 8 England Jimmy Greenhoff
FW 9 England Stuart Pearson
FW 10Scotland Lou Macari
MF 11England Gordon Hill  81'
Substitute:
MF 12Northern Ireland David McCreery  81'
Manager:
Scotland Tommy Docherty

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Replay if scores still level.
  • One named substitute.

References

    Peter Corrigan and Julie Welch (1977-05-22). "United win the Cup". The Observer. p. 1. 

    External links

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