1972 UEFA Cup final

1972 UEFA Cup Final
Event1971–72 UEFA Cup
Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur
England England
2 3
on aggregate
First leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur
1 2
Date3 May 1972
VenueMolineux, Wolverhampton
RefereeTofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)
Attendance38,362
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers
1 1
Date17 May 1972
VenueWhite Hart Lane, London
RefereeLaurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance54,303
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The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first UEFA Cup football tournament. It was a two-legged contest played on 3 May and 17 May 1972 between two English clubs, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. This was the first UEFA club competition final to feature two teams from the same association.

Tottenham Hotspur won the tie 3–2 on aggregate. A 2–1 victory away from home in the first leg proved decisive for them, with Martin Chivers scoring a remarkable late winner, firing in an unstoppable shot from 25 yards. They then held Wolves to a 1–1 draw in the second leg to win the competition.[1][2]

  1. ^ "On this day: Wolves lose the first UEFA Cup final". Express and Star. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Martin Chivers on Tottenham's 1972 UEFA Cup win". UEFA. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2018.