1973 Football League Cup final
# 1973 Football League Cup final

The 1973 Football League Cup Final was held on 3 March 1973 and was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs beat Norwich City 1–0 at the old Wembley.

## Match

### Summary

The only goal of the game was scored by substitute Ralph Coates in the 72nd minute with a low right foot shot to the left corner of the net from just outside the penalty area.

### Details

| Tottenham Hotspur | Norwich City |
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Pat Jennings :

| 2 | Joe Kinnear |
| - | - |
| 3 | Cyril Knowles |
| 4 | John Pratt | 25' |
| 5 | Mike England |
| 6 | Phil Beal |
| 7 | Alan Gilzean |
| 8 | Steve Perryman |
| 9 | Martin Chivers |
| 10 | Martin Peters (c) |
| 11 | Jimmy Pearce |
| Substitute: |||
| 12 | Ralph Coates | 25' |
| Manager: ||||
| Bill Nicholson ||||

Kevin Keelan :

| 2 | Clive Payne |
| - | - |
| 3 | Geoff Butler |
| 4 | Dave Stringer |
| 5 | Duncan Forbes (c) |
| 6 | Max Briggs |
| 7 | Doug Livermore |
| 8 | Jim Blair | 82' |
| 9 | David Cross |
| 10 | Graham Paddon |
| 11 | Terry Anderson |
| Substitute: |||
| 12 | Trevor Howard | 82' |
| Manager: ||||
| Ron Saunders ||||

## Road to Wembley

Home teams listed first.

| Tottenham Hotspur Round 2: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Huddersfield Town Round 3: Middlesbrough 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Replay Tottenham Hotspur 0–0(a.e.t.) Middlesbrough 2nd Replay Tottenham Hotspur 2–1(a.e.t.) Middlesbrough Round 4: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Millwall Quarter final: Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Replay Tottenham 3–1 Liverpool Semi final, 1st leg: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Semi final, 2nd leg: Tottenham Hotspur 2–2(a.e.t.) Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham won 4–3 on aggregate | Norwich City Round 2: Norwich City 2–1 Leicester City Round 3: Hull City 1–2 Norwich City Round 4: Stockport County 1-5 Norwich City Quarter final: Arsenal 0–3 Norwich City Semi final, 1st leg: Chelsea 0–2 Norwich City Semi final, 2nd leg: Norwich City 1–0 Chelsea Norwich City won 3–0 on aggregate |
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