1972 FA Cup Final
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| Event | FA Cup 1971–72 | ||||||
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| Date | 6 May 1972 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
The 1972 FA Cup Final took place on 6 May 1972 at Wembley Stadium. It was the Centenary final (although only the 91st final due to world wars) and the 44th to be played at Wembley.
It was contested between cup holders Arsenal, who had won the English Championship and FA Cup the previous season, and Leeds United, who had won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and finished 2nd in the league the previous season. They had never won the trophy before.
Arsenal planned to make it the third decade for a club to return as Cup-holders and win again for the second successive year, as Newcastle had done in 1952 and Tottenham in 1962.
The final is also the origin of the song Leeds! Leeds! Leeds! (commonly known as Marching On Together) as the B-side of the Leeds cup final song, still played by United and other Leeds sports teams.
Home teams listed first.
Round 3: Leeds United 4–1 Bristol Rovers
Round 4: Liverpool 0–0 Leeds United
Round 5: Cardiff City 0–2 Leeds United
Round 6: Leeds United 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur
Semi-final: Leeds United 3–0 Birmingham City
Home teams listed first.
Round 3: Swindon Town 0–2 Arsenal
Round 4: Reading 1 –2 Arsenal
Round 5: Derby County 2–2 Arsenal
Round 6: Leyton Orient 0–1 Arsenal
Semi-final: Stoke City 1–1 Arsenal
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