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1972 UEFA Cup Final

1972 UEFA Cup Final
Event 1971–72 UEFA Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date 3 May 1972
Venue Molineux, Wolverhampton
Referee Tofik Bahramov (Soviet Union)
Attendance 38,362
Second leg
Date 17 May 1972
Venue White Hart Lane, London
Referee Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance 54,303
← 1971 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)
1973 →

The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first ever 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.

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.

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