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1974 Football League Cup Final

1974 Football League Cup Final
Old Wembley Stadium (external view).jpg
Event 1973–74 Football League Cup
Date 2 March 1974
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Dave Wallace (Crewe)
Attendance 97,886
1973
1975

The 1974 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 1973–74 Football League Cup, the 14th season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 2 March 1974, and was contested by two First Division clubs, Manchester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Wolves won the match 2–1 with goals from Kenny Hibbitt and John Richards. Colin Bell had equalised for Manchester City. This gave the Midlanders their first major silverware since lifting the 1960 FA Cup.

Steve Bruce the future Manchester United F.C. player and manager of Aston Villa F.C. was a ball boy during the match he was thirteen years old

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