1972 UEFA Cup final
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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.
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Event | 1971–72 UEFA Cup | ||||||
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First leg | |||||||
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Date | 3 May 1972 | ||||||
Venue | Molineux, Wolverhampton | ||||||
Referee | Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union) | ||||||
Attendance | 38,362 | ||||||
Second leg | |||||||
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Date | 17 May 1972 | ||||||
Venue | White Hart Lane, London | ||||||
Referee | Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) | ||||||
Attendance | 54,303 | ||||||
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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]