1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
Event1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date22 April 1970
VenueConstant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
RefereeRudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance37,000
Second leg
Date28 April 1970
VenueHighbury, London
RefereeGerhard Kunze (East Germany)
Attendance51,612
1969
1971

The 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the twelfth season final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, staged on 22 and 28 April 1970 between Anderlecht of Belgium and Arsenal of England. In the first leg of the final tournament, Anderlecht led, 3-1, before the second leg was staged and Arsenal mounted a comeback with a 3–0 victory to a tie that Arsenal broke, 4-3, and won the season's title.

Route to the final

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Anderlecht Round Arsenal
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Iceland Valur 8–0 6–0 (A) 2–0 (H) First round Northern Ireland Glentoran 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A)
Northern Ireland Coleraine 13–4 6–1 (H) 7–3 (A) Second round Portugal Sporting CP 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H)
Scotland Dunfermline Athletic 3–3 (a) 1–0 (H) 2–3 (A) Third round France Rouen 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
England Newcastle United 3–3 (a) 2–0 (H) 1–3 (A) Quarter-finals Romania Dinamo Bacău 9–1 2–0 (A) 7–1 (H)
Italy Internazionale 2–1 0–1 (H) 2–0 (A) Semi-finals Netherlands Ajax 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A)

Match details

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First leg

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Anderlecht Belgium3–1England Arsenal
Devrindt 25'
Mulder 30', 74'
Kennedy 82'
GK 1 Belgium Jean-Marie Trappeniers
RB 2 Belgium Georges Heylens
3 Belgium Jean Cornelis downward-facing red arrow 68'
4 Sweden Thomas Nordahl
5 Belgium Johnny Velkeneers
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo Julien Kialunda
7 Belgium Gérard Desanghere
8 Belgium Johan Devrindt
FW 9 Netherlands Jan Mulder
FW 10 Belgium Paul Van Himst (captain)
11 Belgium Wilfried Puis
Substitutes:
12 Belgium Alfons Peeters upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
France Pierre Sinibaldi
 
GK 1 Scotland Bob Wilson
FB 2 England Peter Storey
FB 3 England Bob McNab
CM 4 Scotland Eddie Kelly
CB 5 Scotland Frank McLintock (c)
CB 6 England Peter Simpson
RM 7 England George Armstrong
CM 8 England Jon Sammels
FW 9 England John Radford
FW 10 England Charlie George downward-facing red arrow 77'
LM 11 Scotland George Graham
Substitutes:
FW 12 England Ray Kennedy upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
England Bertie Mee

Second leg

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Arsenal England3–0Belgium Anderlecht
Kelly 25'
Radford 75'
Sammels 76'
Attendance: 51,612
GK 1 Scotland Bob Wilson
FB 2 England Peter Storey
FB 3 England Bob McNab
CM 4 Scotland Eddie Kelly
CB 5 Scotland Frank McLintock (c)
CB 6 England Peter Simpson
RM 7 England George Armstrong
CM 8 England Jon Sammels
FW 9 England John Radford
FW 10 England Charlie George
LM 11 Scotland George Graham
Manager:
England Bertie Mee
GK 1 Belgium Jean-Marie Trappeniers
RB 2 Belgium Georges Heylens
3 Belgium Maurice Martens
4 Sweden Thomas Nordahl
5 Belgium Johnny Velkeneers
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo Julien Kialunda
7 Belgium Gérard Desanghere
8 Belgium Johan Devrindt
FW 9 Netherlands Jan Mulder
FW 10 Belgium Paul Van Himst (c)
11 Belgium Wilfried Puis
Manager:
France Pierre Sinibaldi
Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate.

See also

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References

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  • "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969-70". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  • "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1969-70 - Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2009.