1977 FA Cup final

Template:Use British English Template:Short description The 1977 FA Cup final was the final match of the 1976–77 FA Cup, the 96th season of England's premier cup football competition. The match was played on 21 May 1977 at Wembley Stadium, London, and it was contested by Manchester United and Liverpool. United won the game 2–1. All three goals came in a five-minute period early in the second half. Stuart Pearson opened the scoring when he latched onto a long ball forward and drove a hard shot past Ray Clemence. Liverpool equalised through Jimmy Case soon after, as he turned and hooked a right foot half-volley into the top corner, giving Stepney no chance. However, just three minutes later, United regained the lead when Lou Macari's shot deflected off teammate Jimmy Greenhoff's chest and looped into the net past Clemence and Phil Neal on the line. Jimmy Greenhoff's brother Brian was also in the United line-up, making them the first pair of brothers to play in a winning FA Cup final team since George and Ted Robledo played for Newcastle United in 1952.

Liverpool had already won the league title, which meant Manchester United qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup regardless of the result. Liverpool then won the European Cup four days later, so United's victory prevented them from becoming the first club to win the continental treble of League, FA Cup, and European Cup titles – United would instead become the first English club to achieve this feat 22 years later.

For Tommy Docherty, this was his first FA Cup final win in four attempts: he had lost as a player with Preston in 1954, as a manager with Chelsea in 1967 and with Manchester United in 1976.

Match details

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GK 1 Template:Flagicon Ray Clemence RB 2 Template:Flagicon Phil Neal LB 3 Template:Flagicon Joey Jones CB 4 Template:Flagicon Tommy Smith MF 5 Template:Flagicon Ray Kennedy CB 6 Template:Flagicon Emlyn Hughes (c) FW 7 Template:Flagicon Kevin Keegan MF 8 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Case MF 9 Template:Flagicon Steve Heighway FW 10 Template:Flagicon David Johnson downward-facing red arrow 64' MF 11 Template:Flagicon Terry McDermott Substitute: MF 12 Template:Flagicon Ian Callaghan upward-facing green arrow 64' Manager: Template:Flagicon Bob Paisley

GK 1 Template:Flagicon Alex Stepney RB 2 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Nicholl LB 3 Template:Flagicon Arthur Albiston CM 4 Template:Flagicon Sammy McIlroy CB 5 Template:Flagicon Brian Greenhoff CB 6 Template:Flagicon Martin Buchan (c) RM 7 Template:Flagicon Steve Coppell CF 8 Template:Flagicon Jimmy Greenhoff CF 9 Template:Flagicon Stuart Pearson CM 10 Template:Flagicon Lou Macari LM 11 Template:Flagicon Gordon Hill downward-facing red arrow 81' Substitute: MF 12 Template:Flagicon David McCreery upward-facing green arrow 81' Manager: Template:Flagicon Tommy Docherty

Match officials Assistant referees: Clive White R. Rodell Fourth official: C. J. Riley

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Replay if scores still level One named substitute

External links

• LFC History Match Report