1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
Event1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Anderlecht Arsenal
Belgium England
3 4
on aggregate
First leg
Anderlecht Arsenal
3 1
Date22 April 1970
VenueConstant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
RefereeRudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance37,000
Second leg
Arsenal Anderlecht
3 0
Date28 April 1970
VenueHighbury, London
RefereeGerhard Kunze (East Germany)
Attendance51,612

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

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

First leg

Anderlecht Belgium3–1England Arsenal
Devrindt 25'
Mulder 30', 74'		 Kennedy 82'
Attendance: 37,000
GK1Belgium Jean-Marie Trappeniers
RB2Belgium Georges Heylens
3Belgium Jean Cornelisdownward-facing red arrow 68'
4Sweden Thomas Nordahl
5Belgium Johnny Velkeneers
6Democratic Republic of the Congo Julien Kialunda
7Belgium Gérard Desanghere
8Belgium Johan Devrindt
FW9Netherlands Jan Mulder
FW10Belgium Paul Van Himst (captain)
11Belgium Wilfried Puis
Substitutes:
12Belgium Alfons Peetersupward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
France Pierre Sinibaldi
  
GK1Scotland Bob Wilson
FB2England Peter Storey
FB3England Bob McNab
CM4Scotland Eddie Kelly
CB5Scotland Frank McLintock (c)
CB6England Peter Simpson
RM7England George Armstrong
CM8England Jon Sammels
FW9England John Radford
FW10England Charlie Georgedownward-facing red arrow 77'
LM11Scotland George Graham
Substitutes:
FW12England Ray Kennedyupward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
England Bertie Mee

Second leg

Arsenal England3–0Belgium Anderlecht
Kelly 25'
Radford 75'
Sammels 76'
Attendance: 51,612
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)
GK1Scotland Bob Wilson
FB2England Peter Storey
FB3England Bob McNab
CM4Scotland Eddie Kelly
CB5Scotland Frank McLintock (c)
CB6England Peter Simpson
RM7England George Armstrong
CM8England Jon Sammels
FW9England John Radford
FW10England Charlie George
LM11Scotland George Graham
Manager:
England Bertie Mee
GK1Belgium Jean-Marie Trappeniers
RB2Belgium Georges Heylens
3Belgium Maurice Martens
4Sweden Thomas Nordahl
5Belgium Johnny Velkeneers
6Democratic Republic of the Congo Julien Kialunda
7Belgium Gérard Desanghere
8Belgium Johan Devrindt
FW9Netherlands Jan Mulder
FW10Belgium Paul Van Himst (c)
11Belgium Wilfried Puis
Manager:
France Pierre Sinibaldi
Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate.

See also

References

  • "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.
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