1974 FA Cup Final

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The 1974 FA Cup Final was contested by Liverpool and Newcastle United at Wembley. In a one-sided match Liverpool won 3–0, with goals from Kevin Keegan (2) and Steve Heighway. BBC commentator David Coleman famously said that Newcastle's defence had been "stripped naked" by Liverpool.


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1974-05-04
15:00 BST
Liverpool 3 – 0 Newcastle United Wembley, London
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Gordon Kew
Keegan Scored after 57 minutes 57' Scored after 88 minutes 88'
Heighway Scored after 74 minutes 74'
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Liverpool
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Newcastle
LIVERPOOL:
GK 1 Flag of England Ray Clemence
DF 2 Flag of England Tommy Smith
DF 3 Flag of England Alec Lindsay
DF 4 Flag of England Phil Thompson
MF 5 Flag of Scotland Peter Cormack
DF 6 Flag of England Emlyn Hughes (c)
FW 7 Flag of England Kevin Keegan
MF 8 Flag of England Brian Hall
MF 9 Flag of Ireland Steve Heighway
FW 10 Flag of Wales John Toshack
MF 11 Flag of England Ian Callaghan
Substitute:
DF 12 Flag of England Chris Lawler
Manager:
Flag of Scotland Bill Shankly
NEWCASTLE UNITED:
GK 1 Flag of Northern Ireland Willie McFaul
RB 2 Flag of England Frank Clark
LB 3 Flag of England Alan Kennedy
CM 4 Flag of England Terry McDermott
CB 5 Flag of England Pat Howard
CB 6 Flag of Scotland Bobby Moncur (c)
RW 7 Flag of Scotland Jimmy Smith Substituted off after 70 minutes 70'
CM 8 Flag of England Tommy Cassidy
ST 9 Flag of England Malcolm Macdonald
ST 10 Flag of England John Tudor
LW 11 Flag of England Terry Hibbitt
Substitute:
MF 12 Flag of England Tommy Gibb Substituted on after 70 minutes 70'
Manager:
Flag of England Joe Harvey

MATCH RULES

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

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