1981 FA Cup Final

1981 FA Cup Final

Event	FA Cup 1980–81
Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City 1 1
Date	9 May 1981
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Replay
Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City 3 2
Date	14 May 1981
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
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The 1981 FA Cup Final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at Wembley. The match finished 1–1 after extra time; Tommy Hutchison opened the scoring for City, and then scored an own-goal eleven minutes from time to bring Spurs level. In the replay, Spurs won 3–2, with goals from Ricky Villa (2) and Garth Crooks. Steve MacKenzie and Kevin Reeves scored for City. Villa's second goal was voted Goal of the Century in 2001.

It was the 100th FA Cup Final.

It was the first FA Cup final in 11 years to go to a replay and the first replay to be staged at Wembley Stadium.

It was the sixth time that Tottenham won the trophy, and in winning they maintained their unbeaten record in FA Cup finals.

Match details

9 May 1981	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (a.e.t)	Manchester City	Wembley, London Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)
	Hutchison  79' (o.g.)	(Report)	Hutchison  30'

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City

GK 1 Milija Aleksic LB 2 Chris Hughton CB 3 Paul Miller CB 4 Graham Roberts RB 5 Steve Perryman (c) CM 6 Ricardo Villa 68' CM 7 Osvaldo Ardiles CF 8 Steve Archibald LM 9 Tony Galvin CM 10 Glenn Hoddle CF 11 Garth Crooks Substitute: MF 12 Garry Brooke 68' Manager: Keith Burkinshaw

GK 1 Joe Corrigan RB 2 Ray Ranson LB 3 Bobby McDonald CB 4 Nicky Reid LM 5 Paul Power (c) CB 6 Tommy Caton CF 7 Dave Bennett CM 8 Gerry Gow CM 9 Steve MacKenzie RM 10 Tommy Hutchison 105' CF 11 Kevin Reeves Substitute: MF 12 Tony Henry 105' Manager: John Bond

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

Replay

14 May 1981	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Manchester City	Wembley, London Attendance: 92,000 Referee: Keith Hackett (Sheffield)
	Villa  8', 76' Crooks  70'	(Report)	MacKenzie  11' Reeves  50' (pen.)

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City

GK 1 Milija Aleksic LB 2 Chris Hughton CB 3 Paul Miller CB 4 Graham Roberts CM 5 Ricardo Villa RB 6 Steve Perryman (c) RM 7 Osvaldo Ardiles CF 8 Steve Archibald LM 9 Tony Galvin CM 10 Glenn Hoddle CF 11 Garth Crooks Substitute: MF 12 Garry Brooke Manager: Keith Burkinshaw

GK 1 Joe Corrigan RB 2 Ray Ranson LB 3 Bobby McDonald 79' CB 4 Nicky Reid LM 5 Paul Power (c) CB 6 Tommy Caton CF 7 Dave Bennett CM 8 Gerry Gow CM 9 Steve MacKenzie RM 10 Tommy Hutchison CF 11 Kevin Reeves Substitute: MF 12 Dennis Tueart 79' Manager: John Bond

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

Cup final song

Tottenham's cup final song was "Ossie's dream", recorded by the musical duo Chas and Dave with the Tottenham squad. Argentine player Ossie Ardiles famously sang the line "In the cup for Tottingham". [1]

External links

• Report on the Final and Final Replay
• Sporting Chronicle Team line-ups