1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

Event	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70
Anderlecht Arsenal 3 4
First leg
Anderlecht Arsenal 3 1
Date	22 April 1970
Venue	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Referee	Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance	37,000
Second leg
Arsenal Anderlecht 3 0
Date	28 April 1970
Venue	Highbury, London
Referee	Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)
Attendance	51,612

The 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the final of the twelfth season of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It was played on 22 and 28 April 1970 between Anderlecht of Belgium and Arsenal of England. Arsenal won the tie 4–3 on aggregate; after trailing 3–1 in the first leg, Arsenal mounted a comeback in the second with a 3–0 victory.

Match details

First leg

22 April 1970

Anderlecht	3 – 1	Arsenal
Devrindt 25' Mulder 30', 74'		Kennedy 82'

Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

ANDERLECHT: GK 1 Jean-Marie Trappeniers RB 2 Georges Heylens 3 Jean Cornelis  68' 4 Tomas Nordahl 5 Roland Velkeneers 6 Julien Kialunda 7 Gerard Desanghere 8 Johan Devrindt FW 9 Jan Mulder FW 10 Paul Van Himst (captain) 11 Wilfried Puis Substitutes: 12 Alfons Peeters  68' Manager: Pierre Sinibaldi

ARSENAL: GK 1 Bob Wilson FB 2 Peter Storey FB 3 Bob McNab CM 4 Eddie Kelly CB 5 Frank McLintock (c) CB 6 Peter Simpson RM 7 George Armstrong CM 8 Jon Sammels FW 9 John Radford FW 10 Charlie George  77' LM 11 George Graham Substitutes: FW 12 Ray Kennedy  77' Manager: Bertie Mee

Second leg

28 April 1970

Arsenal	3 – 0	Anderlecht
Kelly 25' Radford 75' Sammels 76'

Highbury, London

Attendance: 51,612

Referee: Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)

ARSENAL: GK 1 Bob Wilson FB 2 Peter Storey FB 3 Bob McNab CM 4 Eddie Kelly CB 5 Frank McLintock (c) CB 6 Peter Simpson RM 7 George Armstrong CM 8 Jon Sammels FW 9 John Radford FW 10 Charlie George LM 11 George Graham Manager: Bertie Mee

RSC ANDERLECHT: GK 1 Jean-Marie Trappeniers RB 2 Georges Heylens 3 Maurice Martens 4 Tomas Nordahl 5 Roland Velkeneers 6 Julien Kialunda 7 Gerard Desanghere 8 Johan Devrindt FW 9 Jan Mulder FW 10 Paul Van Himst (c) 11 Wilfried Puis Manager: Pierre Sinibaldi

Arsenal won 4–3 on aggregate.

References

• "Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969-70". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1969-70 - Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)