1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
Event	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	22 April 1970
Venue	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht
Referee	Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance	37,000
Second leg
Date	28 April 1970
Venue	Highbury, London
Referee	Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)
Attendance	51,612
	← 1969 1971 →

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, Anderlecht won 3–1, before the second leg was staged and Arsenal mounted a comeback with a 3–0 victory, winning 4–3 on aggregate and securing the season's title.

Route to the final

Anderlecht				Round	Arsenal
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Valur	8–0	6–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	First round	Glentoran	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Coleraine	13–4	6–1 (H)	7–3 (A)	Second round	Sporting CP	3–0	0–0 (A)	3–0 (H)
Dunfermline Athletic	3–3 (a)	1–0 (H)	2–3 (A)	Third round	Rouen	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Newcastle United	3–3 (a)	2–0 (H)	1–3 (A)	Quarter-finals	Dinamo Bacău	9–1	2–0 (A)	7–1 (H)
Internazionale	2–1	0–1 (H)	2–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Ajax	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)

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

Arsenal



GK	1	Jean-Marie Trappeniers
RB	2	Georges Heylens
	3	Jean Cornelis	68'
	4	Thomas Nordahl
	5	Johnny Velkeneers
	6	Julien Kialunda
	7	Gérard 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



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

Anderlecht



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



GK	1	Jean-Marie Trappeniers
RB	2	Georges Heylens
	3	Maurice Martens
	4	Thomas Nordahl
	5	Johnny Velkeneers
	6	Julien Kialunda
	7	Gérard 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". 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.