1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

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.

1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final

Event	1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Anderlecht Arsenal 3 4
on aggregate
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

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 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

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

Anderlecht 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.

See also

• Arsenal F.C. in European football
• R.S.C. Anderlecht in European football

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.