FA Youth Cup Finals of the 1970s

FA Youth Cup Finals from 1970 to 1979.

1978–79: Millwall v. Manchester City (0–0 and 2–0, 2–0 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Millwall No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ENG Peter Gleasure — GK   ENG John Helps — DF   ENG David Martin — DF   ENG Phil Coleman — DF   ENG Ian Gale — DF   ENG David Gregory — DF   ENG Paul Roberts — DF   ENG Paul Robinson — MF   EIR Andy Massey — MF   ENG Chris Dibble — MF   ENG Dave Mehmet — MF   EIR Tony Kinsella — MF   EIR Kevin O'Callaghan — FW   SCO Alan McKenna — FW   ENG Dean Horrix — DF   ENG Tony Dark — DF   ENG David Hockley — FW   ENG Wayne Shepherd

Manchester City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Alex Williams 2 DF   ENG Gary Fitzgerald 3 DF   ENG Dick Cunningham 4 DF   ENG Nicky Reid 5 DF   ENG Tommy Caton 6 MF   ENG Ross McGinn 7 MF   ENG McClure 8 MF   ENG Leigh 9 MF   ENG Clive Wilson 10 FW   ENG Steve Kinsey 11 FW   ENG Kevin Glendon

1977–78: Crystal Palace v. Aston Villa (1–0)

• On April 27, 1978, the FA Youth Cup Final was played at Highbury over only one leg. ^{[1] [2]}

Attendance:4,962 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Crystal Palace No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG David Fry 2 DF   ENG Chris Sparks 3 DF   ENG Kevin Dare 4 DF   ENG Terry Fenwick 5 DF   ENG Billy Gilbert 6 MF   WAL Peter Nicholas 7 FW   ENG Les Carter 8 MF   EIR Jerry Murphy 9 FW   WAL Steve Lovell 10 MF   ENG Steve MacKenzie 11 FW   ENG Vince Hilaire sub DF   ENG Neil Banfield

Aston Villa No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Mark Kendall 2 DF   ENG Neil Morgan 3 DF   ENG Colin Gibson 4 DF   ENG Gary Williams 5 DF   ENG Brendan Ormsby 6 MF   SCO Ian Hendry 7 MF   ENG Lee Jenkins 8 FW   SCO John Capaldi 9 FW   ENG Ivor Linton 10 FW   ENG Adrian O'Dowd 11 FW   ENG Gary Shaw sub   ENG Alan Ollis

• Scorer for Crystal Palace; Terry Fenwick. ^[1]

1976–77: Crystal Palace v. Everton (1–0 aggregate)

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Crystal Palace No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG David Fry 2 DF   ENG Terry Fenwick 3 DF   ENG Kenny Sansom 4 DF   ENG Billy Gilbert 5 MF   EIR Jerry Murphy 6 MF   ENG Steve Brennan 7 MF   WAL Peter Nicholas 8 FW   WAL Steve Lovell 9 FW   ENG Vince Hilaire 10 FW   ENG Steve Leahy

Everton No. Pos. Nation Player 1 DF   SCO Billy Russell 2 DF   ENG Ray Deakin 3 DF   WAL Kevin Ratcliffe 4 DF   ENG Mark Higgins 5 MF   ENG Steve McMahon 6 FW   SCO Ross Jack 7 FW   SCO Joe McBride

• Scorer for Crystal Palace; Terry Fenwick. ^[1]

1975–76: West Bromwich Albion v. Wolverhampton Wanderers (2–0 and 3–0, 5–0 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

West Bromwich Albion No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Mark Grew 2 DF   ENG Tony Cooper 3 DF   ENG Derek Statham 4 DF   ENG John Loveridge 5 DF   ENG Brian Clarke 6 MF   ENG Martyn Davies 7 MF   ENG Steve Lynex 8 MF   ENG Colin Gregson 9 FW   WAL Mark Trenter 10 FW   ENG Wayne Hughes 11 MF   ENG Kevin Summerfield Sub MF   ENG Derek Hood

Wolverhampton Wanderers No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Tony Walker 2 DF   ENG Mark Duncombe 3 DF   ENG Gary Tysall 4 MF   ENG Paul Moss 5 DF   ENG Bob Hazell 6 DF   WAL George Berry 7 MF   ENG Chindha Singh 8 MF   ENG Martin Patching 9 FW   ENG Steve Crompton 10 FW   ENG Ken Todd 11 MF   SCO John Black Sub   ENG Martin Loftus

1974–75: Ipswich Town v. West Ham United (3–1 and 2–0, 5–1 aggregate)

First leg

21 April 1975 ^[4]

West Ham United	1–3	Ipswich Town
Sharpe 51'		Bertschin O'Neill Geddis 87'

Upton Park, London

Attendance: 10,227

Referee: John Hunting ^[5]

Second leg

30 April 1975 ^[6]

Ipswich Town	2–0	West Ham United
O'Neill Bertschin

Portman Road, Ipswich

Attendance: 16,247

Referee: John Hunting

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Ipswich Town No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SCO John Wark — FW   ENG Keith Bertschin — FW   ENG David Geddis — MF   SCO Tommy O'Neill

West Ham United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG David Danson 2   ENG Chris Smith 3   ENG Tony Tuddenham (Capt.) 4   ENG Derek Fraser 5 DF   ENG Alvin Martin 6   ENG John Domfe 7   ENG Malcolm Hill 8 MF   ENG Alan Curbishley 9   ENG Terry Sharpe 10 FW   ENG Geoff Pike 11 MF   ENG Paul Brush Sub MF   ENG Terry Hurlock

1973–74: Tottenham v. Huddersfield Town (1–1 and 1–0, 2–1 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Tottenham Hotspur No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Ian Cranstone 2 DF   ENG Ian Smith 3 DF   ENG Micky Stead 4 DF   ENG Andy Keeley 5 DF   WAL Wayne Cegielski 6 MF   ENG Gary Anderson 7 MF   NIR Noel Brotherston 8 MF   SCO Neil McNab 9 FW   ENG Chris Jones 10 FW   ENG Roger Gibbins 11 MF   ENG John Margerrison

Huddersfield Town No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Dick Taylor 2 DF   SCO Alan Sweeney 3 DF   ENG Paul Garner 4 DF   ENG Stephen Barrett 5 DF   ENG Peter Hart 6 MF   ENG Martin Fowler 7 MF   ENG Lloyd Maitland 8 FW   ENG Bob Mountain 9 FW   ENG Bob Newton 10 FW   ENG Dave Nicholls 11 MF   ENG Francis Firth sub   ENG Paul Cooper

1972–73: Ipswich Town v. Bristol City (3–0 and 1–1, 4–1 aggregate)

First leg

9 April 1973 ^[7]

Ipswich Town	3–0	Bristol City
Vale 15', 66' Turner 90'

Portman Road, Ipswich

Attendance: 5,556

Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Ipswich Town No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SCO David McKellar 2 DF   SCO George Burley 3 DF   WAL Les Tibbott 4 DF   ENG John Stirk 5 DF   ENG Gary Russo 6 DF   ENG John Peddelty 7 MF   ENG Tommy Parkin 8 MF   ENG Eric Gates 9 FW   ENG Robin Turner 10 FW   ENG Steve Vale 11 MF   SCO Kenny Taylor Sub DF   ENG Dale Roberts

Bristol City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Bob Wardle 2 MF   ENG Martyn Rogers 3 DF   Billy Milne 4 DF   ENG Steve Harding 5 DF   Paul Crowley 6 DF   David Brown 7 DF   Paul Sneddon 8 MF   ENG Gary Collier 9 FW   ENG Colin Lee 10 FW   Kevin Prue 11 MF   Vivian Fear Sub MF   SCO John Bain

Second leg

16 April 1973 ^{[8] [9]}

Bristol City	1–1	Ipswich Town
Rogers 90'		Peddlety 14'

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Attendance: 6,032

Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Bristol City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Bob Wardle 2 MF   ENG Martyn Rogers 3 DF   Billy Milne 4 DF   ENG Steve Harding 5 DF   Paul Crowley 6 DF   David Brown 7 MF   Brian McNeill 8 MF   ENG Gary Collier 9 FW   ENG Colin Lee 10 FW   Kevin Prue 11 MF   Vivian Fear

Ipswich Town No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SCO David McKellar 2 DF   SCO George Burley 3 DF   WAL Les Tibbott 4 DF   ENG John Stirk 5 DF   ENG Gary Russo 6 DF   ENG John Peddelty 7 MF   ENG Tommy Parkin 8 MF   ENG Eric Gates 9 FW   ENG Robin Turner 10 FW   ENG Steve Vale 11 MF   SCO Kenny Taylor Sub FW   SCO Paul Adams

1971–72: Aston Villa v. Liverpool (1–0 and 4–2, 5–2 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Aston Villa No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SCO Jake Findlay 2 DF   ENG John Gidman 3 DF   SCO Bob McDonald 4 MF   ENG Alan Little 5 DF   ENG Roy Stark 6 DF   ENG Brian Melling 7 MF   SCO Brian Gray 8 MF   ENG Doug George 9 FW   ENG Tony Betts 10 FW   ENG Brian Little 11 FW   SCO Mike Brady Sub FW   ENG Dave Smith

Liverpool No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Steve Jameson 2 DF   ENG Brian Kettle 3 DF   ENG Bob Johnston 4 MF   ENG Joe James 5 DF   ENG John Higham 6 MF   ENG Kevin Kewley 7 MF   ENG Phil Thompson 8 MF   ENG Tommy Gore 9 FW   ENG Derek Brownbill 10 FW   ENG Tommy Tynan 11 MF   EIR Tommy Maguire Sub FW   ENG Neil Singleton

1970–71: Arsenal v. Cardiff City (0–0 and 2–0, 2–0 aggregate)

First leg

28 April 1971

Arsenal	0–0	Cardiff City

Highbury Stadium, London

Attendance: 3,551

Referee: Derek Nippard

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Arsenal No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Graham Horn 2 DF   ENG Dave Donaldson 3 DF   ENG Micky Shovelar 4 MF   ENG David Price 5 DF   ENG Brendon Batson 6 MF   ENG Jim de Garis 7 FW   ENG Brian Hornsby 8 MF   WAL Charlie Newton 9 FW   WAL Paul Davies 10 MF   ENG Terry Burton 11 FW   ENG Tony Waring 12 FW   ENG Kevin Kennerley

Cardiff City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   WAL John Williams 2 DF   WAL Phil Dwyer 3 DF   WAL Jimmy Hobby 4 MF   SCO Billy Kellock 5 DF   ENG John Impey (c) 6 DF   WAL Alan Shaw 7 FW   WAL Bryan Rees 8 FW   SCO Jimmy McInch 9 FW   WAL Alan Couch 10 FW   WAL George Gibbs 11 FW   WAL Nigel Rees 12 MF   WAL Peter Davies

Second leg

5 May 1971

19:30 BST

Cardiff City	0–2	Arsenal

Ninian Park, Cardiff

Attendance: 12,068

Referee: Derek Nippard

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Arsenal No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Graham Horn 2 DF   ENG Dave Donaldson 3 DF   ENG Micky Shovelar 4 MF   ENG David Price 5 DF   ENG Brendon Batson 6 MF   ENG Jim de Garis 7 FW   ENG Brian Hornsby 8 MF   WAL Charlie Newton 9 FW   WAL Paul Davies 10 MF   ENG Terry Burton 11 FW   ENG Kevin Kennerley

Cardiff City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   WAL John Williams 2 DF   WAL Phil Dwyer 3 DF   WAL Jimmy Hobby 4 MF   SCO Billy Kellock 5 DF   ENG John Impey (c) 6 DF   WAL Alan Shaw 7 FW   WAL Bryan Rees 8 FW   SCO Jimmy McInch 9 FW   WAL Alan Couch 10 FW   WAL George Gibbs 11 FW   WAL Nigel Rees 12 MF   WAL Peter Davies

1969–70: Tottenham Hotspur v. Coventry City (1–0 and 0–1, 1–1 aggregate, replay 2–2 and 2nd replay 1–0)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Tottenham Hotspur No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ENG Barry Daines — DF   NZL Bobby Almond — DF   ENG Eddie Jones — DF   ENG Mike Dillon — MF   ENG Steve Perryman — DF   ENG William Edwards — MF   ENG John Oliver — MF   SCO Graeme Souness — FW   ENG Mike Flanagan — FW   ENG Ray Clarke —   ENG Ron Gibson

Coventry City No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ENG David Icke — DF   ENG Alan Dugdale — DF   EIR Jimmy Holmes — MF   WAL Colin Randell — MF   ENG Dennis Mortimer — MF   ENG Mick McGuire — MF   ENG Bobby Parker {{Football team player|no=|nat=Wales|name= pos=MF — MF   SCO John Stevenson — FW   ENG Alan Green

References

1. Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands (1990). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 72. ISBN   0907969542.
2. "Memoravilla: Focus on old Youth Cup programmes". AVFC.co.uk.
3. "Crystal Palace vs Everton 1977 – FA Youth Cup Final". Football Zone.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
4. "Ipswich go into two-goal lead". The Daily Telegraph . 22 April 1975. p. 30.
5. "F.A. Final – Then S. Africa". Leicester Mercury . 19 April 1975. p. 24.
6. "Ipswich Town (0) 2 - 0 (0) West Ham United". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
7. Godsiff, Peter (10 April 1973). "Bob is brave - but City are blasted". Bristol Evening Post . p. 43.
8. Malone, Roger (17 April 1973). "Ipswich skill earns its due reward". The Daily Telegraph . p. 34.
9. Godsiff, Peter (17 April 1973). "City starlets win back their pride". Bristol Evening Post . p. 47.