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FA Cup Final Winners 1973-1974


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FA Cup Final - Wembley - Saturday 4th May 1974
Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle United

 Liverpool - (Keegan 2, Heighway)  Clemence, Smith, Lindsay, Thompson, Cormack, Hughes, Keegan, Hall, Heighway,  Toshack, Callaghan.
 Newcastle United  McFaul, Clark, Kennedy, McDermott, Howard, Moncur, Smith (Gibb 76), Cassidy,  MacDonald, Tudor, Hibbitt.
 Referee:  G Kew
 Attendance:  100,000



MATCH REPORT

At half time, with no goals scored, this was theoretically still a match either side might have won but this was an illusion.

Liverpool, composed and well organized, had been steadily tightening their grip. Newcastle had moments of promise in the first half.

In midfield, McDermott played with skill and determination, Smith was at his jinking best and Hibbitt showed excellent positioning and passing.

But Newcastle were disappointing in attack. Tudor's early enthusiasm seemed to fall away after some early frustrations, and MacDonald, the flamboyant 'Supermac', was handled coolly by the Liverpool defence and caused them few problems.

Liverpool's first sharp attacks before half time were a foretaste of their liberation and Newcastle's destruction in the second half.

Lindsay's fifty-first minute 'goal' looked perfect but was disallowed. Seven minutes later Smith centred from the right, Hall dummied, and Keegan drove the ball high past McFaul.

That one counted.

There was a little left now of Newcastle, and Liverpool were running wild.

From Toshack's back header, Heighway gathered the ball, rounded Moncur and shot just inside McFaul's right hand post.

The game was over, but there was still one goal to come.

The build up involved eleven uninterrupted passes, and the last, Smith's from near the deadball line, found its way to Keegan in front of goal: 3-0.

Date : 05/01/1974 
Round : R3 
Match Summary : A nice home tie against Doncaster Rovers started the Reds off. At least that's what we all thought before the actual game. A two all draw followed and thankfully Keegan was on fire to grab both of them. 
Liverpool 2 - Doncaster Rovers 2
Attendance : 31,483
Team : Clemence, Storton, Lindsay, Thompson, Rylands, Hughes, Keegan, Cormack, Heighway, Boersma (Hall), Callaghan 
Scorers : Keegan 2 (3, 57) 

Date : 08/01/1974 
Round : R3r 
Match Summary : After the shock of drawing at home the Reds saw off Doncaster on the Tuesday night to earn a fourth round tie with Carlisle United. 
Liverpool 2 - Doncaster Rovers 0
Attendance : 22,499
Team : Clemence, Hall, Lindsay, Thompson, Lloyd, Hughes, Keegan, Cormack, Heighway, Waddle, Callaghan 
Scorers : Heighway (15), Cormack (60) 

Date : 26/01/1974 
Round : R4 
Match Summary : The Reds saw Bill Shankly's former team travel down to Anfield for the fourth round tie and once again it was the lower league side who caused a shock as they bagged a goalless draw. 
Liverpool 0 - Carlisle United 0
Attendance : 47,211
Team : Clemence, Smith, Lindsay, Thompson, Lloyd, Hughes, Keegan, Cormack, Toshack, Boersma, Callaghan 
Scorers :  

Date : 29/01/1974 
Round : R4r 
Match Summary : The Reds travelled north for a replay with Carlisle and as in the previous round overcame their opponents. Once again they won by two goals to nil. 
Liverpool 2 - Carlisle United 0
Attendance : 21,262
Team : Clemence, Smith, Lindsay, Thompson, Lloyd, Hughes, Keegan, Hall, Boersma, Toshack, Callaghan 
Scorers : Boersma (50), Toshack (81) 

Date : 16/02/1974 
Round : R5 
Match Summary : Top flight opposition awaited the Reds for the first time this season. The Reds had seen off Ipswich earlier in the season in the league 4-2 at Anfield. Again at Anfield the Reds beat the men from East Anglia and once again the winning margin was 2-0. 
Liverpool 2 - Ipswich Town 0
Attendance : 45,340
Team : Clemence, Smith, Lindsay, Thompson, Cormack, Hughes, Keegan, Hall, Boersma, Waddle, Callaghan 
Scorers : Hall (33), Keegan (55) 

Date : 09/03/1974 
Round : R6 
Match Summary : An away game that was potentially tricky saw the Reds win through by the only goal of the game thanks to John Toshack. 
Liverpool 1 - Bristol City 0
Attendance : 37,671
Team : Clemence, Smith, Lindsay, Thompson, Cormack, Hughes, Keegan, Hall, Heighway (Boersma 86), Toshack, Callaghan 
Scorers : Toshack (48) 

Date : 30/03/1974 
Round : SF 
Match Summary : The Reds were paired with their bogey side in the semi final and neither side could break the deadlock. 
Liverpool 0 - Leicester City 0
Attendance : 60,000
Team : Clemence, Simth, Lindsay, Thompson, Cormack, Hughes, Keegan, Hall, Heighway, Toshack, Callaghan 
Scorers :  

Date : 03/04/1974 
Round : SFr 
Match Summary : The Reds returned to Villa Park, scene of their 1965 semi final win and this time beat Leicester by three goals to one to set up a final with Newcastle United 
Liverpool 3 - Leicester City 1
Attendance : 55,619
Team : Clemence, Smith, Lindsay, Thompson, Cormack, Hughes, Keegan, Hall, Heighway, Toshack, Callaghan 
Scorers : Hall (46), Keegan (62), Toshack (86)