1981 FA Cup final

1981 FA Cup final
Event	1980–81 FA Cup
	Tottenham Hotspur won after a replay
Final
	After extra time
Date	9 May 1981
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)
Attendance	100,000
Replay
Date	14 May 1981
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)
Attendance	92,000
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The 1981 FA Cup final was the 100th final of the FA Cup, and was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City.

The original match took place on Saturday 9 May 1981 at Wembley, and finished 1–1 after extra-time. Tommy Hutchison opened the scoring for City in the 30th minute, but scored an own-goal in the 79th minute to bring Spurs level.

The replay took place five days later on Thursday 14 May 1981, and was the first replay since 1970 and the first to be staged at Wembley. Ricky Villa opened the scoring for Spurs in the eighth minute, before Steve MacKenzie, with a goal that was hit so hard the TV cameras couldn't follow the ball, equalised for City three minutes later. A Kevin Reeves penalty five minutes into the second half put the Manchester side ahead, before Garth Crooks brought Spurs level again in the 70th minute. Then, in the 76th minute, Tony Galvin passed to Villa 30 yards from City's goal, and the Argentinian proceeded to skip past four defenders before slotting the ball past City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan. This goal was voted Wembley Goal of the Century in 2001, and it won Tottenham the match, 3–2, and the FA Cup for the sixth time. The five goals in the replay made it the highest scoring FA Cup Final replay.^[1]

Match details

9 May 1981

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City
Hutchison 79' (o.g.)	(Report)	Hutchison 30'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City



GK	1	Milija Aleksic
LB	2	Chris Hughton
CB	3	Paul Miller
CB	4	Graham Roberts
RB	5	Steve Perryman (c)
RM	6	Ricardo Villa	68'
CM	7	Osvaldo Ardiles
CF	8	Steve Archibald
LM	9	Tony Galvin
CM	10	Glenn Hoddle
CF	11	Garth Crooks
Substitute:
MF	12	Garry Brooke	68'
Manager:
Keith Burkinshaw



GK	1	Joe Corrigan
RB	2	Ray Ranson
LB	3	Bobby McDonald
CB	4	Nicky Reid
LM	5	Paul Power (c)
CB	6	Tommy Caton
RM	7	Dave Bennett
CM	8	Gerry Gow
CF	9	Steve MacKenzie
CM	10	Tommy Hutchison	105'
CF	11	Kevin Reeves
Substitute:
MF	12	Tony Henry	105'
Manager:
John Bond

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
One substitute.

Replay

14 May 1981

Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Manchester City
Villa 8', 76' Crooks 70'	(Report)	MacKenzie 11' Reeves 50' (pen.)

Wembley, London

Attendance: 92,000

Referee: Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City



GK	1	Milija Aleksic
LB	2	Chris Hughton
CB	3	Paul Miller
CB	4	Graham Roberts
RM	5	Ricardo Villa
RB	6	Steve Perryman (c)
CM	7	Osvaldo Ardiles
CF	8	Steve Archibald
LM	9	Tony Galvin
CM	10	Glenn Hoddle
CF	11	Garth Crooks
Substitute:
MF	12	Garry Brooke
Manager:
Keith Burkinshaw



GK	1	Joe Corrigan
RB	2	Ray Ranson
LB	3	Bobby McDonald	79'
CB	4	Nicky Reid
LM	5	Paul Power (c)
CB	6	Tommy Caton
RM	7	Dave Bennett
CM	8	Gerry Gow
CF	9	Steve MacKenzie
CM	10	Tommy Hutchison
CF	11	Kevin Reeves
Substitute:
FW	12	Dennis Tueart	79'
Manager:
John Bond

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalties if scores still level (according to official replay programme).
One substitute.

Cup final song

Tottenham's cup final song was "Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are on Their Way to Wembley)", recorded by the musical duo Chas and Dave with the Tottenham squad. Argentine player Ossie Ardiles famously sang the line "In the cup for Tottingham". [1]