1974 UEFA Cup Final

1974 UEFA Cup Final
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	21 May 1974
Venue	White Hart Lane, London
Referee	Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance	46,281
Second leg
Date	29 May 1974
Venue	De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee	Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Attendance	59,317
	← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 UEFA Cup Final was played on 21 May 1974 and 29 May 1974. It was between Tottenham Hotspur of England and Feyenoord Rotterdam of the Netherlands. Feyenoord won 4–2 on aggregate.

Riot[change | change source]

Tottenham supporters rioted during the second leg in Rotterdam. This started after Feyenoord scored towards the end of the first half and continued into the second half.^[1]

Route to the final[change | change source]

Tottenham Hotspur				Round	Feyenoord
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Grasshoppers	9–2	5–1 (A)	4–1 (H)	First round	Öster	5–2	3–1 (A)	2–1 (H)
Aberdeen	5–2	1–1 (A)	4–1 (H)	Second round	Gwardia Warsaw	3–2	3–1 (H)	0–1 (A)
Dinamo Tbilisi	6–2	1–1 (A)	5–1 (H)	Third round	Standard Liège	3–3 (a)	1–3 (A)	2–0 (H)
1. FC Köln	5–1	2–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Ruch Chorzów	4–2 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (A)	3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)
Lokomotive Leipzig	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	VfB Stuttgart	4–3	2–1 (H)	2–2 (A)

Match details[change | change source]

First leg[change | change source]

21 May 1974

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Feyenoord
England 39' Van Daele 64' (o.g.)	Report Overview (archive) Overview	Van Hanegem 43' De Jong 85'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 46,281

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Tottenham Hotspur

Feyenoord


GK	1	Pat Jennings
RB	2	Ray Evans
CB	3	Terry Naylor
CB	4	John Pratt
LB	5	Mike England
RM	6	Phil Beal	81'
CM	7	Chris McGrath
CM	8	Steve Perryman
LM	9	Martin Peters (c)
CF	10	Martin Chivers
CF	11	Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
DF	12	Mike Dillon	81'
Manager:
Bill Nicholson


GK	1	Eddy Treijtel
RB	2	Wim Rijsbergen
CB	3	Joop van Daele
CB	4	Rinus Israël (c)
LB	5	Harry Vos
CM	9	Theo de Jong
CM	7	Wim Jansen
CM	10	Willem van Hanegem
RW	8	Peter Ressel
CF	6	Lex Schoenmaker
LW	11	Jørgen Kristensen
Manager:
Wiel Coerver

Second leg[change | change source]

After holding Spurs to a 2–2 draw at London's White Hart Lane, Feyenoord went into their home leg as favourites.^[2] Their 2–0 victory at home secured the club their first UEFA Cup title.

The second leg in Rotterdam was marred by violence and hooliganism from rioting Spurs supporters.^[2]

29 May 1974

Feyenoord	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Rijsbergen 43' Ressel 84'	Report Overview (archive) Overview

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 59,317

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Feyenoord

Tottenham Hotspur


GK	1	Eddy Treijtel
RB	2	Wim Rijsbergen
CB	3	Joop van Daele
CB	4	Rinus Israël (c)
LB	5	Harry Vos
CM	6	Mladen Ramljak
CM	7	Wim Jansen
CM	8	Theo de Jong
RW	9	Peter Ressel
CF	10	Lex Schoenmaker
LW	11	Jørgen Kristensen	76'
Substitutes:
MF	12	Johan Boskamp	76'	86'
FW	14	Henk Wery		86'
Manager:
Wiel Coerver


GK	1	Pat Jennings
RB	2	Ray Evans
CB	3	Terry Naylor
CB	4	John Pratt	77'
LB	5	Mike England
RM	6	Phil Beal
CM	7	Chris McGrath
CM	8	Steve Perryman
LM	9	Martin Peters (c)
CF	10	Martin Chivers
CF	11	Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
MF	12	Phil Holder	77'
Manager:
Bill Nicholson

References[change | change source]

↑ Cloake, Martin; Fisher, Alan (2016). "Chapter 6: I go for the football but I don't mind if the fighting's there". People's History of Tottenham Hotspur: How Spurs Fans Shaped the Identity of One of the World's Most Famous Clubs. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78531-246-5.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "All roads lead to Rotterdam". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 May 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

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[1] Cloake, Martin; Fisher, Alan (2016). "Chapter 6: I go for the football but I don't mind if the fighting's there". People's History of Tottenham Hotspur: How Spurs Fans Shaped the Identity of One of the World's Most Famous Clubs. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78531-246-5.^{[permanent dead link]}

[rotterdam-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "All roads lead to Rotterdam". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 May 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

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