1971 FA Cup Final Arsenal v Liverpool

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Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1 after extra time

The 1971 FA Cup Final was contested by Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley on the 8th May 1971. Arsenal won 2–1 after extra time, with all three goals coming in the added half hour.Steve Heighway scored for Liverpool first, before Arsenal equalised with a scrambled goal from substitute Eddie Kelly - the first time a substitute had ever scored in an FA Cup final. Charlie George scored a dramatic winner late in extra time.

The game was the second half of Arsenal's first League and FA Cup double, the first double achieved by any club since Tottenham Hotspur's double in 1961. The first half had been achieved through Arsenal's league victory over Tottenham the previous week.

Due to the clash of Liverpool's red strip with Arsenal's red and white colours, Arsenal wore their away strip of yellow shirt and blue shorts.

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LIVERPOOL:

GK 1 Ray Clemence
RB 2 Chris Lawler
LB 3 Alec Lindsay
CB 4 Tommy Smith (c)
CB 5 Larry Lloyd
CM 6 Emlyn Hughes
RM 7 Ian Callaghan
ST 8 Alun Evans
LM 9 Steve Heighway
ST 10 John Toshack
CM 11 Brian Hall
Substitutes:
MF 12 Peter Thompson
Manager:
Bill Shankly


ARSENAL:

GK 1 Bob Wilson
RB 2 Pat Rice
LB 3 Bob McNab
CM 4 Peter Storey
CB 5 Frank McLintock (c)
CB 6 Peter Simpson
LM 7 George Armstrong
CM 8 George Graham
ST 9 John Radford
ST 10 Ray Kennedy
ST 11 Charlie George
Substitutes:
MF 12 Eddie Kelly
Manager:
Bertie Mee