1977/78 - Liverpool v Nottingham Forest - League Cup Final - 18.3.78

The League Cup

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did not surprise Liverpool's production number double four two eight seven days recorded on March 19, 78 receive a foreign welcome to the 1978 Football League Cup

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between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was a day when thousands of people arrived wondering how Brian Clough's high-flying team, Nottingham Forest, would cope with Bob Paisley's Liverpool, of super-efficient skill and proven quality, but they left talking about one thing: the boy who made the headlines today. Forrest, the 18 year old goalie, Chris Woods, who had the kind of day that most guys his age can only dream of and today you can see those saves from young Chris that produce those headlines the young man who had never been in before Wembley not even as a spectator and I had never played in the top division there are things about this I think you will love it and when you have seen it we will take you to the changing rooms to get the verdicts from the men at the center of it all and also more action while We bring you the girls from yesterday's Scottish match.

League Cup final between Rangers and Celtic at Hampden Park, but first let's go back to 10-3 yesterday afternoon and Pierre once again in that Wembley tunnel, the first sign of the afternoon from the Nottingham Forest manager, Brian Clough, there and behind him his

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ry team. I wonder what kind of afternoon it will be for this man who transformed first at Derby County and now at Nottingham Forest, but Bob Paisley, who has had so much success with Liverpool, especially as European champions, and Brian Clough with John McGovern , which had previously been in doubt. In the week with a groin injury, the young goalkeeper Chris Woods now, what will he feel with Larry Lloyd, only 18 years old, who was at Wembley with Liverpool?

Ian Boyer, who was at Wembley for the League Cup final with Manchester City. Tony Woodcock, the man. They will be looking for goals from him John Robertson very much in the race for a World Cup Scotland plays Viv Anderson the young full back and England under 21 Kenny Burns a big strong man in defense Martin O'Neill the small agile Irishman Frank Clark the defender who comes in because Colin Barrett is injured John O'Hare has this aptitude and Peter with a man with 18 goals under his belt this season when we get to Liverpool Phil Thompson and Ray Kennedy and Phil New fail all these men know what Wembley is about Jimmy Case , which he scored in last May's Cup final against Manchester United.

David Faircloth. The substitute, a man who scores so many important goals. In fact, Tommy Smith too in that European Cup final in Rome, as they now approach the tunnel entrance and the crowd. You have seen them and now the crowd will see them as the Lee Walker League leads the two managers and the two teams to the 1978 Football League Cup Final. The foreign class foreign club wanted to go with him because Brian Clough knows how much Peter Taylor has talked about the resurgence of the Brown team with insufficient skirts and then tells Howard, the man himself, the 18-year-old people with whom I wonder if they will be a special word for the coach who enjoys every moment now that he is Liverpool's turn.

And there, captain Emlin Hughes, he almost has to see a season ticket for this place now and look how relaxed he is, maybe he can introduce his team too. Thompson, the Kennedy lightning, has been here with Arsenal and also with Liverpool. now the foreign national network here are the Liverpool teams, they are expected and announced the side Clements Neil Smith Thompson Kennedy Hughes case daglish Highway McDermott and Callaghan with Faircloth the substitute and there are no late scares in the Nottingham Forest side Woods Anderson Clark who is in the place Barrett who injured McGovern Lloyd and burns O'Neill Bowyer with Woodcock and Robertson with his substitute O'Hare hello already in short sleeve Peter Taylor and Jimmy Gordon foreigners attacking the goal on our left it was Forrest who won the toss for being able to play in their familiar red jerseys with white shorts or Kenny Burns lost control in the air.

Of failure. Is this going to be a goal from the beginning? No, it could have been a goal in 17 seconds, but Dal Grish incredibly lost his mind. Look closely at the pain on his face, it was a serious mistake by Kenny Burns in the first seconds. He went over his head and Dal Beach had a great chance. There he is over his head. Dalglish with a great opportunity. Woods did well and covered him. well alglish seriously lost his mind, that's a shot at

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. Kenny Burns found Martin. Only Anderson got ahead with his back again to O'Neill.

A touch of Kennedy McGovern's Radisson. Oh, how good the work of Martin O'Neal. Thank you. Well, my word, which was no more than six inches wide in the first part, curved it beautifully. For a moment I thought it was going to be three or four yards wide, but this clever little Irishman who comes to the city of Liverpool and look how. close at the end, that is, from that far post, Larry Lloyd, now Robertson played in place of Bowyer, a very underrated player, Beau, yes, but he has done well this season for Forrest. Kenny Burns. Oh, he's planted too firmly and for too long, this season's study influence for Forest is taking. a little bit of time to find his feet, I think right now there's a beautiful cross there for uh Kennedy from McDermott and here's McGowan Hughes Liverpool holding the wolf's hand right now Jimmy Case, what a powerful shot he has and there's another one but deviated Woods. he was climbing for his goal foreign case lining him up always going a little off Peter we are taking it very well on his chest here there is a play during a clock now a clock with a shot just off target and the first time that Forest exploded after Liverpool and made perhaps the more comfortable start, a good interaction with his debut Woodcock on the turn beating Phil Neal but also hitting the post kept expertly tackled by Jimmy Case and the ball in play finding this time Ian Boyer is now out of play.

Yes, it's a free kick for Nottingham Forest for the foul. I'm Tony Woodcock. Harry Lloyd up again. Six red shirts in and around the Liverpool penalty area. Peter, where is he there? Tony, we'll talk with a shot, although you hope to do so. turn it but the whistle had missed the linesman's flag it was a referee's decision there and offside against ianbo yeah a situation that always seemed a bit interesting there for Nottingham Forest and a tremendous kick from Clements and a nice jump from Larry Lloyd as Well, McGovern, oh, he's giving it away to Jimmy's case, you know, Nottingham Forest Stone making the ball given away here by John McGovern right in the path of all the Jimmy's case people from the scorching shot and how close it was with Chris Wood stranded, excuse and now.

Kennedy Highway curves into a dangerous there Larry Lloyd is up and it had to be a world case, everyone well saved there can escape and the case was recovered bad pass by the Nottingham Forest side and another good save from the young man a direct hit towards him with great power and it's true, but he held on to Terry McDermott. The first one was a very good save, in fact this is the second McDermott, but he also made a very good reaction save from the Jimmy case and here we are. with Hughes the foreigner Thompson right there Burns oh yes, as he was pushed there pushed by him and the heroes, it has to be a free kick anyway, two Nottingham Forest surely, Emily got her way and it's a foreigner shot from Tony Woodcock.

Holly went with Smith after him, turned him inside but didn't reach the feet, Martin O'Neill used him and beat Byron Flores, getting that good and Wilcox in his way. Clemens, his enemies, look how far away he was, he must have been. a good 12 meters outside their penalty area, but it worked, they caught him walking again just on the side and look how far Plymouth comes out on the side and Clements finally gets long shots and Flores is having a better time, still no goals . There are 10 minutes to go before half-time, but Ian Boyer, with six goals in six League Cup ties this season, learned to fly with his left foot from 20 meters on Liverpool's crossbow, which the players are paying attention to in Generally, as far as there is a good distance, it is good for him on the roads. up cases on the other side Forrester going back now case oh I know McDermott 10 are missing they are out of their seats on the bench and they are being disallowed oh what was the infringement there there must have been an offside when that ball passed to Chris Woods from Terry McDermott and Liverpool are disappointed, no, they say it wasn't, it must have been offside.

Phil Neal Anderson hit him. He seemed a bit of a push from behind as well on Kennedy Highway, being challenged by Frank Clark and a shot. Liverpool in the last minute of the first half now play back Highway Neil hitting the ball early there towards Ray Kennedy got up well and nodded well the problem was he always went wide good early ball played there by Liverpool were above the ball like Ray Kennedy, but the direction was terrible. Liverpool have had the best of this first half, they have looked like the most determined side and here is Dalglish.

Terry McDermott always seems to be a man's spear as Callaghan was there and indeed as Emily. Hughes is here, that's a dangerous looking cross played behind, oh my goodness, almost into his own goal. The reactions of the young man from Valley were good there. Evelyn Hughes cross and in the end it could have been a known goal, had it not been for Chris Woods arriving at half time now and actually there. It's the half-time whistle, no goals, so the coaches head off to those Wembley changing rooms, now Brian Clough, maybe to try and put a little more fire in the woods.

Terry McDermott, who had the ball in the forest net only to presumably be ruled out. for offside and in fact Frank Clark was also about to score at the last moment of the first half with an own goal, but he was stopped on the line by goalkeeper Chris Woods, who made all that woods with a great amount of him in this first half and he will be glad to have put those 45 minutes behind him. Liverpool are looking for the more determined side but they haven't beaten Forest yet so we leave Wembley for a moment with a score at half time and then into the stadium for this Liverpool Football League Cup final nil Nottingham Forest zero and we will be back with the second half welcome foreigner back to Wembley zero zero in this Football League Cup final Nottingham Forest in dark shirts now attacking the goal on our left Forrest who came this far beating West Ham Nots County Villa Berry and Leeds Liverpool via Chelsea Derby Coventry wrexham and Arsenal and Liverpool actually seemed more determined the more serious they had been in the first half, they had had more of the game without a doubt. now it's Neil Highway Neil Calligan's case has crept into the Nottingham Forest penalty area, all there for Hughes, but Kennedy picked him up before O'Neill could reach him in one of those little situations where the ball constantly seems to be out of reach for Nottingham Forest and here it is all here news going forward, good save oh what a good save by Chris Woods in the first really genuine save a goalkeeper has had to make in this game and it was made by Chris Woods and It's okay McDermott. just a little out of there Larry Lloyd escaped not far away and this time well, that's silent but there is an offside against Case who had not recovered quickly Kenny dog ​​​​leash Hudson giving the ball away a lot at this moment forest and that challenge by Clark didn't stop Kenny the dog leash now Kennedy thundering an 11 foot shot oh and he's lost until this moment almost saved him before now the police could start killing now at least just worried for a moment that could have injured Chris Woods the first similar to the mistake of Chris Woods who, surprised by Kennedy, did not hold him, made life difficult for the dog leash and luck crossed his path when he arrived now from Caligan and a part of the serve The goal is simply to make sure Chris Wood's right wrist is right where he must have taken a hit from Kennedy some nine minutes into the second half.

Of course, there is provision for extra time in this game and Bob Paisley wants it to be done. make one or two changes to that Liverpool formation, the ball played very well there and a good intersection from Phil Neal is Peter with Calico right in the path of Terry McDermott Jimmy case now Ian Culligan Phil Neal douglich damn you can find link to dog every time Horace concentrates hard, but at the expense of a free kick awarded by Ian Boyer, the foreigner, Phil Neal, went over him. Jimmy case, will he ruin it? Again, young Chris Wood is wonderfully behind the real hero Jono.

Just a question here of who they are going to eliminate. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it wasn't John McGovern who has really struggled with this groin deflection. No, thanks. O'Neal goes back giving Liverpool the previous shot and in fact it is John McGovern who comes out there, he is the number four. They have attracted the referee's attention. John McGovern, who had never been to Wembley before the bench, is really suffering, hascold and didn't have Brian's language. You're getting a little nervous again, but overall you know he's delighted. We all rely on repetition. Well, we.

We are always confident and we don't always win, but we are always sure that the game was there for them to take and win and they didn't and we go on Wednesday with another opportunity and our fantasy is stronger, we had so many. from today's game and we haven't gotten anything out of it now, fear is trying to start again for Wednesday, well, then for the Football League Cup final, a game on the edge of the knife that really only needed a couple of goals to get to A Great One and maybe those goals will come to Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

Remember this is a match you can watch exclusively on ITV that night at 10:30. But there were goals in the Scottish League Cup final between Rangers and Celtic at Hampden Park yesterday in front of a crowd of 55,000. Let's go to Glasgow now join the STV cameras commentators Arthur Montford in dark t-shirts advancing The Junction also won as well, but Carlson did well to turn the mixed space for himself in the first corner of the match towards Celtic headed by Aiken a really good opportunity for Ronnie Glavin tenacious game by advancing and creating the opportunity uh Cooper, attention to something like an extra man forward although he can go open on the right Robin tries a long shot discovered late by Kennedy it is still dangerous, he can get ahead and Balsam moves into a tremendous coverage by Kennedy today fool for the Rangers Smith quickly to the other end back to Smith that's what's happening outside but having trouble makes it front football scores for the Rangers six minutes from half-time Dave Cooper's seventh goal of the season by Gordon Smith finished off by Dave Cooper's parkour Airport Smith threw the ball upfield first to Cooper Smith had to come back because of that and then he put his head down and went towards the line because Zippy had missed his chance but covered it well crossed it from the baseline High towards the Nets got a game score on Deacon's day sneden is on the side That's a good play that came out of nowhere.

Celtic scored, hey, Carlton's tenth goal of the season, eight minutes from time, and Celtic out of nowhere, tremendous draw, everything happens on the right side. May God have achieved his crossing. They have also reached out to Jackson Kennedy. his line, the ball ended up in the back of the net and sensational, Celtic tied again with The Far Side, this is McCluskey, now hoarse, there is the cross attempt, one of them could still be dangerous, run, step on Kennedy out of his line, head down. by MacDonald Derek Johnston who is there to make that save Wilson's Corner hit deep into the goal, headed down by McDonald McCluskey scores and slotted in while Kennedy couldn't get back Johnston was on the line, the ball overflowed and Rangers breathed again .

Smith scores With three minutes left in extra time, the goal of the season and for the second time of the game, the Rangers enter the Reit. Alec Miller overlapped. Paul White, in the middle of the space, very quickly up the field, put in a pass with his right foot. Ratchford committed. He punched it away and Smith continued to head the ball into the net to make it dangerous for him and there is the Scottish League Cup and there is John Gray receiving it from the hands of Mrs. Kathy Weir, the wife of Jim Wee, one of the first officials of Stella's Muir who worked for a long time and who Of course, I was a member of the League's steering committee until last year.

There's the recognition of that win from the Rangers fans to our left, so a win for the Rangers and congratulations to them, and that's it. Tonight there is another great football occasion with the professional. Footballers' Association awards dinner and you can watch it on ITV at 10:45. I can tell you one thing, Chris Woods, that starter keeps the young Forest goalkeeper from getting an award, but after his performance yesterday at Wembley, he's clearly someone who needs to be downgraded for the future for us and here's Aaron Hughes coming forward a lot, good save, oh what a good save by Chris Woods, now Kennedy taking a shot with his left foot, oh and this time he's lost.

Horace makes one or two very elementary mistakes on the left, here's McDermott. oh what good foreign fishing