As we today celebrate the 50th anniversary of our 1976 League Cup final triumph, let’s check out classic highlights as City defeated Newcastle United 2-1 in front of 100,000 fans.
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It was a day of milestones.
Peter Barnes, just 18-years-old, became the youngest player to score in a Wembley final on 11 minutes, but Alan Gowling’s 35th-minute equaliser saw the teams go in level at the break.
Within a minute of the re-start, however, City were back in front with a goal that has subsequently been voted the competition’s greatest-ever.
Willie Donachie crossed the ball into the box, Tommy Booth nodded it back across goal and Dennis Tueart, with his back to goal, acrobatically scored with a bicycle kick to send the City end wild with delight.
It was goal worthy of winning any game and it indeed turned out to be the strike that ensured the Blues won the League Cup for the second time in our history.
In the process, Tony Book became the first man to win the competition as both a player and a manager.
Watch our classic highlights in the video player above.
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