On 17th May 1972, Spurs hosted Wolves in the 2nd leg of the UEFA Cup (first year under new name, previously the Fairs Cup) Final with a 2-1 lead from a Martin Chivers brace in the first leg at Molineux.

Wolves needed to score at least two to have any chance and although this didn’t change when Alan Mullery, playing in his final Spurs game, scored to put Spurs 3-1 up on agg, it did mean they needed 2 just to bring the match level now.

Wolves pulled one back just before half time, but were unable to find a second and Spurs lifted the UEFA Cup for the first time.

Spurs became the first British club to win 2 European finals, adding to the European Cup Winners Cup final they’d won 9 years earlier.

Spurs team: Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Coates
Attendance: 54,303