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1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final

| image = 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup Final match programme.jpg

| caption = Match programme cover

| event = 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup

| team1 = West Ham United

| team1association = {{flagicon|ENG|size=30px}}

| team1score = 2

| team2 = Anderlecht

| team2association = {{flagicon|BEL|size=30px}}

| team2score = 4

| details =

| date = 5 May 1976

| stadium = Heysel Stadium

| city = Brussels

| man_of_the_match1a =

| man_of_the_match1atitle =

| man_of_the_match1b =

| man_of_the_match1btitle =

| referee = Robert Wurtz (France)

| attendance = 51,296

| weather =

| previous = 1975

| next = 1977

}}

The 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup final was a football match between West Ham United of England and Anderlecht of Belgium. The final was held at Heysel Stadium in Brussels on 5 May 1976. It was the final match of the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup tournament and the 16th European Cup Winners' Cup final. Anderlecht won 4–2 against the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup winners to secure their first ever European trophy.

Route to the final

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colspan=4|{{flagicon|ENG}} West Ham United

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!colspan=4|{{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

style="background:#c1e0ff"

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

|

|Opponent

|Agg.

|1st leg

|2nd leg

align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Reipas Lahti

|5–2

|2–2 (A)

|3–0 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|First round

|align=left|{{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Rapid București

|2–1

|0–1 (A)

|2–0 (H)

align=left|{{flagicon|URS|1955}} Ararat Yerevan

|4–2

|1–1 (A)

|3–1 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Second round

|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} Borac Banja Luka

|3–1

|3–0 (H)

|0–1 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} Den Haag

|5–5 (a)

|2–4 (A)

|3–1 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Quarter-finals

|align=left|{{flagicon|WAL}} Wrexham

|2–1

|1–0 (H)

|1–1 (A)

align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Eintracht Frankfurt

|4–3

|1–2 (A)

|3–1 (H)

|style="background:#c1e0ff;"|Semi-finals

|align=left|{{flagicon|GDR}} Sachsenring Zwickau

|5–0

|3–0 (A)

|2–0 (H)

Match

=Summary=

Pat Holland put West Ham into the lead in the 28th minute. Just before half-time, Frank Lampard misjudged a back pass, allowing Peter Ressel to collect the ball and pass it to Rob Rensenbrink to score the equaliser. In attempting the backpass, Lampard tore a stomach muscle that ruled him out of much of the remainder of the game. Three minutes into the second-half, François van der Elst scored, assisted by Rensenbrink. Keith Robson later equalised for West Ham from a cross by Trevor Brooking. Anderlecht were awarded a very dubious penalty in the 73rd minute, after Holland appeared to win the ball cleanly from Rensenbrink. With no VAR to overturn the decision, the penalty stood and Rensenbrink then scored from the penalty spot. Holland appeared to make clear contact with the ball but Rensenbrink fell very theatrically. (Nb. With two minutes left, as West Ham came close to an equaliser, van der Elst ran through on the break to score Anderlecht's fourth goal for victory in a very even game.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} As a side note, Anderlecht President, Constant Vanden Stock, admitted paying 1 million Belgian francs (£18,000) to the referee of a European tie in their game against Nottm Forest in the 1984 UEFA cup semi-final. Anderlecht received a one year year ban from European competitions.

=Details=

{{football box

|date = 5 May 1976

|team1 = West Ham United {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score = 2–4

|report = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=0/matches/round=834/match=60505/lineups/index.html

|team2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Anderlecht

|goals1 = Holland {{goal|28}}
Robson {{goal|68}}

|goals2 = Rensenbrink {{goal|42||73|pen.}}
Van der Elst {{goal|48||88}}

|stadium = Heysel Stadium, Brussels

|attendance = 51,296

|referee = Robert Wurtz (France) }}

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{{Football kit

| pattern_la = _claretborder

| pattern_b = _westhamunited19751976

| pattern_ra = _claretborder

| pattern_so =

| leftarm = 1E90FF

| body = 800000

| rightarm = 1E90FF

| shorts =

| socks =

| title = West Ham United

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|{{Football kit

| pattern_la = _shoulder_stripes_white_shirt_alt

| pattern_b = _shoulder_stripes_white_shirt

| pattern_ra = _shoulder_stripes_white_shirt_alt

| pattern_sh = _white_stripes

| pattern_so = _3_stripes_white

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| rightarm = 38139E

| shorts = 38139E

| socks = 38139E

| title = R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht

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|valign=top width=50%|

{| style=font-size:90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0

|colspan="4"|

width=25|width=25|
GK1{{flagicon|ENG}} Mervyn Day
DF2{{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Coleman
DF3{{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Lampard{{suboff|46}}
DF4{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Bonds (c)
DF5{{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Taylor
MF6{{flagicon|ENG}} John McDowell
MF7{{flagicon|ENG}} Pat Holland
MF8{{flagicon|ENG}} Graham Paddon
FW9{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Jennings
MF10{{flagicon|ENG}} Trevor Brooking
FW11{{flagicon|ENG}} Keith Robson
colspan=3|Substitutes:
FW12{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Taylor{{subon|46}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|ENG}} John Lyall

|valign="top"|300px

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style=font-size:90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align="center"

|colspan="4"|

width=25|width=25|
GK1{{flagicon|NED}} Jan Ruiter
DF2{{flagicon|BEL}} Michel Lomme
DF3{{flagicon|BEL}} Hugo Broos
DF4{{flagicon|BEL}} Gilbert Van Binst (c)
DF5{{flagicon|BEL}} Jean Thissen
MF6{{flagicon|BEL}} Jean Dockx
FW7{{flagicon|BEL}} François Van der Elst
MF8{{flagicon|NED}} Arie Haan
MF9{{flagicon|NED}} Peter Ressel
MF10{{flagicon|BEL}} Ludo Coeck{{suboff|32}}
FW11{{flagicon|NED}} Rob Rensenbrink
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF15{{flagicon|BEL}} Franky Vercauteren{{subon|32}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|{{flagicon|NED}} Hans Croon

|}

See also

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec2.html UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20101024225144/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1975/intro.html 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup Final at UEFA.com]

{{1975–76 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons}}

{{West Ham United F.C. matches}}

{{R.S.C. Anderlecht matches}}

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