SEASON 1969-70 EUROPEAN FAIRS CUP FINAL-2nd LEG Tuesday, 28th April lRSEIAl v AND ERLE CIT Kick-off 7.30 p.m. ARSENAL STADIUM OFFICIAL PROGRAMME ONE SHILLING arsenalhistory.comarsenal.com ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED Directors D. J. c. H. HILL-WOOD, ESQ., M.C. (Chairman) LEAGUE CHAMPIONS SIR GUY BRACEWELL SMITH, BT., M.B.E., M .A. F.A. CUP WINNERS 1931, 1933, 1934, SIR ROBERT BELLINGER, G.B.E., D.SC. 1930, 1936, 1950. 1935, 1938, 1948, S. C. MCINTYRE, EsQ., M.B.E., F.C.J.S. 1953 P. D. HILL-WOOD, EsQ. LOSING FINALISTS The Rev. N . F . BONE, T.D. 1927' 1932, 1952, Bertie Mee, RUNNERS-UP 1926, 1932. WINNERS, F.A. Secretary CHARITY SHIELD w. R. WALL 1930, 1931, 1933, Arsenal's Manager, LEAGUE CUP FINALISTS 1934, 1938, 1948 1968, 1969. 1953. Manager talks of this B. MEE great day and Vol. LI. No. 31 Tuesday, 28th April, 1970 the future. There Is Only One Topic Tonight ! THIS page is usually headed "Topics of the Week", and including the Semi-Final, of 19 goals against 3, but in this case there can be only one topic. Are we is impressive enough for any side arriving at a Cup going to win the Fairs Cup tonight? The struggle Final. To-night, of course, we aim to complete a will be hard, but Ray Kennedy's goal in Brussels hat-trick for England. In the first nine years of this last week when we were three goals down to Ander­ competition, no English side was successful, as Spain IT is only very rarely that I take the opportunity of lecht has filled us with hope. A 2-0 win tonight virtually took control. In 1968, however, Leeds broke saying a few words to you through the medium of would give us the cup, as it would make us level on the ice. Newcastle followed in their footsteps last our program.me. I told you why when I last appeared goals 3-3 but we would get through on.the strength season, and now it is up to us to keep the trophy at in print in the programme against Manchester United of our away goal. Remembering how vital away goals home. on 20th September, when I said: are, we have got to stop Anderlecht scoring. We have Just how much we want this win need not be " I strongly believe that a Football Manager's scored three goals in Fairs Cup games at Highbury emphasised here. This is our third Cup Final in job is one that does not permit him to appear too This has been a season of varying fortunes, but at three times-3-0 v. Glentoran, Sporting Club of consecutive seasons; two Cup Final defeats against often in print. Equally, however, I believe that I least we are able to finish it on a high note. We Portugal, and Ajax and seven against Bacau. Ander­ Leeds United and Swindon Town are behind us. owe it to our supporters to tell them from time to worked desperately hard during that period when we lecht have reason to know what they are up against. No player has tasted the bitterness of losing a Cup time, just what is going on behind the scenes." seemed quite unable to score goals. We searched We shall probably never know just how important a Final more often than Frank McLintock who has unrelentingly for the right formulae. We altered the bearing on the future our participation in this season's been at Wembley twice with Leicester City, and The main reason for writing then was that things formation, we established Frank McLintock in the Fairs Cup will have had. European Football is a vital twice with Arsenal; each time he has come out second were not going too well, so I don't only choose the role of a double centre-half which Frank has fitted experience for any side aiming for the top. There is best. Let us hope that his home-ground of Highbury occasions when the news is good. I am delighted, of so well that it has won him not only another Scottish always a certain amount of tension in any game away will have much happier memories for him. course, that the boys have fought their way through Cap, but the captaincy of his country. We brought in from home, particularly on the Continent, but it was This ground has seen some great nights under the to this Final and beaten some very good teams in the the young players to try to add the flair of youth, and the match in the Olympic Stadium at Amsterdam floodlights especially against crack European opposi­ process. I am equally happy that much of what I said in the goals have come. In six successive League matches which really showed us just what atmosphere and tion. But never before has one of these gala nights September has stood the test of time. I spoke of our from the end of February until the end of March we tension can do for a side. Ajax, although starting three ended with the added excitement which the presenta­ Youth Policy and mentioned players like Charlie scored thirteen goals; add to this our Fairs Cup goals goals behind, came out to a roar from their 55,000 tion of a Cup entails. That is the crest of the wave on George, Sammy Nelson, Eddie Kelly and Ray and it seems that we have at last hit on the right supporters that was almost like a clap of thunder, which to finish any season. Here perhaps we are Kennedy. I also said that we were making strenuous mixture. The problem is to carry this on not only and this noise never diminished as long as Ajax were catching a slice of the greatness for which we have all efforts to obtain top calibre players and had failed, to-night, but into next season when there is no reason in with a chance. Some of our most experienced been striving for so long. Welcome, Anderlecht, to but that we were not prepared to settle for second why we should not win one of the major English players were making elementary mistakes which was your players, officials and supporters. We can say best. It seems that Eddie Kelly and Charlie George competitions. atmosphere pure and simple; gradually they took no more than that. have saved us spending large sums of money in the One last plea on this, our Cup Final night. Both hold of themselves, and the Ajax officials were kind positions in which they are now playing with such the players and myself would like to hear the roar of enough to say to us afterwards that in the second-half arsenal.comsuccess. SUPPOSING THE SCORES ARE LEVEL encouragement which our players have faced abroad we gave one of the most polished defensive perform­ We bought Peter Marinello, and I can only repeat in this competition. The fantastic vocal support ances they had seen for a long time. We have learntarsenalhistory.com See page 15. what I said at the time of buying him, that we got which Ajax gave their players in Amsterdam was an enormous amount from our experiences, from WHY ARE THE PRICES UP TONIGHT? him not as a mature established player, but because almost un-nerving. Believe us all, it really does make a Glentoran to Sporting Club of Lisbon, from Rouen See page 11. of his great potential for the future. I see no reason tremendous difference. Give us all the help you can to Bacau, and then Ajax, and our goals record up to at all for changing my mind about that. to-night, and I hope we will do the rest for you. 2 3 i BOB WILSON GEOFF BARNETT PETER STOREY EDDIE KELLY FRANK McLINTOCK TERRY NEil..L Joined Arsenal as an amateur in 1963. Signed for Arsenal from Everton last A product of England Schoolboys, Became a professional in 1964. Has October after Bob Wilson had broken he became an Arsenal apprentice in Joined Arsenal from Possilpark Came to Arsenal as a Scottish Inter­ In his tenth season as an Arsenal now played over 100 League and his arm at Burnley in September. May 1961, and signed professional in Y.M.C.A. (Glasgow) soon after his national in October 1964, and as First Team player is second only to Cup games. Missed much of this Geoff proved a worthy capture and September 1962. Has now made over seventeenth birthday in February Arsenal's captain is now approaching George Armstrong in games played. season with a broken wrist, but has will be remembered in the Fairs Cup 200 Cup and League appearances, 1968. Captain of the Combination his 250th game. Has now taken over Came to Arsenal from Bangor and is completely recovered and is back to for saving a penalty in Lisbon against and with McNab forms one of the team last season and has now estab­ the middle of the field which he has not only an Irish International of his top form. Sporting Club. best full-back partnerships in the lished himself in the First team with dominated with some outstanding very considerable experience but has some tremendous performances for performances. captained his country. Country. a 19-year-old. BOB McNAB SAMMY NELSON PAT RICE PETER SIMPSON PETER MARINELLO JON SAMMELS Came to Arsenal from Huddersfield A Northern Ireland Schoolboy Inter­ Although born in Belfast, was a local arsenal.comJoined the Arsenal ground staff in Was signed by Arsenal from Comes from Ipswich and join'ed in October 1966 in preference to national whose home is in Belfast.