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See Real Player Video Clips of Andy Gray's Goal and Emlyn Hughes Lifting the Courtesy of Tim C @ The Small Wolves Page who has very kindly let me use them. The clips are zip files to save on download time
How Wolves Reached Wembley
Match Report The rising cost of watching football was reflected by the £625,000 forked out by the 96,527 present, the charge to stand up being £3.50 now. If there was a replay it would be at Old Trafford, though the stand-by venue for the 1974 final, Stoke, would have been geographically ideal. Not that the Forest team who had held the trophy for two years expected such problems, on the other hand Wolves Captain Hughes was determined to prove his £90,000 move to Molineux would not be the anti-climax to his career predicted as he sought an honour that eluded him at Anfield. The well-organised Wolves defence frustrated Forest and always had players on the line during a goalmouth scramble, though Bradshaw was covering things adequately himself. Shortly after half-time Wolves had cause for complaint as the ball was bundled in when Richards and Carr challenged, only for a foul to be awarded against Shilton. In the 66th minute a long kick by Daniel led to a mis-understanding in the Forest defence, leaving Gray with the simplest of chances which he scored to put Wolves 1-0 ahead. Forest, who were to finish fifth in Division One, pressed hard again though Berry was nearer to scoring when he hit the woodwork at the other end, so Wolves just about deserved to join the small band of teams who had won the League Cup more than once.
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