Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester City League Cup 2nd Round 1st leg 1979/80
Date Published
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 CITY 1
League Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg
28th August 1979
attendance 24,095
scorers City Viljoen(27) Sheff Weds King(66)
Ref Terry Farley
City Corrigan, Ranson, Stepanovic, Coton, Booth, Power, MacKenzie, Silkman, Robinson, Viljoen, Channon - sub Donachie
Sheff Weds Cox, Blackhall, Grant, Smith, Mullen, Hornsby, Curran, Porterfield, Fleming, McCulloch, King - sub Mellor
COLIN VILJOEN IS CONGRATULATED AFTER PUTTING CITY IN FRONT AND THEN JEFF KING GRABS THE EQUALISER FOR WEDNESDAY
City were under pressure from the start from a very well organised Wednesday team, however Colin Viljoen curled in a great 20 yard free kick just before the half hour to put City in control. In the second half a hesitant Blues' defence let in Jeff King to hit a low shot in off the post for a deserved equaliser. Just six minutes later things could have got worse for City as Viljoen pulled down King in the box for a penalty, Brian Hornsby struck a well placed spot-kick however Joe Corrigan leapt to his left to make a magnificent save and keep the score all square for the second leg.
