Arsenal v Manchester City 1976/77
Date Published
ARSENAL 0 CITY 0
League Division 1
4th September 1976
attendance 35,132
Ref R Kirkpatrick
City Corrigan, Docherty, Donachie, Doyle, Watson, Booth, Power, Conway, Royle, Hartford, Tueart - sub Clements(unused)
Arsenal Rimmer, Rice, Nelson, Ross, O'Leary, Simpson, Ball, Brady, MacDonald, Stapleton, Armstrong - sub Cropley(70)
PETER GARDNERS 'VERDICT' FROM THE MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS FOOTBALL PINK FINAL 4TH SEPTEMBER 1976 City took a second half pounding at Highbury where Joe Corrigan was in superb form with a string of magnificent saves. But the Blues hit back strongly and Jimmy Rimmer also made excellent saves. Doyle did a first-class job in curbing Malcolm MacDonald. In fact, the entire defence earned top rating for a backs-to-the-wall battle. Asa Hartford had an improved game and some positive flanking runs by Jim Conway saw the Blues in with a chance right until the death. It was a solid all-round display by City to pick themselves up after the disastrous midweek League Cup defeat at Villa Park...