FA Youth Cup Finals from 1970 to 1979.

1978–79: Millwall v. Manchester City (0–0 and 2–0, 2–0 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Millwall No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Peter Gleasure — GK  ENG Paul Sansome — DF  ENG David Martin — DF  ENG Phil Coleman — DF  ENG Ian Gale — DF  ENG David Gregory — DF  ENG Paul Roberts — DF  ENG Paul Robinson — MF  EIR Andy Massey — MF  ENG Chris Dibble — MF  ENG Dave Mehmet — MF  EIR Tony Kinsella — MF  EIR Kevin O'Callaghan — FW  SCO Alan McKenna — FW  ENG Dean Horrix

Manchester City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Alex Williams 2 DF  ENG Gary Fitzgerald 3 DF  ENG Dick Cunningham 4 DF  ENG Nicky Reid 5 DF  ENG Tommy Caton 6 MF  ENG Ross McGinn 7 MF  ENG McClure 8 MF  ENG Leigh 9 MF  ENG Clive Wilson 10 FW  ENG Steve Kinsey 11 FW  ENG Kevin Glendon

1977–78: Crystal Palace v. Aston Villa (1–0)

• In 1978, the FA Youth Cup Final was played at Highbury over only one leg.^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Crystal Palace No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG David Fry 2 DF  ENG Chris Sparks 3 DF  ENG Kevin Dare 4 DF  ENG Terry Fenwick 5 DF  ENG Billy Gilbert 6 MF  WAL Peter Nicholas 7 FW  ENG Les Carter 8 MF  EIR Jerry Murphy 9 FW  WAL Steve Lovell 10 MF  ENG Steve MacKenzie 11 FW  ENG Vince Hilaire sub DF  ENG Neil Banfield

Aston Villa No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Mark Kendall 2 DF  ENG Neil Morgan 3 DF  ENG Colin Gibson 4 DF  ENG Gary Williams 5 DF  ENG Brendan Ormsby 6 MF  SCO Ian Hendry 7 MF  ENG Lee Jenkins 8 FW  SCO John Capaldi 9 FW  ENG Ivor Linton 10 FW  ENG Adrian O'Dowd 11 FW  ENG Gary Shaw sub  ENG Alan Ollis

• Scorer for Crystal Palace; Terry Fenwick.^[1]

1976–77: Crystal Palace v. Everton (1–0 aggregate)

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Crystal Palace No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG David Fry 2 DF  ENG Terry Fenwick 3 DF  ENG Kenny Sansom 4 DF  ENG Billy Gilbert 5 MF  EIR Jerry Murphy 6 MF  ENG Steve Brennan 7 MF  WAL Peter Nicholas 8 FW  WAL Steve Lovell 9 FW  ENG Vince Hilaire 10 FW  ENG Steve Leahy

Everton No. Pos. Nation Player 1 DF  SCO Billy Russell 2 DF  ENG Ray Deakin 3 DF  WAL Kevin Ratcliffe 4 DF  ENG Mark Higgins 5 MF  ENG Steve McMahon 6 FW  SCO Ross Jack 7 FW  SCO Joe McBride

• Scorer for Crystal Palace; Terry Fenwick.^[1]

1975–76: West Bromwich Albion v. Wolverhampton Wanderers (2–0 and 3–0, 5–0 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

West Bromwich Albion No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Mark Grew 2 DF  ENG Tony Cooper 3 DF  ENG Derek Statham 4 DF  ENG John Loveridge 5 DF  ENG Brian Clarke 6 MF  ENG Martyn Davies 7 MF  ENG Steve Lynex 8 MF  ENG Colin Gregson 9 FW  WAL Mark Trenter 10 FW  ENG Wayne Hughes 11 MF  ENG Kevin Summerfield Sub MF  ENG Derek Hood

Wolverhampton Wanderers No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Tony Walker 2 DF  ENG Mark Duncombe 3 DF  ENG Gary Tysall 4 MF  ENG Paul Moss 5 DF  ENG Bob Hazell 6 DF  WAL George Berry 7 MF  ENG Chindha Singh 8 MF  ENG Martin Patching 9 FW  ENG Steve Crompton 10 FW  ENG Ken Todd 11 MF  SCO John Black Sub  ENG Martin Loftus

1974–75: Ipswich Town v. West Ham United (3–1 and 2–0, 5–1 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Ipswich Town No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO John Wark — FW  ENG Keith Bertschin — FW  ENG David Geddis — MF  SCO Tommy O'Neill

West Ham United No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG David Danson 2  ENG Chris Smith 3  ENG Tony Tuddenham (Capt.) 4  ENG Derek Fraser 5 DF  ENG Alvin Martin 6  ENG John Domfe 7  ENG Malcolm Hill 8 MF  ENG Alan Curbishley 9  ENG Terry Sharpe 10 FW  ENG Geoff Pike 11 MF  ENG Paul Brush Sub MF  ENG Terry Hurlock

1973–74: Tottenham v. Huddersfield Town (1–1 and 1–0, 2–1 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Tottenham Hotspur No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Ian Cranstone 2 DF  ENG Ian Smith 3 DF  ENG Micky Stead 4 DF  ENG Andy Keeley 5 DF  WAL Wayne Cegielski 6 MF  ENG Gary Anderson 7 MF  NIR Noel Brotherston 8 MF  SCO Neil McNab 9 FW  ENG Chris Jones 10 FW  ENG Roger Gibbins 11 MF  ENG John Margerrison

Huddersfield Town No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Dick Taylor 2 DF  SCO Alan Sweeney 3 DF  ENG Paul Garner 4 DF  ENG Stephen Barrett 5 DF  ENG Peter Hart 6 MF  ENG Martin Fowler 7 MF  ENG Lloyd Maitland 8 FW  ENG Bob Mountain 9 FW  ENG Bob Newton 10 FW  ENG Dave Nicholls 11 MF  ENG Francis Firth sub  ENG Paul Cooper

1972–73: Ipswich Town v. Bristol City (3–0 and 1–1, 4–1 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Ipswich Town No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  SCO George Burley 6 DF  ENG John Peddelty 9 FW  ENG Robin Turner 10 FW  ENG Steve Vale

Bristol City No. Pos. Nation Player 8 DF  ENG Gary Collier

1971–72: Aston Villa v. Liverpool (1–0 and 4–2, 5–2 aggregate)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Aston Villa No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO Jake Findlay 2 DF  ENG John Gidman 3 DF  SCO Bob McDonald 4 MF  ENG Alan Little 5 DF  ENG Roy Stark 6 DF  ENG Brian Melling 7 MF  SCO Brian Gray 8 MF  ENG Doug George 9 FW  ENG Tony Betts 10 FW  ENG Brian Little 11 FW  SCO Mike Brady Sub FW  ENG Dave Smith

Liverpool No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Steve Jameson 2 DF  ENG Brian Kettle 3 DF  ENG Bob Johnston 4 MF  ENG Joe James 5 DF  ENG John Higham 6 MF  ENG Kevin Kewley 7 MF  ENG Phil Thompson 8 MF  ENG Tommy Gore 9 FW  ENG Derek Brownbill 10 FW  ENG Tommy Tynan 11 MF  EIR Tommy Maguire Sub FW  ENG Neil Singleton

1970–71: Arsenal v. Cardiff City (0–0 and 2–0, 2–0 aggregate)

First leg

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Arsenal No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Graham Horn 2 DF  ENG Dave Donaldson 3 DF  ENG Micky Shovelar 4 MF  ENG David Price 5 DF  ENG Brendon Batson 6 MF  ENG Jim de Garis 7 FW  ENG Brian Hornsby 8 MF  WAL Charlie Newton 9 FW  WAL Paul Davies 10 MF  ENG Terry Burton 11 FW  ENG Tony Waring 12 FW  ENG Kevin Kennerley

Cardiff City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  WAL John Williams 2 DF  WAL Phil Dwyer 3 DF  WAL Jimmy Hobby 4 MF  SCO Billy Kellock 5 DF  ENG John Impey (c) 6 DF  WAL Alan Shaw 7 FW  WAL Bryan Rees 8 FW  SCO Jimmy McInch 9 FW  WAL Alan Couch 10 FW  WAL George Gibbs 11 FW  WAL Nigel Rees 12 MF  WAL Peter Davies

Second leg

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Arsenal No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Graham Horn 2 DF  ENG Dave Donaldson 3 DF  ENG Micky Shovelar 4 MF  ENG David Price 5 DF  ENG Brendon Batson 6 MF  ENG Jim de Garis 7 FW  ENG Brian Hornsby 8 MF  WAL Charlie Newton 9 FW  WAL Paul Davies 10 MF  ENG Terry Burton 11 FW  ENG Kevin Kennerley

Cardiff City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  WAL John Williams 2 DF  WAL Phil Dwyer 3 DF  WAL Jimmy Hobby 4 MF  SCO Billy Kellock 5 DF  ENG John Impey (c) 6 DF  WAL Alan Shaw 7 FW  WAL Bryan Rees 8 FW  SCO Jimmy McInch 9 FW  WAL Alan Couch 10 FW  WAL George Gibbs 11 FW  WAL Nigel Rees 12 MF  WAL Peter Davies

1969–70: Tottenham Hotspur v. Coventry City (1–0 and 0–1, 1–1 aggregate, replay 2–2 and 2nd replay 1–0)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Tottenham Hotspur No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Barry Daines — DF  NZL Bobby Almond — DF  ENG Eddie Jones — DF  ENG Mike Dillon — MF  ENG Steve Perryman — DF  ENG William Edwards — MF  ENG John Oliver — MF  SCO Graeme Souness — FW  ENG Mike Flanagan — FW  ENG Ray Clarke —  ENG Ron Gibson

Coventry City No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG David Icke — DF  ENG Alan Dugdale — DF  EIR Jimmy Holmes — MF  WAL Colin Randell — MF  ENG Dennis Mortimer — MF  ENG Mick McGuire — MF  ENG Bobby Parker — MF  WAL Leslie Cartwright — MF  SCO John Stevenson — FW  ENG Alan Green