CITY 0 EVERTON 1
League Division 1
16th August 1972
attendance 38,525
scorer Connolly(19)
Ref J Hunting
City Corrigan, Book, Donachie, Doyle, Booth, Bell, Summerbee, Lee, Davies, Marsh, Towers – sub Jeffries(67)
Everton Lawson, H Newton, Wright, Kendall, Kenyon, Lyons, Husband, Bernard, Royle, Harvey, Connolly – sub Johnson(80)
Big Joe Corrigan was clearly City’s man of the match, however his brilliance between the sticks couldn’t mask a performance that Peter Gardner of the Manchester Evening News described as “pathetic” and a “Manchester City horror show.”
Everton scored through Connolly in the 19th minute and could have finished with a hat-full of goals if it wasn’t for the magnificent display of City’s custodian and also the woodwork, which denied them twice.
The Toffee’s goal came when a great shot by Harvey was brilliantly saved by Corrigan, however Joe could only parry the ball, and Connolly was on hand to tap it into the net.