He had already scored in the first leg of the 1966 League Cup Final four years previously at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground.
City equalised through Mike Doyle to send the game into extra-time, and eventually won 2–1, with Glyn Pardoe scoring the winner.
This was the first season in which all ninety-two football league clubs competed in the tournament.
Of the 92 teams, 36 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–35th in the 1968–69 Football League, plus 1969 League Cup winners Swindon Town) and the other 56 played in the first round.
The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 7 March 1970.