In the latter game, one of his last for Liverpool, stalwart Ian Callaghan received the only booking of his long career with the club.
Team: 1 Chris Woods (GK) 2 Viv Anderson 3 Frank Clark 4 John McGovern (c) 5 Larry Lloyd 6 Kenny Burns 7 Martin O'Neill 8 Ian Bowyer 9 Peter Withe 10 Tony Woodcock 11 John Robertson Substitute: 12 John O'Hare Scorers: None Half-time:0–0 Competition:Football League Cup (Final) Date:15.00 GMT Saturday 18 March 1978 Venue:Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Pat Partridge Match rules:90 minutes.30 minutes extra-time if necessary.Match replayed if scores still level.One named substitute.
Team: 1 Ray Clemence (GK) 2 Phil Neal 3 Tommy Smith 4 Phil Thompson 5 Ray Kennedy 91' 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) 7 Kenny Dalglish 8 Jimmy Case 9 Steve Heighway 10 Terry McDermott 11 Ian Callaghan Substitute: 12 David Fairclough 91' Scorers: None Source for team line-ups:[2] Team: 1 Chris Woods (GK) 2 Viv Anderson 3 Frank Clark 4 John O'Hare 5 Larry Lloyd 6 Kenny Burns (c) 7 Martin O'Neill 8 Ian Bowyer 9 Peter Withe 10 Tony Woodcock 11 John Robertson Substitute 12 Steve Elliott Scorers: Half-time:0–0 Competition:Football League Cup (Final) Date:19.45 BST, Wednesday, 22 March 1978 Venue:Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 54,375 Referee: Pat Partridge Match rules:90 minutes.30 minutes extra-time if necessary.Match replayed if scores still level.One named substitute.
Team: 1 Ray Clemence (GK) 2 Phil Neal 3 Tommy Smith 4 Phil Thompson 5 Ray Kennedy 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) 7 Kenny Dalglish 8 Jimmy Case 64' 9 Steve Heighway 10 Terry McDermott 11 Ian Callaghan Substitute 12 David Fairclough 64' Scorers: None Forest's route to the final included victories over First Division teams West Ham United, Aston Villa and Leeds United (beating the latter 7–3 on aggregate in the semi-final).
They then beat Third Division Wrexham 3-1 in the quarter-final at The Racecourse Ground, before edging out Arsenal in a two-legged semi-final, which saw Liverpool winning 2-1 at Anfield and drawing 0-0 at Highbury.