In the run up to this weekends Capital One Cup Final i thought i would delve into City's past and have a look too see what happened to the hero's of the 1976 League Cup Final.

GK Joe Corrigan- Moved to Cheshire where he acted as coach to goalkeepers at Celtic, Middlesbrough, Tranmere and Barnsley. Then became Liverpool's first full - time goalkeeping coach until 2004. He then coached at Chester and then West Brom before retiring at the end of the 2008—09 season. In February 2011 Corrigan came out of retirement to join Hull City as goalkeeping coach, replacing Mark Prudhoe, who had been criticised by some Hull supporters for his coaching methods. Corrigan left his coaching role at Hull City in August 2011 after being involved in an unspecified incident with Jimmy Bullard on a pre season trip to Slovenia, the latter being sacked as a result.

DF Ged Keegan- In 1978 he was transferred to Oldham Athletic where he made 144 League appearances (scoring 5 goals) before moving to Mansfield Town in 1983. After a short spell here he moved on to Rochdale, and then to Altrincham. Ged worked as an insurance salesman for 20 years,and now works for a car parking company at Manchester Airport.

DF Willie Donachie- He had two spells in America with Portland Timbers before ending his playing days at Burnley, then Oldham where he became assistant Manager/Coach. Moved to Everton in the same capacity with boss, Joe Royle in early 1995.When Royle left to manage Everton in 1995, Donachie followed as his assistant before being appointed First Team Coach at Sheffield United. Towards the end of the 1997—98 season he rejoined Royle at Manchester City. In May 2001, Royle was sacked, but Donachie opted to stay at Manchester City as First Team Coach under new manager Kevin Keegan. However, in November 2001 he left to become assistant to Terry Yorath at Sheffield Wednesday. He resigned from his post at Hillsborough on 28 October 2002 to link up again with Joe Royle, who by now was manager of Ipswich Town. Donachie left Portman Road in June 2006 after Jim Magilton was appointed as manager, this coming after Donachie had stated his interest in the job himself, and joined Millwall as assistant to Nigel Spackman. He was appointed manager of Millwall on 22 November 2006 after being caretaker manager following Spackman's sacking on 25 September 2006. Nigel Spackman's last game against Northampton on 23 September left Millwall 23rd in League One, but Donachie steadied the ship and Millwall finished the 2006—7 season in mid-table. On 19 March 2007, Donachie signed a two year deal as manager. However, on 8 October 2007, Donachie was sacked by Millwall after a run of poor results which left the club bottom of League One.[ He took charge of Antigua and Barbuda for a couple of games against Cuba in late 2008. In December 2009 he was appointed Assistant Director at Newcastle United's academy. On 6 February 2014, Donachie resigned after it was alleged that he hit reserve player Remie Streete following a 0-2 defeat against Sunderland in an Under-21s match.

DF Mike Doyle (c)- Joined Alan Durban's Stoke City for a fee of £50,000 in June 1978. In January 1982 he joined Bolton Wanders. He spent a season and a half at Burnden Park and ended his career with a season at Rochdale. After football he became a Sales manager for Slazenger. Sadly Mike died in June 2011 after a long illness. Remember blues,we want to hear everyone singing Mike's name in the 4th minute of the final on Sunday.

DF Dave Watson- After City Dave went onto play for Werder Bremen, Southampton, Stoke City, Vancouver Whitecaps and Derby County as well at the England national team where he won 65 caps. These days he runs a agency for former footballers,supplying them with media work.

MF Alan Oakes- He was appointed player-manager at Chester in 1976, and led the club to victory in the Debenhams Cup in 1977. He left the club in March 1982, and then played one FA cup game for Northwich Victoria and one league game for Port Vale. He left the game after coaching spells at Port Vale and then Chester City. His cousin Glyn Pardoe was also a member of the Manchester City side in the 1960s and 70s, and his son Michael is a professional footballer who has played for Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Cardiff City as a goalkeeper. His nephew, Chris Blackburn, played for Chester City, Morecambe, and Wrexham.

MF Peter Barnes- After City he joined West Bromwich Albion in 1979. He Went on to play for a number of league clubs before ending with a spell in America. Came back to the UK in 1991 and turned out for Mossley. After retiring from playing, Barnes had a brief spell managing Gibraltar and Runcorn, and has since worked behind the scenes at Manchester City and for local radio. Since August 2010, he has been based in Kuala Lumpur, working as a Premier League pundit for Malaysian network, Astro, and its thrice-weekly FourFourTwo TV programme. On the night that his former club Manchester City clinched the 2011—12 Premier League title, the normally reserved Barnes sang a rendition of Blue Moon during the post-game show in Astro's studios. He also continued his father's legacy, running soccer schools for impoverished local children.

MF Tommy Booth- In September 1981 he moved to Preston North End for £30,000. At Deepdale he made 84 appearances between 1981 and 1984, scoring twice, before injury forced him to retire during the 1984—85 season. In February 1985 he was appointed as Preston manager; with the club in difficult financial circumstances, he resigned in January 1986. In the Nineties he was employed by television company Granada as a Satellite and TV installation technician.

MF Asa Hartford- At the beginning of the 1979—80 season he was transferred to Brian Clough's European Champions at Nottingham Forest only to be swiftly packed off to Everton for £400,000 after 3 games. In October 1981 John Bond brought him back to Maine Road for £375,000. What followed were stints in the United States (Fort Lauderdale Sun), Norwich City (for whom he scored the winning goal in the 1985 League Cup Final), Bolton Wanderers and Oldham Athletic, before he took up coaching/managerial roles with Stockport County, Shrewsbury Town and Boston United where he made 15 appearances as a player at the age of 40. Latterly, he joined ex-international team-mates Kenny Dalglish (at Blackburn Rovers), Joe Jordan and Lou Macari (at Stoke City where he spent four matches as caretaker manager) in various coaching/managerial roles before taking on an assistant managerial position at Manchester City with Alan Ball in 1995 and stayed as the reserve team coach until May 2005 when Stuart Pearce brought in his own coaching staff. He thereafter became a coach with Blackpool in December 2005. He left Blackpool in May 2006.
On 29 June 2007 it was announced that he had been appointed assistant manager at Macclesfield Town but both he and Ian Brightwell were sacked in February 2008 to be replaced by Keith Alexander. In April 2008 he was given a role with Accrington Stanley coaching the junior teams and the reserves, but was made redundant from this role in October 2011 and subsequently joined Birmingham City as a scout. In the summer of 2012, he returned to one of his former clubs Norwich City to assist with scouting duties having previously spent a season at Carrow Road in his playing career.

FW Joe Royle- He left Maine Road in November 1977 to join Bristol City and had a further stint with Norwich City, including winning Norwich City player of the year in 1981, before being forced to retire from the game in 1982 (aged 33) due to a knee injury. In the same year he took over as manager at Oldham Athletic before going on to manage at Everton before returning to City as manager in 1998. Royle was dismissed after relegation in May 2001. He then managed at Ipswich and Oldham. Joe now keeps himself busy with media work.

FW Dennis Tueart- In 1978 he was signed by the New York Cosmos to replace arguably the world’s greatest ever footballer, Pelé. He returned to City in 1980, eventually playing 268 competitive games and scoring 108 goals for the club he continues to follow, and later played briefly for Stoke, Burnley and Derry City. After hanging up his boots, he forged a successful career in business, one that he combined with his nine years as a director of Manchester City between 1997 and 2007. He now continues to run a successful conferencing business, Premier Events, and still follows City from his executive box at the Etihad Stadium.

Sub- DF Kenny Clements- Kenny joined Oldham in 1979 and made 206 appearances for them before returning to City in 1985 where he stayed until he joined Bury in 1988. He left in 1990 and was briefly player-manager of League of Ireland club Limerick before joining Shrewsbury Town. After retiring from football in 1991, Clements opened a driving school in the Oldham area, and resumed his interest in painting. He now works as a chauffeur for Manchester property tycoon Aneel Mussarat at MCR Property Ltd in Rusholme, Manchester.

Manager Tony Book- Book remained manager until 1979, when he was replaced by his former mentor Malcolm Allison. He then became a loyal stalwart to the club in several other roles until 1997, including as caretaker manager again in 1993. He joined Huddersfield Town in 1997 as Chief Scout under Brian Horton. As of 2008 Book is retired, but holds two honorary positions; he is Honorary President of Manchester City and Life President of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club. He was inducted into Manchester City's Hall of Fame in January 2004.

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