1966–67 Football League Cup
Tournament details | |
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Country | England Wales |
Teams | 90 |
Defending champions | West Bromwich Albion |
Final positions | |
Champions | Queens Park Rangers |
Runner-up | West Bromwich Albion |
The 1966–67 Football League Cup was the seventh season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 23 August 1966 and ended with the final on 4 March 1967. This was the first season during which Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wolverhampton participated in the League Cup; Everton and Liverpool were the only League teams that did not compete.
The final was contested by Third Division side Queens Park Rangers and First Division side West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium in London; this was the first League Cup final to take place at a neutral venue, instead of as a two-legged tie. Clive Clark scored twice in the first half to give West Bromwich Albion a 2–0 half-time lead. However, second-half goals from Queens Park Rangers' Roger Morgan, Rodney Marsh, and Mark Lazarus turned the game around. Queens Park Rangers, who also won the Third Division championship this season, eventually won the match 3–2 to claim the trophy.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.[2]
Calendar
[edit]Of the 90 teams, 38 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–40th in the 1965–66 Football League, excluding 2 teams that did not compete) and the other 52 played in the first round. The semi-finals were two-legged.
Round | Main date | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round | |
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Original | Replays | ||||
First Round | 24 August 1966 | 26 | 10 | 90 → 64 | 52 (teams ranked 19th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division) |
Second Round | 14 September 1966 | 32 | 11 | 64 → 32 | 38 (all First Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–18th in Second Division) |
Third Round | 5 October 1966 | 16 | 5 | 32 → 16 | none |
Fourth Round | 26 October 1966 | 8 | 1 | 16 → 8 | none |
Fifth Round | 7 December 1966 | 4 | 0 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-finals | 17/18 January & 7/8 February 1967 | 4 | 0 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 4 March 1967 | 1 | 0 | 2 → 1 | none |
First round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Darlington | 4–0 | Halifax Town | 29 August 1966 |
Doncaster Rovers | 5–2[3] | Bradford City | 30 August 1966 |
Gillingham | 2–0[3] | Southend United | 31 August 1966 |
Hartlepools United | 1–2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 31 August 1966 |
Luton Town | 1–2 | Aldershot | 29 August 1966 |
Mansfield Town | 3–0 | Notts County | 29 August 1966 |
Millwall | 0–1 | Brentford | 29 August 1966 |
Reading | 1–0 | Watford | 29 August 1966 |
Torquay United | 1–2 | Exeter City | 31 August 1966 |
York City | 2–1 | Middlesbrough | 29 August 1966 |
Second round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Birmingham City | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | 20 September 1966 |
Burnley | 5–0 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 September 1966 |
Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | Darlington | 19 September 1966 |
Gillingham | 1–1[3] | Arsenal | 21 September 1966 |
Grimsby Town | 3–1 | Bradford Park Avenue | 21 September 1966 |
Peterborough United | 0–2 | Northampton Town | 26 September 1966 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2–0 | Aldershot | 20 September 1966 |
Sheffield United | 1–0[3] | Sunderland | 20 September 1966 |
Swansea Town | 2–1[3] | Bristol City | 19 September 1966 |
Tranmere Rovers | 0–2 | Carlisle United | 21 September 1966 |
2nd replay
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 5–0 | Gillingham | 28 September 1966 |
Third round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 1–3 | West Ham United | 5 October 1966 |
Birmingham City | 2–1 | Ipswich Town | 4 October 1966 |
Blackpool | 1–1 | Chelsea | 5 October 1966 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Coventry City | 5 October 1966 |
Doncaster Rovers | 1–1 | Swindon Town | 4 October 1966 |
Exeter City | 1–2 | Walsall | 5 October 1966 |
Fulham | 5–0 | Wolverhampton | 5 October 1966 |
Grimsby Town | 3–0 | Workington | 5 October 1966 |
Leicester City | 5–0 | Lincoln City | 5 October 1966 |
Northampton Town | 2–1 | Rotherham United | 5 October 1966 |
Preston North End | 1–1 | Leeds United | 4 October 1966 |
Sheffield United | 2–0 | Burnley | 12 October 1966 |
Southampton | 3–3 | Carlisle United | 5 October 1966 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Swansea Town | 8 October 1966 |
West Bromwich Albion | 4–2 | Manchester City | 5 October 1966 |
York City | 0–2 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 October 1966 |
Replays
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Carlisle United | 2–1[3] | Southampton | 12 October 1966 |
Chelsea | 1–3 | Blackpool | 17 October 1966 |
Coventry City | 1–3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 October 1966 |
Leeds United | 3–0 | Preston North End | 12 October 1966 |
Swindon Town | 4–2[3] | Doncaster Rovers | 11 October 1966 |
Fourth round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Blackpool | 4–2 | Fulham | 26 October 1966 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Northampton Town | 26 October 1966 |
Carlisle United | 4–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 October 1966 |
Grimsby Town | 2–4 | Birmingham City | 26 October 1966 |
Queens Park Rangers | 4–2 | Leicester City | 25 October 1966 |
Sheffield United | 2–1 | Walsall | 26 October 1966 |
Swindon Town | 0–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 October 1966 |
West Ham United | 7–0 | Leeds United | 7 November 1966 |
Replays
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Northampton Town | 8–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 November 1966 |
Fifth round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Blackpool | 1–3 | West Ham United | 7 December 1966 |
Northampton Town | 1–3 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 December 1966 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Carlisle United | 7 December 1966 |
Sheffield United | 2–3 | Birmingham City | 7 December 1966 |
Semi-finals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Birmingham City | 1–4 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 January 1967 |
West Bromwich Albion | 4–0 | West Ham United | 18 January 1967 |
Second leg
[edit]Home team | Score | Away team | Date | Agg |
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Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 | Birmingham City | 7 February 1967 | 7–2 |
West Ham United | 2–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 February 1967 | 2–6 |
Final
[edit]The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 4 March 1967.
Queens Park Rangers | 3–2 | West Bromwich Albion |
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R. Morgan ![]() Marsh ![]() Lazarus ![]() |
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MATCH RULES
- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
- Replay if scores still level.
- One named substitute.
References
[edit]General
[edit]- "English League Cup 1966/1967". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- "English League Cup 1966–1967 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
Specific
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