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 |
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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
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
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. 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
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Aldershot | 2–2 | Luton Town | 24 August 1966 |
Barnsley | 1–2 | Grimsby Town | 24 August 1966 |
Barrow | 2–1 | Oldham Athletic | 24 August 1966 |
Bradford City | 1–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 August 1966 |
Bradford Park Avenue |
2–2 | Hartlepools United | 23 August 1966 |
Brentford | 0–0 | Millwall | 24 August 1966 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–0 | Leyton Orient | 24 August 1966 |
Bury | 2–0 | Rochdale | 23 August 1966 |
Cardiff City | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers | 24 August 1966 |
Chester | 2–5 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 August 1966 |
Chesterfield | 2–1 | Scunthorpe United | 24 August 1966 |
Crewe Alexandra | 1–0 | Stockport County | 24 August 1966 |
Exeter City | 2–2 | Torquay United | 24 August 1966 |
Halifax Town | 0–0 | Darlington | 23 August 1966 |
Lincoln City | 1–0 | Hull City | 24 August 1966 |
Middlesbrough | 0–0 | York City | 24 August 1966 |
Newport County | 1–2 | Swansea Town |
24 August 1966 |
Notts County | 1–1 | Mansfield Town | 24 August 1966 |
Peterborough United | 2–1 | Oxford United | 24 August 1966 |
Port Vale | 1–3 | Walsall | 23 August 1966 |
Queens Park Rangers | 5–0 | Colchester United | 23 August 1966 |
Shrewsbury Town | 6–1 | Wrexham |
24 August 1966 |
Southend United | 0–0 | Gillingham | 24 August 1966 |
Southport | 0–1 | Workington | 24 August 1966 |
Swindon Town | 2–1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |
24 August 1966 |
Watford | 1–1 | Reading | 23 August 1966 |
Replays
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
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Aldershot | 1–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 September 1966 |
Arsenal | 1–1 | Gillingham | 13 September 1966 |
Blackburn Rovers | 4–1 | Barrow | 14 September 1966 |
Blackpool | 5–1 | Manchester United | 14 September 1966 |
Bradford Park Avenue |
0–0 | Grimsby Town | 14 September 1966 |
Brentford | 2–4 | Ipswich Town | 13 September 1966 |
Bristol City | 1–1 | Swansea Town |
13 September 1966 |
Bury | 2–3 | Workington | 14 September 1966 |
Cardiff City | 0–1 | Exeter City | 14 September 1966 |
Carlisle United | 1–1 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 September 1966 |
Chelsea | 5–2 | Charlton Athletic | 14 September 1966 |
Coventry City | 2–1 | Derby County | 13 September 1966 |
Darlington | 1–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 September 1966 |
Fulham | 2–0 | Crystal Palace | 13 September 1966 |
Leeds United |
1–0 | Newcastle United | 13 September 1966 |
Leicester City | 5–0 | Reading | 14 September 1966 |
Lincoln City | 2–1 | Huddersfield Town |
14 September 1966 |
Manchester City | 3–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 September 1966 |
Northampton Town | 2–2 | Peterborough United | 14 September 1966 |
Norwich City | 0–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 September 1966 |
Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Birmingham City | 13 September 1966 |
Preston North End | 2–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 September 1966 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 0–1 | Rotherham United | 14 September 1966 |
Shrewsbury Town | 1–1 | Burnley | 14 September 1966 |
Southampton | 4–3 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 September 1966 |
Sunderland | 1–1 | Sheffield United | 14 September 1966 |
Swindon Town | 4–1 | Portsmouth | 13 September 1966 |
Walsall | 2–1 | Stoke City | 13 September 1966 |
West Bromwich Albion | 6–1 | Aston Villa | 14 September 1966 |
West Ham United | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 September 1966 |
Wolverhampton | 2–1 | Mansfield Town | 13 September 1966 |
York City | 3–2 | Chesterfield | 13 September 1966 |
Replays
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
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 5–0 | Gillingham | 28 September 1966 |
Third round
Ties
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
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
Ties
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
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Northampton Town | 8–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 November 1966 |
Fifth round
Ties
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
First leg
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
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
The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 4 March 1967.
Queens Park Rangers | 3–2 | West Bromwich Albion |
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81' | Summary | 7' 36' C. Clark |
Queens Park Rangers
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West Bromwich Albion
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MATCH RULES
- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
- Replay if scores still level.
- One named substitute.
References
General
- "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