1964 Football League Cup final

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1964 Football League Cup Final
Winners' tankard awarded to Graham Cross for winning the 1963–64 Football League Cup
Event1963–64 Football League Cup
Stoke City Leicester City
3 4
First Leg
Stoke City Leicester City
1 1
Date15 April 1964
VenueVictoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
RefereeBill Clements
Attendance22,309
Second Leg
Leicester City Stoke City
3 2
Date22 April 1964
Venue
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The 1964 Football League Cup Final, the fourth to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between

aggregate.[1]

Match review

First leg

The First leg was played at

John Ritchie had a shot brilliantly cleared off the line by John Sjoberg.[1] After a goalless first half Keith Bebbington broke the deadlock putting Stoke ahead after 62 minutes after Bill Asprey's 30 yard shot was parried by the Leicester 'keeper Gordon Banks, but Bebbington was fastest to the loose ball.[1] In front of a crowd of 22,309 Stoke went out for a second goal but Leicester's defence held firm and against the run of play they got an equaliser.[1] A poor clearance from Eric Skeels rebounded off Terry Heath into the path of Dave Gibson who lobbed the ball over Lawrie Leslie and into the unguarded net to set up a winner takes all 2nd leg.[1]

Second leg

For the Second leg at

aggregate win and with it the League Cup.[1]

Players and officials

First leg

Stoke City1–1Leicester City
Bebbington 62' Report Gibson 79'
Attendance: 22,309
Referee: W.Clements
1 Scotland Lawrie Leslie
2 England Bill Asprey
3 England Tony Allen
4 England Calvin Palmer
5 Scotland George Kinnell
6 England Eric Skeels (c)
7 England Peter Dobing
8 England Dennis Viollet
9 England John Ritchie
10 Northern Ireland Jimmy McIlroy
11 England Keith Bebbington
Manager:
England Tony Waddington
1 England Gordon Banks
2 Scotland John Sjoberg
3 England Colin Appleton
4 Scotland Max Dougan
5 England Ian King
6 England Graham Cross
7 England Howard Riley
8 England Terry Heath
9 England Ken Keyworth
10 Scotland Dave Gibson
11 England Mike Stringfellow (c)
Manager:
Scotland Matt Gillies

Second leg

Leicester City3–2Stoke City
Stringfellow 6'
Gibson 70'
Riley 83'		 Report Viollet 46'
Kinnell 90'
Attendance: 25,372
Referee: A. Jobling
1 England Gordon Banks
2 Scotland John Sjoberg
3 England Colin Appleton
4 Scotland Max Dougan
5
Ian King
6 England Graham Cross
7 England Howard Riley
8 England Richie Norman
9 England Ken Keyworth
10 Scotland Dave Gibson
11 England Mike Stringfellow (c)
Manager:
Scotland Matt Gillies
1
Bobby Irvine
2 England Bill Asprey
3 England Tony Allen
4 England Calvin Palmer
5 Scotland George Kinnell
6 England Eric Skeels (c)
7 England Peter Dobing
8 England Dennis Viollet
9 England John Ritchie
10 Northern Ireland Jimmy McIlroy
11 England Keith Bebbington
Manager
England Tony Waddington

Road to the Final

Home teams listed first.

Stoke City

Round 2: Scunthorpe United 2–2 Stoke City

Replay Stoke City 3–3 Scunthorpe United
Second Replay Scunthorpe United 0–1 Stoke City

Round 3: Stoke City 3–0 Bolton Wanderers

Round 4: Stoke City 2–1

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

Quarter final: Stoke City 3–2 Rotherham United

Semifinal, 1st leg: Stoke City 2–0 Manchester City

Semifinal, 2nd leg: Manchester City 1–0 Stoke City

Stoke City won 2–1 on aggregate

Leicester City

Round 2: Leicester City 2–0 Aldershot

Round 3: Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Leicester City

Round 4: Leicester City 3–1 Gillingham

Quarter final: Norwich City 1–1 Leicester City

Replay Leicester City 2–1 (a.e.t) Norwich City

Semifinal, 1st leg: Leicester City 4–3 West Ham United

Semifinal, 2nd leg: West Ham United 0–2 Leicester City

Leicester City won 6–3 on aggregate

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-9524151-0-0
    .
  2. ^ "Former Player Remembers: Howard Riley". www.lcfc.com.

External links

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