1967–68 Football League Cup
The 1967–68 Football League Cup was the eighth season of the
Tottenham Hotspur
. The competition ended with the final on 2 March 1968.
The final was contested by
Terry Cooper
scored the only goal of the game, giving Leeds a 1–0 victory.
Tournament details | |
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Country | England & Leeds United |
Runner-up | Arsenal |
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Calendar
Of the 90 teams, 38 received a
Queens Park Rangers) 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 | 23 August 1967 | 26 | 8 | 90 → 64 | 52 (teams ranked 18th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division except for holders Queens Park Rangers )
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Second round | 13 September 1967 | 32 | 4 | 64 → 32 | 38 (all First Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–17th in Second Division; Queens Park Rangers as holders)
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Third round | 11 October 1967 | 16 | 3 | 32 → 16 | none |
Fourth round | 1 November 1967 | 8 | 2 | 16 → 8 | none |
Fifth round | 29 November 1967 | 4 | 2 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-finals | 17 January & 6/7 February 1968 | 4 | 0 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 2 March 1968 | 1 | 0 | 2 → 1 | none |
First round
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Aldershot | 2–3 | Cardiff City | 23 August 1967 |
Barrow |
1–0 | Southport | 23 August 1967 |
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |
1–1 | Watford | 22 August 1967 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–0 | Colchester United | 23 August 1967 |
Crewe Alexandra | 1–1 | Stockport County | 23 August 1967 |
Darlington | 1–0 | York City | 23 August 1967 |
Doncaster Rovers | 1–2 | Scunthorpe United | 23 August 1967 |
Grimsby Town | 1–0 | Chesterfield | 23 August 1967 |
Halifax Town | 5–0 | Bradford Park Avenue |
23 August 1967 |
Hartlepools United | 2–0 | Bradford City |
23 August 1967 |
Orient | 1–3 | Gillingham | 22 August 1967 |
Luton Town | 1–1 | Charlton Athletic | 23 August 1967 |
Mansfield Town | 2–3 | Lincoln City | 23 August 1967 |
Middlesbrough | 4–1 | Barnsley | 22 August 1967 |
Northampton Town | 3–2 | Peterborough United | 23 August 1967 |
Notts County | 0–1 | Rotherham United | 23 August 1967 |
Oxford United | 3–1 | Swansea Town |
23 August 1967 |
Port Vale | 3–0 | Chester | 22 August 1967 |
Reading | 3–0 | Bristol Rovers | 23 August 1967 |
Rochdale | 0–1 | Bury | 23 August 1967 |
Southend United | 1–0 | Brentford | 23 August 1967 |
Swindon Town | 1–1 | Newport County |
22 August 1967 |
Torquay United | 0–0 | Exeter City | 22 August 1967 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2–1 | Wrexham | 23 August 1967 |
Walsall | 4–2 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 August 1967 |
Workington |
1–1 | Oldham Athletic | 23 August 1967 |
Replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Charlton Athletic | 1–2[1] | Luton Town | 30 August 1967 |
Exeter City | 0–3 | Torquay United | 28 August 1967 |
Newport County |
2–0 | Swindon Town | 29 August 1967 |
Oldham Athletic | 1–1[1] | Workington |
29 August 1967 |
Stockport County | 3–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 August 1967 |
Watford | 0–0[1] | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |
29 August 1967 |
2nd replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |
1–2 | Watford | 6 September 1967 |
Workington |
2–1 | Oldham Athletic | 31 August 1967 |
Second round
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Barrow |
1–0 | Crystal Palace | 13 September 1967 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 September 1967 |
Bristol City | 0–5 | Everton | 13 September 1967 |
Burnley | 2–1 | Cardiff City | 12 September 1967 |
Carlisle United | 0–2 | Workington |
13 September 1967 |
Coventry City | 1–2 | Arsenal | 12 September 1967 |
Derby County | 4–0 | Hartlepools United | 13 September 1967 |
Fulham | 1–0 | Tranmere Rovers | 13 September 1967 |
Gillingham | 2–2 | Torquay United | 13 September 1967 |
Grimsby Town | 2–2 | Bury | 12 September 1967 |
Huddersfield Town |
1–0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 September 1967 |
Ipswich Town | 5–2 | Southampton | 12 September 1967 |
Leeds United | 3–1 | Luton Town | 13 September 1967 |
Lincoln City | 2–1 | Newcastle United | 13 September 1967 |
Liverpool | 1–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 September 1967 |
Manchester City | 4–0 | Leicester City | 13 September 1967 |
Middlesbrough | 2–1 | Chelsea | 13 September 1967 |
Millwall | 3–2 | Sheffield United | 13 September 1967 |
Newport County |
0–1 | Blackpool | 12 September 1967 |
Northampton Town | 3–1 | Aston Villa | 13 September 1967 |
Norwich City | 1–1 | Rotherham United | 13 September 1967 |
Oxford United | 2–1 | Preston North End | 13 September 1967 |
Plymouth Argyle | 0–2 | Birmingham City | 13 September 1967 |
Portsmouth | 3–1 | Port Vale | 13 September 1967 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Hull City | 12 September 1967 |
Reading | 3–1 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 September 1967 |
Scunthorpe United | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | 13 September 1967 |
Southend United | 1–2 | Darlington | 13 September 1967 |
Stockport County | 3–5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 September 1967 |
Stoke City | 2–0 | Watford | 13 September 1967 |
Sunderland |
3–2 | Halifax Town | 13 September 1967 |
Walsall | 1–5 | West Ham United | 13 September 1967 |
Replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Bolton Wanderers | 3–2 | Liverpool | 27 September 1967 |
Bury | 2–0 | Grimsby Town | 19 September 1967 |
Rotherham United | 0–2 | Norwich City | 19 September 1967 |
Torquay United | 2–0 | Gillingham | 20 September 1967 |
Third round
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 1–0 | Reading | 11 October 1967 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3–2 | Middlesbrough | 11 October 1967 |
Burnley | 3–0 | Nottingham Forest | 10 October 1967 |
Darlington | 4–1 | Portsmouth | 11 October 1967 |
Derby County | 3–1 | Birmingham City | 11 October 1967 |
Everton | 2–3 | Sunderland |
11 October 1967 |
Leeds United | 3–0 | Bury | 11 October 1967 |
Lincoln City | 4–2 | Torquay United | 11 October 1967 |
Manchester City | 1–1 | Blackpool | 11 October 1967 |
Northampton Town | 0–0 | Millwall | 11 October 1967 |
Norwich City | 0–1 | Huddersfield Town |
11 October 1967 |
Queens Park Rangers | 5–1 | Oxford United | 10 October 1967 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 3–1 | Barrow |
11 October 1967 |
Stoke City | 2–1 | Ipswich Town | 11 October 1967 |
West Ham United | 4–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 October 1967 |
Workington |
2–2 | Fulham | 11 October 1967 |
Replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Blackpool | 0–2 | Manchester City | 18 October 1967 |
Fulham | 6–2 | Workington |
16 October 1967 |
Millwall | 5–1 | Northampton Town | 16 October 1967 |
Fourth round
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 2–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 November 1967 |
Darlington | 2–0 | Millwall | 31 October 1967 |
Derby County | 1–1 | Lincoln City | 1 November 1967 |
Fulham | 3–2 | Manchester City | 1 November 1967 |
Huddersfield Town |
2–0 | West Ham United | 1 November 1967 |
Queens Park Rangers | 1–2 | Burnley | 31 October 1967 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 0–0 | Stoke City | 1 November 1967 |
Sunderland |
0–2 | Leeds United | 15 November 1967 |
Replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Lincoln City | 0–3 | Derby County | 15 November 1967 |
Stoke City | 2–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 November 1967 |
Fifth round
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Burnley | 3–3 | Arsenal | 29 November 1967 |
Derby County | 5–4 | Darlington | 29 November 1967 |
Fulham | 1–1 | Huddersfield Town |
29 November 1967 |
Leeds United | 2–0 | Stoke City | 13 December 1967 |
Replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 2–1 | Burnley | 5 December 1967 |
Huddersfield Town |
2–1[1] | Fulham | 12 December 1967 |
Semi-finals
First leg
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 3–2 | Huddersfield Town |
17 January 1968 |
Derby County | 0–1 | Leeds United | 17 January 1968 |
Second leg
Home team | Score | Away team | Date | Agg |
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Huddersfield Town |
1–3 | Arsenal | 6 February 1968 | 3–6 |
Leeds United | 3–2 | Derby County | 7 February 1968 | 4–2 |
Final
The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 2 March 1968.
Leeds United | 1–0 | Arsenal |
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Cooper 20' |
Summary |
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 97,877
References
External links
- "English League Cup 1967/1968". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- "English League Cup 1967–1968 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.