1965–66 Football League Cup

The 1965–66 Football League Cup was the sixth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 83 of them competed. The competition ended with the two-legged final on 9 and 23 March 1966.

Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 609.

Calendar Of the 83 teams, 45 received a bye to the second round and the other 38 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 55th–92nd in the 1964–65 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged. RoundMain dateFixtures ClubsNew entries this roundOriginalReplays First Round1 September 1965 19 9 83 → 64 38 Second Round 22 September 1965 32 4 64 → 32 45 Third Round13 October 1965 16 4 32 → 16 none Fourth Round 3 November 1965 8 3 16 → 8 none Fifth Round17 November 1965 4 1 8 → 4 none Semi-finalsDecember 1965 – February 1966 4 0 4 → 2 none Final 9 & 23 March 1966 2 0 2 → 1 none

First round

Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Barrow 1–1 Rochdale 1 September 1965 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0–0 Aldershot 1 September 1965 Bradford Park Avenue 1–0 Halifax Town 1 September 1965 Colchester United 2–1 Exeter City 1 September 1965 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Southport 1 September 1965 Doncaster Rovers 2–2 Barnsley 1 September 1965 Hartlepools United 1–0 Bradford City 1 September 1965 Luton Town 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 September 1965 Lincoln City 2–2 York City 1 September 1965 Newport County 2–2 Southend United 1 September 1965 Notts County 0–0 Chesterfield 1 September 1965 Oldham Athletic 3–2 Tranmere Rovers 1 September 1965 Oxford United 0–1 Millwall 1 September 1965 Port Vale 2–2 Reading 1 September 1965 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Walsall 1 September 1965 Scunthorpe United 0–2 Darlington 1 September 1965 Shrewsbury Town 3–0 Torquay United 1 September 1965 Stockport County 2–3 Workington 1 September 1965 Wrexham 5–2 Chester 1 September 1965

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aldershot 2–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 8 September 1965 Barnsley 1–2 Doncaster Rovers 7 September 1965 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Luton Town 7 September 1965 Chesterfield 2–1 Notts County 8 September 1965 Reading 1–0After Extra Time Port Vale 8 September 1965 Rochdale 3–1 Barrow 8 September 1965 Southend United 3–1 Newport County 6 September 1965 Walsall 3–2 Queens Park Rangers 7 September 1965 York City 4–2 Lincoln City 7 September 1965

Second round

Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Northampton Town 21 September 1965 Blackpool 5–2 Gillingham 22 September 1965 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Aldershot 22 September 1965 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–2 Ipswich Town 21 September 1965 Bristol Rovers 3–3 West Ham United 21 September 1965 Bury 0–2 Huddersfield Town 21 September 1965 Charlton Athletic 4–1 Carlisle United 21 September 1965 Chesterfield 3–0 Bradford Park Avenue 22 September 1965 Colchester United 2–4 Middlesbrough 22 September 1965 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Cardiff City 22 September 1965 Crystal Palace 0–1 Grimsby Town 22 September 1965 Darlington 2–1 Swindon Town 22 September 1965 Doncaster Rovers 0–4 Burnley 22 September 1965 Hull City 2–2 Derby County 22 September 1965 Leeds United 4–2 Hartlepool United 22 September 1965 Leyton Orient 0–3 Coventry City 22 September 1965 Manchester City 3–1 Leicester City 22 September 1965 Mansfield Town 2–1 Birmingham City 22 September 1965 Millwall 4–1 York City 22 September 1965 Newcastle United 3–4 Peterborough United 22 September 1965 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Portsmouth 22 September 1965 Preston North End 1–0 Plymouth Argyle 22 September 1965 Reading 5–1 Southend United 22 September 1965 Rotherham United 2–0 Watford 22 September 1965 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Bristol City 22 September 1965 Southampton 3–0 Rochdale 22 September 1965 Stoke City 2–1 Norwich City 22 September 1965 Sunderland 2–1 Sheffield United 22 September 1965 Swansea Town 2–3 Aston Villa 21 September 1965 West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Walsall 22 September 1965 Workington 0–0 Brentford 22 September 1965 Wrexham 1–2 Fulham 22 September 1965

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Brentford 1–2 Workington 30 September 1965 Cardiff City 3–0 Crewe Alexandra 29 September 1965 Derby County 4–3 Hull City 29 September 1965 West Ham United 3–2 Bristol Rovers 29 September 1965

Third round

Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Blackpool 1–2 Darlington 13 October 1965 Burnley 3–2 Southampton 13 October 1965 Cardiff City 2–0 Portsmouth 13 October 1965 Chesterfield 2–2 Stoke City 13 October 1965 Derby County 1–1 Reading 13 October 1965 Fulham 5–0 Northampton Town 13 October 1965 Grimsby Town 4–2 Bolton Wanderers 13 October 1965 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Preston North End 13 October 1965 Leeds United 2–4 West Bromwich Albion 13 October 1965 Manchester City 2–3 Coventry City 13 October 1965 Middlesbrough 0–0 Millwall 13 October 1965 Peterborough United 4–3 Charlton Athletic 13 October 1965 Shrewsbury Town 2–5 Rotherham United 13 October 1965 Sunderland 1–2 Aston Villa 13 October 1965 West Ham United 4–0 Mansfield Town 13 October 1965 Workington 1–1 Ipswich Town 13 October 1965

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Ipswich Town 3–1 Workington 20 October 1965 Millwall 3–1After Extra Time Middlesbrough 18 October 1965 Reading 2–0 Derby County 20 October 1965 Stoke City 2–1 Chesterfield 20 October 1965

Fourth round

Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Cardiff City 5–1 Reading 3 November 1965 Coventry City 1–1 West Bromwich Albion 3 November 1965 Fulham 1–1 Aston Villa 3 November 1965 Grimsby Town 4–0 Preston North End 3 November 1965 Ipswich Town 2–0 Darlington 3 November 1965 Millwall 1–4 Peterborough United 3 November 1965 Rotherham United 1–2 West Ham United 3 November 1965 Stoke City 0–0 Burnley 3 November 1965

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 2–0 Fulham 8 November 1965 Burnley 2–1After Extra Time Stoke City 9 November 1965 West Bromwich Albion 6–1 Coventry City 10 November 1965

Fifth round

Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Cardiff City 2–1 Ipswich Town 17 November 1965 Grimsby Town 2–2 West Ham United 17 November 1965 Peterborough United 4–0 Burnley 17 November 1965 West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Aston Villa 17 November 1965

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate West Ham United 1–0 Grimsby Town 15 December 1965

Semi-finals

First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Peterborough United 1 December 1965 West Ham United 5–2 Cardiff City 20 December 1965

Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Cardiff City 1–5 West Ham United 2 February 1966 3–10 Peterborough United 2–4 West Bromwich Albion 15 December 1965 3–6

Final

West Ham United: Standen, Burnett, Burkett, Peters, Brown, Moore, Brabrook, Boyce, Byrne, Hurst, Dear

West Bromwich Albion: Potter, Cram, Fairfax, Fraser, Campbell, Williams, Brown, Astle, Kaye, Lovett, Clark

West Bromwich Albion: Potter, Cram, Fairfax, Fraser, Campbell, Williams, Brown, Astle, Kaye, Hope, Clark

West Ham United: Standen, Burnett, Peters, Bovington, Brown, Moore, Brabrook, Boyce, Byrne, Hurst, Sissons

West Bromwich Albion win 5–3 on aggregate.

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