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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.[a] The competition ended with the two-legged final on 9 and 23 March 1966.

Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.[2]

1965–66 Football League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams83
Defending championsChelsea (did not defend their title)
Final positions
ChampionsWest Bromwich Albion
Runner-upWest Ham United

Calendar

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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.

Round Main date Fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Original Replays
First Round 1 September 1965 19 9 83 → 64 38
(teams ranked 11th–24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division)
Second Round 22 September 1965 32 4 64 → 32 45
(all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–10th in Third Division)
Third Round 13 October 1965 16 4 32 → 16 none
Fourth Round 3 November 1965 8 3 16 → 8 none
Fifth Round 17 November 1965 4 1 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals December 1965 – February 1966 4 0 4 → 2 none
Final 9 & 23 March 1966 2 0 2 → 1 none

First round

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
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

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
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 1–0[3] 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

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
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

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
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

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
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

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Ipswich Town 3–1 Workington 20 October 1965
Millwall 3–1[3] Middlesbrough 18 October 1965
Reading 2–0 Derby County 20 October 1965
Stoke City 2–1 Chesterfield 20 October 1965

Fourth round

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
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

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aston Villa 2–0 Fulham 8 November 1965
Burnley 2–1[3] Stoke City 9 November 1965
West Bromwich Albion 6–1 Coventry City 10 November 1965

Fifth round

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
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

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
West Ham United 1–0 Grimsby Town 15 December 1965

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Peterborough United 1 December 1965
West Ham United 5–2 Cardiff City 20 December 1965

Second leg

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Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
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

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Main article: 1966 Football League Cup Final
West Ham United2 – 1 (0–0)West Bromwich Albion
Byrne  
Moore  		 Summary   Astle
Attendance: 28,341
Referee: D. Smith

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 Albion4–1 (0–0)West Ham United
Brown  
Clark  
Kaye  
Williams  		 Summary   Peters
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Attendance: 31,925
Referee: J Mitchell

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.

References

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  1. ^ Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers were the 9 League clubs that did not compete.

General

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  • "English League Cup 1965/1966". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  • "English League Cup 1965–1966 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

Specific

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  2. ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 609.
  3. ^ a b c After Extra Time

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