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1961–62 Football League Cup

FieldValue
title1961–62 League Cup
countryEngland
Wales
num_teams82
defending_championsAston Villa
winners**Norwich City**
secondRochdale
matches104
prev_season[1960–61](1960-61-football-league-cup)
next_season[1962–63](1962-63-football-league-cup)

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The 1961–62 Football League Cup was the second season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part. The competition began on 11 September 1961, and ended with the two-legged final on 26 April and 1 May 1962.

Aston Villa unsuccessfully defended its 1962 title on 21 November 1961 at the Third Round Ties against Ipswich Town, 2–3.

Norwich City beat Rochdale 4–0 on aggregate over two legs. Norwich won the first leg 3–0 away at Spotland, thanks to goals from Derrick Lythgoe (2) and Punton. In the second leg at Carrow Road, Jimmy Hill scored to give Norwich a 1–0 win on the night and a 4–0 aggregate victory.

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

Calendar

Semi-finals and final were played over two legs.

RoundDatesFixturesClubsNew entries this roundOriginalReplaysByes
First Round11–14 September 1961408—82 → 4280
Second Round2–16 October 1961217042 → 212
(teams competing in the [1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup](1961-62-european-cup-winners-cup))
Third Round13–21 November 1961103121 → 11none
Fourth Round11–13 December 196131511 → 8none
Fifth Round6–7 February 19624108 → 4none
Semi-finals19 March – 16 April 19624004 → 2none
[Final](1962-football-league-cup-final)26 April – 1 May 19622002 → 1none

First round

Ties

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
**Barnsley** (3)3–2Southport (4)13-09-1961
Barrow (4)0–2**Portsmouth** (3)13-09-1961
Birmingham City (1)1–1Swindon Town (3)13-09-1961
**Blackpool** (1)2–1Port Vale (3)13-09-1961
Bolton Wanderers (1)1–1Sunderland (2)13-09-1961
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)2–2Torquay United (3)13-09-1961
Bradford City (4)3–4**Aston Villa** (1)13-09-1961
**Bristol Rovers** (2)2–1Hartlepools United (4)11-09-1961
**Bury** (2)5–1Brighton & Hove Albion (2)12-09-1961
**Cardiff City** (1)2–0Wrexham (4)13-09-1961
Carlisle United (4)1–1Huddersfield Town (2)12-09-1961
Chesterfield (4)2–3**Norwich City** (2)13-09-1961
Colchester United (4)1–2**Crewe Alexandra** (4)13-09-1961
Darlington (4)0–1**Rotherham United** (2)11-09-1961
**Doncaster Rovers** (4)3–2Grimsby Town (3)13-09-1961
Fulham (1)1–1Sheffield United (1)13-09-1961
**Hull City** (3)4–2Bradford Park Avenue (3)11-09-1961
**Ipswich Town** (1)4–2Manchester City (1)11-09-1961
**Leeds United** (2)4–1Brentford (3)13-09-1961
**Lincoln City** (3)1–0Accrington Stanley (4)13-09-1961
**Luton Town** (2)2–1Northampton Town (3)13-09-1961
**Mansfield Town** (4)5–2Exeter City (4)11-09-1961
Millwall (4)1–2**Walsall** (2)13-09-1961
**Newcastle United** (2)2–0Scunthorpe United (2)13-09-1961
Newport County (3)0–0Shrewsbury Town (3)11-09-1961
**Nottingham Forest** (1)4–1Gillingham (4)11-09-1961
Notts County (3)2–2Derby County (2)14-09-1961
Oldham Athletic (4)1–4**Charlton Athletic** (2)12-09-1961
Peterborough United (3)1–3**Blackburn Rovers** (1)11-09-1961
**Preston North End** (2)3–1Aldershot (4)13-09-1961
**Queens Park Rangers** (3)5–2Crystal Palace (3)13-09-1961
**Reading** (3)4–2Chester (4)13-09-1961
Southampton (2)0–0Rochdale (4)13-09-1961
Southend United (3)0–1**Stoke City** (2)13-09-1961
Stockport County (4)0–1**Leyton Orient** (2)11-09-1961
Tranmere Rovers (4)3–6**Middlesbrough** (2)13-09-1961
**Watford** (3)3–0Halifax Town (3)11-09-1961
**West Ham United** (1)3–2Plymouth Argyle (2)11-09-1961
**Workington** (4)3–0Coventry City (3)13-09-1961
**York City** (4)3–0Bristol City (3)13-09-1961

Replays

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
**Derby County** (2)3–2Notts County (3)27-09-1961
**Huddersfield Town** (2)3–0Carlisle United (4)25-09-1961
**Rochdale** (4)2–1Southampton (2)27-09-1961
**Sheffield United** (1)4–0Fulham (1)25-09-1961
**Shrewsbury Town** (3)3–1Newport County (3)28-09-1961
**Sunderland** (2)1–0Bolton Wanderers (1)25-09-1961
**Swindon Town** (3)2–0Birmingham City (1)25-09-1961
Torquay United (3)0–1**Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic** (3)25-09-1961

Byes

These two teams received byes as they were competing in the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Team
Leicester City (1)
Swansea Town (2)

Second round

Ties

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Barnsley (3)1–3**Workington** (4)09-10-1961
Bristol Rovers (2)1–1Blackburn Rovers (1)02-10-1961
Bury (2)3–4**Hull City** (3)03-10-1961
**Charlton Athletic** (2)4–1Stoke City (2)04-10-1961
**Leeds United** (2)3–2Huddersfield Town (2)04-10-1961
Leyton Orient (2)1–1Blackpool (1)04-10-1961
Luton Town (2)0–0Rotherham United (2)04-10-1961
Mansfield Town (4)1–1Cardiff City (1)05-10-1961
**Middlesbrough** (2)3–1Crewe Alexandra (4)04-10-1961
**Norwich City** (2)3–2Lincoln City (3)04-10-1961
Portsmouth (3)1–1Derby County (2)04-10-1961
**Preston North End** (2)3–1Swindon Town (3)09-10-1961
Queens Park Rangers (3)1–2**Nottingham Forest** (1)11-10-1961
**Rochdale** (4)4–0Doncaster Rovers (4)04-10-1961
Sheffield United (1)2–2Newcastle United (2)02-10-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3)1–3**Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic** (3)09-10-1961
**Sunderland** (2)5–2Walsall (2)04-10-1961
Swansea Town (2)3–3Ipswich Town (1)03-10-1961
**Watford** (3)3–1Reading (3)16-10-1961
West Ham United (1)1–3**Aston Villa** (1)09-10-1961
**York City** (4)2–1Leicester City (1)09-10-1961

Replays

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
**Blackburn Rovers** (1)4–0Bristol Rovers (2)16-10-1961
**Blackpool** (1)5–1Leyton Orient (2)30-10-1961
**Cardiff City** (1)2–1Mansfield Town (4)23-10-1961
Derby County (2)2–4**Portsmouth** (3)01-11-1961
**Ipswich Town** (1)3–2Swansea Town (2)24-10-1961
Newcastle United (2)0–2**Sheffield United** (1)11-10-1961
**Rotherham United** (2)2–0Luton Town (2)10-10-1961

Third round

Ties

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Aston Villa (1)2–3**Ipswich Town** (1)21-11-1961
**Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic** (3)3–0Cardiff City (1)15-11-1961
**Norwich City** (2)3–2Middlesbrough (2)15-11-1961
Nottingham Forest (1)1–2**Blackburn Rovers** (1)14-11-1961
Preston North End (2)0–0Rotherham United (2)14-11-1961
**Rochdale** (4)1–0Charlton Athletic (2)14-11-1961
**Sheffield United** (1)1–0Portsmouth (3)13-11-1961
**Sunderland** (2)2–1Hull City (3)15-11-1961
Workington (4)0–1**Blackpool** (1)15-11-1961
York City (4)1–1Watford (3)15-11-1961

Replays

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
**Rotherham United** (2)3–0Preston North End (2)28-11-1961
Watford (3)2–2York City (4)21-11-1961

2nd Replay

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
**York City** (4)3–2Watford (3)04-12-1961

Bye

Team
Leeds United (2)

Fourth round

Ties

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
**Blackburn Rovers** (1)4–1Ipswich Town (1)11-12-1961
Rotherham United (2)1–1Leeds United (2)12-12-1961
**York City** (4)1–0Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)13-12-1961

Replay

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Leeds United (1)1–2**Rotherham United** (2)15-01-1962

Byes

Team
Blackpool (1)
Norwich City (2)
Rochdale (4)
Sheffield United (1)
Sunderland (2)

Fifth round

Ties

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Blackpool (1)0–0Sheffield United (1)06-02-1962
**Rochdale** (4)2–1York City (4)07-02-1962
Rotherham United (2)0–1**Blackburn Rovers** (1)06-02-1962
Sunderland (2)1–4**Norwich City** (2)07-02-1962

Replay

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
Sheffield United (1)0–2**Blackpool** (1)27-03-1962

Semi-finals

First leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDate
**Rochdale** (4)3–1Blackburn Rovers (1)19-03-1962
**Norwich City** (2)4–1Blackpool (1)11-04-1962

Second leg

Home TeamScoreAway TeamDateAgg
**Blackburn Rovers** (1)2–1Rochdale (4)04-04-19623–4
**Blackpool** (1)2–0Norwich City (2)16-04-19623–4

Final

Main article: 1962 Football League Cup Final

The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at Spotland, Rochdale on 26 April 1962, and the second leg was held at Carrow Road, Norwich, on 1 May 1962.

  • Lythgoe
  • Punton

Rochdale: Burgin — Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Wragg, Hepton, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.

Norwich City: Kennon — McCrohan, Ashman, Burton, Barry Butler, Mullett, Mannion, Lythgoe, Scott, James Hill, Punton.

Norwich City: Kennon — McCrohan, Ashman, Burton, Barry Butler, Mullett, Mannion, Lythgoe, Scott, James Hill, Punton.

Rochdale: Burgin — Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Whyke, Joe Richardson, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.

**Norwich City ** won the League Cup final 4–0 on aggregate.

References

References

  1. "Results from Soccerbase".
  2. ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 605''.
  3. After Extra Time
  4. "Finals Summary".
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