1961–62 Football League Cup Explained

1961–62 League Cup
Country:England
Wales
Num Teams:82
Defending Champions:Aston Villa
Winners:Norwich City
Second:Rochdale
Matches:104
Prev Season:1960–61
Next Season:1962–63

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.

The tournament was won by Norwich City, who 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,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.[2]

Calendar

Semi-finals and final were played over two legs.

RoundDatesFixturesClubsNew entries this round
width=55Originalwidth=55Replayswidth=55Byes
align=left First Roundalign=left 11–14 September 1961408—82 → 4280
align=left Second Roundalign=left 2–16 October 1961217042 → 212
align=left Third Roundalign=left 13–21 November 1961103121 → 11none
align=left Fourth Roundalign=left 11–13 December 196131511 → 8none
align=left Fifth Roundalign=left 6–7 February 19624108 → 4none
align=left Semi-finalsalign=left 19 March – 16 April 19624004 → 2none
align=left Finalalign=left 26 April – 1 May 19622002 → 1none

First round

Ties

width=225 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Barnsley (3) 3–2 Southport (4) 13-09-1961
Barrow (4) 0–2 Portsmouth (3) 13-09-1961
Birmingham City (1) 1–1 Swindon Town (3) 13-09-1961
Blackpool (1) 2–1 Port Vale (3) 13-09-1961
Bolton Wanderers (1) 1–1 Sunderland (2) 13-09-1961
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 2–2 Torquay United (3) 13-09-1961
Bradford City (4) 3–4 Aston Villa (1) 13-09-1961
Bristol Rovers (2) 2–1 Hartlepools United (4) 11-09-1961
Bury (2) 5–1 Brighton & Hove Albion (2) 12-09-1961
Cardiff City (1) 2–0 Wrexham (4) 13-09-1961
Carlisle United (4) 1–1 Huddersfield 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) 3–2 Grimsby Town (3) 13-09-1961
Fulham (1) 1–1 Sheffield United (1) 13-09-1961
Hull City (3) 4–2 Bradford Park Avenue (3) 11-09-1961
Ipswich Town (1) 4–2 Manchester City (1) 11-09-1961
Leeds United (2) 4–1 Brentford (3) 13-09-1961
Lincoln City (3) 1–0 Accrington Stanley (4) 13-09-1961
Luton Town (2) 2–1 Northampton Town (3) 13-09-1961
Mansfield Town (4) 5–2 Exeter City (4) 11-09-1961
Millwall (4) 1–2 Walsall (2) 13-09-1961
Newcastle United (2) 2–0 Scunthorpe United (2) 13-09-1961
Newport County (3) 0–0 Shrewsbury Town (3) 11-09-1961
Nottingham Forest (1) 4–1 Gillingham (4) 11-09-1961
Notts County (3) 2–2 Derby 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) 3–1 Aldershot (4) 13-09-1961
Queens Park Rangers (3) 5–2 Crystal Palace (3) 13-09-1961
Reading (3) 4–2 Chester (4) 13-09-1961
Southampton (2) 0–0 Rochdale (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) 3–0 Halifax Town (3) 11-09-1961
West Ham United (1) 3–2 Plymouth Argyle (2) 11-09-1961
Workington (4) 3–0 Coventry City (3) 13-09-1961
York City (4) 3–0 Bristol City (3) 13-09-1961

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=225 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Derby County (2) 3–2 Notts County (3) 27-09-1961
Huddersfield Town (2) 3–0 Carlisle United (4) 25-09-1961
Rochdale (4) 2–1 Southampton (2) 27-09-1961
Sheffield United (1) 4–0 Fulham (1) 25-09-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3) 3–1 Newport County (3) 28-09-1961
Sunderland (2) 1–0 Bolton Wanderers (1) 25-09-1961
Swindon Town (3) 2–0 Birmingham 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.

width=175 Team
Leicester City (1)
Swansea Town (2)

Second round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=225 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Barnsley (3) 1–3 Workington (4) 09-10-1961
Bristol Rovers (2) 1–1 Blackburn Rovers (1) 02-10-1961
Bury (2) 3–4 Hull City (3) 03-10-1961
Charlton Athletic (2) 4–1 Stoke City (2) 04-10-1961
Leeds United (2) 3–2 Huddersfield Town (2) 04-10-1961
Leyton Orient (2) 1–1 Blackpool (1) 04-10-1961
Luton Town (2) 0–0 Rotherham United (2) 04-10-1961
Mansfield Town (4) 1–1 Cardiff City (1) 05-10-1961
Middlesbrough (2) 3–1 Crewe Alexandra (4) 04-10-1961
Norwich City (2) 3–2 Lincoln City (3) 04-10-1961
Portsmouth (3) 1–1 Derby County (2) 04-10-1961
Preston North End (2) 3–1 Swindon Town (3) 09-10-1961
Queens Park Rangers (3) 1–2 Nottingham Forest (1) 11-10-1961
Rochdale (4) 4–0 Doncaster Rovers (4) 04-10-1961
Sheffield United (1) 2–2 Newcastle United (2) 02-10-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3) 1–3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 09-10-1961
Sunderland (2) 5–2 Walsall (2) 04-10-1961
Swansea Town (2) 3–3 Ipswich Town (1) 03-10-1961
Watford (3) 3–1 Reading (3) 16-10-1961
West Ham United (1) 1–3 Aston Villa (1) 09-10-1961
York City (4) 2–1 Leicester City (1) 09-10-1961

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Blackburn Rovers (1) 4–0 Bristol Rovers (2) 16-10-1961
Blackpool (1) 5–1 Leyton Orient (2) 30-10-1961
Cardiff City (1) 2–1 Mansfield Town (4) 23-10-1961
Derby County (2) 2–4 Portsmouth (3) 01-11-1961
Ipswich Town (1) 3–2 Swansea Town (2) 24-10-1961
Newcastle United (2) 0–2 Sheffield United (1) 11-10-1961
Rotherham United (2) 2–0 Luton Town (2) 10-10-1961

Third round

Ties

width=225 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Aston Villa (1) 2–3 Ipswich Town (1) 21-11-1961
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 3–0 Cardiff City (1) 15-11-1961
Norwich City (2) 3–2 Middlesbrough (2) 15-11-1961
Nottingham Forest (1) 1–2 Blackburn Rovers (1) 14-11-1961
Preston North End (2) 0–0 Rotherham United (2) 14-11-1961
Rochdale (4) 1–0 Charlton Athletic (2) 14-11-1961
Sheffield United (1) 1–0 Portsmouth (3) 13-11-1961
Sunderland (2) 2–1 Hull City (3) 15-11-1961
Workington (4) 0–1 Blackpool (1) 15-11-1961
York City (4) 1–1 Watford (3) 15-11-1961

Replays

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Rotherham United (2) 3–0 Preston North End (2) 28-11-1961
Watford (3) 2–2[3] York City (4) 21-11-1961

2nd Replay

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
York City (4) 3–2 Watford (3) 04-12-1961

Bye

width=175 Team
Leeds United (2)

Fourth round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=225 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Blackburn Rovers (1) 4–1 Ipswich Town (1) 11-12-1961
Rotherham United (2) 1–1 Leeds United (2) 12-12-1961
York City (4) 1–0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 13-12-1961

Replay

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Leeds United (1) 1–2 Rotherham United (2) 15-01-1962

Byes

width=175 Team
Blackpool (1)
Norwich City (2)
Rochdale (4)
Sheffield United (1)
Sunderland (2)

Fifth round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Blackpool (1) 0–0 Sheffield United (1) 06-02-1962
Rochdale (4) 2–1 York 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

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Sheffield United (1) 0–2 Blackpool (1) 27-03-1962

Semi-finals

First leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Date
Rochdale (4) 3–1 Blackburn Rovers (1) 19-03-1962
Norwich City (2) 4–1 Blackpool (1) 11-04-1962

Second leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth= 75Datewidth= 75Agg
Blackburn Rovers (1) 2–1 Rochdale (4) 04-04-1962 3–4
Blackpool (1) 2–0 Norwich City (2) 16-04-1962 3–4

Final

See 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.[4]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results from Soccerbase. 2010-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045148/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60&seasonid=91. 4 May 2008. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 605.
  3. After Extra Time
  4. Web site: Finals Summary. 2010-03-20.

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