1965–66 Football League Cup Explained

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,^[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.^[2]

1965–66 Football League Cup
Country:	England Wales
Num Teams:	83
Defending Champions:	Chelsea (did not defend their title)
Winners:	West Bromwich Albion
Second:	West Ham United
Prev Season:	1964–65
Next Season:	1966–67

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.

Round	Main date	Fixtures		Clubs	New entries this round
		width=55	Original	width=55		Replays
align=left	First Round	align=left	1 September 1965	19	9	83 → 64	38
align=left	Second Round	align=left	22 September 1965	32	4	64 → 32	45
align=left	Third Round	align=left	13 October 1965	16	4	32 → 16	none
align=left	Fourth Round	align=left	3 November 1965	8	3	16 → 8	none
align=left	Fifth Round	align=left	17 November 1965	4	1	8 → 4	none
align=left	Semi-finals	align=left	December 1965 – February 1966	4	0	4 → 2	none
align=left	Final	align=left	9 & 23 March 1966	2	0	2 → 1	none

First round

Ties

width=225	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	1–1		1 September 1965
	0–0		1 September 1965
	1–0		1 September 1965
	2–1		1 September 1965
	2–0		1 September 1965
	2–2		1 September 1965
	1–0		1 September 1965
	1–1		1 September 1965
	2–2		1 September 1965
	2–2		1 September 1965
	0–0		1 September 1965
	3–2		1 September 1965
	0–1		1 September 1965
	2–2		1 September 1965
	1–1		1 September 1965
	0–2		1 September 1965
	3–0		1 September 1965
	2–3		1 September 1965
	5–2		1 September 1965

Replays

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=225	Away Team	width=125	Date
	2–1		8 September 1965
	1–2		7 September 1965
	2–0		7 September 1965
	2–1		8 September 1965
	1–0^[3]		8 September 1965
	3–1		8 September 1965
	3–1		6 September 1965
	3–2		7 September 1965
	4–2		7 September 1965

Second round

Ties

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	0–1		21 September 1965
	5–2		22 September 1965
	3–0		22 September 1965
	1–2		21 September 1965
	3–3		21 September 1965
	0–2		21 September 1965
	4–1		21 September 1965
	3–0		22 September 1965
	2–4		22 September 1965
	1–1		22 September 1965
	0–1		22 September 1965
	2–1		22 September 1965
	0–4		22 September 1965
	2–2		22 September 1965
	4–2		22 September 1965
	0–3		22 September 1965
	3–1		22 September 1965
	2–1		22 September 1965
	4–1		22 September 1965
	3–4		22 September 1965
	1–2		22 September 1965
	1–0		22 September 1965
	5–1		22 September 1965
	2–0		22 September 1965
	1–0		22 September 1965
	3–0		22 September 1965
	2–1		22 September 1965
	2–1		22 September 1965
	2–3		21 September 1965
	3–1		22 September 1965
	0–0		22 September 1965
	1–2		22 September 1965

Replays

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	1–2		30 September 1965
	3–0		29 September 1965
	4–3		29 September 1965
	3–2		29 September 1965

Third round

Ties

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	1–2		13 October 1965
	3–2		13 October 1965
	2–0		13 October 1965
	2–2		13 October 1965
	1–1		13 October 1965
	5–0		13 October 1965
	4–2		13 October 1965
	0–1		13 October 1965
	2–4		13 October 1965
	2–3		13 October 1965
	0–0		13 October 1965
	4–3		13 October 1965
	2–5		13 October 1965
	1–2		13 October 1965
	4–0		13 October 1965
	1–1		13 October 1965

Replays

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	3–1		20 October 1965
	3–1^[4]		18 October 1965
	2–0		20 October 1965
	2–1		20 October 1965

Fourth round

Ties

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	5–1		3 November 1965
	1–1		3 November 1965
	1–1		3 November 1965
	4–0		3 November 1965
	2–0		3 November 1965
	1–4		3 November 1965
	1–2		3 November 1965
	0–0		3 November 1965

Replays

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	2–0		8 November 1965
	2–1^[5]		9 November 1965
	6–1		10 November 1965

Fifth round

Ties

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	2–1		17 November 1965
	2–2		17 November 1965
	4–0		17 November 1965
	3–1		17 November 1965

Replays

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	1–0		15 December 1965

Semi-finals

First leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	2–1		1 December 1965
	5–2		20 December 1965

Second leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date	width= 75	Agg
	1–5		2 February 1966	3–10
	2–4		15 December 1965	3–6

Final

See main article: 1966 Football League Cup 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.

References

General

• Web site: English League Cup 1965/1966 . 15 January 2012 . Soccerbase.
• Web site: England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 . 15 January 2012 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
• Web site: English League Cup 1965–1966 : Results . 19 January 2012 . Statto . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302225233/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1965-1966/results . 2 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. 20 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100313032425/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60. 13 March 2010. dead. dmy-all.
2. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 609.
3. After Extra Time
4. After Extra Time
5. After Extra Time