1967–68 Football League Cup Explained

The 1967–68 Football League Cup was the eighth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; all League clubs competed except for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. The competition ended with the final on 2 March 1968.

The final was contested by First Division teams Leeds United and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium in London. Leeds United's Terry Cooper scored the only goal of the game, giving Leeds a 1–0 victory.

1967–68 League Cup
Country:	England Wales
Num Teams:	90
Defending Champions:	Queens Park Rangers
Winners:	Leeds United
Second:	Arsenal
Prev Season:	1966–67
Next Season:	1968–69

Calendar

Of the 90 teams, 38 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–39th in the 1966–67 Football League, excluding 2 teams that did not compete; and League Cup holders Queens Park Rangers) and the other 52 played in the first round. Semi-finals were two-legged.

Round	Main date	Fixtures		Clubs	New entries this round
		width=55	Original	width=55		Replays
align=left	First round	align=left	23 August 1967	26	8	90 → 64	52
align=left	Second round	align=left	13 September 1967	32	4	64 → 32	38
align=left	Third round	align=left	11 October 1967	16	3	32 → 16	none
align=left	Fourth round	align=left	1 November 1967	8	2	16 → 8	none
align=left	Fifth round	align=left	29 November 1967	4	2	8 → 4	none
align=left	Semi-finals	align=left	17 January & 6/7 February 1968	4	0	4 → 2	none
align=left	Final	align=left	2 March 1968	1	0	2 → 1	none

First round

Ties

width=225	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	2–3		23 August 1967
	1–0		23 August 1967
	1–1		22 August 1967
	4–0		23 August 1967
	1–1		23 August 1967
	1–0		23 August 1967
	1–2		23 August 1967
	1–0		23 August 1967
	5–0		23 August 1967
	2–0		23 August 1967
	1–3		22 August 1967
	1–1		23 August 1967
	2–3		23 August 1967
	4–1		22 August 1967
	3–2		23 August 1967
	0–1		23 August 1967
	3–1		23 August 1967
	3–0		22 August 1967
	3–0		23 August 1967
	0–1		23 August 1967
	1–0		23 August 1967
	1–1		22 August 1967
	0–0		22 August 1967
	2–1		23 August 1967
	4–2		22 August 1967
	1–1		23 August 1967

Replays

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=225	Away team	width=125	Date
	1–2^[1]		30 August 1967
	0–3		28 August 1967
	2–0		29 August 1967
	1–1^[2]		29 August 1967
	3–0		28 August 1967
	0–0^[3]		29 August 1967

2nd replays

width=225	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	1–2		6 September 1967
	2–1		31 August 1967

Second round

Ties

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	1–0		13 September 1967
	3–1		13 September 1967
	0–5		13 September 1967
	2–1		12 September 1967
	0–2		13 September 1967
	1–2		12 September 1967
	4–0		13 September 1967
	1–0		13 September 1967
	2–2		13 September 1967
	2–2		12 September 1967
	1–0		12 September 1967
	5–2		12 September 1967
	3–1		13 September 1967
	2–1		13 September 1967
	1–1		13 September 1967
	4–0		13 September 1967
	2–1		13 September 1967
	3–2		13 September 1967
	0–1		12 September 1967
	3–1		13 September 1967
	1–1		13 September 1967
	2–1		13 September 1967
	0–2		13 September 1967
	3–1		13 September 1967
	2–1		12 September 1967
	3–1		13 September 1967
	0–1		13 September 1967
	1–2		13 September 1967
	3–5		13 September 1967
	2–0		13 September 1967
	3–2		13 September 1967
	1–5		13 September 1967

Replays

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	3–2		27 September 1967
	2–0		19 September 1967
	0–2		19 September 1967
	2–0		20 September 1967

Third round

Ties

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	1–0		11 October 1967
	3–2		11 October 1967
	3–0		10 October 1967
	4–1		11 October 1967
	3–1		11 October 1967
	2–3		11 October 1967
	3–0		11 October 1967
	4–2		11 October 1967
	1–1		11 October 1967
	0–0		11 October 1967
	0–1		11 October 1967
	5–1		10 October 1967
	3–1		11 October 1967
	2–1		11 October 1967
	4–1		11 October 1967
	2–2		11 October 1967

Replays

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	0–2		18 October 1967
	6–2		16 October 1967
	5–1		16 October 1967

Fourth round

Ties

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	2–1		1 November 1967
	2–0		31 October 1967
	1–1		1 November 1967
	3–2		1 November 1967
	2–0		1 November 1967
	1–2		31 October 1967
	0–0		1 November 1967
	0–2		15 November 1967

Replays

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	0–3		15 November 1967
	2–1		15 November 1967

Fifth round

Ties

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	3–3		29 November 1967
	5–4		29 November 1967
	1–1		29 November 1967
	2–0		13 December 1967

Replays

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	2–1		5 December 1967
	2–1^[4]		12 December 1967

Semi-finals

First leg

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date
	3–2		17 January 1968
	0–1		17 January 1968

Second leg

width=175	Home team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away team	width=125	Date	width=75	Agg
	1–3		6 February 1968	3–6
	3–2		7 February 1968	4–2

Final

See main article: 1968 Football League Cup Final. The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 2 March 1968.

External links

• Web site: English League Cup 1967/1968 . 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 1967–1968 : Results . 19 January 2012 . Statto . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302231914/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1967-1968/results . 2 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .

Notes and References

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