1970–71 Football League Cup Explained

The 1970–71 Football League Cup was the 11th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The tournament started on 17 August 1970 and ended with the final at Wembley on 27 February 1971.

Tottenham Hotspur won the tournament after defeating Aston Villa in the final at Wembley Stadium, London.This was to be the last season in which it wasn't compulsory to enter the tournament. The only team who did not enter in 1970–71 was Everton, the previous season's league champions. After 1971–72 entry to the tournament became compulsory.

Country:England &
Num Teams:91
Defending Champions:Manchester City
Winners:Tottenham Hotspur
Second:Aston Villa
Count:1
Prev Season:1969–70
Next Season:1971–72

Calendar

Of the 91 teams, 37 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 2nd–38th in the 1969–70 Football League) and the other 54 played in the first round. Semi-finals were two-legged.

RoundMain dateFixturesClubsNew entries this round
width=55Originalwidth=55Replays
align=left First Roundalign=left 19 August 197027591 → 6454
align=left Second Roundalign=left 9 September 1970321264 → 3237
align=left Third Roundalign=left 7 October 197016332 → 16none
align=left Fourth Roundalign=left 28 October 19708416 → 8none
align=left Fifth Roundalign=left 17/18 November 1970428 → 4none
align=left Semi-finalsalign=left 16 & 23 December 1970 404 → 2none
align=left Finalalign=left 27 February 1971102 → 1none

First round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=225 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–0 18 August 1970
4–0 18 August 1970
0–1 19 August 1970
3–3 17 August 1970
1–0 17 August 1970
1–3 17 August 1970
3–0 17 August 1970
2–1 19 August 1970
5–0 19 August 1970
2–2 18 August 1970
1–1 19 August 1970
0–0 17 August 1970
1–0 19 August 1970
0–1 19 August 1970
3–2 19 August 1970
2–3 19 August 1970
2–1 19 August 1970
6–2 19 August 1970
2–1 19 August 1970
0–1 17 August 1970
2–0 19 August 1970
1–0 19 August 1970
2–3 19 August 1970
0–1 19 August 1970
1–1 18 August 1970
2–0 18 August 1970
2–0 18 August 1970

Replays

width=225 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–2 26 August 1970
3–1 24 August 1970
4–2[1] 25 August 1970
4–0 24 August 1970
2–3 26 August 1970

Second round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–3 9 September 1970
2–0 9 September 1970
4–1 9 September 1970
1–0 9 September 1970
2–1 8 September 1970
2–1 9 September 1970
1–1 9 September 1970
3–3 9 September 1970
0–4 9 September 1970
3–1 8 September 1970
0–0 9 September 1970
0–0 8 September 1970
3–2 9 September 1970
2–1 9 September 1970
3–0 8 September 1970
0–0 8 September 1970
0–0 9 September 1970
2–4 8 September 1970
1–0 9 September 1970
1–0 9 September 1970
4–0 8 September 1970
0–0 8 September 1970
1–0 8 September 1970
1–1 9 September 1970
0–0 9 September 1970
4–2 8 September 1970
1–3 9 September 1970
3–0 9 September 1970
1–1 9 September 1970
3–1 8 September 1970
1–0 9 September 1970
0–0 9 September 1970

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
4–0 28 September 1970
2–1 15 September 1970
4–0 15 September 1970
2–1 22 September 1970
1–2 16 September 1970
2–1 22 September 1970
3–2[2] 22 September 1970
2–1 21 September 1970
1–1[3] 15 September 1970
2–0 21 September 1970
1–3 14 September 1970

Second Replay

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–2 28 September 1970

Third round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
2–1 6 October 1970
0–1 7 October 1970
1–1 7 October 1970
3–1 6 October 1970
3–2 7 October 1970
3–1 6 October 1970
4–0 7 October 1970
4–2 7 October 1970
2–0 6 October 1970
0–1 6 October 1970
1–0 7 October 1970
1–1 6 October 1970
1–1 7 October 1970
0–1 6 October 1970
2–0 6 October 1970
2–1 7 October 1970

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
3–0 13 October 1970
3–1[4] 13 October 1970
1–0 12 October 1970

Fourth round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–0 28 October 1970
3–0 27 October 1970
1–0 27 October 1970
0–0 28 October 1970
1–0 27 October 1970
2–2 28 October 1970
2–1 28 October 1970
5–0 28 October 1970

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
2–1 3 November 1970
0–2 9 November 1970

Fifth Round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–1 17 November 1970
0–0 17 November 1970
4–2 18 November 1970
4–1 18 November 1970

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–0 25 November 1970
1–0 24 November 1970

Semi-finals

First leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Date
1–1 16 December 1970
1–1 16 December 1970

Second leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125Datewidth= 75Agg
2–1 23 December 1970 3–2
2–0[5] 23 December 1970 3–1

Final

See main article: 1971 Football League Cup Final. The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 27 February 1971.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR:
1 Pat Jennings
2 Joe Kinnear
3 Cyril Knowles
4 Alan Mullery (c)
5 Peter Collins
6 Phil Beal
7 Alan Gilzean
8 Steve Perryman
9 Martin Chivers
10Martin Peters
11Jimmy Neighbour
Substitute:
12Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
Bill Nicholson
ASTON VILLA:
1 John Dunn
2 Keith Bradley
3 Charlie Aitken
4 Brian Godfrey (c)
5 Fred Turnbull
6 Brian Tiler
7 Pat McMahon
8 Bruce Rioch
9 Andy Lochhead
10Ian Hamilton
11Willie Anderson
Substitute:
12Dave Gibson
Manager:
Vic Crowe

References

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Specific

Notes and References

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