1971–72 Football League Cup Explained

The 1971–72 Football League Cup was the 12th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The tournament started on 17 August 1971 and ended with the final at Wembley on 4 March 1972.Stoke City won the tournament after defeating Chelsea in the final at Wembley Stadium, London.Entry for all football league clubs became compulsory this season.

Football League Cup
Country:England &
Num Teams:92
Defending Champions:Tottenham Hotspur
Winners:Stoke City
Second:Chelsea
Count:1
Prev Season:1970–71
Next Season:1972–73

Calendar

Of the 92 teams, 36 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–36th in the 1970–71 Football League) and the other 56 played in the first round. Semi-finals were two-legged.

RoundMain dateFixturesClubsNew entries this round
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align=left First Roundalign=left 18 August 1971281092 → 6456
align=left Second Roundalign=left 8 September 197132464 → 3236
align=left Third Roundalign=left 6 October 197116732 → 16none
align=left Fourth Roundalign=left 26/27 October 19718716 → 8none
align=left Fifth Roundalign=left 17 November 1971408 → 4none
align=left Semi-finalsalign=left December 1971 – January 1972424 → 2none
align=left Finalalign=left 4 March 1972102 → 1none

First round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–1 18 August 1971
2–2 18 August 1971
0–0 18 August 1971
0–2 18 August 1971
2–0 18 August 1971
2–1 17 August 1971
1–1 18 August 1971
5–1 17 August 1971
0–0 18 August 1971
3–1 18 August 1971
0–1 18 August 1971
0–1 18 August 1971
0–3 18 August 1971
4–0 17 August 1971
4–0 18 August 1971
4–3 17 August 1971
1–1 18 August 1971
1–1 17 August 1971
1–2 17 August 1971
1–0 17 August 1971
1–0 17 August 1971
0–2 18 August 1971
0–2 17 August 1971
0–1 18 August 1971
1–0 18 August 1971
0–1 17 August 1971
1–1 18 August 1971
2–0 18 August 1971

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
2–1 25 August 1971
1–3 25 August 1971
0–1[1] 23 August 1971
0–5 23 August 1971
3–1 25 August 1971
2–2[2] 24 August 1971
1–2[3] 23 August 1971
1–1[4] 23 August 1971

2nd Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
4–3 31 August 1971
2–0 31 August 1971

Second round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–0 8 September 1971
3–1 7 September 1971
0–0 8 September 1971
0–2 8 September 1971
5–0 7 September 1971
3–1 7 September 1971
0–1 7 September 1971
2–0 7 September 1971
2–0 8 September 1971
2–3 8 September 1971
4–1 8 September 1971
0–0 8 September 1971
2–1 7 September 1971
0–2 7 September 1971
1–3 7 September 1971
3–0 7 September 1971
4–3 8 September 1971
2–1 8 September 1971
2–0 8 September 1971
5–1 7 September 1971
1–2 8 September 1971
1–0 8 September 1971
2–0 7 September 1971
3–0 7 September 1971
2–1 7 September 1971
1–2 8 September 1971
0–1 7 September 1971
2–1 8 September 1971
0–1 8 September 1971
0–1 8 September 1971
1–1 8 September 1971
2–2 8 September 1971

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–2 22 September 1971
2–0 27 September 1971
4–1 15 September 1971
1–2 14 September 1971

Third round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
4–0 6 October 1971
4–0 5 October 1971
3–0 5 October 1971
2–1 5 October 1971
2–2 5 October 1971
1–1 6 October 1971
1–0 5 October 1971
1–1 6 October 1971
4–1 6 October 1971
1–1 6 October 1971
1–1 6 October 1971
4–2 5 October 1971
3–2 5 October 1971
1–4 6 October 1971
1–1 6 October 1971
0–0 6 October 1971

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
2–0 13 October 1971
0–1 18 October 1971
2–1 11 October 1971
1–0 12 October 1971
0–1[5] 20 October 1971
2–1 11 October 1971
2–0 18 October 1971

Fourth round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–0 26 October 1971
4–1 26 October 1971
1–1 27 October 1971
1–1 26 October 1971
1–1 27 October 1971
1–1 26 October 1971
1–1 27 October 1971
2–1 27 October 1971

Replays

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–6 8 November 1971
1–0 2 November 1971
3–1 3 November 1971
1–2[6] 8 November 1971
2–0 8 November 1971
0–0[7] 8 November 1971

2nd Replay

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
2–1 15 November 1971

Fifth Round

Ties

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
2–4 23 November 1971
0–1 17 November 1971
2–0 17 November 1971
5–0 17 November 1971

Semi-finals

First leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
1–2 8 December 1971
3–2 22 December 1971

Second leg

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Datewidth= 75Agg
0–1[8] 15 December 1971 2–2
2–2 5 January 1972 4–5

Replay

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
0–0[9] 5 January 1972

2nd Replay

width=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=125 Date
3–2 26 January 1972

Final

See main article: 1972 Football League Cup Final. The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 4 March 1972.

STOKE CITY:
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GK 1 Gordon Banks
DF 2 John Marsh
DF 3 Mike Pejic
MF 4 Mike Bernard
DF 5 Denis Smith
DF 6 Alan Bloor
MF 7 Terry Conroy
MF 8
FW 9 John Ritchie
FW 10Peter Dobing
MF 11George Eastham
Substitutes:
MF 12
Manager:
Tony Waddington
CHELSEA:
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GK 1 Peter Bonetti
DF 2
DF 3 Ron Harris (c)
MF 4 John Hollins
DF 5 John Dempsey
DF 6 David Webb
MF 7 Charlie Cooke
FW 8 Chris Garland
FW 9 Peter Osgood
MF 10Alan Hudson
MF 11Peter Houseman
Substitutes:
FW 12
Manager:
Dave Sexton

References

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Notes and References

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