1960–61 Football League Cup

The 1960–61 Football League Cup was the inaugural staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition began on 26 September 1960, and ended with the two-legged final almost a year later on 22 August and 5 September 1961.

1960–61 League Cup
A replica League Cup in Villa colours with 1960–61 date
Country England &  Wales
Teams87
ChampionsAston Villa
Runners-upRotherham United
Matches played113

The tournament was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate after extra time. Rotherham won the first leg 2–0 at Millmoor, their home ground thanks to goals from Alan Kirkman and Barry Webster. In the second leg at Villa Park, Harry Burrows and Peter McParland levelled the tie on aggregate and Alan O'Neill scored in extra-time to win the cup for Aston Villa.

Calendar

5 League teams did not compete (Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). Of the other 87 teams, 41 received a bye to the second round and the other 46 played in the first round. Unlike in later seasons, the byes were assigned randomly; from 1962–63 onward the lower teams played in the first round while the upper division teams joined them in the second round onward.

Round Main date Fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Original Replays
First Round 10 October 1960 23 8 87 → 64 46
Second Round 24 October 1960 32 9 64 → 32 41
Third Round 16 November 1960 16 3 32 → 16 none
Fourth round 14 December 1960 8 3 16 → 8 none
Fifth round February 1960 4 0 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 10 April 1961 4 1 4 → 2 none
Final 22 August & 5 September 1961 2 0 2 → 1 none

First round

Ties
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Bristol Rovers (2)2–1Fulham (1)20,02226-09-1960
Chester (4)2–2Leyton Orient (2)9.07412-10-1960
Colchester United (3)4–1Newcastle United (1)9,13010-10-1960
Coventry City (3)4–2Barrow (4)6,64310-10-1960
Darlington (4)2–0Crystal Palace (4)9,94012-10-1960
Everton (1)3–1Accrington Stanley (4)18,24612-10-1960
Exeter City (4)1–1Manchester United (1)19-10-1960
Hull City (3)0–0Bolton Wanderers (1)11,98010-10-1960
Ipswich Town (2)0–2Barnsley (3)11-10-1960
Leicester City (1)4–0Mansfield Town (4)7,07012-10-1960
Lincoln City (2)2–2Bradford Park Avenue (4)1,73712-10-1960
Middlesbrough (2)3–4Cardiff City (1)03-10-1960
Millwall (4)1–7Chelsea (1)15,00710-10-1960
Newport County (3)2–2Southampton (2)7,83410-10-1960
Oldham Athletic (4)2–1Hartlepools United (4)11-10-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2)2–0Southport (4)10,04812-10-1960
Preston North End (1)4–1Peterborough United (4)11-10-1960
Queens Park Rangers (3)2–2Port Vale (3)17-10-1960
Rochdale (4)1–1Scunthorpe United (2)4,27410-10-1960
Stockport County (4)2–0Carlisle United (4)7,00010-10-1960
Watford (3)2–5Derby County (2)11-10-1960
West Ham United (1)3–1Charlton Athletic (2)26-09-1960
York City (4)1–3Blackburn Rovers (1)10,93310-10-1960

Replays
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Bolton Wanderers (1)5–1Hull City (3)19-10-1960
Bradford Park Avenue (4)1–0Lincoln City (2)3,41519-10-1960
Leyton Orient (2)1–0Chester (4)17-10-1960
Manchester United (1)4–1Exeter City (4)26-10-1960
Port Vale (3)3–1[1]Queens Park Rangers (3)19-10-1960
Scunthorpe United (2)0–1Rochdale (4)5,72720-10-1960
Southampton (2)2–2[1]Newport County (3)8,00017-10-1960

Second Replay
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Southampton (2)5–3Newport County (3)8,41426-10-1960

Second round

Ties
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aldershot (4)1–1Bristol City (3)5,70010-10-1960
Aston Villa (1)4–1Huddersfield Town (2)17,05712-10-1960
Bolton Wanderers (1)6–2Grimsby Town (3)26-10-1960
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)1–1Crewe Alexandra (4)3,20812-10-1960
Bradford City (3)2–1Manchester United (1)02-11-1960
Bradford Park Avenue (4)0–1Birmingham City (1)31-10-1960
Brentford (3)4–3Sunderland (2)25-10-1960
Bury (3)2–1Sheffield United (2)11-10-1960
Cardiff City (1)0–4Burnley (1)24-10-1960
Chelsea (1)4–2Workington (4)24-10-1960
Colchester United (3)0–2Southampton (2)31-10-1960
Darlington (4)3–2West Ham United (1)24-10-1960
Derby County (2)3–0Barnsley (3)19-10-1960
Doncaster Rovers (4)3–1Stoke City (2)18-10-1960
Everton (1)3–1Walsall (3)31-10-1960
Gillingham (4)1–1Preston North End (1)19-10-1960
Leeds United (2)0–0Blackpool (1)13,06428-09-1960
Leicester City (1)1–2Rotherham United (2)26-10-1960
Leyton Orient (2)0–1Chesterfield (3)14-11-1960
Liverpool (2)1–1Luton Town (2)10,50219-10-1960
Manchester City (1)3–0Stockport County (4)18-10-1960
Northampton Town (4)1–1Wrexham (4)18-10-1960
Norwich City (2)6–2Oldham Athletic (4)26-10-1960
Nottingham Forest (1)2–0Halifax Town (3)06-10-1960
Notts County (3)1–3Brighton & Hove Albion (2)20-10-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2)1–1Torquay United (3)02-11-1960
Portsmouth (2)2–0Coventry City (3)02-11-1960
Port Vale (3)0–2Tranmere Rovers (3)24-10-1960
Reading (3)3–5Bristol Rovers (2)8,32312-10-1960
Rochdale (4)5–2Southend United (3)25-10-1960
Swansea Town (2)1–2Blackburn Rovers (1)18-10-1960
Swindon Town (4)1–1Shrewsbury Town (4)10,84012-10-1960

Replays
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Blackpool (1)1–3Leeds United (2)05-10-1960
Bristol City (3)3–0Aldershot (4)25-10-1960
Crewe Alexandra (4)2–0Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)19-10-1960
Luton Town (2)2–5Liverpool (2)6,12524-10-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2)2–1Torquay United (3)07-11-1960
Preston North End (1)3–0Gillingham (4)25-10-1960
Shrewsbury Town (4)2–2Swindon Town (4)5,34324-10-1960
Wrexham (4)2–0Northampton Town (4)25-10-1960

Second Replay
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Swindon Town (4)0–2Shrewsbury Town (4)6,97526-10-1960

Third round

Ties
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Birmingham City (1)0–0Plymouth Argyle (2)14-11-1960
Blackburn Rovers (1)2–1Rochdale (4)21-11-1960
Brentford (3)1–1Burnley (1)22-11-1960
Brighton & Hove Albion (2)0–2Wrexham (4)16-11-1960
Chesterfield (3)0–4Leeds United (2)23-11-1960
Darlington (4)1–2Bolton Wanderers (1)14-11-1960
Derby County (2)1–4Norwich City (2)14-11-1960
Doncaster Rovers (4)0–7Chelsea (1)16-11-1960
Everton (1)3–1Bury (3)23-11-1960
Liverpool (2)1–2Southampton (2)14,03616-11-1960
Nottingham Forest (1)2–1Bristol City (3)15-11-1960
Portsmouth (2)2–0Manchester City (1)21-11-1960
Preston North End (1)3–3Aston Villa (1)7,67715-11-1960
Rotherham United (2)2–0Bristol Rovers (2)23-11-1960
Shrewsbury Town (3)2–1Bradford City (3)8,36316-11-1960
Tranmere Rovers (3)2–0Crewe Alexandra (4)16-11-1960

Replays
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1)3–1Preston North End (1)15,00023-11-1960
Burnley (1)2–1Brentford (3)06-12-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2)3–1Birmingham City (1)16-11-1960

Fourth round

Ties
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1)3–3Plymouth Argyle (2)12,11713-12-1960
Blackburn Rovers (1)1–1Wrexham (4)05-12-1960
Bolton Wanderers (1)0–2Rotherham United (2)20-12-1960
Burnley (1)2–1Nottingham Forest (1)10-01-1961
Portsmouth (2)1–0Chelsea (1)14-12-1960
Shrewsbury Town (3)1–0Norwich City (2)7,42714-12-1960
Southampton (2)5–4Leeds United (2)05-12-1960
Tranmere Rovers (3)0–4Everton (1)21-12-1960

Replays
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Plymouth Argyle (2)0–0[1]Aston Villa (1)11,00619-12-1960
Wrexham (4)3–1Blackburn Rovers (1)14-12-1960

Second Replay
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Plymouth Argyle (2)3–5Aston Villa (1)13,54806-02-1961

Fifth round

Ties
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1)3–0Wrexham (4)19,50022-02-1961
Rotherham United (2)3–0Portsmouth (2)13-02-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3)2–1Everton (1)15,39915-02-1961
Southampton (2)2–4Burnley (1)06-02-1961

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was made in February 1961 after the conclusion of the quarter-finals. Unlike the rounds up to that point, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The matches were played in March, April and May 1961.

First leg
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Burnley (1)1–1Aston Villa (1)15,90810-04-1961
Rotherham United (2)3–2Shrewsbury Town (3)13,33721-03-1961

Second leg
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1)2–2Burnley (1)23,07726-04-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3)1–1Rotherham United (2)16,72210-04-1961

Replay
Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1)2–1Burnley (1)7,95302-05-1961

Final
Further information: 1961 Football League Cup Final

The 1961 League Cup Final was played on 22 August and 5 September 1961 and was contested between First Division side Aston Villa and Second Division team Rotherham United. Aston Villa won the game 3–2 on aggregate (after extra time).

First leg
Rotherham United (2)2–0Aston Villa (1)
Kirkman 51'
Webster 55'
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: K. A. Collinge.

Second leg
Aston Villa (1)3–0 (a.e.t.)Rotherham United (2)
O'Neill 67'
Burrows 69'
McParland 109'
Attendance: 30,765
Referee: C. W. Kingston.

Aston Villa wins 3–2 on aggregate.

References

General
  • "English League Cup 1960/1961". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960-1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "English League Cup 1960-1961 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Specific
  1. After Extra Time
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