1961–62 Football League Cup

The 1961–62 Football League Cup was the second season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part.[lower-alpha 1] The competition began on 11 September 1961, and ended with the two-legged final on 26 April and 1 May 1962.

1961–62 League Cup
Country England &  Wales
Teams82
Defending championsAston Villa
ChampionsNorwich City
Runners-upRochdale
Matches played104

The tournament was won by Norwich City, who beat Rochdale 4–0 on aggregate over two legs. Norwich won the first leg 3–0 away at Spotland, thanks to goals from Derrick Lythgoe (2) and Punton. In the second leg at Carrow Road, Jimmy Hill scored to give Norwich a 1–0 win on the night and a 4–0 aggregate victory.

Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.[2]

Calendar

Semi-finals and final were played over two legs.

Round Dates Fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Original Replays Byes
First Round 11–14 September 1961 40 8 — 82 → 42 80
Second Round 2–16 October 1961 21 7 0 42 → 21 2
(teams competing in the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup)
Third Round 13–21 November 1961 10 3 1 21 → 11 none
Fourth Round 11–13 December 1961 3 1 5 11 → 8 none
Fifth Round 6–7 February 1962 4 1 0 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 19 March – 16 April 1962 4 0 0 4 → 2 none
Final 26 April – 1 May 1962 2 0 0 2 → 1 none

First round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Barnsley (3)3–2Southport (4)13-09-1961
Barrow (4)0–2Portsmouth (3)13-09-1961
Birmingham City (1)1–1Swindon Town (3)13-09-1961
Blackpool (1)2–1Port Vale (3)13-09-1961
Bolton Wanderers (1)1–1Sunderland (2)13-09-1961
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)2–2Torquay United (3)13-09-1961
Bradford City (4)3–4Aston Villa (1)13-09-1961
Bristol Rovers (2)2–1Hartlepools United (4)11-09-1961
Bury (2)5–1Brighton & Hove Albion (2)12-09-1961
Cardiff City (1)2–0Wrexham (4)13-09-1961
Carlisle United (4)1–1Huddersfield Town (2)12-09-1961
Chesterfield (4)2–3Norwich City (2)13-09-1961
Colchester United (4)1–2Crewe Alexandra (4)13-09-1961
Darlington (4)0–1Rotherham United (2)11-09-1961
Doncaster Rovers (4)3–2Grimsby Town (3)13-09-1961
Fulham (1)1–1Sheffield United (1)13-09-1961
Hull City (3)4–2Bradford Park Avenue (3)11-09-1961
Ipswich Town (1)4–2Manchester City (1)11-09-1961
Leeds United (2)4–1Brentford (3)13-09-1961
Lincoln City (3)1–0Accrington Stanley (4)13-09-1961
Luton Town (2)2–1Northampton Town (3)13-09-1961
Mansfield Town (4)5–2Exeter City (4)11-09-1961
Millwall (4)1–2Walsall (2)13-09-1961
Newcastle United (2)2–0Scunthorpe United (2)13-09-1961
Newport County (3)0–0Shrewsbury Town (3)11-09-1961
Nottingham Forest (1)4–1Gillingham (4)11-09-1961
Notts County (3)2–2Derby County (2)14-09-1961
Oldham Athletic (4)1–4Charlton Athletic (2)12-09-1961
Peterborough United (3)1–3Blackburn Rovers (1)11-09-1961
Preston North End (2)3–1Aldershot (4)13-09-1961
Queens Park Rangers (3)5–2Crystal Palace (3)13-09-1961
Reading (3)4–2Chester (4)13-09-1961
Southampton (2)0–0Rochdale (4)13-09-1961
Southend United (3)0–1Stoke City (2)13-09-1961
Stockport County (4)0–1Leyton Orient (2)11-09-1961
Tranmere Rovers (4)3–6Middlesbrough (2)13-09-1961
Watford (3)3–0Halifax Town (3)11-09-1961
West Ham United (1)3–2Plymouth Argyle (2)11-09-1961
Workington (4)3–0Coventry City (3)13-09-1961
York City (4)3–0Bristol City (3)13-09-1961

Replays
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Derby County (2)3–2Notts County (3)27-09-1961
Huddersfield Town (2)3–0Carlisle United (4)25-09-1961
Rochdale (4)2–1Southampton (2)27-09-1961
Sheffield United (1)4–0Fulham (1)25-09-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3)3–1Newport County (3)28-09-1961
Sunderland (2)1–0Bolton Wanderers (1)25-09-1961
Swindon Town (3)2–0Birmingham City (1)25-09-1961
Torquay United (3)0–1Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)25-09-1961

Byes

These two teams received byes as they were competing in the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Team
Leicester City (1)
Swansea Town (2)

Second round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Barnsley (3)1–3Workington (4)09-10-1961
Bristol Rovers (2)1–1Blackburn Rovers (1)02-10-1961
Bury (2)3–4Hull City (3)03-10-1961
Charlton Athletic (2)4–1Stoke City (2)04-10-1961
Leeds United (2)3–2Huddersfield Town (2)04-10-1961
Leyton Orient (2)1–1Blackpool (1)04-10-1961
Luton Town (2)0–0Rotherham United (2)04-10-1961
Mansfield Town (4)1–1Cardiff City (1)05-10-1961
Middlesbrough (2)3–1Crewe Alexandra (4)04-10-1961
Norwich City (2)3–2Lincoln City (3)04-10-1961
Portsmouth (3)1–1Derby County (2)04-10-1961
Preston North End (2)3–1Swindon Town (3)09-10-1961
Queens Park Rangers (3)1–2Nottingham Forest (1)11-10-1961
Rochdale (4)4–0Doncaster Rovers (4)04-10-1961
Sheffield United (1)2–2Newcastle United (2)02-10-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3)1–3Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)09-10-1961
Sunderland (2)5–2Walsall (2)04-10-1961
Swansea Town (2)3–3Ipswich Town (1)03-10-1961
Watford (3)3–1Reading (3)16-10-1961
West Ham United (1)1–3Aston Villa (1)09-10-1961
York City (4)2–1Leicester City (1)09-10-1961

Replays
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Blackburn Rovers (1)4–0Bristol Rovers (2)16-10-1961
Blackpool (1)5–1Leyton Orient (2)30-10-1961
Cardiff City (1)2–1Mansfield Town (4)23-10-1961
Derby County (2)2–4Portsmouth (3)01-11-1961
Ipswich Town (1)3–2Swansea Town (2)24-10-1961
Newcastle United (2)0–2Sheffield United (1)11-10-1961
Rotherham United (2)2–0Luton Town (2)10-10-1961

Third round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aston Villa (1)2–3Ipswich Town (1)21-11-1961
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)3–0Cardiff City (1)15-11-1961
Norwich City (2)3–2Middlesbrough (2)15-11-1961
Nottingham Forest (1)1–2Blackburn Rovers (1)14-11-1961
Preston North End (2)0–0Rotherham United (2)14-11-1961
Rochdale (4)1–0Charlton Athletic (2)14-11-1961
Sheffield United (1)1–0Portsmouth (3)13-11-1961
Sunderland (2)2–1Hull City (3)15-11-1961
Workington (4)0–1Blackpool (1)15-11-1961
York City (4)1–1Watford (3)15-11-1961

Replays
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Rotherham United (2)3–0Preston North End (2)28-11-1961
Watford (3)2–2[3]York City (4)21-11-1961

2nd Replay
Home Team Score Away Team Date
York City (4)3–2Watford (3)04-12-1961

Bye
Team
Leeds United (2)

Fourth round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Blackburn Rovers (1)4–1Ipswich Town (1)11-12-1961
Rotherham United (2)1–1Leeds United (2)12-12-1961
York City (4)1–0Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3)13-12-1961

Replay
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Leeds United (1)1–2Rotherham United (2)15-01-1962

Byes
Team
Blackpool (1)
Norwich City (2)
Rochdale (4)
Sheffield United (1)
Sunderland (2)

Fifth round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Blackpool (1)0–0Sheffield United (1)06-02-1962
Rochdale (4)2–1York City (4)07-02-1962
Rotherham United (2)0–1Blackburn Rovers (1)06-02-1962
Sunderland (2)1–4Norwich City (2)07-02-1962

Replay
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Sheffield United (1)0–2Blackpool (1)27-03-1962

Semi-finals

First leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Rochdale (4)3–1Blackburn Rovers (1)19-03-1962
Norwich City (2)4–1Blackpool (1)11-04-1962

Second leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Blackburn Rovers (1)2–1Rochdale (4)04-04-19623–4
Blackpool (1)2–0Norwich City (2)16-04-19623–4

Final
Main article: 1962 Football League Cup Final

The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at Spotland, Rochdale on 26 April 1962, and the second leg was held at Carrow Road, Norwich, on 1 May 1962.[4]

Rochdale (4)0 – 3Norwich City (2)
Summary Lythgoe
Punton
Attendance: 11,123
Referee: A. Holland

Rochdale: Burgin — Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Wragg, Hepton, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.

Norwich City: Kennon — McCrohan, Ashman, Burton, Barry Butler, Mullett, Mannion, Lythgoe, Scott, James Hill, Punton.

Norwich City (2)1 – 0Rochdale (4)
Hill Summary
Attendance: 19,708
Referee: R.H. Mann

Norwich City: Kennon — McCrohan, Ashman, Burton, Barry Butler, Mullett, Mannion, Lythgoe, Scott, James Hill, Punton.

Rochdale: Burgin — Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Whyke, Joe Richardson, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.

Norwich City won the League Cup final 4–0 on aggregate.

References
  1. Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers were the 10 League clubs that did not compete.
  1. "Results from Soccerbase". Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 605.
  3. After Extra Time
  4. "Finals Summary". Retrieved 20 March 2010.
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