# 1963–64 Football League Cup

The 1963–64 Football League Cup was the fourth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part. The competition began on 4 September 1963 and ended with the two-legged final on 15 and 22 April 1964.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.

## Calendar

Of the 82 teams, 46 received a bye to the second round and the other 36 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 57th–92nd in the 1962–63 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.
| Round | Main date | Fixtures | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round |
| Round | Main date | Original | Replays | Clubs | New entries this round |
| First Round | 4 September 1963 | 18 | 5 | 82 → 64 | 36 (teams ranked 13th–24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division) |
| Second Round | 25 September 1963 | 32 | 11 | 64 → 32 | 46 (all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–12th in Third Division) |
| Third Round | 4 November 1963 | 16 | 2 | 32 → 16 | none |
| Fourth Round | 27 November 1963 | 8 | 1 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Fifth Round | 16 December 1963 | 4 | 1 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | January–March 1964 | 4 | 0 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 15 & 22 April 1964 | 2 | 0 | 2 → 1 | none |

## First round
### Ties

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Aldershot | 3–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 September 1963 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 7–3 | Bradford City | 4 September 1963 |
| Carlisle United | 3–2 | Crewe Alexandra | 4 September 1963 |
| Chesterfield | 0–1 | Halifax Town | 4 September 1963 |
| Darlington | 2–2 | Barnsley | 4 September 1963 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 0–0 | York City | 4 September 1963 |
| Gillingham | 4–2 | Bristol City | 4 September 1963 |
| Lincoln City | 3–2 | Hartlepools United | 4 September 1963 |
| Mansfield Town | 2–1 | Watford | 4 September 1963 |
| Newport County | 3–4 | Millwall | 4 September 1963 |
| Oldham Athletic | 3–5 | Workington | 4 September 1963 |
| Oxford United | 0–1 | Exeter City | 4 September 1963 |
| Reading | 1–1 | Brentford | 4 September 1963 |
| Rochdale | 1–1 | Chester | 4 September 1963 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 1–1 | Bristol Rovers | 4 September 1963 |
| Southport | 2–1 | Barrow | 4 September 1963 |
| Torquay United | 1–2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 September 1963 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2–0 | Stockport County | 4 September 1963 |

### Replays

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Barnsley | 6–2 | Darlington | 11 September 1963 |
| Brentford | 2–0 | Reading | 23 September 1963 |
| Bristol Rovers | 6–2 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 September 1963 |
| Chester | 2–5 | Rochdale | 18 September 1963 |
| York City | 3–0 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 September 1963 |

## Second round
### Ties

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Aston Villa | 3–1 | Barnsley | 25 September 1963 |
| Blackpool | 7–1 | Charlton Athletic | 25 September 1963 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 2–2 | Middlesbrough | 25 September 1963 |
| Brentford | 0–0 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 25 September 1963 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Northampton Town | 25 September 1963 |
| Bristol Rovers | 2–0 | Crystal Palace | 25 September 1963 |
| Cardiff City | 2–2 | Wrexham | 25 September 1963 |
| Colchester United | 5–3 | Fulham | 25 September 1963 |
| Gillingham | 3–0 | Bury | 25 September 1963 |
| Grimsby Town | 1–3 | Rotherham United | 25 September 1963 |
| Halifax Town | 4–2 | Rochdale | 25 September 1963 |
| Hull City | 1–0 | Exeter City | 25 September 1963 |
| Ipswich Town | 0–0 | Walsall | 25 September 1963 |
| Leeds United | 5–1 | Mansfield Town | 25 September 1963 |
| Leicester City | 2–0 | Aldershot | 25 September 1963 |
| Luton Town | 3–4 | Coventry City | 25 September 1963 |
| Manchester City | 2–0 | Carlisle United | 25 September 1963 |
| Millwall | 3–2 | Peterborough United | 25 September 1963 |
| Newcastle United | 3–0 | Preston North End | 25 September 1963 |
| Norwich City | 2–0 | Birmingham City | 25 September 1963 |
| Notts County | 2–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 September 1963 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2–2 | Huddersfield Town | 25 September 1963 |
| Portsmouth | 3–2 | Derby County | 25 September 1963 |
| Scunthorpe United | 2–2 | Stoke City | 25 September 1963 |
| Sheffield United | 1–2 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 September 1963 |
| Southend United | 2–1 | Port Vale | 25 September 1963 |
| Swansea Town | 3–1 | Sunderland | 25 September 1963 |
| Swindon Town | 3–0 | Chelsea | 25 September 1963 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2–0 | Southampton | 25 September 1963 |
| West Ham United | 2–1 | Leyton Orient | 25 September 1963 |
| Workington | 3–0 | Southport | 25 September 1963 |
| York City | 1–1 | Lincoln City | 25 September 1963 |

### Replays

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2–0 | Brentford | 4 November 1963 |
| Huddersfield Town | 3–3 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 October 1963 |
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | York City | 14 October 1963 |
| Middlesbrough | 2–3 | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 October 1963 |
| Northampton Town | 3–2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 October 1963 |
| Stoke City | 3–3 | Scunthorpe United | 16 October 1963 |
| Walsall | 1–0 | Ipswich Town | 3 October 1963 |
| Wrexham | 1–1 | Cardiff City | 7 October 1963 |

### 2nd Replays

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1–2 | Huddersfield Town | 28 October 1963 |
| Stoke City | 1–0 | Scunthorpe United | 22 October 1963 |
| Wrexham | 3–0 | Cardiff City | 21 October 1963 |

## Third round
### Ties

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Aston Villa | 0–2 | West Ham United | 16 October 1963 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2–1 | Newcastle United | 6 November 1963 |
| Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | Gillingham | 4 November 1963 |
| Colchester United | 4–1 | Northampton Town | 4 November 1963 |
| Halifax Town | 2–0 | Walsall | 16 October 1963 |
| Hull City | 0–3 | Manchester City | 16 October 1963 |
| Leeds United | 2–0 | Swansea Town | 22 October 1963 |
| Millwall | 1–1 | Lincoln City | 4 November 1963 |
| Norwich City | 1–0 | Blackpool | 30 October 1963 |
| Notts County | 3–2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 5 November 1963 |
| Rotherham United | 4–2 | Coventry City | 4 November 1963 |
| Stoke City | 3–0 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 October 1963 |
| Swindon Town | 3–0 | Southend United | 16 October 1963 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 1–2 | Leicester City | 16 October 1963 |
| Workington | 1–0 | Huddersfield Town | 4 November 1963 |
| Wrexham | 3–5 | Portsmouth | 4 November 1963 |

### Replays

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Gillingham | 3–1 | Bristol Rovers | 6 November 1963 |
| Lincoln City | 1–2 | Millwall | 12 November 1963 |

## Fourth round
### Ties

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Halifax Town | 1–7 | Norwich City | 27 November 1963 |
| Leicester City | 3–1 | Gillingham | 27 November 1963 |
| Manchester City | 3–1 | Leeds United | 27 November 1963 |
| Notts County | 3–2 | Portsmouth | 13 November 1963 |
| Rotherham United | 5–2 | Millwall | 27 November 1963 |
| Stoke City | 2–1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 27 November 1963 |
| Swindon Town | 3–3 | West Ham United | 19 November 1963 |
| Workington | 2–1 | Colchester United | 26 November 1963 |

### Replay

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| West Ham United | 4–1 | Swindon Town | 25 November 1963 |

## Fifth round
### Ties

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Norwich City | 1–1 | Leicester City | 18 December 1963 |
| Notts County | 0–1 | Manchester City | 17 December 1963 |
| Stoke City | 3–2 | Rotherham United | 16 December 1963 |
| West Ham United | 6–0 | Workington | 16 December 1963 |

### Replay

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Leicester City | 2–1 | Norwich City | 15 January 1964 |

## Semi-finals
### First leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
| Stoke City | 2–0 | Manchester City | 15 January 1964 |
| Leicester City | 4–3 | West Ham United | 5 February 1964 |

### Second leg

| Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
| Manchester City | 1–0 | Stoke City | 5 February 1964 | 1–2 |
| West Ham United | 0–2 | Leicester City | 23 March 1964 | 3–6 |

## Final

Leicester City win 4–3 on aggregate.