# 1966–67 Football League Cup

The 1966–67 Football League Cup was the seventh season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 23 August 1966 and ended with the final on 4 March 1967. This was the first season during which Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wolverhampton participated in the League Cup; Everton and Liverpool were the only League teams that did not compete.
The final was contested by Third Division side Queens Park Rangers and First Division side West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium in London; this was the first League Cup final to take place at a neutral venue, instead of as a two-legged tie. Clive Clark scored twice in the first half to give West Bromwich Albion a 2–0 half-time lead. However, second-half goals from Queens Park Rangers' Roger Morgan, Rodney Marsh, and Mark Lazarus turned the game around. Queens Park Rangers, who also won the Third Division championship this season, eventually won the match 3–2 to claim the trophy.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.

## Calendar

Of the 90 teams, 38 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–40th in the 1965–66 Football League, excluding 2 teams that did not compete) and the other 52 played in the first round. The semi-finals 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 | 24 August 1966 | 26 | 10 | 90 → 64 | 52 (teams ranked 19th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division) |
| Second Round | 14 September 1966 | 32 | 11 | 64 → 32 | 38 (all First Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–18th in Second Division) |
| Third Round | 5 October 1966 | 16 | 5 | 32 → 16 | none |
| Fourth Round | 26 October 1966 | 8 | 1 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Fifth Round | 7 December 1966 | 4 | 0 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semi-finals | 17/18 January & 7/8 February 1967 | 4 | 0 | 4 → 2 | none |
| Final | 4 March 1967 | 1 | 0 | 2 → 1 | none |

## First round
### Ties

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Aldershot | 2–2 | Luton Town | 24 August 1966 |
| Barnsley | 1–2 | Grimsby Town | 24 August 1966 |
| Barrow | 2–1 | Oldham Athletic | 24 August 1966 |
| Bradford City | 1–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 August 1966 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 2–2 | Hartlepools United | 23 August 1966 |
| Brentford | 0–0 | Millwall | 24 August 1966 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–0 | Leyton Orient | 24 August 1966 |
| Bury | 2–0 | Rochdale | 23 August 1966 |
| Cardiff City | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers | 24 August 1966 |
| Chester | 2–5 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 August 1966 |
| Chesterfield | 2–1 | Scunthorpe United | 24 August 1966 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–0 | Stockport County | 24 August 1966 |
| Exeter City | 2–2 | Torquay United | 24 August 1966 |
| Halifax Town | 0–0 | Darlington | 23 August 1966 |
| Lincoln City | 1–0 | Hull City | 24 August 1966 |
| Middlesbrough | 0–0 | York City | 24 August 1966 |
| Newport County | 1–2 | Swansea Town | 24 August 1966 |
| Notts County | 1–1 | Mansfield Town | 24 August 1966 |
| Peterborough United | 2–1 | Oxford United | 24 August 1966 |
| Port Vale | 1–3 | Walsall | 23 August 1966 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 5–0 | Colchester United | 23 August 1966 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 6–1 | Wrexham | 24 August 1966 |
| Southend United | 0–0 | Gillingham | 24 August 1966 |
| Southport | 0–1 | Workington | 24 August 1966 |
| Swindon Town | 2–1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 24 August 1966 |
| Watford | 1–1 | Reading | 23 August 1966 |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Darlington | 4–0 | Halifax Town | 29 August 1966 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 5–2 | Bradford City | 30 August 1966 |
| Gillingham | 2–0 | Southend United | 31 August 1966 |
| Hartlepools United | 1–2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 31 August 1966 |
| Luton Town | 1–2 | Aldershot | 29 August 1966 |
| Mansfield Town | 3–0 | Notts County | 29 August 1966 |
| Millwall | 0–1 | Brentford | 29 August 1966 |
| Reading | 1–0 | Watford | 29 August 1966 |
| Torquay United | 1–2 | Exeter City | 31 August 1966 |
| York City | 2–1 | Middlesbrough | 29 August 1966 |

## Second round
### Ties

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Aldershot | 1–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 September 1966 |
| Arsenal | 1–1 | Gillingham | 13 September 1966 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 4–1 | Barrow | 14 September 1966 |
| Blackpool | 5–1 | Manchester United | 14 September 1966 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 0–0 | Grimsby Town | 14 September 1966 |
| Brentford | 2–4 | Ipswich Town | 13 September 1966 |
| Bristol City | 1–1 | Swansea Town | 13 September 1966 |
| Bury | 2–3 | Workington | 14 September 1966 |
| Cardiff City | 0–1 | Exeter City | 14 September 1966 |
| Carlisle United | 1–1 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 September 1966 |
| Chelsea | 5–2 | Charlton Athletic | 14 September 1966 |
| Coventry City | 2–1 | Derby County | 13 September 1966 |
| Darlington | 1–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 September 1966 |
| Fulham | 2–0 | Crystal Palace | 13 September 1966 |
| Leeds United | 1–0 | Newcastle United | 13 September 1966 |
| Leicester City | 5–0 | Reading | 14 September 1966 |
| Lincoln City | 2–1 | Huddersfield Town | 14 September 1966 |
| Manchester City | 3–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 September 1966 |
| Northampton Town | 2–2 | Peterborough United | 14 September 1966 |
| Norwich City | 0–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 September 1966 |
| Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Birmingham City | 13 September 1966 |
| Preston North End | 2–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 September 1966 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0–1 | Rotherham United | 14 September 1966 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 1–1 | Burnley | 14 September 1966 |
| Southampton | 4–3 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 September 1966 |
| Sunderland | 1–1 | Sheffield United | 14 September 1966 |
| Swindon Town | 4–1 | Portsmouth | 13 September 1966 |
| Walsall | 2–1 | Stoke City | 13 September 1966 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 6–1 | Aston Villa | 14 September 1966 |
| West Ham United | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 September 1966 |
| Wolverhampton | 2–1 | Mansfield Town | 13 September 1966 |
| York City | 3–2 | Chesterfield | 13 September 1966 |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Birmingham City | 2–1 | Nottingham Forest | 20 September 1966 |
| Burnley | 5–0 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 September 1966 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | Darlington | 19 September 1966 |
| Gillingham | 1–1 | Arsenal | 21 September 1966 |
| Grimsby Town | 3–1 | Bradford Park Avenue | 21 September 1966 |
| Peterborough United | 0–2 | Northampton Town | 26 September 1966 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–0 | Aldershot | 20 September 1966 |
| Sheffield United | 1–0 | Sunderland | 20 September 1966 |
| Swansea Town | 2–1 | Bristol City | 19 September 1966 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 0–2 | Carlisle United | 21 September 1966 |

### 2nd replay

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Arsenal | 5–0 | Gillingham | 28 September 1966 |

## Third round
### Ties

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Arsenal | 1–3 | West Ham United | 5 October 1966 |
| Birmingham City | 2–1 | Ipswich Town | 4 October 1966 |
| Blackpool | 1–1 | Chelsea | 5 October 1966 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Coventry City | 5 October 1966 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1–1 | Swindon Town | 4 October 1966 |
| Exeter City | 1–2 | Walsall | 5 October 1966 |
| Fulham | 5–0 | Wolverhampton | 5 October 1966 |
| Grimsby Town | 3–0 | Workington | 5 October 1966 |
| Leicester City | 5–0 | Lincoln City | 5 October 1966 |
| Northampton Town | 2–1 | Rotherham United | 5 October 1966 |
| Preston North End | 1–1 | Leeds United | 4 October 1966 |
| Sheffield United | 2–0 | Burnley | 12 October 1966 |
| Southampton | 3–3 | Carlisle United | 5 October 1966 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Swansea Town | 8 October 1966 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–2 | Manchester City | 5 October 1966 |
| York City | 0–2 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 October 1966 |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Carlisle United | 2–1 | Southampton | 12 October 1966 |
| Chelsea | 1–3 | Blackpool | 17 October 1966 |
| Coventry City | 1–3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 October 1966 |
| Leeds United | 3–0 | Preston North End | 12 October 1966 |
| Swindon Town | 4–2 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 October 1966 |

## Fourth round
### Ties

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Blackpool | 4–2 | Fulham | 26 October 1966 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Northampton Town | 26 October 1966 |
| Carlisle United | 4–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 October 1966 |
| Grimsby Town | 2–4 | Birmingham City | 26 October 1966 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 4–2 | Leicester City | 25 October 1966 |
| Sheffield United | 2–1 | Walsall | 26 October 1966 |
| Swindon Town | 0–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 October 1966 |
| West Ham United | 7–0 | Leeds United | 7 November 1966 |

### Replays

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Northampton Town | 8–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 November 1966 |

## Fifth round
### Ties

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Blackpool | 1–3 | West Ham United | 7 December 1966 |
| Northampton Town | 1–3 | West Bromwich Albion | 7 December 1966 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Carlisle United | 7 December 1966 |
| Sheffield United | 2–3 | Birmingham City | 7 December 1966 |

## Semi-finals
### First leg

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| Birmingham City | 1–4 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 January 1967 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–0 | West Ham United | 18 January 1967 |

### Second leg

| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | Agg |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3–1 | Birmingham City | 7 February 1967 | 7–2 |
| West Ham United | 2–2 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 February 1967 | 2–6 |

## Final

The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 4 March 1967.
| Queens Park Rangers | West Bromwich Albion |
QUEENS PARK RANGERS: :
| | 1 | Peter Springett |
| | 2 | Tony Hazell |
| | 3 | Jim Langley |
| | 4 | Mike Keen (c) |
| | 5 | Ron Hunt |
| | 6 | Frank Sibley |
| | 7 | Mark Lazarus |
| | 8 | Keith Sanderson |
| | 9 | Les Allen |
| | 10 | Rodney Marsh |
| | 11 | Roger Morgan |
| Manager: ||||
| Alec Stock ||||
WEST BROMWICH ALBION: :
| | 1 | Dick Sheppard |
| | 2 | Bobby Cram |
| | 3 | Graham Williams (c) |
| | 4 | Ian Collard |
| | 5 | Dennis Clarke |
| | 6 | Doug Fraser |
| | 7 | Tony Brown |
| | 8 | Jeff Astle |
| | 9 | John Kaye |
| | 10 | Bobby Hope |
| | 11 | Clive Clark |
| Manager: ||||
| Jimmy Hagan ||||
MATCH RULES
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Replay if scores still level.
* One named substitute.