1979–80 Football League Cup

April 2014 April 2014 1979–80 League Cup EnglandWales 92 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest Frank Stapleton (5 goals) 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 Football League Cup was the 20th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The winners qualified for the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, if not already qualified for European competition. Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition by defeating the reigning holders and European champions Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the final on 15 March 1980. This was their second League Cup success, after winning in 1974. First round The 56 Football League clubs who had comprised the Third and Fourth Divisions during the previous season, plus the bottom eight of the Second Division, all competed from the first round. Ties were two-legged affairs, with the away goals rule being applied after extra time where necessary. If teams could still not be divided, penalties were taken. Games were staged on 11/13 and 14–15 August 1979. First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Blackpool 1–1 Rochdale 11 August 1979 Bradford City 0–2 Darlington 11 August 1979 Bury 0–3 Blackburn Rovers 11 August 1979 Chester 2–1 Walsall 11 August 1979 Chesterfield 5–1 Hartlepool United 11 August 1979 Colchester United 2–0 Watford 11 August 1979 Gillingham 3–0 Luton Town 11 August 1979 Grimsby Town 2–0 Scunthorpe United 11 August 1979 Halifax Town 2–2 Shrewsbury Town 11 August 1979 Hereford United 1–3 Exeter City 11 August 1979 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Crewe Alexandra 11 August 1979 Leicester City 1–2 Rotherham United 11 August 1979 Lincoln City 2–1 Barnsley 11 August 1979 Mansfield Town 1–0 York City 11 August 1979 Newport County 1–0 Plymouth Argyle 11 August 1979 Northampton Town 2–1 Millwall 13 August 1979 Oxford United 1–5 Reading 11 August 1979 Peterborough United 3–1 Charlton Athletic 11 August 1979 Portsmouth 1–1 Swindon Town 11 August 1979 Port Vale 1–2 Tranmere Rovers 11 August 1979 Sheffield United 1–1 Doncaster Rovers 11 August 1979 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Hull City 11 August 1979 Southend United 2–1 Brentford 15 August 1979 Stockport County 2–1 Wigan Athletic 11 August 1979 Swansea City 4–1 Bournemouth 11 August 1979 Torquay United 1–2 Bristol Rovers 11 August 1979 Wimbledon 4–1 Aldershot 11 August 1979 Wrexham 1–1 Carlisle United 11 August 1979 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Aldershot 1–2 Wimbledon 14 August 1979 2–6 Barnsley 2–1After Extra TimeBarnsley won on 4–3 on penalties Lincoln City 14 August 1979 3–3 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 Bury 14 August 1979 6–2 Bournemouth 0–0 Swansea City 14 August 1979 1–4 Brentford 1–4 Southend United 21 August 1979 2–6 Bristol Rovers 1–3After Extra Time Torquay United 14 August 1979 3–4 Carlisle United 1–2 Wrexham 14 August 1979 2–3 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Peterborough United 14 August 1979 2–4 Crewe Alexandra 1–3 Huddersfield Town 15 August 1979 2–5 Darlington 0–3 Bradford City 14 August 1979 2–3 Doncaster Rovers 3–1 Sheffield United 14 August 1979 4–2 Exeter City 2–1 Hereford United 15 August 1979 5–2 Hartlepool United 2–1 Chesterfield 14 August 1979 3–6 Hull City 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday 14 August 1979 2–3 Luton Town 1–1 Gillingham 14 August 1979 1–4 Millwall 2–2 Northampton Town 15 August 1979 3–4 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Newport County 14 August 1979 2–1 Reading 2–1 Oxford United 15 August 1979 7–2 Rochdale 0–1 Blackpool 14 August 1979 1–2 Rotherham United 3–0 Leicester City 14 August 1979 5–1 Scunthorpe United 0–0 Grimsby Town 14 August 1979 0–2 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Halifax Town 14 August 1979 3–2 Swindon Town 2–0 Portsmouth 14 August 1979 3–1 Tranmere Rovers 1–0 Port Vale 15 August 1979 3–1 Walsall 0–0 Chester 14 August 1979 1–2 Watford 2–1 Colchester United 14 August 1979 2–3 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Stockport County 15 August 1979 1–2 York City 3–2After Extra TimeMansfield Town won on the Away Goals Rule Mansfield Town 14 August 1979 3–3 Second round The 28 first round winners were joined by the remaining clubs from the Second Division and all from the First Division. Ties for the first time in League Cup were two-legged affairs at this stage of the competition, with the away goals rule being applied after extra time where necessary. If teams could still not be divided, penalties were taken. Games were staged on 28–29 August and 3–5 September 1979. First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Birmingham City 2–1 Preston North End 28 August 1979 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Nottingham Forest 29 August 1979 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Southend United 28 August 1979 Brighton and Hove Albion 2–0 Cambridge United 28 August 1979 Bristol City 1–0 Rotherham United 28 August 1979 Burnley 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 August 1979 Chesterfield 3–0 Shrewsbury Town 28 August 1979 Colchester United 0–2 Aston Villa 28 August 1979 Derby County 0–1 Middlesbrough 29 August 1979 Doncaster Rovers 3–1 Exeter City 28 August 1979 Everton 2–0 Cardiff City 28 August 1979 Gillingham 1–1 Norwich City 28 August 1979 Grimsby Town 1–0 Huddersfield Town 28 August 1979 Ipswich Town 0–1 Coventry City 29 August 1979 Leeds United 1–1 Arsenal 29 August 1979 Orient 2–2 Wimbledon 29 August 1979 Northampton Town 3–0 Oldham Athletic 28 August 1979 Notts County 0–0 Torquay United 28 August 1979 Peterborough United 0–0 Blackpool 29 August 1979 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Chelsea 28 August 1979 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Bradford City 28 August 1979 Reading 4–3 Mansfield Town 29 August 1979 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Manchester City 28 August 1979 Southampton 5–0 Wrexham 28 August 1979 Stockport County 1–1 Crystal Palace 29 August 1979 Stoke City 1–1 Swansea City 29 August 1979 Sunderland 2–2 Newcastle United 29 August 1979 Swindon Town 1–0 Chester 28 August 1979 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Manchester United 29 August 1979 Tranmere Rovers 0–0 Liverpool 29 August 1979 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Fulham 29 August 1979 West Ham United 3–1 Barnsley 28 August 1979 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Arsenal 7–0 Leeds United 4 September 1979 8–1 Aston Villa 0–2After Extra TimeAston Villa won on 9–8 on penalties Colchester United 5 September 1979 2–2 Barnsley 0–2 West Ham United 4 September 1979 1–5 Blackpool 0–1 Peterborough United 5 September 1979 0–1 Bradford City 0–2 Queens Park Rangers 5 September 1979 1–4 Cambridge United 1–2 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 September 1979 1–4 Cardiff City 1–0 Everton 5 September 1979 1–2 Chelsea 1–2 Plymouth Argyle 4 September 1979 3–4 Chester 1–1 Swindon Town 5 September 1979 1–2 Coventry City 0–0 Ipswich Town 4 September 1979 1–0 Crystal Palace 7–0 Stockport County 4 September 1979 8–1 Exeter City 5–1After Extra Time Doncaster Rovers 5 September 1979 6–4 Fulham 0–1 West Bromwich Albion 5 September 1979 1–2 Huddersfield Town 1–4 Grimsby Town 4 September 1979 1–5 Liverpool 4–0 Tranmere Rovers 4 September 1979 4–0 Manchester City 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday 4 September 1979 3–2 Manchester United 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur 5 September 1979 4–3 Mansfield Town 4–2After Extra Time Reading 4 September 1979 7–6 Middlesbrough 1–1After Extra Time Derby County 4 September 1979 2–1 Newcastle United 2–2After Extra TimeSunderland won on 7–6 on penalties Sunderland 5 September 1979 4–4 Norwich City 4–2 Gillingham 5 September 1979 5–3 Nottingham Forest 6–1 Blackburn Rovers 5 September 1979 7–2 Oldham Athletic 3–1 Northampton Town 4 September 1979 3–4 Preston North End 0–1 Birmingham City 4 September 1979 1–3 Rotherham United 1–1 Bristol City 4 September 1979 1–2 Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Chesterfield 4 September 1979 0–3 Southend United 0–0 Bolton Wanderers 3 September 1979 2–1 Swansea City 1–3After Extra Time Stoke City 4 September 1979 2–4 Torquay United 0–1 Notts County 5 September 1979 0–1 Wimbledon 2–2After Extra TimeWimbleon won on 5–4 on penalties Orient 4 September 1979 4–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Burnley 4 September 1979 3–1 Wrexham 0–3 Southampton 5 September 1979 0–8 Third round Ties were straight knockout games, with additional replays if required. The original games were staged on 25–26 September 1979. Home teamScoreAway teamDate Arsenal 2–1 Southampton 25 September 1979 Aston Villa 0–0 Everton 25 September 1979 Birmingham City 1–2 Exeter City 26 September 1979 Crystal Palace 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 25 September 1979 Grimsby Town 3–1 Notts County 25 September 1979 Liverpool 3–1 Chesterfield 25 September 1979 Manchester City 1–1 Sunderland 26 September 1979 Mansfield Town 0–3 Queens Park Rangers 25 September 1979 Middlesbrough 1–3 Nottingham Forest 25 September 1979 Northampton Town 0–1 Brighton and Hove Albion 25 September 1979 Norwich City 4–1 Manchester United 26 September 1979 Peterborough United 1–1 Bristol City 26 September 1979 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Wimbledon 25 September 1979 Stoke City 2–2 Swindon Town 26 September 1979 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Coventry City 26 September 1979 West Ham United 1–1 Southend United 25 September 1979 Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Bristol City 4–0 Peterborough United 2 October 1979 Everton 4–1 Aston Villa 9 October 1979 Southend United 0–0After Extra Time West Ham United 1 October 1979 Sunderland 1–0 Manchester City 3 October 1979 Swindon Town 2–1 Stoke City 3 October 1979 Wimbledon 1–0After Extra Time Plymouth Argyle 2 October 1979 2nd Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate West Ham United 5–1 Southend United 8 October 1979 Fourth round Ties were straight knockout games, with additional replays if required. The original games were staged on 30–31 October 1979. Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 Arsenal 30 October 1979 Bristol City 1–1 Nottingham Forest 30 October 1979 Grimsby Town 2–1 Everton 30 October 1979 Liverpool 2–0 Exeter City 30 October 1979 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 30 October 1979 Sunderland 1–1 West Ham United 31 October 1979 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Norwich City 31 October 1979 Wimbledon 1–2 Swindon Town 30 October 1979 Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Arsenal 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 13 November 1979 Norwich City 3–0 West Bromwich Albion 7 November 1979 Nottingham Forest 3–0 Bristol City 14 November 1979 West Ham United 2–1 Sunderland 5 November 1979 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Queens Park Rangers 6 November 1979 Fifth round Ties were straight knockout games, with additional replays if required. 4 December 1979 Arsenal 1–1 Swindon Town Sunderland (pen.) Tucker Highbury, London 38,024 J. Hunting 4 December 1979 Grimsby Town 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Blundell Park, Cleethorpes 23,115 4 December 1979 West Ham United 0–0 Nottingham Forest Upton Park, London 35,856 5 December 1979 Norwich City 1–3 Liverpool Peters Johnson Dalglish Carrow Road, Norwich 23,000 Replays 11 December 1979 Swindon Town 4–3 y Arsenal Walford (og.)Mayes Hollins (og.)Rowland Brady Talbot County Ground, Swindon 21,795 A. Hamil 11 December 1979 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 y Grimsby Town Gray Palmer (og.) Molineux, Wolverhampton 28,455 12 December 1979 Nottingham Forest 3–0 y West Ham United Birtles O'Hare O'Neill City Ground, Nottingham 25,462 2nd Replay 18 December 1979 Grimsby Town 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Hibbitt (pen.)Richards Baseball Ground, Derby 16,475 Semi-finals Ties were once again two-legged affairs with the winners advancing to the final. Extra time and then penalties would be used in the second leg if required. First leg 22 January 1980 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Liverpool Robertson 89 pen. City Ground, Nottingham 32,234 22 January 1980 Swindon Town 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Rowland 13Mayes 86 Daniel 26 County Ground, Swindon 26,000 A. Robinson Second leg 12 February 1980 Liverpool 1–1 Nottingham Forest Fairclough 89 Robertson (pen.) Anfield, Liverpool 50,880 Nottingham Forest won 2–1 on aggregate 12 February 1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Swindon Town Richards 53 73Eves 59 McHale 62 pen. Molineux, Wolverhampton 41,031 N. Midgley Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate Final 1980 Football League Cup Final 15 March 198015:00 GMT Nottingham Forest 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers A. Gray 67 Wembley Stadium, London 96,527 David Richardson (Great Harwood) _white_stripes2 _vneckwhite _white_stripes2 _red_stripes _redtop_2whitestripes DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 FFFFFF DD0000 Nottingham Forest _blackborder _collarblack _blackborder febd11 febd11 febd11 000000 febd11 Wolverhampton Wanderers NOTTINGHAM FOREST: 1 Peter Shilton 2 Viv Anderson 3 Frank Gray 4 John McGovern (c) 5 David Needham 6 Kenny Burns 7 Martin O'Neill 8 Ian Bowyer 9 Garry Birtles 10Trevor Francis 11John RobertsonSubstitute: 12John O'HareManager:Brian CloughWOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS: 1 Paul Bradshaw 2 Geoff Palmer 3 Derek Parkin 4 Peter Daniel 5 Emlyn Hughes (c) 6 George Berry 7 Kenny Hibbitt 8 Willie Carr 9 Andy Gray 10John Richards 11Mel EvesSubstitute: 12 Colin BrazierManager:John Barnwell MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: M.J.R. Barker (Oswestry) B.A. Champion (Bristol) Reserve referee: B.H. Daniels (Brentwood)MATCH RULES 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay (at Manchester United) if scores still level One named substitute Maximum of 1 substitution References General http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=508 English League Cup 1979/1980 3 February 2009 Soccerbase https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 3 February 2009 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://web.archive.org/web/20090221012511/http://rsssf.com/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html 21 February 2009 live http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1979-1980/results English League Cup 1979–1980 : Results 19 January 2012 Statto https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064050/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1979-1980/results 4 March 2016 live dmy-all Specific Category:EFL Cup seasons League Cup Cup