1961–62 Football League Cup

May 2025 December 2014 1961–62 League Cup EnglandWales 82 Norwich City Rochdale 104 Ray Charnley (6 goals) 1960–61 1962–63 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.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. The competition began on 11 September 1961, and ended with the two-legged final on 26 April and 1 May 1962. Aston Villa unsuccessfully defended its 1962 title on 21 November 1961 at the Third Round Ties against Ipswich Town, 2–3. Norwich City 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. Rochdale were then playing in the old Fourth Division; this is one of only two occasions where a fourth-tier side reached the final, the other being Bradford City in 2012–13. Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60&seasonid=91 Results from Soccerbase 5 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20080504045148/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60&seasonid=91 4 May 2008 dead dmy-all and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 605. Calendar Semi-finals and final were played over two legs. RoundDatesFixtures ClubsNew entries this roundOriginalReplaysByes 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 00 2 → 1 none First round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Barnsley (3) 3–2 Southport (4) 13-09-1961 Barrow (4) 0–2 Portsmouth (3) 13-09-1961 Birmingham City (1) 1–1 Swindon Town (3) 13-09-1961 Blackpool (1) 2–1 Port Vale (3) 13-09-1961 Bolton Wanderers (1) 1–1 Sunderland (2) 13-09-1961 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 2–2 Torquay United (3) 13-09-1961 Bradford City (4) 3–4 Aston Villa (1) 13-09-1961 Bristol Rovers (2) 2–1 Hartlepools United (4) 11-09-1961 Bury (2) 5–1 Brighton & Hove Albion (2) 12-09-1961 Cardiff City (1) 2–0 Wrexham (4) 13-09-1961 Carlisle United (4) 1–1 Huddersfield Town (2) 12-09-1961 Chesterfield (4) 2–3 Norwich City (2) 13-09-1961 Colchester United (4) 1–2 Crewe Alexandra (4) 13-09-1961 Darlington (4) 0–1 Rotherham United (2) 11-09-1961 Doncaster Rovers (4) 3–2 Grimsby Town (3) 13-09-1961 Fulham (1) 1–1 Sheffield United (1) 13-09-1961 Hull City (3) 4–2 Bradford Park Avenue (3) 11-09-1961 Ipswich Town (1) 4–2 Manchester City (1) 11-09-1961 Leeds United (2) 4–1 Brentford (3) 13-09-1961 Lincoln City (3) 1–0 Accrington Stanley (4) 13-09-1961 Luton Town (2) 2–1 Northampton Town (3) 13-09-1961 Mansfield Town (4) 5–2 Exeter City (4) 11-09-1961 Millwall (4) 1–2 Walsall (2) 13-09-1961 Newcastle United (2) 2–0 Scunthorpe United (2) 13-09-1961 Newport County (3) 0–0 Shrewsbury Town (3) 11-09-1961 Nottingham Forest (1) 4–1 Gillingham (4) 11-09-1961 Notts County (3) 2–2 Derby County (2) 14-09-1961 Oldham Athletic (4) 1–4 Charlton Athletic (2) 12-09-1961 Peterborough United (3) 1–3 Blackburn Rovers (1) 11-09-1961 Preston North End (2) 3–1 Aldershot (4) 13-09-1961 Queens Park Rangers (3) 5–2 Crystal Palace (3) 13-09-1961 Reading (3) 4–2 Chester (4) 13-09-1961 Southampton (2) 0–0 Rochdale (4) 13-09-1961 Southend United (3) 0–1 Stoke City (2) 13-09-1961 Stockport County (4) 0–1 Leyton Orient (2) 11-09-1961 Tranmere Rovers (4) 3–6 Middlesbrough (2) 13-09-1961 Watford (3) 3–0 Halifax Town (3) 11-09-1961 West Ham United (1) 3–2 Plymouth Argyle (2) 11-09-1961 Workington (4) 3–0 Coventry City (3) 13-09-1961 York City (4) 3–0 Bristol City (3) 13-09-1961 Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Derby County (2) 3–2 Notts County (3) 27-09-1961 Huddersfield Town (2) 3–0 Carlisle United (4) 25-09-1961 Rochdale (4) 2–1 Southampton (2) 27-09-1961 Sheffield United (1) 4–0 Fulham (1) 25-09-1961 Shrewsbury Town (3) 3–1 Newport County (3) 28-09-1961 Sunderland (2) 1–0 Bolton Wanderers (1) 25-09-1961 Swindon Town (3) 2–0 Birmingham City (1) 25-09-1961 Torquay United (3) 0–1 Bournemouth & 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 teamScoreAway teamDate Barnsley (3) 1–3 Workington (4) 09-10-1961 Bristol Rovers (2) 1–1 Blackburn Rovers (1) 02-10-1961 Bury (2) 3–4 Hull City (3) 03-10-1961 Charlton Athletic (2) 4–1 Stoke City (2) 04-10-1961 Leeds United (2) 3–2 Huddersfield Town (2) 04-10-1961 Leyton Orient (2) 1–1 Blackpool (1) 04-10-1961 Luton Town (2) 0–0 Rotherham United (2) 04-10-1961 Mansfield Town (4) 1–1 Cardiff City (1) 05-10-1961 Middlesbrough (2) 3–1 Crewe Alexandra (4) 04-10-1961 Norwich City (2) 3–2 Lincoln City (3) 04-10-1961 Portsmouth (3) 1–1 Derby County (2) 04-10-1961 Preston North End (2) 3–1 Swindon Town (3) 09-10-1961 Queens Park Rangers (3) 1–2 Nottingham Forest (1) 11-10-1961 Rochdale (4) 4–0 Doncaster Rovers (4) 04-10-1961 Sheffield United (1) 2–2 Newcastle United (2) 02-10-1961 Shrewsbury Town (3) 1–3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 09-10-1961 Sunderland (2) 5–2 Walsall (2) 04-10-1961 Swansea Town (2) 3–3 Ipswich Town (1) 03-10-1961 Watford (3) 3–1 Reading (3) 16-10-1961 West Ham United (1) 1–3 Aston Villa (1) 09-10-1961 York City (4) 2–1 Leicester City (1) 09-10-1961 Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Blackburn Rovers (1) 4–0 Bristol Rovers (2) 16-10-1961 Blackpool (1) 5–1 Leyton Orient (2) 30-10-1961 Cardiff City (1) 2–1 Mansfield Town (4) 23-10-1961 Derby County (2) 2–4 Portsmouth (3) 01-11-1961 Ipswich Town (1) 3–2 Swansea Town (2) 24-10-1961 Newcastle United (2) 0–2 Sheffield United (1) 11-10-1961 Rotherham United (2) 2–0 Luton Town (2) 10-10-1961 Third round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa (1) 2–3 Ipswich Town (1) 21-11-1961 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 3–0 Cardiff City (1) 15-11-1961 Norwich City (2) 3–2 Middlesbrough (2) 15-11-1961 Nottingham Forest (1) 1–2 Blackburn Rovers (1) 14-11-1961 Preston North End (2) 0–0 Rotherham United (2) 14-11-1961 Rochdale (4) 1–0 Charlton Athletic (2) 14-11-1961 Sheffield United (1) 1–0 Portsmouth (3) 13-11-1961 Sunderland (2) 2–1 Hull City (3) 15-11-1961 Workington (4) 0–1 Blackpool (1) 15-11-1961 York City (4) 1–1 Watford (3) 15-11-1961 Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Rotherham United (2) 3–0 Preston North End (2) 28-11-1961 Watford (3) 2–2After Extra Time York City (4) 21-11-1961 2nd Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate York City (4) 3–2 Watford (3) 04-12-1961 Bye Team Leeds United (2) Fourth round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Blackburn Rovers (1) 4–1 Ipswich Town (1) 11-12-1961 Rotherham United (2) 1–1 Leeds United (2) 12-12-1961 York City (4) 1–0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 13-12-1961 Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate Leeds United (1) 1–2 Rotherham United (2) 15-01-1962 Byes Team Blackpool (1) Norwich City (2) Rochdale (4) Sheffield United (1) Sunderland (2) Fifth round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Blackpool (1) 0–0 Sheffield United (1) 06-02-1962 Rochdale (4) 2–1 York City (4) 07-02-1962 Rotherham United (2) 0–1 Blackburn Rovers (1) 06-02-1962 Sunderland (2) 1–4 Norwich City (2) 07-02-1962 Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate Sheffield United (1) 0–2 Blackpool (1) 27-03-1962 Semi-finals First leg Home teamScoreAway teamDate Rochdale (4) 3–1 Blackburn Rovers (1) 19-03-1962 Norwich City (2) 4–1 Blackpool (1) 11-04-1962 Second leg Home teamScoreAway teamDateAgg Blackburn Rovers (1) 2–1 Rochdale (4) 04-04-1962 3–4 Blackpool (1) 2–0 Norwich City (2) 16-04-1962 3–4 Final 1962 Football League Cup Final The final was played over two legs.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfinal.html Finals Summary 20 March 2010 26 April 1962 Rochdale (4) 0–3 Summary Norwich City (2) Lythgoe Punton Spotland Stadium, Rochdale 11,123 A. Holland First leg 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. 1 May 1962 Norwich City (2) 1–0 Summary Rochdale (4) Hill Carrow Road, Norwich City 19,708 R. H. Mann Second leg 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 win 4–0 on aggregate. References Category:EFL Cup seasons League Cup Cup