1962–63 Football League Cup

December 2014 December 2019 1962–63 League Cup EnglandWales 80 Birmingham City Aston Villa 102 Derek Dougan Bobby Thompson Alex Harley (5 goals) 1961–62 1963–64 thumb | right | A replica of the English League Cup trophy on display in the store of Aston Villa Football Club in Birmingham. The 1962–63 Football League Cup was the third season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 80 of them took part.Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Ipswich Town, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers were the 12 League clubs that did not compete. The competition began on 3 September 1962, and ended with the two-legged final on 23 and 27 May 1963. The tournament was won by Birmingham City, who beat near-neighbours Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate. Birmingham won the first leg 3–1 at their home ground St Andrew's, thanks to goals from Jimmy Bloomfield and Ken Leek (2), with Bobby Thomson scoring Villa's goal. The second leg at Villa Park ended in a 0–0 draw and Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate. Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60 Results 5 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100313032425/http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60 13 March 2010 dead dmy-all and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 606. Calendar Of the 80 teams, 48 received a bye to the second round and the other 32 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 61st to 91st in the 1961–62 Football League, plus Oxford United, who had entered the Football League as replacements for Accrington Stanley. Semi-finals and final were played over two legs. RoundMain dateFixtures ClubsNew entries this roundOriginalReplays First Round 5 September 1962 16 4 80 → 64 32(teams ranked 17th–24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division; 1 new club) Second Round 26 September 1962 32 11 64 → 32 48(all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–16th in Third Division) Third Round 17 October 1962 16 4 32 → 16 none Fourth Round 14 November 1962 8 1 16 → 8 none Fifth Round 3 December 1962 4 0 8 → 4 none Semi-finals January–April 1963 4 0 4 → 2 none Final 23 & 27 May 1963 2 0 2 → 1 none First round Ties Home team Score Away team Date Aldershot 2–0 Exeter City 05-09-1962 Barrow 3–2 Workington 05-09-1962 Bradford City 2–2 Doncaster Rovers 05-09-1962 Brentford 3–0 Wrexham 04-09-1962 Chester 2–0 Stockport County 05-09-1962 Crewe Alexandra 2–3 Oldham Athletic 05-09-1962 Darlington 1–0 Chesterfield 05-09-1962 Halifax Town 2–3 Mansfield Town 13-09-1962 Hartlepools United 1–1 Barnsley 06-09-1962 Newport County 2–1 Gillingham 05-09-1962 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Millwall 05-09-1962 Southport 0–0 Rochdale 05-09-1962 Torquay United 2–0 Oxford United 03-09-1962 Tranmere Rovers 2–3 Carlisle United 03-09-1962 Watford 1–2 Colchester United 06-09-1962 York City 2–2 Lincoln City 05-09-1962 Replays Home team Score Away team Date Barnsley 2–1 Hartlepools United 13-09-1962 Doncaster Rovers 2–0 Bradford City 18-09-1962 Lincoln City 2–0 York City 19-09-1962 Rochdale 1–2After Extra Time Southport 18-09-1962 Second round Ties Home team Score Away team Date Aldershot 0–3 Newport County 26-09-1962 Aston Villa 6–1 Peterborough United 24-09-1962 Barnsley 3–2 Grimsby Town 25-09-1962 Barrow 3–1 Shrewsbury Town 24-09-1962 Birmingham City 5–0 Doncaster Rovers 26-09-1962 Bradford Park Avenue 3–1 Huddersfield Town 26-09-1962 Brentford 1–4 Sheffield United 26-09-1962 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–5 Portsmouth 25-09-1962 Bristol City 1–2 Rotherham United 25-09-1962 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Port Vale 27-09-1962 Bury 2–2 Lincoln City 24-09-1962 Cardiff City 5–1 Reading 26-09-1962 Chester 2–2 Mansfield Town 26-09-1962 Coventry City 3–2 Swansea Town 26-09-1962 Derby County 1–1 Blackburn Rovers 26-09-1962 Fulham 4–0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 26-09-1962 Hull City 2–2 Middlesbrough 24-09-1962 Leeds United 2–1 Crystal Palace 26-09-1962 Leicester City 4–4 Charlton Athletic 26-09-1962 Manchester City 0–0 Blackpool 24-09-1962 Newcastle United 1–1 Leyton Orient 26-09-1962 Northampton Town 2–0 Colchester United 26-09-1962 Norwich City 4–0 Bolton Wanderers 26-09-1962 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Preston North End 24-09-1962 Southampton 1–1 Scunthorpe United 24-09-1962 Southend United 2–3 Notts County 26-09-1962 Southport 1–3 Luton Town 24-09-1962 Sunderland 7–1 Oldham Athletic 24-09-1962 Swindon Town 4–0 Darlington 25-09-1962 Torquay United 1–2 Carlisle United 26-09-1962 Walsall 1–2 Stoke City 25-09-1962 West Ham United 6–0 Plymouth Argyle 26-09-1962 Replays Home team Score Away team Date Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Derby County 02-10-1962 Blackpool 3–3After Extra Time Manchester City 08-10-1962 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Leicester City 02-10-1962 Leyton Orient 4–2 Newcastle United 01-10-1962 Lincoln City 2–3 Bury 08-10-1962 Mansfield Town 0–1 Chester 10-10-1962 Middlesbrough 1–1After Extra Time Hull City 08-10-1962 Scunthorpe United 2–2After Extra Time Southampton 02-10-1962 2nd Replays Home team Score Away team Date Hull City 3–0After Extra Time Middlesbrough 10-10-1962 Manchester City 4–2 Blackpool 15-10-1962 Southampton 0–3 Scunthorpe United 09-10-1962 Third round Ties Home team Score Away team Date Aston Villa 3–1 Stoke City 17-10-1962 Barnsley 1–2 Luton Town 16-10-1962 Barrow 1–1 Birmingham City 15-10-1962 Blackburn Rovers 4–0 Leeds United 17-10-1962 Bradford Park Avenue 2–2 Charlton Athletic 16-10-1962 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Cardiff City 23-10-1962 Bury 3–1 Sheffield United 23-10-1962 Carlisle United 1–1 Norwich City 16-10-1962 Hull City 1–2 Fulham 17-10-1962 Leyton Orient 9–2 Chester 17-10-1962 Newport County 1–2 Manchester City 24-10-1962 Northampton Town 1–1 Preston North End 16-10-1962 Notts County 5–0 Swindon Town 17-10-1962 Portsmouth 5–1 Coventry City 17-10-1962 Rotherham United 3–1 West Ham United 16-10-1962 Sunderland 2–0 Scunthorpe United 17-10-1962 Replays Home team Score Away team Date Birmingham City 5–1 Barrow 29-10-1962 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Bradford Park Avenue 23-10-1962 Norwich City 5–0 Carlisle United 24-10-1962 Preston North End 2–1 Northampton Town 29-10-1962 Fourth round Ties Home team Score Away team Date Aston Villa 6–2 Preston North End 12-11-1962 12 Nov 1962, Villa 6-2 Preston, Villa Park Birmingham City 3–2 Notts County 14-11-1962 Blackburn Rovers 4–1 Rotherham United 14-11-1962 Bury 3–1 Bristol Rovers 13-11-1962 Leyton Orient 3–2 Charlton Athletic 12-11-1962 Manchester City 1–0 Luton Town 14-11-1962 Norwich City 1–0 Fulham 14-11-1962 Portsmouth 0–0 Sunderland 14-11-1962 Replay Home team Score Away team Date Sunderland 2–1 Portsmouth 21-11-1962 Fifth round Ties Home team Score Away team Date Aston Villa 4–1 Norwich City 03-12-1962 Birmingham City 6–0 Manchester City 11-12-1962 Leyton Orient 0–2 Bury 03-12-1962 Sunderland 3–2 Blackburn Rovers 05-12-1962 Semi-finals First leg Home team Score Away team Date Birmingham City 3–2 Bury 27-03-1963 Sunderland 1–3 Aston Villa 12-01-1963 Second leg Home team Score Away team Date Agg Aston Villa 0–0 Sunderland 22-04-1963 3–1 Bury 1–1 Birmingham City 08-04-1963 3–4 Final 1963 Football League Cup Final The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at St Andrew's, Birmingham on 23 May 1963 and the second leg was held at Villa Park, Birmingham, on 27 May 1963. 23 May 1963 Birmingham City 3–1 Summary Aston Villa Bloomfield Leek Thomson St Andrew's, Birmingham 31,580 E. Crawford 27 May 1963 Aston Villa 0–0 Summary Birmingham City Villa Park, Birmingham 37,921 A.W. Sparling Birmingham City won 3–1 on aggregate. References General http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?tourn_id=523 English League Cup 1962/1963 15 January 2012 Soccerbase https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 15 January 2012 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1962-1963/results English League Cup 1962–1963 : Results 19 January 2012 Statto https://web.archive.org/web/20120302221102/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1962-1963/results 2 March 2012 live Specific Category:EFL Cup seasons League Cup Cup