1965 Football League Cup final

August 2020 April 2014 April 2026 1965 Football League Cup final 1964–65 Football League Cup Chelsea 3 Leicester City 2 First Leg 3 2 15 March 1965 Stamford Bridge London Jim Finney (Hereford) 20,690 Second Leg 0 0 5 April 1965 Filbert Street Leicester Kevin Howley (Billingham) 26,957 1964 1966 The 1965 Football League Cup final, the fifth to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between Leicester City and Chelsea over two legs. Leicester, the holders, were aiming to become the first side to retain the trophy while Chelsea were seeking to become the first London side to win it. Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate, with all the goals coming in the first leg. Route to the final Chelsea Round 2Birmingham City0–3ChelseaRound 3Chelsea4–0Notts CountyRound 4Chelsea3–2Swansea CityRound 5Workington Town2–2ChelseaRound 5 replayChelsea2–0Workington TownSemi-final (1st leg)Aston Villa2–3ChelseaSemi-final (2nd leg)Chelsea1–1Aston Villa(Chelsea won 4–3 on aggregate)Leicester City Round 2Leicester City0–0Peterborough UnitedRound 2 ReplayPeterborough United0–2Leicester CityRound 3Grimsby Town0–5Leicester CityRound 4Leicester City0–0Crystal PalaceRound 4 ReplayCrystal Palace1–2Leicester CityRound 5Coventry City1–8Leicester CitySemi-final (1st leg)Plymouth Argyle0–1Leicester CitySemi-final (2nd leg)Leicester City3–2Plymouth Argyle(Leicester City won 4–2 on aggregate) Match reviews The final was contested over two home-and-away legs, as was customary for the League Cup at the time. First leg The first leg took place on 15 March 1965 at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground. Chelsea took the lead in the match twice, first through Bobby Tambling and then through a penalty kick by captain Terry Venables, but Leicester City equalised on both occasions, via defender Colin Appleton and forward Jimmy Goodfellow. With ten minutes left, Chelsea's Eddie McCreadie received the ball on the edge of his own penalty area and went on a sixty-yard run, dribbling past several Leicester players before slotting the ball past goalkeeper Gordon Banks. The match ended 3–2 in Chelsea's favour. This was in spite of the fact that Chelsea only had ten players on the pitch for most of the match, after Allan Young – in his first and only appearance of the season – had suffered an early injury.https://www.chelseafc.com/en/about-chelsea/history/key-matches/key-match24 Chelsea Football Club Chelsea 3 Leicester 2 / Leicester 0 Chelsea 0 – League Cup Final 7 January 2018 14 August 2020 (Substitutions were not allowed at the time.) McCreadie was actually Chelsea's starting left-back by trade; however, due to an injury to forward Barry Bridges, Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty had been forced to deploy McCreadie as an emergency forward, instead of in his usual spot, for the first leg. Second leg McCreadie's goal in the first match would ultimately prove to be the difference in the tie. The second leg was played at Leicester's Filbert Street on 5 April and ended in a 0–0 draw, giving Chelsea a 3–2 aggregate win and the League Cup championship. Although Leicester applied strong pressure and were in control of much of the match, they were unable to make a critical breakthrough in their home leg, as both sides kept clean sheets. Chelsea centre-halves Frank Upton and John Mortimore – neither of whom had played in the first leg – performed admirably in the second leg and were instrumental in preventing Leicester from creating chances. For Chelsea, this marked the first-ever domestic cup title in the club's history (they would not win their first FA Cup until 1970). Players and officials First leg 15 March 1965 19:30 Chelsea 3–2 Leicester City Tambling 33Venables 70 pen.McCreadie 81 Appleton 46Goodfellow 75 Stamford Bridge, London 20,690 Jim Finney (Hereford) GK 1 ENG Peter BonettiCH 2 ENG Marvin HintonFB 3 ENG Ron HarrisFB 4 ENG John HollinsCH 5 ENG Allan YoungCH 6 SCO John BoyleOR 7 ENG Bert MurrayMF 8 SCO George GrahamFW 9 SCO Eddie McCreadieMF 10ENG Terry Venables (c)OL 11ENG Bobby TamblingManager:SCO Tommy Docherty GK 1 ENG Gordon BanksCH 2 SCO John SjobergFB 3 ENG Richie NormanFB 4 ENG Len ChalmersCH 5 SCO Ian KingWH 6 ENG Colin Appleton (c)W 7 SCO Billy HodgsonIR 8 ENG Graham CrossFW 9 SCO Jimmy GoodfellowIL 10SCO David GibsonW 11SCO Tom SweenieManager:SCO Matt Gillies Second leg 5 April 1965 19:30 Leicester City 0–0 Chelsea Filbert Street, Leicester 26,957 Kevin Howley (Billingham) GK 1 ENG Gordon BanksRB 2 ENG Clive WalkerLB 3 ENG Richie NormanMF 4 SCO Bobby RobertsCH 5 SCO John SjobergCH 6 ENG Colin Appleton (c)W 7 SCO Billy HodgsonIR 8 ENG Graham CrossFW 9 SCO Jimmy GoodfellowIL 10SCO David GibsonW 11ENG Mike StringfellowManager:SCO Matt Gillies GK 1 ENG Peter BonettiCH 2 ENG Marvin HintonFB 3 SCO Eddie McCreadieFB 4 ENG Ron HarrisCH 5 ENG John MortimoreCH 6 ENG Frank UptonOR 7 ENG Bert MurrayMF 8 SCO John BoyleFW 9 ENG Barry BridgesMF 10ENG Terry Venables (c)OL 11ENG Bobby TamblingManager:SCO Tommy Docherty Sources:https://www.11v11.com/matches/chelsea-v-leicester-city-15-march-1965-28561/ Chelsea v Leicester City, 15 March 1965 – match report 11v11.com AFS Enterprises 14 August 2020https://www.11v11.com/matches/leicester-city-v-chelsea-05-april-1965-28562/ Leicester City v Chelsea, 05 April 1965 – match report 11v11.com AFS Enterprises 14 August 2020 References External links League Cup 1965 at The English Football Archive First leg facts https://web.archive.org/web/20070312100551/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259760 12 March 2007 at soccerbase.com Second leg facts https://web.archive.org/web/20070930223817/http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=259762 30 September 2007 at soccerbase.com Final line-ups at Football Focus Category:1964–65 in English men's football cups Category:EFL Cup seasons Category:EFL Cup finals League Cup final 1965 League Cup final 1965 League Cup final League Cup final League Cup final