1963–64 Football League Cup
Appearance
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![]() Winners' tankard awarded to Graham Cross for the 1963–64 tournament | |
Tournament details | |
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Country | England Wales |
Dates | 4 September 1963 – 22 April 1964 |
Teams | 82 |
Defending champions | Birmingham City |
Final positions | |
Champions | Leicester City |
Runner-up | Stoke City |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 104 |
Goals scored | 383 (3.68 per match) |
The 1963–64 Football League Cup was the fourth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part.[a] The competition began on 4 September 1963 and ended with the two-legged final on 15 and 22 April 1964.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.[2]
Calendar
[edit]Of the 82 teams, 46 received a bye to the second round and the other 36 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 57th–92nd in the 1962–63 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.
Round | Main date | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round | |
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Original | Replays | ||||
First Round | 4 September 1963 | 18 | 5 | 82 → 64 | 36 (teams ranked 13th–24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division) |
Second Round | 25 September 1963 | 32 | 11 | 64 → 32 | 46 (all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–12th in Third Division) |
Third Round | 4 November 1963 | 16 | 2 | 32 → 16 | none |
Fourth Round | 27 November 1963 | 8 | 1 | 16 → 8 | none |
Fifth Round | 16 December 1963 | 4 | 1 | 8 → 4 | none |
Semi-finals | January–March 1964 | 4 | 0 | 4 → 2 | none |
Final | 15 & 22 April 1964 | 2 | 0 | 2 → 1 | none |
First round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aldershot | 3–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 September 1963 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 7–3 | Bradford City | 4 September 1963 |
Carlisle United | 3–2 | Crewe Alexandra | 4 September 1963 |
Chesterfield | 0–1 | Halifax Town | 4 September 1963 |
Darlington | 2–2 | Barnsley | 4 September 1963 |
Doncaster Rovers | 0–0 | York City | 4 September 1963 |
Gillingham | 4–2 | Bristol City | 4 September 1963 |
Lincoln City | 3–2 | Hartlepools United | 4 September 1963 |
Mansfield Town | 2–1 | Watford | 4 September 1963 |
Newport County | 3–4 | Millwall | 4 September 1963 |
Oldham Athletic | 3–5 | Workington | 4 September 1963 |
Oxford United | 0–1 | Exeter City | 4 September 1963 |
Reading | 1–1 | Brentford | 4 September 1963 |
Rochdale | 1–1 | Chester | 4 September 1963 |
Shrewsbury Town | 1–1 | Bristol Rovers | 4 September 1963 |
Southport | 2–1 | Barrow | 4 September 1963 |
Torquay United | 1–2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 September 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2–0 | Stockport County | 4 September 1963 |
Replays
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Barnsley | 6–2 | Darlington | 11 September 1963 |
Brentford | 2–0 | Reading | 23 September 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 6–2 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 September 1963 |
Chester | 2–5 | Rochdale | 18 September 1963 |
York City | 3–0 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 September 1963 |
Second round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2–0 | Brentford | 4 November 1963 |
Huddersfield Town | 3–3 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 October 1963 |
Lincoln City | 2–0 | York City | 14 October 1963 |
Middlesbrough | 2–3 | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 October 1963 |
Northampton Town | 3–2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 October 1963 |
Stoke City | 3–3 | Scunthorpe United | 16 October 1963 |
Walsall | 1–0 | Ipswich Town | 3 October 1963 |
Wrexham | 1–1 | Cardiff City | 7 October 1963 |
2nd Replays
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Plymouth Argyle | 1–2 | Huddersfield Town | 28 October 1963 |
Stoke City | 1–0 | Scunthorpe United | 22 October 1963 |
Wrexham | 3–0 | Cardiff City | 21 October 1963 |
Third round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 0–2 | West Ham United | 16 October 1963 |
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2–1 | Newcastle United | 6 November 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | Gillingham | 4 November 1963 |
Colchester United | 4–1 | Northampton Town | 4 November 1963 |
Halifax Town | 2–0 | Walsall | 16 October 1963 |
Hull City | 0–3 | Manchester City | 16 October 1963 |
Leeds United | 2–0 | Swansea Town | 22 October 1963 |
Millwall | 1–1 | Lincoln City | 4 November 1963 |
Norwich City | 1–0 | Blackpool | 30 October 1963 |
Notts County | 3–2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 5 November 1963 |
Rotherham United | 4–2 | Coventry City | 4 November 1963 |
Stoke City | 3–0 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 October 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3–0 | Southend United | 16 October 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1–2 | Leicester City | 16 October 1963 |
Workington | 1–0 | Huddersfield Town | 4 November 1963 |
Wrexham | 3–5 | Portsmouth | 4 November 1963 |
Replays
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Gillingham | 3–1 | Bristol Rovers | 6 November 1963 |
Lincoln City | 1–2 | Millwall | 12 November 1963 |
Fourth round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Halifax Town | 1–7 | Norwich City | 27 November 1963 |
Leicester City | 3–1 | Gillingham | 27 November 1963 |
Manchester City | 3–1 | Leeds United | 27 November 1963 |
Notts County | 3–2 | Portsmouth | 13 November 1963 |
Rotherham United | 5–2 | Millwall | 27 November 1963 |
Stoke City | 2–1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 27 November 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3–3 | West Ham United | 19 November 1963 |
Workington | 2–1 | Colchester United | 26 November 1963 |
Replay
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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West Ham United | 4–1 | Swindon Town | 25 November 1963 |
Fifth round
[edit]Ties
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Norwich City | 1–1 | Leicester City | 18 December 1963 |
Notts County | 0–1 | Manchester City | 17 December 1963 |
Stoke City | 3–2 | Rotherham United | 16 December 1963 |
West Ham United | 6–0 | Workington | 16 December 1963 |
Replay
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Leicester City | 2–1[3] | Norwich City | 15 January 1964 |
Semi-finals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Stoke City | 2–0 | Manchester City | 15 January 1964 |
Leicester City | 4–3 | West Ham United | 5 February 1964 |
Second leg
[edit]Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Manchester City | 1–0 | Stoke City | 5 February 1964 | 1–2 |
West Ham United | 0–2 | Leicester City | 23 March 1964 | 3–6 |
Final
[edit]Leicester City win 4–3 on aggregate.
References
[edit]- ^ Arsenal, Burnley, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers were the 10 League clubs that did not compete.
General
[edit]- "English League Cup 1963/1964". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- "English League Cup 1963–1964 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
Specific
[edit]- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 607.
- ^ After Extra Time