The 1966–67 Football League Cup was the seventh season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 23 August 1966 and ended with the final on 4 March 1967. This was the first season during which Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wolverhampton participated in the League Cup; Everton and Liverpool were the only League teams that did not compete.
The final was contested by Third Division side Queens Park Rangers and First Division side West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium in London; this was the first League Cup final to take place at a neutral venue, instead of as a two-legged tie. Clive Clark scored twice in the first half to give West Bromwich Albion a 2–0 half-time lead. However, second-half goals from Queens Park Rangers' Roger Morgan, Rodney Marsh, and Mark Lazarus turned the game around. Queens Park Rangers, who also won the Third Division championship this season, eventually won the match 3–2 to claim the trophy.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.[2]
Calendar
Of the 90 teams, 38 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–40th in the 1965–66 Football League, excluding 2 teams that did not compete) and the other 52 played in the first round. The semi-finals were two-legged.
| Round
|
Main date
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Fixtures
|
Clubs
|
New entries this round
|
| Original
|
Replays
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| First Round
|
24 August 1966
|
26
|
10
|
90 → 64
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52
(teams ranked 19th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division)
|
| Second Round
|
14 September 1966
|
32
|
11
|
64 → 32
|
38
(all First Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–18th in Second Division)
|
| Third Round
|
5 October 1966
|
16
|
5
|
32 → 16
|
none
|
| Fourth Round
|
26 October 1966
|
8
|
1
|
16 → 8
|
none
|
| Fifth Round
|
7 December 1966
|
4
|
0
|
8 → 4
|
none
|
| Semi-finals
|
17/18 January & 7/8 February 1967
|
4
|
0
|
4 → 2
|
none
|
| Final
|
4 March 1967
|
1
|
0
|
2 → 1
|
none
|
First round
Ties
Replays
Second round
Ties
Replays
2nd replay
Third round
Ties
Replays
Fourth round
Ties
Replays
Fifth round
Ties
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 4 March 1967.
MATCH RULES
- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
- Replay if scores still level.
- One named substitute.
References
General
Specific
- ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 610.
- ^ a b c d e f g After Extra Time
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| Domestic leagues |
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark '66 '67
- England
- Faroe Islands '66 '67
- Finland '66 '67
- France
- East Germany
- West Germany
- Greece
- Hungary '66 '67
- Iceland '66 '67
- Israel
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Norway '66 '67
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Scotland
- Soviet Union '66 '67
- Spain
- Sweden '66 '67
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Yugoslavia
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| Domestic cups |
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- England
- Faroe Islands '66 '67
- Finland '66 '67
- France
- East Germany
- West Germany
- Greece
- Hungary '66 '67
- Iceland '66 '67
- Israel
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Norway '66 '67
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- San Marino
- Scotland
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Sweden '67
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Wales
- Yugoslavia
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| UEFA competitions | |
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| Non-UEFA competitions | |
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