1961 Football League Cup final

1961 Football League Cup Final
Event1960–61 Football League Cup
Rotherham United Aston Villa
2 3
First Leg
Rotherham United Aston Villa
2 0
Date22 August 1961
VenueMillmoor, Rotherham
Attendance12,226
Second Leg
Aston Villa Rotherham United
3 0
Date5 September 1961
VenueVilla Park, Birmingham
Attendance31,302
1962 →

The 1961 Football League Cup Final was the inaugural League Cup final. It was contested by Rotherham United and Aston Villa over two legs. Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Due to fixture congestion, the second leg was not played until after the start of the 1961–62 season. As a result, Villa began their defence of the trophy just eight days after winning it. Though all League clubs were eligible to participate, Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers did not enter. The prize money for winning the competition was £750.[1] The two clubs would not play each other again until they met in the same competition in August 2013.[2] Both clubs received first round byes.[3]

Players and officials

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First leg

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Rotherham United2–0Aston Villa
Webster 51'
Kirkman 55'
Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: K.A. Collinge
Rotherham United
Aston Villa
1 England Roy Ironside
2 England Peter Perry
3 England Lol Morgan
4 England Roy Lambert (c)
5 England Peter Madden
6 England Ken Waterhouse
7 England Barry Webster
8 England Don Weston
9 England Ken Houghton
10 England Alan Kirkman
11 England Keith Bambridge
Manager:
Scotland Tom Johnston
1 England Nigel Sims
2 England Stan Lynn
3 England Gordon Lee
4 Wales Vic Crowe (c)
5 England Jimmy Dugdale
6 England Alan Deakin
7 Scotland Jimmy MacEwan
8 Scotland Bobby Thomson
9 England Ralph Brown
10 Scotland Ron Wylie
11 Northern Ireland Peter McParland
Manager:
England Joe Mercer

Second leg

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Aston Villa3–0 (a.e.t.)Rotherham United
O'Neill 67'
Burrows 69'
McParland 109'
Attendance: 31,202
Referee: C.W. Kingston
Aston Villa
Rotherham United
1 England Geoff Sidebottom
2 England John Neal
3 England Gordon Lee
4 Wales Vic Crowe (c)
5 England Jimmy Dugdale
6 England Alan Deakin
7 Scotland Jimmy MacEwan
8 England Alan O'Neill
9 Northern Ireland Peter McParland
10 Scotland Bobby Thomson
11 England Harry Burrows
Manager:
England Joe Mercer
1 England Roy Ironside
2 England Peter Perry
3 England Lol Morgan
4 England Roy Lambert (c)
5 England Peter Madden
6 England Ken Waterhouse
7 England Barry Webster
8 England Don Weston
9 England Ken Houghton
10 England Alan Kirkman
11 England Keith Bambridge
Manager:
Scotland Tom Johnston

Road to the final

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Aston Villa

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Round 1 Bye
Round 2 Aston Villa 4–0 Huddersfield Town
Round 3 Preston North End 3–3 Aston Villa
Round 3 replay Aston Villa 3–1 Preston North End
Round 4 Aston Villa 3–3 Plymouth Argyle
Round 4 replay Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Aston Villa
Round 4 2nd replay Plymouth Argyle 3–5 Aston Villa
Quarter-final Aston Villa 3–0 Wrexham
Semi-final (1st leg) Burnley 2–2 Aston Villa
Semi-final (2nd leg) Aston Villa 1–1 Burnley
Semi-final replay Aston Villa 2–1 Burnley
  (at Old Trafford)

Rotherham United

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Round 1 Bye
Round 2 Leicester City 1–2 Rotherham United
Round 3 Rotherham United 2–0 Bristol Rovers
Round 4 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Rotherham United
Quarter-final Rotherham United 3–0 Portsmouth
Semi-final (1st leg) Rotherham United 3–2 Shrewsbury Town
Semi-final (2nd leg) Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Rotherham United
  (Rotherham United win 4–3 on aggregate)

References

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  1. ^ Mat Kendrick (28 August 2013). "When Aston Villa beat Rotherham to win the 1961 League Cup". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ^ Ben Curtis (28 August 2013). "Then and now: Rotherham and Aston Villa revisit 1961 League Cup final with reunion of old players". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Holte History: 1961 Football League Cup Final". Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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