1960–61 Football League Cup

1960–61 League Cup
A replica League Cup in Villa colours with 1960–61 date
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams87
Final positions
ChampionsAston Villa
Runner-upRotherham United
Tournament statistics
Matches played113

The 1960–61 Football League Cup was the inaugural staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition began on 26 September 1960, and ended with the two-legged final almost a year later on 22 August and 5 September 1961.

The tournament was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate (a.e.t.). Rotherham won the first leg 2–0 at Millmoor, their home ground thanks to goals from Alan Kirkman and Barry Webster. In the second leg at Villa Park, Harry Burrows and Peter McParland levelled the tie on aggregate and Alan O'Neill scored in extra-time to win the cup for Aston Villa.

Calendar

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5 League teams did not compete (Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Sheffield Wednesday, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). Of the other 87 teams, 41 received a bye to the second round and the other 46 played in the first round. Unlike in later seasons, the byes were assigned randomly; from 1962–63 onward the lower teams played in the first round while the upper division teams joined them in the second round onward.

Round Main date Fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Original Replays
First Round 10 October 1960 23 8 87 → 64 46
Second Round 24 October 1960 32 9 64 → 32 41
Third Round 16 November 1960 16 3 32 → 16 none
Fourth round 14 December 1960 8 3 16 → 8 none
Fifth round February 1960 4 0 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 10 April 1961 4 1 4 → 2 none
Final 22 August & 5 September 1961 2 0 2 → 1 none

First round

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A total of 46 clubs played in the first round: 17 from Fourth Division (tier 4), 8 from Third Division (tier 3), and 10 from the Second Division (tier 2) and 11 from the First Division (tier 1).

Number of teams per tier still in competition
First Division[a] Second Division Third Division Fourth Division Total [b]
17 / 22
22 / 22
24 / 24
24 / 24
87 / 92
  1. ^ 5 teams did not compete: Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
  2. ^ 5 First Division's teams did not compete


Ties

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Bristol Rovers (2) 2–1 Fulham (1) 20,022 26-09-1960
Chester (4) 2–2 Leyton Orient (2) 9.074 12-10-1960
Colchester United (3) 4–1 Newcastle United (1) 9,130 10-10-1960
Coventry City (3) 4–2 Barrow (4) 6,643 10-10-1960
Darlington (4) 2–0 Crystal Palace (4) 9,940 12-10-1960
Everton (1) 3–1 Accrington Stanley (4) 18,246 12-10-1960
Exeter City (4) 1–1 Manchester United (1) 19-10-1960
Hull City (3) 0–0 Bolton Wanderers (1) 11,980 10-10-1960
Ipswich Town (2) 0–2 Barnsley (3) 11-10-1960
Leicester City (1) 4–0 Mansfield Town (4) 7,070 12-10-1960
Lincoln City (2) 2–2 Bradford Park Avenue (4) 1,737 12-10-1960
Middlesbrough (2) 3–4 Cardiff City (1) 03-10-1960
Millwall (4) 1–7 Chelsea (1) 15,007 10-10-1960
Newport County (3) 2–2 Southampton (2) 7,834 10-10-1960
Oldham Athletic (4) 2–1 Hartlepools United (4) 11-10-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2) 2–0 Southport (4) 10,048 12-10-1960
Preston North End (1) 4–1 Peterborough United (4) 11-10-1960
Queens Park Rangers (3) 2–2 Port Vale (3) 17-10-1960
Rochdale (4) 1–1 Scunthorpe United (2) 4,274 10-10-1960
Stockport County (4) 2–0 Carlisle United (4) 7,000 10-10-1960
Watford (3) 2–5 Derby County (2) 11-10-1960
West Ham United (1) 3–1 Charlton Athletic (2) 26-09-1960
York City (4) 1–3 Blackburn Rovers (1) 10,933 10-10-1960

Replays

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Bolton Wanderers (1) 5–1 Hull City (3) 19-10-1960
Bradford Park Avenue (4) 1–0 Lincoln City (2) 3,415 19-10-1960
Leyton Orient (2) 1–0 Chester (4) 17-10-1960
Manchester United (1) 4–1 Exeter City (4) 26-10-1960
Port Vale (3) 3–1[1] Queens Park Rangers (3) 19-10-1960
Scunthorpe United (2) 0–1 Rochdale (4) 5,727 20-10-1960
Southampton (2) 2–2[1] Newport County (3) 8,000 17-10-1960

Second Replay

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Southampton (2) 5–3 Newport County (3) 8,414 26-10-1960

Second round

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Ties

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aldershot (4) 1–1 Bristol City (3) 5,700 10-10-1960
Aston Villa (1) 4–1 Huddersfield Town (2) 17,057 12-10-1960
Bolton Wanderers (1) 6–2 Grimsby Town (3) 26-10-1960
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 1–1 Crewe Alexandra (4) 3,208 12-10-1960
Bradford City (3) 2–1 Manchester United (1) 02-11-1960
Bradford Park Avenue (4) 0–1 Birmingham City (1) 31-10-1960
Brentford (3) 4–3 Sunderland (2) 25-10-1960
Bury (3) 2–1 Sheffield United (2) 11-10-1960
Cardiff City (1) 0–4 Burnley (1) 24-10-1960
Chelsea (1) 4–2 Workington (4) 24-10-1960
Colchester United (3) 0–2 Southampton (2) 31-10-1960
Darlington (4) 3–2 West Ham United (1) 24-10-1960
Derby County (2) 3–0 Barnsley (3) 19-10-1960
Doncaster Rovers (4) 3–1 Stoke City (2) 18-10-1960
Everton (1) 3–1 Walsall (3) 31-10-1960
Gillingham (4) 1–1 Preston North End (1) 19-10-1960
Leeds United (2) 0–0 Blackpool (1) 13,064 28-09-1960
Leicester City (1) 1–2 Rotherham United (2) 26-10-1960
Leyton Orient (2) 0–1 Chesterfield (3) 14-11-1960
Liverpool (2) 1–1 Luton Town (2) 10,502 19-10-1960
Manchester City (1) 3–0 Stockport County (4) 18-10-1960
Northampton Town (4) 1–1 Wrexham (4) 18-10-1960
Norwich City (2) 6–2 Oldham Athletic (4) 26-10-1960
Nottingham Forest (1) 2–0 Halifax Town (3) 06-10-1960
Notts County (3) 1–3 Brighton & Hove Albion (2) 20-10-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2) 1–1 Torquay United (3) 02-11-1960
Portsmouth (2) 2–0 Coventry City (3) 02-11-1960
Port Vale (3) 0–2 Tranmere Rovers (3) 24-10-1960
Reading (3) 3–5 Bristol Rovers (2) 8,323 12-10-1960
Rochdale (4) 5–2 Southend United (3) 25-10-1960
Swansea Town (2) 1–2 Blackburn Rovers (1) 18-10-1960
Swindon Town (4) 1–1 Shrewsbury Town (4) 10,840 12-10-1960

Replays

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Blackpool (1) 1–3 Leeds United (2) 05-10-1960
Bristol City (3) 3–0 Aldershot (4) 25-10-1960
Crewe Alexandra (4) 2–0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (3) 19-10-1960
Luton Town (2) 2–5 Liverpool (2) 6,125 24-10-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2) 2–1 Torquay United (3) 07-11-1960
Preston North End (1) 3–0 Gillingham (4) 25-10-1960
Shrewsbury Town (4) 2–2 Swindon Town (4) 5,343 24-10-1960
Wrexham (4) 2–0 Northampton Town (4) 25-10-1960

Second Replay

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Swindon Town (4) 0–2 Shrewsbury Town (4) 6,975 26-10-1960

Third round

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Ties

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Birmingham City (1) 0–0 Plymouth Argyle (2) 14-11-1960
Blackburn Rovers (1) 2–1 Rochdale (4) 21-11-1960
Brentford (3) 1–1 Burnley (1) 22-11-1960
Brighton & Hove Albion (2) 0–2 Wrexham (4) 16-11-1960
Chesterfield (3) 0–4 Leeds United (2) 23-11-1960
Darlington (4) 1–2 Bolton Wanderers (1) 14-11-1960
Derby County (2) 1–4 Norwich City (2) 14-11-1960
Doncaster Rovers (4) 0–7 Chelsea (1) 16-11-1960
Everton (1) 3–1 Bury (3) 23-11-1960
Liverpool (2) 1–2 Southampton (2) 14,036 16-11-1960
Nottingham Forest (1) 2–1 Bristol City (3) 15-11-1960
Portsmouth (2) 2–0 Manchester City (1) 21-11-1960
Preston North End (1) 3–3 Aston Villa (1) 7,677 15-11-1960
Rotherham United (2) 2–0 Bristol Rovers (2) 23-11-1960
Shrewsbury Town (3) 2–1 Bradford City (3) 8,363 16-11-1960
Tranmere Rovers (3) 2–0 Crewe Alexandra (4) 16-11-1960

Replays

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1) 3–1 Preston North End (1) 15,000 23-11-1960
Burnley (1) 2–1 Brentford (3) 06-12-1960
Plymouth Argyle (2) 3–1 Birmingham City (1) 16-11-1960

Fourth round

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Ties

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1) 3–3 Plymouth Argyle (2) 12,117 13-12-1960
Blackburn Rovers (1) 1–1 Wrexham (4) 05-12-1960
Bolton Wanderers (1) 0–2 Rotherham United (2) 20-12-1960
Burnley (1) 2–1 Nottingham Forest (1) 10-01-1961
Portsmouth (2) 1–0 Chelsea (1) 14-12-1960
Shrewsbury Town (3) 1–0 Norwich City (2) 7,427 14-12-1960
Southampton (2) 5–4 Leeds United (2) 05-12-1960
Tranmere Rovers (3) 0–4 Everton (1) 21-12-1960

Replays

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Plymouth Argyle (2) 0–0[1] Aston Villa (1) 11,006 19-12-1960
Wrexham (4) 3–1 Blackburn Rovers (1) 14-12-1960

Second Replay

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Plymouth Argyle (2) 3–5 Aston Villa (1) 13,548 06-02-1961

Fifth round

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Ties

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1) 3–0 Wrexham (4) 19,500 22-02-1961
Rotherham United (2) 3–0 Portsmouth (2) 13-02-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3) 2–1 Everton (1) 15,399 15-02-1961
Southampton (2) 2–4 Burnley (1) 06-02-1961

Semi-finals

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The semi-final draw was made in February 1961 after the conclusion of the quarter-finals. Unlike the rounds up to that point, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The matches were played in March, April and May 1961.

First leg

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Burnley (1) 1–1 Aston Villa (1) 15,908 10-04-1961
Rotherham United (2) 3–2 Shrewsbury Town (3) 13,337 21-03-1961

Second leg

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1) 2–2 Burnley (1) 23,077 26-04-1961
Shrewsbury Town (3) 1–1 Rotherham United (2) 16,722 10-04-1961

Replay

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Home team Score Away team Attendance Date
Aston Villa (1) 2–1 Burnley (1) 7,953 02-05-1961

Final

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Further information: 1961 Football League Cup Final

The 1961 League Cup Final was played on 22 August and 5 September 1961 and was contested between First Division side Aston Villa and Second Division team Rotherham United. Aston Villa won the game 3–2 on aggregate (after extra time).

First leg

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Rotherham United (2)2–0Aston Villa (1)
Kirkman 51'
Webster 55'
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: K. A. Collinge.

Second leg

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Aston Villa (1)3–0 (a.e.t.)Rotherham United (2)
O'Neill 67'
Burrows 69'
McParland 109'
Attendance: 30,765
Referee: C. W. Kingston.

Aston Villa wins 3–2 on aggregate.

References

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General

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  • "English League Cup 1960/1961". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960-1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "English League Cup 1960-1961 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Specific

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  1. ^ a b c After Extra Time
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