1962–63_Football_League_Cup

1962–63 Football League Cup

1962–63 Football League Cup

Football tournament season


The 1962–63 Football League Cup was the third season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 80 of them took part.[lower-alpha 1] The competition began on 3 September 1962, and ended with the two-legged final on 23 and 27 May 1963.

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The tournament was won by Birmingham City, who beat near-neighbours Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate. Birmingham won the first leg 3–1 at their home ground St Andrew's, thanks to goals from Jimmy Bloomfield and Ken Leek (2), with Bobby Thomson scoring Villa's goal. The second leg at Villa Park ended in a 0–0 draw and Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate..

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 80 teams, 48 received a bye to the second round and the other 32 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 61st to 91st in the 1961–62 Football League, plus Oxford United, who had entered the Football League as replacements for Accrington Stanley. Semi-finals and final were played over two legs.

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First round

Ties

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Replays

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Second round

Ties

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Replays

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2nd Replays

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Third round

Ties

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Replays

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Fourth round

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Replay

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Fifth round

Ties

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Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at St Andrew's, Birmingham on 23 May 1963 and the second leg was held at Villa Park, Birmingham, on 27 May 1963.

More information Birmingham City, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 31,580
Referee: E. Crawford
More information Aston Villa, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 37,921
Referee: A.W. Sparling

Birmingham City won 3–1 on aggregate.


References

General

  • "English League Cup 1962/1963". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  • "English League Cup 1962–1963 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

Specific

  1. "Results". Archived from the original on 13 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 606.
  3. After Extra Time

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