1971–72_Football_League_Cup

Football League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Teams	92
Defending champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Final positions
Champions	Stoke City (1st title)
Runner-up	Chelsea
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

1971–72 Football League Cup

Football tournament season

The 1971–72 Football League Cup was the 12th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The tournament started on 17 August 1971 and ended with the final at Wembley on 4 March 1972. Stoke City won the tournament after defeating Chelsea in the final at Wembley Stadium, London. Entry for all football league clubs became compulsory this season.

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Round	Main date	Fixtures		Clubs	New entries this round
Round	Main date	Original	Replays	Clubs	New entries this round
First Round	18 August 1971	28	10	92 → 64	56 (teams ranked 15th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division)
Second Round	8 September 1971	32	4	64 → 32	36 (teams ranked 1st–14th in Second Division; all First Division)
Third Round	6 October 1971	16	7	32 → 16	none
Fourth Round	26/27 October 1971	8	7	16 → 8	none
Fifth Round	17 November 1971	4	0	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	December 1971 – January 1972	4	2	4 → 2	none
Final	4 March 1972	1	0	2 → 1	none

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aldershot	1–1	Southend United	18 August 1971
Aston Villa	2–2	Wrexham	18 August 1971
Barnsley	0–0	Hartlepool	18 August 1971
Barrow	0–2	Preston North End	18 August 1971
Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Workington	18 August 1971
Bournemouth	2–1	Portsmouth	17 August 1971
Bradford City	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	18 August 1971
Charlton Athletic	5–1	Peterborough United	17 August 1971
Chesterfield	0–0	Mansfield Town	18 August 1971
Colchester United	3–1	Brentford	18 August 1971
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Southport	18 August 1971
Darlington	0–1	York City	18 August 1971
Exeter City	0–3	Bristol Rovers	18 August 1971
Fulham	4–0	Cambridge United	17 August 1971
Gillingham	4–0	Reading	18 August 1971
Grimsby Town	4–3	Doncaster Rovers	17 August 1971
Halifax Town	1–1	Rochdale	18 August 1971
Orient	1–1	Notts County	17 August 1971
Newport County	1–2	Torquay United	17 August 1971
Oldham Athletic	1–0	Bury	17 August 1971
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Bristol City	17 August 1971
Port Vale	0–2	Shrewsbury Town	18 August 1971
Rotherham United	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday	17 August 1971
Scunthorpe United	0–1	Lincoln City	18 August 1971
Stockport County	1–0	Walsall	18 August 1971
Swansea City	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	17 August 1971
Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Chester	18 August 1971
Watford	2–0	Northampton Town	18 August 1971

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Bradford City	25 August 1971
Chester	1–3	Tranmere Rovers	25 August 1971
Hartlepool	0–1^[1]	Barnsley	23 August 1971
Mansfield Town	0–5	Chesterfield	23 August 1971
Notts County	3–1	Orient	25 August 1971
Rochdale	2–2^[1]	Halifax Town	24 August 1971
Southend United	1–2^[1]	Aldershot	23 August 1971
Wrexham	1–1^[1]	Aston Villa	23 August 1971

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aston Villa	4–3	Wrexham	31 August 1971
Halifax Town	2–0	Rochdale	31 August 1971

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	1–0	Barnsley	8 September 1971
Bristol Rovers	3–1	Sunderland	7 September 1971
Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Lincoln City	8 September 1971
Bournemouth	0–2	Blackpool	8 September 1971
Carlisle United	5–0	Sheffield Wednesday	7 September 1971
Charlton Athletic	3–1	Leicester City	7 September 1971
Coventry City	0–1	Burnley	7 September 1971
Crystal Palace	2–0	Luton Town	7 September 1971
Chelsea	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	8 September 1971
Chesterfield	2–3	Aston Villa	8 September 1971
Colchester United	4–1	Swindon Town	8 September 1971
Derby County	0–0	Leeds United	8 September 1971
Grimsby Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	7 September 1971
Huddersfield Town	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	7 September 1971
Ipswich Town	1–3	Manchester United	7 September 1971
Liverpool	3–0	Hull City	7 September 1971
Manchester City	4–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8 September 1971
Newcastle United	2–1	Halifax Town	8 September 1971
Norwich City	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	8 September 1971
Nottingham Forest	5–1	Aldershot	7 September 1971
Notts County	1–2	Gillingham	8 September 1971
Oxford United	1–0	Millwall	8 September 1971
Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Birmingham City	7 September 1971
Sheffield United	3–0	Fulham	7 September 1971
Southampton	2–1	Everton	7 September 1971
Southport	1–2	Stoke City	8 September 1971
Stockport County	0–1	Watford	7 September 1971
Torquay United	2–1	Oldham Athletic	8 September 1971
Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Preston North End	8 September 1971
West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	8 September 1971
West Ham United	1–1	Cardiff City	8 September 1971
York City	2–2	Middlesbrough	8 September 1971

1971–72_Football_League_Cup

1971–72 Football League Cup

Calendar

First round

Ties

Replays

2nd Replays

Second round

Ties

Replays

Third round

Ties

Replays

Fourth round

Ties

Replays

2nd Replay

Fifth Round

Ties

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Replay

2nd Replay

Final

References

General

Specific

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Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bolton Wanderers	0–6	Chelsea	8 November 1971
Bristol Rovers	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	2 November 1971
Norwich City	3–1	Grimsby Town	3 November 1971
Preston North End	1–2^[1]	Tottenham Hotspur	8 November 1971
Sheffield United	2–0	Arsenal	8 November 1971
Stoke City	0–0^[1]	Manchester United	8 November 1971

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bristol Rovers	2–4	Stoke City	23 November 1971
Norwich City	0–1	Chelsea	17 November 1971
Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Blackpool	17 November 1971
West Ham United	5–0	Sheffield United	17 November 1971