1981–82_Football_League_Cup

1981–82 Football League Cup
Milk Cup, League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	92
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (2nd title)
Runner-up	Tottenham Hotspur
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 Football League Cup

Football tournament season

The 1981–82 Football League Cup (known as the Milk Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 31 August 1981 and ended with the final on 13 March 1982.

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The final was contested by First Division teams Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in London.

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After Extra Time

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Doncaster Rovers won on the away goals rule

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Manchester City won 9–8 on penalties

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Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aldershot	0–0	Wimbledon	1 September 1981
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Oldham Athletic	1 September 1981
Bournemouth	0–1	Fulham	1 September 1981
Bradford City	3–1	Blackpool	2 September 1981
Bristol City	2–0	Walsall	1 September 1981
Bury	3–3	Carlisle United	1 September 1981
Cardiff City	2–1	Exeter City	2 September 1981
Chester	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	8 September 1981
Colchester United	2–0	Gillingham	1 September 1981
Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Bristol Rovers	2 September 1981
Darlington	1–3	Rotherham United	1 September 1981
Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Chesterfield	1 September 1981
Halifax Town	1–2	Preston North End	1 September 1981
Hereford United	1–1	Port Vale	2 September 1981
Huddersfield Town	3–1	Rochdale	1 September 1981
Leyton Orient	1–1	Millwall	1 September 1981
Lincoln City	3–0	Hull City	2 September 1981
Northampton Town	2–0	Hartlepool United	1 September 1981
Oxford United	1–0	Brentford	2 September 1981
Peterborough United	2–3	Barnsley	2 September 1981
Reading	2–2	Charlton Athletic	2 September 1981
Scunthorpe United	0–0	Mansfield Town	1 September 1981
Sheffield United	1–0	York City	1 September 1981
Southend United	0–0	Portsmouth	2 September 1981
Torquay United	2–3	Newport County	2 September 1981
Tranmere Rovers	4–2	Burnley	1 September 1981
Wigan Athletic	3–0	Stockport County	31 August 1981
Wrexham	3–2	Swindon Town	1 September 1981

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Barnsley	6–0	Peterborough United	15 September 1981	9–2
Blackpool	0–0	Bradford City	16 September 1981	1–3
Brentford	0–2	Oxford United	15 September 1981	0–3
Bristol Rovers	1–0^[1]	Crewe Alexandra	15 September 1981	2–1
Burnley	3–3	Tranmere Rovers	15 September 1981	5–7
Carlisle United	2–1^[1]	Bury	15 September 1981	5–4
Charlton Athletic	3–1^[1]	Reading	15 September 1981	5–3
Chesterfield	1–1^[1]^[2]	Doncaster Rovers	15 September 1981	1–1
Exeter City	3–1^[1]	Cardiff City	16 September 1981	4–3
Fulham	2–0	Bournemouth	15 September 1981	3–0
Gillingham	1–1	Colchester United	15 September 1981	1–3
Hartlepool United	2–1	Northampton Town	16 September 1981	2–3
Hull City	1–1	Lincoln City	15 September 1981	1–4
Mansfield Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	14 September 1981	2–0
Millwall	3–2	Leyton Orient	16 September 1981	4–3
Newport County	0–0	Torquay United	15 September 1981	3–2
Oldham Athletic	4–2^[1]	Bolton Wanderers	15 September 1981	5–4
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Chester	15 September 1981	2–1
Port Vale	2–0	Hereford United	14 September 1981	3–1
Portsmouth	4–1	Southend United	16 September 1981	4–1
Preston North End	0–0	Halifax Town	15 September 1981	2–1
Rochdale	2–4	Huddersfield Town	15 September 1981	3–7
Rotherham United	2–1	Darlington	15 September 1981	5–2
Stockport County	1–2	Wigan Athletic	14 September 1981	1–5
Swindon Town	0–2	Wrexham	15 September 1981	2–5
Walsall	1–0	Bristol City	15 September 1981	1–2
Wimbledon	1–3	Aldershot	15 September 1981	1–3
York City	1–1	Sheffield United	15 September 1981	1–2

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aldershot	2–2	Wigan Athletic	6 October 1981
Aston Villa	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7 October 1981
Barnsley	2–0	Swansea City	6 October 1981
Birmingham City	2–3	Nottingham Forest	6 October 1981
Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	7 October 1981
Bradford City	3–4	Mansfield Town	7 October 1981
Bristol Rovers	1–2	Northampton Town	6 October 1981
Carlisle United	0–0	Bristol City	6 October 1981
Colchester United	3–1	Cambridge United	6 October 1981
Derby County	2–3	West Ham United	7 October 1981
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Crystal Palace	6 October 1981
Everton	1–1	Coventry City	6 October 1981
Grimsby Town	1–0	Watford	6 October 1981
Huddersfield Town	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	6 October 1981
Leeds United	0–1	Ipswich Town	7 October 1981
Lincoln City	1–1	Notts County	7 October 1981
Liverpool	5–0	Exeter City	7 October 1981
Luton Town	0–2	Wrexham	6 October 1981
Manchester City	2–0	Stoke City	7 October 1981
Middlesbrough	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	6 October 1981
Millwall	3–3	Oxford United	6 October 1981
Newcastle United	1–2	Fulham	7 October 1981
Norwich City	1–0	Charlton Athletic	7 October 1981
Oldham Athletic	1–0	Newport County	6 October 1981
Preston North End	1–0	Leicester City	6 October 1981
Queens Park Rangers	5–0	Portsmouth	6 October 1981
Sheffield United	1–0	Arsenal	6 October 1981
Shrewsbury Town	3–3	West Bromwich Albion	6 October 1981
Southampton	1–1	Chelsea	6 October 1981
Sunderland	2–0	Rotherham United	7 October 1981
Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Manchester United	7 October 1981
Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Port Vale	5 October 1981

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Arsenal	2–0^[1]	Sheffield United	27 October 1981	2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Huddersfield Town	27 October 1981	2–1
Bristol City	2–1	Carlisle United	27 October 1981	2–1
Cambridge United	3–2^[1]	Colchester United	27 October 1981	4–5
Charlton Athletic	0–1	Norwich City	28 October 1981	0–2
Chelsea	2–1^[1]	Southampton	28 October 1981	3–2
Coventry City	0–1	Everton	27 October 1981	1–2
Crystal Palace	2–0	Doncaster Rovers	27 October 1981	2–1
Exeter City	0–6	Liverpool	28 October 1981	0–11
Fulham	2–0	Newcastle United	27 October 1981	4–1
Ipswich Town	3–0	Leeds United	27 October 1981	4–0
Leicester City	4–0	Preston North End	28 October 1981	4–1
Manchester United	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	28 October 1981	0–2
Mansfield Town	0–2	Bradford City	26 October 1981	4–5
Newport County	0–0	Oldham Athletic	27 October 1981	0–1
Northampton Town	3–1	Bristol Rovers	27 October 1981	5–2
Nottingham Forest	2–1	Birmingham City	28 October 1981	5–3
Notts County	2–3	Lincoln City	27 October 1981	3–4
Oxford United	1–0	Millwall	28 October 1981	4–3
Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Middlesbrough	27 October 1981	1–2
Port Vale	1–2	Tranmere Rovers	28 October 1981	1–4
Portsmouth	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	27 October 1981	2–7
Rotherham United	3–3	Sunderland	27 October 1981	3–5
Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	27 October 1981	2–3
Stoke City	2–0^[1]^[3]	Manchester City	28 October 1981	2–2
Swansea City	3–2^[1]	Barnsley	27 October 1981	3–4
Watford	3–1	Grimsby Town	27 October 1981	3–2
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	28 October 1981	5–4
West Ham United	2–0	Derby County	27 October 1981	5–2
Wigan Athletic	1–0	Aldershot	27 October 1981	3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Aston Villa	27 October 1981	3–5
Wrexham	0–1	Luton Town	27 October 1981	2–1

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	1–0	Norwich City	10 November 1981
Barnsley	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	10 November 1981
Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Nottingham Forest	11 November 1981
Everton	1–0	Oxford United	11 November 1981
Ipswich Town	1–1	Bradford City	10 November 1981
Leicester City	0–0	Aston Villa	11 November 1981
Liverpool	4–1	Middlesbrough	10 November 1981
Manchester City	3–1	Northampton Town	11 November 1981
Oldham Athletic	1–1	Fulham	10 November 1981
Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Bristol City	10 November 1981
Sunderland	0–1	Crystal Palace	11 November 1981
Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Wrexham	11 November 1981
Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Colchester United	10 November 1981
Watford	2–2	Lincoln City	10 November 1981
West Ham United	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	10 November 1981
Wigan Athletic	4–2	Chelsea	11 November 1981

1981–82_Football_League_Cup

1981–82 Football League Cup

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Third round

Ties

Replays

2nd Replay

Fourth round

Ties

Replay

Fifth Round

Ties

Replay

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

References

General

Specific

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Milk Cup, League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	92
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (2nd title)
Runner-up	Tottenham Hotspur
← 1980–81 1982–83 →