1963–64 League Cup
Winners' tankard awarded to Graham Cross for the 1963–64 tournament
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales
Dates4 September 1963 – 22 April 1964
Teams82
Defending championsBirmingham City
Final positions
ChampionsLeicester City
Runner-upStoke City
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Goals scored383 (3.68 per match)

The 1963–64 Football League Cup was the fourth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part.[lower-alpha 1] The competition began on 4 September 1963 and ended with the two-legged final on 15 and 22 April 1964.

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 82 teams, 46 received a bye to the second round and the other 36 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 57th–92nd in the 1962–63 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.

Round Main date Fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Original Replays
First Round 4 September 1963 18 5 82 → 64 36
(teams ranked 13th–24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division)
Second Round 25 September 1963 32 11 64 → 32 46
(all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–12th in Third Division)
Third Round 4 November 1963 16 2 32 → 16 none
Fourth Round 27 November 1963 8 1 16 → 8 none
Fifth Round 16 December 1963 4 1 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals January–March 1964 4 0 4 → 2 none
Final 15 & 22 April 1964 2 0 2 → 1 none

First round

Ties

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aldershot3–1Queens Park Rangers4 September 1963
Bradford Park Avenue7–3Bradford City4 September 1963
Carlisle United3–2Crewe Alexandra4 September 1963
Chesterfield0–1Halifax Town4 September 1963
Darlington2–2Barnsley4 September 1963
Doncaster Rovers0–0York City4 September 1963
Gillingham4–2Bristol City4 September 1963
Lincoln City3–2Hartlepools United4 September 1963
Mansfield Town2–1Watford4 September 1963
Newport County3–4Millwall4 September 1963
Oldham Athletic3–5Workington4 September 1963
Oxford United0–1Exeter City4 September 1963
Reading1–1Brentford4 September 1963
Rochdale1–1Chester4 September 1963
Shrewsbury Town1–1Bristol Rovers4 September 1963
Southport2–1Barrow4 September 1963
Torquay United1–2Brighton & Hove Albion4 September 1963
Tranmere Rovers2–0Stockport County4 September 1963

Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Barnsley6–2Darlington11 September 1963
Brentford2–0Reading23 September 1963
Bristol Rovers6–2Shrewsbury Town23 September 1963
Chester2–5Rochdale18 September 1963
York City3–0Doncaster Rovers23 September 1963

Second round

Ties

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aston Villa3–1Barnsley25 September 1963
Blackpool7–1Charlton Athletic25 September 1963
Bradford Park Avenue2–2Middlesbrough25 September 1963
Brentford0–0Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic25 September 1963
Brighton & Hove Albion1–1Northampton Town25 September 1963
Bristol Rovers2–0Crystal Palace25 September 1963
Cardiff City2–2Wrexham25 September 1963
Colchester United5–3Fulham25 September 1963
Gillingham3–0Bury25 September 1963
Grimsby Town1–3Rotherham United25 September 1963
Halifax Town4–2Rochdale25 September 1963
Hull City1–0Exeter City25 September 1963
Ipswich Town0–0Walsall25 September 1963
Leeds United5–1Mansfield Town25 September 1963
Leicester City2–0Aldershot25 September 1963
Luton Town3–4Coventry City25 September 1963
Manchester City2–0Carlisle United25 September 1963
Millwall3–2Peterborough United25 September 1963
Newcastle United3–0Preston North End25 September 1963
Norwich City2–0Birmingham City25 September 1963
Notts County2–1Blackburn Rovers25 September 1963
Plymouth Argyle2–2Huddersfield Town25 September 1963
Portsmouth3–2Derby County25 September 1963
Scunthorpe United2–2Stoke City25 September 1963
Sheffield United1–2Bolton Wanderers25 September 1963
Southend United2–1Port Vale25 September 1963
Swansea Town3–1Sunderland25 September 1963
Swindon Town3–0Chelsea25 September 1963
Tranmere Rovers2–0Southampton25 September 1963
West Ham United2–1Leyton Orient25 September 1963
Workington3–0Southport25 September 1963
York City1–1Lincoln City25 September 1963

Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic2–0Brentford4 November 1963
Huddersfield Town3–3Plymouth Argyle21 October 1963
Lincoln City2–0York City14 October 1963
Middlesbrough2–3Bradford Park Avenue2 October 1963
Northampton Town3–2Brighton & Hove Albion14 October 1963
Stoke City3–3Scunthorpe United16 October 1963
Walsall1–0Ipswich Town3 October 1963
Wrexham1–1Cardiff City7 October 1963

2nd Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Plymouth Argyle1–2Huddersfield Town28 October 1963
Stoke City1–0Scunthorpe United22 October 1963
Wrexham3–0Cardiff City21 October 1963

Third round

Ties

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aston Villa0–2West Ham United16 October 1963
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic2–1Newcastle United6 November 1963
Bristol Rovers1–1Gillingham4 November 1963
Colchester United4–1Northampton Town4 November 1963
Halifax Town2–0Walsall16 October 1963
Hull City0–3Manchester City16 October 1963
Leeds United2–0Swansea Town22 October 1963
Millwall1–1Lincoln City4 November 1963
Norwich City1–0Blackpool30 October 1963
Notts County3–2Bradford Park Avenue5 November 1963
Rotherham United4–2Coventry City4 November 1963
Stoke City3–0Bolton Wanderers29 October 1963
Swindon Town3–0Southend United16 October 1963
Tranmere Rovers1–2Leicester City16 October 1963
Workington1–0Huddersfield Town4 November 1963
Wrexham3–5Portsmouth4 November 1963

Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Gillingham3–1Bristol Rovers6 November 1963
Lincoln City1–2Millwall12 November 1963

Fourth round

Ties

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Halifax Town1–7Norwich City27 November 1963
Leicester City3–1Gillingham27 November 1963
Manchester City3–1Leeds United27 November 1963
Notts County3–2Portsmouth13 November 1963
Rotherham United5–2Millwall27 November 1963
Stoke City2–1Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic27 November 1963
Swindon Town3–3West Ham United19 November 1963
Workington2–1Colchester United26 November 1963

Replay

Home Team Score Away Team Date
West Ham United4–1Swindon Town25 November 1963

Fifth round

Ties

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Norwich City1–1Leicester City18 December 1963
Notts County0–1Manchester City17 December 1963
Stoke City3–2Rotherham United16 December 1963
West Ham United6–0Workington16 December 1963

Replay

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Leicester City2–1[3]Norwich City15 January 1964

Semi-finals

First leg

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Stoke City2–0Manchester City15 January 1964
Leicester City4–3West Ham United5 February 1964

Second leg

Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Manchester City1–0Stoke City5 February 19641–2
West Ham United0–2Leicester City23 March 19643–6

Final

Stoke City1–1Leicester City
Bebbington Gibson
Attendance: 22,309
Referee: W. Clements
Leicester City3–2Stoke City
Stringfellow
Gibson
Riley 		Dennis Viollet
George Kinnell
Attendance: 25,372
Referee: A. Jobling

Leicester City win 4–3 on aggregate.

References

General

  • "English League Cup 1963/1964". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  • "English League Cup 1963–1964 : 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. 607.
  3. ↑ After Extra Time

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