1960–61 Football League Cup

1960–61 League Cup
Region	England & Wales
Number of teams	87
Champions	Aston Villa
Runner-up	Rotherham United
Total matches played	113
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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 after extra time. 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.

First round

Ties

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

Replays

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

Second Replay

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

Second round

Ties

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

Replays

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

Second Replay

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

Third round

Ties

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

Replays

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

Fourth round

Ties

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

Replays

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

Second Replay

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

Fifth round

Ties

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

Semi-finals

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

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

Second Leg

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

Replay

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

Final

For more details on this topic, see 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

22 August 1961	Rotherham United	2 – 0	Aston Villa	Millmoor, Rotherham Attendance: 12,226 Referee: K. A. Collinge.
	Kirkman (51 mins) Webster (55 mins)

Second leg

5 September 1961	Aston Villa	3 – 0 (aet)	Rotherham United	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 30,765 Referee: C. W. Kingston.
	O'Neill (67 mins) Burrows (69 mins) McParland (109 mins)

External links

• Results on Soccerbase

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