1961 Football League Cup Final

1961 Football League Cup Final
First Leg
Event	1960–61 Football League Cup
Date	22 August 1961
Venue	Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance	12,226
Second Leg
Date	5 September 1961
Venue	Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance	31,302
	1962 →

The 1961 Football League Cup Final was the inaugural League Cup final. It was contested by Rotherham United and Aston Villa over two legs. Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Due to fixture congestion, the second leg was not played until after the start of the 1961–2 season. As a result, Villa began their defence of the trophy just eight days after winning it.

Players and officials[]

First leg[]

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

Rotherham United

Aston Villa



1	Roy Ironside
2	Peter Perry
3	Lol Morgan
4	Roy Lambert
5	Peter Madden
6	Ken Waterhouse
7	Barry Webster
8	Don Weston
9	Ken Houghton
10	Alan Kirkman
11	Keith Bambridge
Manager:
Tom Johnston



1	Nigel Sims
2	Stan Lynn
3	Gordon Lee
4	Vic Crowe
5	Jimmy Dugdale
6	Alan Deakin
7	Jimmy MacEwan
8	Bobby Thomson
9	Ralph Brown
10	Ron Wylie
11	Peter McParland
Manager:
Joe Mercer

Second leg[]

5 September 1961	Aston Villa	3 – 0 (aet)	Rotherham United	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 31,202 Referee: C.W. Kingston
	O'Neill 67' Burrows 69' McParland 109'

Aston Villa

Rotherham United



1	Geoff Sidebottom
2	John Neal
3	Gordon Lee
4	Vic Crowe
5	Jimmy Dugdale
6	Alan Deakin
7	Jimmy MacEwan
8	Alan O'Neill
9	Peter McParland
10	Bobby Thomson
11	Harry Burrows
Manager:
Joe Mercer



1	Roy Ironside
2	Peter Perry
3	Lol Morgan
4	Roy Lambert
5	Peter Madden
6	Ken Waterhouse
7	Barry Webster
8	Don Weston
9	Ken Houghton
10	Alan Kirkman
11	Keith Bambridge
Manager:
Tom Johnston

Road to the final[]

Aston Villa[]

Round 2	Aston Villa	4–0	Huddersfield Town
Round 3	Preston North End	3–3	Aston Villa
Round 3 replay	Aston Villa	3–1	Preston North End
Round 4	Aston Villa	3–3	Plymouth Argyle
Round 4 replay	Plymouth Argyle	0–0	Aston Villa
Round 4 2nd replay	Plymouth Argyle	3–5	Aston Villa
Quarter-final	Aston Villa	3–0	Wrexham
Semi-final (1st leg)	Burnley	2–2	Aston Villa
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Aston Villa	1–1	Burnley
Semi-final replay	Aston Villa	2–1	Burnley
	(at Old Trafford)

Rotherham United[]

Round 2	Leicester City	1–2	Rotherham United
Round 3	Rotherham United	2–0	Bristol Rovers
Round 4	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Rotherham United
Quarter-final	Rotherham United	3–0	Portsmouth
Semi-final (1st leg)	Rotherham United	3–2	Shrewsbury Town
Semi-final (2nd leg)	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Rotherham United
	(Rotherham United win 4–3 on aggregate)

External links[]

First leg from Soccerbase
Second leg from Soccerbase

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