1963–64 Football League Cup

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. 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, and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 607.

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. The Semi-finals and final were two-legged. RoundMain dateFixtures ClubsNew entries this roundOriginalReplays First Round 4 September 1963 18 5 82 → 64 36 Second Round 25 September 1963 32 11 64 → 32 46 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 teamScoreAway teamDate Aldershot 3–1 Queens Park Rangers 4 September 1963 Bradford Park Avenue 7–3 Bradford City 4 September 1963 Carlisle United 3–2 Crewe Alexandra 4 September 1963 Chesterfield 0–1 Halifax Town 4 September 1963 Darlington 2–2 Barnsley 4 September 1963 Doncaster Rovers 0–0 York City 4 September 1963 Gillingham 4–2 Bristol City 4 September 1963 Lincoln City 3–2 Hartlepools United 4 September 1963 Mansfield Town 2–1 Watford 4 September 1963 Newport County 3–4 Millwall 4 September 1963 Oldham Athletic 3–5 Workington 4 September 1963 Oxford United 0–1 Exeter City 4 September 1963 Reading 1–1 Brentford 4 September 1963 Rochdale 1–1 Chester 4 September 1963 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Bristol Rovers 4 September 1963 Southport 2–1 Barrow 4 September 1963 Torquay United 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 4 September 1963 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Stockport County 4 September 1963

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Barnsley 6–2 Darlington 11 September 1963 Brentford 2–0 Reading 23 September 1963 Bristol Rovers 6–2 Shrewsbury Town 23 September 1963 Chester 2–5 Rochdale 18 September 1963 York City 3–0 Doncaster Rovers 23 September 1963

Second round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 3–1 Barnsley 25 September 1963 Blackpool 7–1 Charlton Athletic 25 September 1963 Bradford Park Avenue 2–2 Middlesbrough 25 September 1963 Brentford 0–0 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 25 September 1963 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Northampton Town 25 September 1963 Bristol Rovers 2–0 Crystal Palace 25 September 1963 Cardiff City 2–2 Wrexham 25 September 1963 Colchester United 5–3 Fulham 25 September 1963 Gillingham 3–0 Bury 25 September 1963 Grimsby Town 1–3 Rotherham United 25 September 1963 Halifax Town 4–2 Rochdale 25 September 1963 Hull City 1–0 Exeter City 25 September 1963 Ipswich Town 0–0 Walsall 25 September 1963 Leeds United 5–1 Mansfield Town 25 September 1963 Leicester City 2–0 Aldershot 25 September 1963 Luton Town 3–4 Coventry City 25 September 1963 Manchester City 2–0 Carlisle United 25 September 1963 Millwall 3–2 Peterborough United 25 September 1963 Newcastle United 3–0 Preston North End 25 September 1963 Norwich City 2–0 Birmingham City 25 September 1963 Notts County 2–1 Blackburn Rovers 25 September 1963 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Huddersfield Town 25 September 1963 Portsmouth 3–2 Derby County 25 September 1963 Scunthorpe United 2–2 Stoke City 25 September 1963 Sheffield United 1–2 Bolton Wanderers 25 September 1963 Southend United 2–1 Port Vale 25 September 1963 Swansea Town 3–1 Sunderland 25 September 1963 Swindon Town 3–0 Chelsea 25 September 1963 Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Southampton 25 September 1963 West Ham United 2–1 Leyton Orient 25 September 1963 Workington 3–0 Southport 25 September 1963 York City 1–1 Lincoln City 25 September 1963

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2–0 Brentford 4 November 1963 Huddersfield Town 3–3 Plymouth Argyle 21 October 1963 Lincoln City 2–0 York City 14 October 1963 Middlesbrough 2–3 Bradford Park Avenue 2 October 1963 Northampton Town 3–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 October 1963 Stoke City 3–3 Scunthorpe United 16 October 1963 Walsall 1–0 Ipswich Town 3 October 1963 Wrexham 1–1 Cardiff City 7 October 1963

2nd Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Huddersfield Town 28 October 1963 Stoke City 1–0 Scunthorpe United 22 October 1963 Wrexham 3–0 Cardiff City 21 October 1963

Third round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Aston Villa 0–2 West Ham United 16 October 1963 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 2–1 Newcastle United 6 November 1963 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Gillingham 4 November 1963 Colchester United 4–1 Northampton Town 4 November 1963 Halifax Town 2–0 Walsall 16 October 1963 Hull City 0–3 Manchester City 16 October 1963 Leeds United 2–0 Swansea Town 22 October 1963 Millwall 1–1 Lincoln City 4 November 1963 Norwich City 1–0 Blackpool 30 October 1963 Notts County 3–2 Bradford Park Avenue 5 November 1963 Rotherham United 4–2 Coventry City 4 November 1963 Stoke City 3–0 Bolton Wanderers 29 October 1963 Swindon Town 3–0 Southend United 16 October 1963 Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Leicester City 16 October 1963 Workington 1–0 Huddersfield Town 4 November 1963 Wrexham 3–5 Portsmouth 4 November 1963

Replays Home teamScoreAway teamDate Gillingham 3–1 Bristol Rovers 6 November 1963 Lincoln City 1–2 Millwall 12 November 1963

Fourth round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Halifax Town 1–7 Norwich City 27 November 1963 Leicester City 3–1 Gillingham 27 November 1963 Manchester City 3–1 Leeds United 27 November 1963 Notts County 3–2 Portsmouth 13 November 1963 Rotherham United 5–2 Millwall 27 November 1963 Stoke City 2–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 27 November 1963 Swindon Town 3–3 West Ham United 19 November 1963 Workington 2–1 Colchester United 26 November 1963

Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate West Ham United 4–1 Swindon Town 25 November 1963

Fifth round Ties Home teamScoreAway teamDate Norwich City 1–1 Leicester City 18 December 1963 Notts County 0–1 Manchester City 17 December 1963 Stoke City 3–2 Rotherham United 16 December 1963 West Ham United 6–0 Workington 16 December 1963

Replay Home teamScoreAway teamDate Leicester City 2–1After Extra Time Norwich City 15 January 1964

Semi-finals First leg Home team Score Away team Date Stoke City 2–0 Manchester City 15 January 1964 Leicester City 4–3 West Ham United 5 February 1964

Second leg Home team Score Away team Date Agg Manchester City 1–0 Stoke City 5 February 1964 1–2 West Ham United 0–2 Leicester City 23 March 1964 3–6

Final

Leicester City win 4–3 on aggregate.

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