1964–65 Football League Cup

The 1964–65 Football League Cup was the fifth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; 82 of them competed.^[a] The competition ended with the two-legged final on 15 March and 5 April 1965.

Football tournament season

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 1963–64 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.

First round

Ties

Replays

Second round

Ties

Replays

Third round

Ties

Replays

Fourth round

Ties

Replays

Fifth Round

Ties

Replay

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

15 March 1965

19.30

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 20,690

Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

5 April 1965

Filbert Street, Leicester

Attendance: 26,957

Chelsea win 3–2 on aggregate.

References

1. Arsenal, Burnley, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers were the 10 League clubs that did not compete.

General

• "English League Cup 1964/1965". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
• "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
• "English League Cup 1964–1965 : 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 13 March 2010.
2. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 607.