1969–70 Football League Cup

1969–70 Football League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams92
Defending championsSwindon Town
Final positions
ChampionsManchester City (1st title)
Runner-upWest Bromwich Albion

The 1969–70 Football League Cup was the tenth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 12 August 1969 and ended with the final on 7 March 1970.

The final was contested by First Division team Manchester City and First Division side West Bromwich Albion at Wembley Stadium in London. Jeff Astle opened the scoring for Albion after five minutes, becoming the first player to score in the final of both the League Cup and FA Cup at Wembley. He had already scored in the first leg of the 1966 League Cup Final four years previously at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground. City equalised through Mike Doyle to send the game into extra-time, and eventually won 2–1, with Glyn Pardoe scoring the winner.

This was the first season in which all ninety-two football league clubs competed in the tournament.

Calendar

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Of the 92 teams, 36 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–35th in the 1968–69 Football League, plus 1969 League Cup winners Swindon Town) and the other 56 played in the first round. Semi-finals were two-legged.

Round Main date Fixtures Clubs New entries this round
Original Replays
First Round 13 August 1969 28 10 92 → 64 56
(teams ranked 14th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division except Swindon Town)
Second Round 3 September 1969 32 9 64 → 32 36
(teams ranked 1st–13th in Second Division; all First Division; Swindon Town as holders)
Third Round 24 September 1969 16 5 32 → 16 none
Fourth Round 14 October 1969 8 2 16 → 8 none
Fifth Round 29 October 1969 4 3 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals November & December, 1969 4 0 4 → 2 none
Final 7 March 1970 1 0 2 → 1 none

First round

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Ties

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Date Home Team Score (half-time) Away Team Home Scorers Away Scorers Attendance
12 August 1969 Bradford Park Avenue 0–2 (0-1) Rotherham United Brown (og), Mullen 3,980
12 August 1969 Newport County 2–3 (0-1) Swansea City Hill, Cooper Thomas (p), Nurse, Gwyther 3,824
12 August 1969 Scunthorpe United 0-2 (0-2) Hartlepool Ron Young (2) 2,800
12 August 1969 Southend United 2–2 (0-2) Brentford Chisnall, Gelson (og), Mansley (2) 9,356
13 August 1969 Aldershot 0–1 (0-0) Gillingham Folds 5,179
13 August 1969 Barnsley 0–1 (0-0) Halifax Town Flowers 9,546
13 August 1969 Bolton Wanderers 6–3 (1-3) Rochdale Byron (3), Wharton (p), Greaves (2) Butler (2), Jenkins 10,057
13 August 1969 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3–0 (2-0) Bristol Rovers Hold, McDougall (2) 7,478
13 August 1969 Bradford City 1–1 (1-1) Chesterfield Ham Archer 6,449
13 August 1969 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 (0-0) Portsmouth Dawson 19,787
13 August 1969 Chester 1–2 (0-1) Aston Villa Dearden McMahon, Hamilton 10,510
13 August 1969 Colchester United 1–1 (1-1) Reading Massay Harris (p) 5,165
13 August 1969 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Wrexham 4,948
13 August 1969 Darlington 3–0 (2-0) York City O'Neill (2), Gauden 3,953
13 August 1969 Exeter City 1–1 (1-0) Bristol City Banks Kellard 8,003
13 August 1969 Grimsby Town 0–2 (0-1) Doncaster Rovers Robertson, Mobley (og) 6,243
13 August 1969 Mansfield Town 3–1 (2-0) Notts County Bates, Jones (og), Walters Barker 6,727
13 August 1969 Orient 0–0 Fulham 8,676
13 August 1969 Oxford United 2–0 (0-0) Northampton Town G. Atkinson, Jones 7,158
13 August 1969 Peterborough United 1–1 (1-1) Luton Town Price Sheffield 10,249
13 August 1969 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 (1-2) Torquay United Kitchener (og), Burnside E Walsh, Binney 15,199
13 August 1969 Port Vale 0–1 (0-1) Tranmere Rovers Beamish 4,955
13 August 1969 Preston North End 0–1 (0-0) Bury Arrowsmith 9,021
13 August 1969 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 (0-0) Walsall McLaughlin 6,971
13 August 1969 Southport 5–1 (0-0) Oldham Athletic Colquhoun (og), A Russell, Andrew (2), Redrobe Beardall 2,873
13 August 1969 Stockport County 0–2 (0-1) Blackburn Rovers Knighton, Connelly 5,925
13 August 1969 Watford 2–1 (2-1) Lincoln City Endean, Scullion Hubbard 10,086
13 August 1969 Workington 0–0 Barrow 3,969

Replays

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Barrow 3–1 Workington 18 August 1969
Brentford 0–0[1] Southend United 18 August 1969
Bristol City 3–2 Exeter City 19 August 1969
Chesterfield 0–1 Bradford City 20 August 1969
Fulham 3–1 Leyton Orient 18 August 1969
Luton Town 5–2 Peterborough United 19 August 1969
Reading 0–3 Colchester United 20 August 1969
Torquay United 1–0 Plymouth Argyle 20 August 1969
Wrexham 1–0 Crewe Alexandra 18 August 1969

Second Replay

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Brentford 2–3[1] Southend United 21 August 1969

Second round

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aston Villa 1–2 West Bromwich Albion 3 September 1969
Barrow 1–2 Nottingham Forest 3 September 1969
Blackburn Rovers 4–2 Doncaster Rovers 3 September 1969
Blackpool 3–1 Gillingham 3 September 1969
Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Rotherham United 3 September 1969
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 Birmingham City 3 September 1969
Bristol City 0–0 Leicester City 2 September 1969
Carlisle United 2–0 Huddersfield Town 2 September 1969
Charlton Athletic 0–2 Wrexham 2 September 1969
Coventry City 0–1 Chelsea 2 September 1969
Crystal Palace 3–1 Cardiff City 3 September 1969
Darlington 0–1 Everton 3 September 1969
Fulham 0–1 Leeds United 3 September 1969
Hartlepool 1–3 Derby County 3 September 1969
Hull City 1–0 Norwich City 3 September 1969
Ipswich Town 4–0 Colchester United 3 September 1969
Luton Town 2–2 Millwall 2 September 1969
Manchester United 1–0 Middlesbrough 3 September 1969
Mansfield Town 2–2 Queens Park Rangers 3 September 1969
Oxford United 4–1 Bury 3 September 1969
Sheffield United 2–0 Newcastle United 2 September 1969
Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3 September 1969
Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Southend United 2 September 1969
Southampton 1–1 Arsenal 2 September 1969
Southport 0–3 Manchester City 3 September 1969
Stoke City 0–2 Burnley 3 September 1969
Sunderland 1–2 Bradford City 3 September 1969
Swansea City 1–3 Swindon Town 2 September 1969
Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Torquay United 3 September 1969
Watford 1–2 Liverpool 3 September 1969
West Ham United 4–2 Halifax Town 3 September 1969
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur 3 September 1969

Replays

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal 2–0[1] Southampton 4 September 1969
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday 9 September 1969
Leicester City 0–0[1] Bristol City 10 September 1969
Millwall 0–1[1] Luton Town 8 September 1969
Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Mansfield Town 9 September 1969
Rotherham United 3–3[1] Bolton Wanderers 9 September 1969
Southend United 2–0 Shrewsbury Town 8 September 1969

Second Replays

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Leicester City 3–1 Bristol City 15 September 1969
Rotherham United 1–0 Bolton Wanderers 11 September 1969

Third round

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal 0–0 Everton 24 September 1969
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0–2 Leicester City 24 September 1969
Bradford City 2–1 Southend United 24 September 1969
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 September 1969
Crystal Palace 2–2 Blackpool 24 September 1969
Carlisle United 2–1 Blackburn Rovers 24 September 1969
Derby County 3–1 Hull City 24 September 1969
Ipswich Town 1–1 West Bromwich Albion 24 September 1969
Leeds United 1–1 Chelsea 24 September 1969
Manchester City 3–2 Liverpool 24 September 1969
Manchester United 2–0 Wrexham 23 September 1969
Nottingham Forest 1–0 West Ham United 23 September 1969
Oxford United 1–0 Swindon Town 24 September 1969
Queens Park Rangers 6–0 Tranmere Rovers 23 September 1969
Rotherham United 1–1 Burnley 24 September 1969
Sheffield United 3–0 Luton Town 23 September 1969

Replays

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Everton 1–0 Arsenal 30 September 1969
Blackpool 0–1 Crystal Palace 30 September 1969
Burnley 2–0 Rotherham United 30 September 1969
Chelsea 2–0 Leeds United 6 October 1969
West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Ipswich Town 30 September 1969

Fourth round

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Burnley 0–0 Manchester United 14 October 1969
Crystal Palace 1–1 Derby County 14 October 1969
Carlisle United 1–0 Chelsea 14 October 1969
Leicester City 2–0 Sheffield United 14 October 1969
Manchester City 2–1 Everton 14 October 1969
Nottingham Forest 0–1 Oxford United 14 October 1969
Queens Park Rangers 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 October 1969
West Bromwich Albion 4–0 Bradford City 14 October 1969

Replays

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Derby County 3–0 Crystal Palace 29 October 1969
Manchester United 1–0 Burnley 20 October 1969

Fifth Round

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Ties

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Derby County 0–0 Manchester United 12 November 1969
Leicester City 0–0 West Bromwich Albion 29 October 1969
Manchester City 3–0 Queens Park Rangers 29 October 1969
Oxford United 0–0 Carlisle United 29 October 1969

Replays

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Manchester United 1–0 Derby County 19 November 1969
Carlisle United 1–0 Oxford United 4 November 1969
West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Leicester City 5 November 1969

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Home Team Score Away Team Date
Carlisle United 1–0 West Bromwich Albion 19 November 1969
Manchester City 2–1 Manchester United 3 December 1969

Second leg

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Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Manchester United 2–2 Manchester City 17 December 1969 3–4
West Bromwich Albion 4–1 Carlisle United 3 December 1969 4–2

Final

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The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 7 March 1970.[2]

Manchester City2–1 (a.e.t.)West Bromwich Albion
  • Doyle 60'
  • Pardoe 102'
Astle 5'
Attendance: 97,963
Referee: V. James

References

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General

  • "English League Cup 1969/1970". Soccerbase. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
  • "English League Cup 1969–1970:Results". statto.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

Specific

  1. ^ a b c d e f After Extra Time
  2. ^ "Final Details". Retrieved 3 April 2010.