1965 Football League Cup Final

1965 Football League Cup Final

Event	1964–65 Football League Cup
Chelsea Leicester City 3 2
First Leg
Chelsea Leicester City 3 2
Date	15 March 1965
Venue	Stamford Bridge, London
Referee	Jim Finney (Hereford)
Attendance	20,690
Second Leg
Leicester City Chelsea 0 0
Date	5 April 1965
Venue	Filbert Street, Leicester
Referee	Kevin Howley (Billingham)
Attendance	26,957

The 1965 Football League Cup Final, the fifth to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between Leicester City and Chelsea over two legs. Leicester, the holders, were aiming to become the first side to retain the trophy while Chelsea were seeking to become the first London side to win it. Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate, with all the goals coming in the first leg.

Match review

The first leg took place on 15 March 1965 at Chelsea's home ground, Stamford Bridge. Chelsea twice took the lead in the match, first through Bobby Tambling and then a Terry Venables penalty, but Leicester equalised on both occasions via Colin Appleton and Jimmy Goodfellow. With ten minutes remaining, Chelsea's Eddie McCreadie received the ball on the edge of his own penalty area and went on a sixty-yard run, dribbling past several Leicester players before slotting the ball past goalkeeper Gordon Banks.

McCreadie's goal proved to be the difference between the sides as, despite strong pressure, Leicester were unable to make a breakthrough in the second leg at Filbert Street on 15 April and the game ended 0–0, giving Chelsea a 3–2 aggregate win.

Players and officials

First leg

Chelsea v Leicester City

15 March 1965 19.30

Chelsea	3–2	Leicester City
Tambling  33' Venables  70' (p) McCreadie  81'		Appleton  46' Goodfellow  75'

Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 20,690 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

1 Peter Bonetti 2 Marvin Hinton 3 Ron Harris 4 John Hollins 5 Allan Young 6 John Boyle 7 Bert Murray 8 George Graham 9 Eddie McCreadie 10 Terry Venables (c) 11 Bobby Tambling Manager: Tommy Docherty

1 Gordon Banks 2 John Sjoberg 3 Richard Norman 4 Len Chalmers 5 Ian King 6 Colin Appleton (c) 7 Billy Hodgson 8 Graham Cross 9 Jimmy Goodfellow 10 David Gibson 11 Tom Sweenie Manager: Matt Gillies

Second leg

Leicester City v Chelsea

5 April 1965 19.30

Leicester City	0–0	Chelsea

Filbert Street, Leicester Attendance: 26,957 Referee: Kevin Howley (Billingham)

1 Gordon Banks 2 Clive Walker 3 Richard Norman 4 Bobby Roberts 5 John Sjoberg 6 Colin Appleton (c) 7 Billy Hodgson 8 Graham Cross 9 Jimmy Goodfellow 10 David Gibson 11 Mike Stringfellow Manager: Matt Gillies

1 Peter Bonetti 2 Marvin Hinton 3 Eddie McCreadie 4 Ron Harris 5 John Mortimore 6 Frank Upton 7 Bert Murray 8 John Boyle 9 Barry Bridges 10 Terry Venables (c) 11 Bobby Tambling Manager: Tommy Docherty

Route to the final

Chelsea

Round 2 Birmingham City 0–3 Chelsea Round 3 Chelsea 4–0 Notts County Round 4 Chelsea 3–2 Swansea City Round 5 Workington Town 2–2 Chelsea Round 5 replay Chelsea 2–0 Workington Town Semi-final (1st leg) Aston Villa 2–3 Chelsea Semi-final (2nd leg) Chelsea 1–1 Aston Villa (Chelsea won 4–3 on aggregate)

Leicester City Round 2 Leicester City 0–0 Peterborough United Round 2 Replay Peterborough United 0–2 Leicester City Round 3 Grimsby Town 0–5 Leicester City Round 4 Leicester City 0–0 Crystal Palace Round 4 Replay Crystal Palace 1–2 Leicester City Round 5 Coventry City 1–8 Leicester City Semi-final (1st leg) Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Leicester City Semi-final (2nd leg) Leicester City 3–2 Plymouth Argyle (Leicester City won 4–2 on aggregate)

External links

• League Cup 1965 at The English Football Archive
• First leg facts at soccerbase.com
• Second leg facts at soccerbase.com
• Final line-ups at Football Focus