1967–68 Football League Cup

The 1967–68 Football League Cup was the seventh season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition ended with the final on 2 March 1968.

The final was contested by First Division teams Leeds United and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium in London. Leeds United's Terry Cooper scored the only goal of the game, giving Leeds a 1–0 victory.

1967–68 League Cup

Country

England &

Wales

Teams

Champions

Leeds United

Runners-up

Arsenal

← 1966–67

1968–69 →

First round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aldershot	2–3	Cardiff City	23 August 1967
Barrow	1–0	Southport	23 August 1967
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–1	Watford	22 August 1967
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	Colchester United	23 August 1967
Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Stockport County	23 August 1967
Darlington	1–0	York City	23 August 1967
Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Scunthorpe United	23 August 1967
Grimsby Town	1–0	Chesterfield	23 August 1967
Halifax Town	5–0	Bradford Park Avenue	23 August 1967
Hartlepools United	2–0	Bradford City	23 August 1967
Orient	1–3	Gillingham	22 August 1967
Luton Town	1–1	Charlton Athletic	23 August 1967
Mansfield Town	2–3	Lincoln City	23 August 1967
Middlesbrough	4–1	Barnsley	22 August 1967
Northampton Town	3–2	Peterborough United*	23 August 1967
Notts County	0–1	Rotherham United	23 August 1967
Oxford United	3–1	Swansea Town	23 August 1967
Port Vale	3–0	Chester	22 August 1967
Reading	3–0	Bristol Rovers	23 August 1967
Rochdale	0–1	Bury	23 August 1967
Southend United	1–0	Brentford	23 August 1967
Swindon Town	1–1	Newport County	22 August 1967
Torquay United	0–0	Exeter City	22 August 1967
Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Wrexham	23 August 1967
Walsall	4–2	Shrewsbury Town	22 August 1967
Workington	1–1	Oldham Athletic	23 August 1967

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Charlton Athletic	1–2^[1]	Luton Town	30 August 1967
Exeter City	0–3	Torquay United	28 August 1967
Newport County	2–0	Swindon Town	29 August 1967
Oldham Athletic	1–1^[1]	Workington	29 August 1967
Stockport County	3–0	Crewe Alexandra	28 August 1967
Watford	0–0^[1]	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	29 August 1967

2nd Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–2	Watford	6 September 1967
Workington	2–1	Oldham Athletic	31 August 1967

Second round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Barrow	1–0	Crystal Palace	13 September 1967
Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	13 September 1967
Bristol City	0–5	Everton	13 September 1967
Burnley	2–1	Cardiff City	12 September 1967
Carlisle United	0–2	Workington	13 September 1967
Coventry City	1–2	Arsenal	12 September 1967
Derby County	4–0	Hartlepools United	13 September 1967
Fulham	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	13 September 1967
Gillingham	2–2	Torquay United	13 September 1967
Grimsby Town	2–2	Bury	12 September 1967
Huddersfield Town	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12 September 1967
Ipswich Town	5–2	Southampton	12 September 1967
Leeds United	3–1	Luton Town	13 September 1967
Lincoln City	2–1	Newcastle United	13 September 1967
Liverpool	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	13 September 1967
Manchester City	4–0	Leicester City	13 September 1967
Middlesbrough	2–1	Chelsea	13 September 1967
Millwall	3–2	Sheffield United	13 September 1967
Newport County	0–1	Blackpool	12 September 1967
Northampton Town	3–1	Aston Villa	13 September 1967
Norwich City	1–1	Rotherham United	13 September 1967
Oxford United	2–1	Preston North End	13 September 1967
Plymouth Argyle	0–2	Birmingham City	13 September 1967
Portsmouth	3–1	Port Vale	13 September 1967
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Hull City	12 September 1967
Reading	3–1	West Bromwich Albion	13 September 1967
Scunthorpe United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	13 September 1967
Southend United	1–2	Darlington	13 September 1967
Stockport County	3–5	Sheffield Wednesday	13 September 1967
Stoke City	2–0	Watford	13 September 1967
Sunderland	3–2	Halifax Town	13 September 1967
Walsall	1–5	West Ham United	13 September 1967

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Liverpool	27 September 1967
Bury	2–0	Grimsby Town	19 September 1967
Rotherham United	0–2	Norwich City	19 September 1967
Torquay United	2–0	Gillingham	20 September 1967

Third round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	1–0	Reading	11 October 1967
Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Middlesbrough	11 October 1967
Burnley	3–0	Nottingham Forest	10 October 1967
Darlington	4–1	Portsmouth	11 October 1967
Derby County	3–1	Birmingham City	11 October 1967
Everton	2–3	Sunderland	11 October 1967
Leeds United	3–0	Bury	11 October 1967
Lincoln City	4–2	Torquay United	11 October 1967
Manchester City	1–1	Blackpool	11 October 1967
Northampton Town	0–0	Millwall	11 October 1967
Norwich City	0–1	Huddersfield Town	11 October 1967
Queens Park Rangers	5–1	Oxford United	10 October 1967
Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Barrow	11 October 1967
Stoke City	2–1	Ipswich Town	11 October 1967
West Ham United	4–1	Bolton Wanderers	11 October 1967
Workington	2–2	Fulham	11 October 1967

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Blackpool	0–2	Manchester City	18 October 1967
Fulham	6–2	Workington	16 October 1967
Millwall	5–1	Northampton Town	16 October 1967

Fourth round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	1 November 1967
Darlington	2–0	Millwall	31 October 1967
Derby County	1–1	Lincoln City	1 November 1967
Fulham	3–2	Manchester City	1 November 1967
Huddersfield Town	2–0	West Ham United	1 November 1967
Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Burnley	31 October 1967
Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Stoke City	1 November 1967
Sunderland	0–2	Leeds United	15 November 1967

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Lincoln City	0–3	Derby County	15 November 1967
Stoke City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	15 November 1967

Fifth Round

Ties

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Burnley	3–3	Arsenal	29 November 1967
Derby County	5–4	Darlington	29 November 1967
Fulham	1–1	Huddersfield Town	29 November 1967
Leeds United	2–0	Stoke City	13 December 1967

Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	2–1	Burnley	5 December 1967
Huddersfield Town	2–1^[1]	Fulham	12 December 1967

SemiFinals

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	3–2	Huddersfield Town	17 January 1968
Derby County	0–1	Leeds United	17 January 1968

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Huddersfield Town	1–3	Arsenal	6 February 1968	3–6
Leeds United	3–2	Derby County	7 February 1968	4–2

Final

Main article: 1968 Football League Cup Final

The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London on 2 March 1968.

Leeds United v Arsenal

2 March 1968
15:00 BST

Leeds United	1–0	Arsenal
Cooper 20'	Summary

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 97,877

References

1 2 3 4 After Extra Time

External links

"English League Cup 1967/1968". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
"England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
"English League Cup 1967–1968 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

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