![]() Winners' tankard awarded to
Graham Cross for the 1963β64 tournament | |
Tournament details | |
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Country | England Wales |
Dates | 4 September 1963 β 22 April 1964 |
Teams | 82 |
Defending champions | Birmingham City |
Final positions | |
Champions | Leicester City |
Runner-up | Stoke City |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 104 |
Goals scored | 383 (3.68 per match) |
The 1963β64 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. [a] 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, [1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970β71. [2]
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 57thβ92nd in the 1962β63 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.
Round | Main date | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round | |
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Original | Replays | ||||
First Round | 4 September 1963 | 18 | 5 | 82 β 64 | 36 (teams ranked 13thβ24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division) |
Second Round | 25 September 1963 | 32 | 11 | 64 β 32 | 46 (all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1stβ12th in Third Division) |
Third Round | 4 November 1963 | 16 | 2 | 32 β 16 | none |
Fourth Round | 27 November 1963 | 8 | 1 | 16 β 8 | none |
Fifth Round | 16 December 1963 | 4 | 1 | 8 β 4 | none |
Semi-finals | JanuaryβMarch 1964 | 4 | 0 | 4 β 2 | none |
Final | 15 & 22 April 1964 | 2 | 0 | 2 β 1 | none |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Aldershot | 3β1 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 September 1963 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 7β3 | Bradford City | 4 September 1963 |
Carlisle United | 3β2 | Crewe Alexandra | 4 September 1963 |
Chesterfield | 0β1 | Halifax Town | 4 September 1963 |
Darlington | 2β2 | Barnsley | 4 September 1963 |
Doncaster Rovers | 0β0 | York City | 4 September 1963 |
Gillingham | 4β2 | Bristol City | 4 September 1963 |
Lincoln City | 3β2 | Hartlepools United | 4 September 1963 |
Mansfield Town | 2β1 | Watford | 4 September 1963 |
Newport County | 3β4 | Millwall | 4 September 1963 |
Oldham Athletic | 3β5 | Workington | 4 September 1963 |
Oxford United | 0β1 | Exeter City | 4 September 1963 |
Reading | 1β1 | Brentford | 4 September 1963 |
Rochdale | 1β1 | Chester | 4 September 1963 |
Shrewsbury Town | 1β1 | Bristol Rovers | 4 September 1963 |
Southport | 2β1 | Barrow | 4 September 1963 |
Torquay United | 1β2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 September 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2β0 | Stockport County | 4 September 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Barnsley | 6β2 | Darlington | 11 September 1963 |
Brentford | 2β0 | Reading | 23 September 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 6β2 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 September 1963 |
Chester | 2β5 | Rochdale | 18 September 1963 |
York City | 3β0 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 September 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Aston Villa | 3β1 | Barnsley | 25 September 1963 |
Blackpool | 7β1 | Charlton Athletic | 25 September 1963 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 2β2 | Middlesbrough | 25 September 1963 |
Brentford | 0β0 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 25 September 1963 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1β1 | Northampton Town | 25 September 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 2β0 | Crystal Palace | 25 September 1963 |
Cardiff City | 2β2 | Wrexham | 25 September 1963 |
Colchester United | 5β3 | Fulham | 25 September 1963 |
Gillingham | 3β0 | Bury | 25 September 1963 |
Grimsby Town | 1β3 | Rotherham United | 25 September 1963 |
Halifax Town | 4β2 | Rochdale | 25 September 1963 |
Hull City | 1β0 | Exeter City | 25 September 1963 |
Ipswich Town | 0β0 | Walsall | 25 September 1963 |
Leeds United | 5β1 | Mansfield Town | 25 September 1963 |
Leicester City | 2β0 | Aldershot | 25 September 1963 |
Luton Town | 3β4 | Coventry City | 25 September 1963 |
Manchester City | 2β0 | Carlisle United | 25 September 1963 |
Millwall | 3β2 | Peterborough United | 25 September 1963 |
Newcastle United | 3β0 | Preston North End | 25 September 1963 |
Norwich City | 2β0 | Birmingham City | 25 September 1963 |
Notts County | 2β1 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 September 1963 |
Plymouth Argyle | 2β2 | Huddersfield Town | 25 September 1963 |
Portsmouth | 3β2 | Derby County | 25 September 1963 |
Scunthorpe United | 2β2 | Stoke City | 25 September 1963 |
Sheffield United | 1β2 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 September 1963 |
Southend United | 2β1 | Port Vale | 25 September 1963 |
Swansea Town | 3β1 | Sunderland | 25 September 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3β0 | Chelsea | 25 September 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2β0 | Southampton | 25 September 1963 |
West Ham United | 2β1 | Leyton Orient | 25 September 1963 |
Workington | 3β0 | Southport | 25 September 1963 |
York City | 1β1 | Lincoln City | 25 September 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2β0 | Brentford | 4 November 1963 |
Huddersfield Town | 3β3 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 October 1963 |
Lincoln City | 2β0 | York City | 14 October 1963 |
Middlesbrough | 2β3 | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 October 1963 |
Northampton Town | 3β2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 October 1963 |
Stoke City | 3β3 | Scunthorpe United | 16 October 1963 |
Walsall | 1β0 | Ipswich Town | 3 October 1963 |
Wrexham | 1β1 | Cardiff City | 7 October 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Plymouth Argyle | 1β2 | Huddersfield Town | 28 October 1963 |
Stoke City | 1β0 | Scunthorpe United | 22 October 1963 |
Wrexham | 3β0 | Cardiff City | 21 October 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Aston Villa | 0β2 | West Ham United | 16 October 1963 |
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2β1 | Newcastle United | 6 November 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 1β1 | Gillingham | 4 November 1963 |
Colchester United | 4β1 | Northampton Town | 4 November 1963 |
Halifax Town | 2β0 | Walsall | 16 October 1963 |
Hull City | 0β3 | Manchester City | 16 October 1963 |
Leeds United | 2β0 | Swansea Town | 22 October 1963 |
Millwall | 1β1 | Lincoln City | 4 November 1963 |
Norwich City | 1β0 | Blackpool | 30 October 1963 |
Notts County | 3β2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 5 November 1963 |
Rotherham United | 4β2 | Coventry City | 4 November 1963 |
Stoke City | 3β0 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 October 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3β0 | Southend United | 16 October 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β2 | Leicester City | 16 October 1963 |
Workington | 1β0 | Huddersfield Town | 4 November 1963 |
Wrexham | 3β5 | Portsmouth | 4 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Gillingham | 3β1 | Bristol Rovers | 6 November 1963 |
Lincoln City | 1β2 | Millwall | 12 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Halifax Town | 1β7 | Norwich City | 27 November 1963 |
Leicester City | 3β1 | Gillingham | 27 November 1963 |
Manchester City | 3β1 | Leeds United | 27 November 1963 |
Notts County | 3β2 | Portsmouth | 13 November 1963 |
Rotherham United | 5β2 | Millwall | 27 November 1963 |
Stoke City | 2β1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 27 November 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3β3 | West Ham United | 19 November 1963 |
Workington | 2β1 | Colchester United | 26 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
West Ham United | 4β1 | Swindon Town | 25 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Norwich City | 1β1 | Leicester City | 18 December 1963 |
Notts County | 0β1 | Manchester City | 17 December 1963 |
Stoke City | 3β2 | Rotherham United | 16 December 1963 |
West Ham United | 6β0 | Workington | 16 December 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Leicester City | 2β1 [3] | Norwich City | 15 January 1964 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Stoke City | 2β0 | Manchester City | 15 January 1964 |
Leicester City | 4β3 | West Ham United | 5 February 1964 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Manchester City | 1β0 | Stoke City | 5 February 1964 | 1β2 |
West Ham United | 0β2 | Leicester City | 23 March 1964 | 3β6 |
Leicester City win 4β3 on aggregate.
![]() Winners' tankard awarded to
Graham Cross for the 1963β64 tournament | |
Tournament details | |
---|---|
Country | England Wales |
Dates | 4 September 1963 β 22 April 1964 |
Teams | 82 |
Defending champions | Birmingham City |
Final positions | |
Champions | Leicester City |
Runner-up | Stoke City |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 104 |
Goals scored | 383 (3.68 per match) |
The 1963β64 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. [a] 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, [1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970β71. [2]
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 57thβ92nd in the 1962β63 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.
Round | Main date | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original | Replays | ||||
First Round | 4 September 1963 | 18 | 5 | 82 β 64 | 36 (teams ranked 13thβ24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division) |
Second Round | 25 September 1963 | 32 | 11 | 64 β 32 | 46 (all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1stβ12th in Third Division) |
Third Round | 4 November 1963 | 16 | 2 | 32 β 16 | none |
Fourth Round | 27 November 1963 | 8 | 1 | 16 β 8 | none |
Fifth Round | 16 December 1963 | 4 | 1 | 8 β 4 | none |
Semi-finals | JanuaryβMarch 1964 | 4 | 0 | 4 β 2 | none |
Final | 15 & 22 April 1964 | 2 | 0 | 2 β 1 | none |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Aldershot | 3β1 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 September 1963 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 7β3 | Bradford City | 4 September 1963 |
Carlisle United | 3β2 | Crewe Alexandra | 4 September 1963 |
Chesterfield | 0β1 | Halifax Town | 4 September 1963 |
Darlington | 2β2 | Barnsley | 4 September 1963 |
Doncaster Rovers | 0β0 | York City | 4 September 1963 |
Gillingham | 4β2 | Bristol City | 4 September 1963 |
Lincoln City | 3β2 | Hartlepools United | 4 September 1963 |
Mansfield Town | 2β1 | Watford | 4 September 1963 |
Newport County | 3β4 | Millwall | 4 September 1963 |
Oldham Athletic | 3β5 | Workington | 4 September 1963 |
Oxford United | 0β1 | Exeter City | 4 September 1963 |
Reading | 1β1 | Brentford | 4 September 1963 |
Rochdale | 1β1 | Chester | 4 September 1963 |
Shrewsbury Town | 1β1 | Bristol Rovers | 4 September 1963 |
Southport | 2β1 | Barrow | 4 September 1963 |
Torquay United | 1β2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 September 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2β0 | Stockport County | 4 September 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Barnsley | 6β2 | Darlington | 11 September 1963 |
Brentford | 2β0 | Reading | 23 September 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 6β2 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 September 1963 |
Chester | 2β5 | Rochdale | 18 September 1963 |
York City | 3β0 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 September 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Aston Villa | 3β1 | Barnsley | 25 September 1963 |
Blackpool | 7β1 | Charlton Athletic | 25 September 1963 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 2β2 | Middlesbrough | 25 September 1963 |
Brentford | 0β0 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 25 September 1963 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1β1 | Northampton Town | 25 September 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 2β0 | Crystal Palace | 25 September 1963 |
Cardiff City | 2β2 | Wrexham | 25 September 1963 |
Colchester United | 5β3 | Fulham | 25 September 1963 |
Gillingham | 3β0 | Bury | 25 September 1963 |
Grimsby Town | 1β3 | Rotherham United | 25 September 1963 |
Halifax Town | 4β2 | Rochdale | 25 September 1963 |
Hull City | 1β0 | Exeter City | 25 September 1963 |
Ipswich Town | 0β0 | Walsall | 25 September 1963 |
Leeds United | 5β1 | Mansfield Town | 25 September 1963 |
Leicester City | 2β0 | Aldershot | 25 September 1963 |
Luton Town | 3β4 | Coventry City | 25 September 1963 |
Manchester City | 2β0 | Carlisle United | 25 September 1963 |
Millwall | 3β2 | Peterborough United | 25 September 1963 |
Newcastle United | 3β0 | Preston North End | 25 September 1963 |
Norwich City | 2β0 | Birmingham City | 25 September 1963 |
Notts County | 2β1 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 September 1963 |
Plymouth Argyle | 2β2 | Huddersfield Town | 25 September 1963 |
Portsmouth | 3β2 | Derby County | 25 September 1963 |
Scunthorpe United | 2β2 | Stoke City | 25 September 1963 |
Sheffield United | 1β2 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 September 1963 |
Southend United | 2β1 | Port Vale | 25 September 1963 |
Swansea Town | 3β1 | Sunderland | 25 September 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3β0 | Chelsea | 25 September 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 2β0 | Southampton | 25 September 1963 |
West Ham United | 2β1 | Leyton Orient | 25 September 1963 |
Workington | 3β0 | Southport | 25 September 1963 |
York City | 1β1 | Lincoln City | 25 September 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2β0 | Brentford | 4 November 1963 |
Huddersfield Town | 3β3 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 October 1963 |
Lincoln City | 2β0 | York City | 14 October 1963 |
Middlesbrough | 2β3 | Bradford Park Avenue | 2 October 1963 |
Northampton Town | 3β2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 October 1963 |
Stoke City | 3β3 | Scunthorpe United | 16 October 1963 |
Walsall | 1β0 | Ipswich Town | 3 October 1963 |
Wrexham | 1β1 | Cardiff City | 7 October 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Plymouth Argyle | 1β2 | Huddersfield Town | 28 October 1963 |
Stoke City | 1β0 | Scunthorpe United | 22 October 1963 |
Wrexham | 3β0 | Cardiff City | 21 October 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Aston Villa | 0β2 | West Ham United | 16 October 1963 |
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 2β1 | Newcastle United | 6 November 1963 |
Bristol Rovers | 1β1 | Gillingham | 4 November 1963 |
Colchester United | 4β1 | Northampton Town | 4 November 1963 |
Halifax Town | 2β0 | Walsall | 16 October 1963 |
Hull City | 0β3 | Manchester City | 16 October 1963 |
Leeds United | 2β0 | Swansea Town | 22 October 1963 |
Millwall | 1β1 | Lincoln City | 4 November 1963 |
Norwich City | 1β0 | Blackpool | 30 October 1963 |
Notts County | 3β2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 5 November 1963 |
Rotherham United | 4β2 | Coventry City | 4 November 1963 |
Stoke City | 3β0 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 October 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3β0 | Southend United | 16 October 1963 |
Tranmere Rovers | 1β2 | Leicester City | 16 October 1963 |
Workington | 1β0 | Huddersfield Town | 4 November 1963 |
Wrexham | 3β5 | Portsmouth | 4 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Gillingham | 3β1 | Bristol Rovers | 6 November 1963 |
Lincoln City | 1β2 | Millwall | 12 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Halifax Town | 1β7 | Norwich City | 27 November 1963 |
Leicester City | 3β1 | Gillingham | 27 November 1963 |
Manchester City | 3β1 | Leeds United | 27 November 1963 |
Notts County | 3β2 | Portsmouth | 13 November 1963 |
Rotherham United | 5β2 | Millwall | 27 November 1963 |
Stoke City | 2β1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 27 November 1963 |
Swindon Town | 3β3 | West Ham United | 19 November 1963 |
Workington | 2β1 | Colchester United | 26 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
West Ham United | 4β1 | Swindon Town | 25 November 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Norwich City | 1β1 | Leicester City | 18 December 1963 |
Notts County | 0β1 | Manchester City | 17 December 1963 |
Stoke City | 3β2 | Rotherham United | 16 December 1963 |
West Ham United | 6β0 | Workington | 16 December 1963 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Leicester City | 2β1 [3] | Norwich City | 15 January 1964 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Stoke City | 2β0 | Manchester City | 15 January 1964 |
Leicester City | 4β3 | West Ham United | 5 February 1964 |
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Manchester City | 1β0 | Stoke City | 5 February 1964 | 1β2 |
West Ham United | 0β2 | Leicester City | 23 March 1964 | 3β6 |
Leicester City win 4β3 on aggregate.