The 1965–66 Football League Cup was the sixth season of the
Football League Cup
The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...
, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 83 of them competed. The competition ended with the two-legged final on 9 and 23 March 1966.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, and they were later checked against ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71''.
[''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 609''.]
Calendar
Of the 83 teams, 45 received a
bye to the second round and the other 38 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 55th–92nd in the
1964–65 Football League
The 1964–65 season was the 66th completed season of the Football League.
Manchester United won its sixth league title and its first since the Munich air disaster of 1958. The Second, Third and Fourth Divisions were won by Newcastle United, Car ...
. Semi-finals and final were
two-legged
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.
First round
Ties
Replays
Second round
Ties
Replays
Third round
Ties
Replays
Fourth round
Ties
Replays
Fifth round
Ties
Replays
Semifinals
First Leg
Second Leg
Final
West Ham United: Standen, Burnett, Burkett, Peters, Brown, Moore, Brabrook, Boyce, Byrne, Hurst, Dear
West Bromwich Albion: Potter, Cram, Fairfax, Fraser, Campbell, Williams, Brown, Astle, Kaye, Lovett, Clark
West Bromwich Albion: Potter, Cram, Fairfax, Fraser, Campbell, Williams, Brown, Astle, Kaye, Hope, Clark
West Ham United: Standen, Burnett, Peters, Bovington, Brown, Moore, Brabrook, Boyce, Byrne, Hurst, Sissons
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West Bromwich Albion win 5–3 on aggregate.''
References
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Specific
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1965–66
1965–66 domestic association football cups
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Cup
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