The 1965–66 Football League Cup was the sixth season of the

Football League Cup The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England. Orga ...

, 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. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.

First round

Ties

Replays

Second round

Ties

Replays

Third round

Ties

Replays

Fourth round

Ties

Replays

Fifth round

Ties

Replays

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

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: Standen, Burnett, Burkett, Peters, Brown, Moore, Brabrook, Boyce, Byrne, Hurst, Dear

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club (), commonly known as West Brom or The Albion, is a professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the Englis ...

: Potter, Cram, Fairfax, Fraser, Campbell, Williams, Brown, Astle, Kaye, Lovett, Clark

: Potter, Cram, Fairfax, Fraser, Campbell, Williams, Brown, Astle, Kaye, Hope, Clark

: Standen, Burnett, Peters, Bovington, Brown, Moore, Brabrook, Boyce, Byrne, Hurst, Sissons ''

win 5–3 on aggregate.''

References

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