1965 Football League Cup Final

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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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Players and officials

[edit] First leg

Chelsea
Blue shirts/Blue shorts/White socks		 3 — 2
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Leicester City
Blue shirts/White shorts/White socks
Manager: Tommy Docherty

Team:
Bonetti (GK)
Hinton
Harris
Hollins
Young
Boyle
Murray
Graham
McCreadie
Venables
Tambling

Scorers:

Half-time:
1-0

Competition:
League Cup (Final)

Date:
Monday 15 March, 1965

Venue:
Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance:
20,690

Referee:

Match rules:
90 minutes.
No substitutions.

 Manager: Matt Gillies

Team:
Banks (GK)
Sjoberg
Norman
Chalmers
King
Appleton
Hodgson
Cross
Goodfellow
Gibson
Sweenie

Scorers:

[edit] Second Leg

Leicester City
Blue shirts/White shorts/White socks		 0 — 0
(final score after 90 minutes)		 Chelsea
Blue shirts/Blue shorts/White socks
Manager: Matt Gillies

Team:
Banks (GK)
Sjoberg
Norman
Chalmers
King
Appleton
Hodgson
Cross
Goodfellow
Gibson
Sweenie

Scorers:

Half-time:
0-0

Competition:
League Cup (Final)

Date:
Monday 5 April 1965

Venue:
Filbert Street, Leicester

Attendance:
26,957

Referee:

Match rules:
90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time if necessary.
No substitutions.

 Manager: Tommy Docherty

Team:
Bonetti (GK)
Hinton
McCreadie
Harris
Mortimore
Upton
Murray
Boyle
Bridges
Venables
Tambling

Scorers:

[edit] Road to the final

Home teams listed first.

[edit] Chelsea

Round 2: Birmingham City 0–3 Chelsea

 

Round 3: Chelsea 4–0 Notts County

Round 4: Chelsea 3–2 Swansea Town

 

Quarter-Final: Workington 2–2 Chelsea

Replay Chelsea 2–0 Workington

Semi-final, 1st leg: Aston Villa 2–3 Chelsea

Semi-final, 2nd leg: Chelsea 1–1 Aston Villa

Chelsea won 4–3 on aggregate

[edit] Leicester City

Round 2: Leicester City 0–0 Peterborough United

Replay Peterborough United 0–2 Leicester City

Round 3: Grimsby Town 0–5 Leicester City

Round 4: Leicester City 0–0 Crystal Palace

Replay Crystal Palace 1–2 Leicester City

Quarter-final: 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

[edit] External links

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