1962–63 Football League Cup

1962–63 League Cup
Country England
Champions Birmingham City
Runner-up Aston Villa
← 1961-62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Football League Cup was the third season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition began on 3 September 1962, and ended with the two-legged final on 23 May and 27 May 1963.

The tournament was won by Birmingham City, who beat near-neighbours Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate. Birmingham won the first leg 3–1 at their home ground St Andrew's, thanks to goals from Jimmy Bloomfield and Ken Leek (2), with Bobby Thomson scoring Villa's goal. The second leg at Villa Park ended in a 0–0 draw and Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate.

Contents

Round 1 [1]

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Halifax 2–3 Mansfield 13–09–1962
Hartlepool 1–1 Barnsley 06–09–1962
Watford 1–2 Colchester 06–09–1962
Aldershot 2–0 Exeter 05–09–1962
Barrow 3–2 Workington 05–09–1962
Bradford 2–2 Doncaster 05–09–1962
Chester 2–0 Stockport 05–09–1962
Crewe 2–3 Oldham 05–09–1962
Darlington 1–0 Chesterfield 05–09–1962
Newport County 2–1 Gillingham 05–09–1962
Shrewsbury 3–1 Millwall 05–09–1962
Southport 0–0 Rochdale 05–09–1962
York 2–2 Lincoln 05–09–1962
Brentford 3–0 Wrexham 04–09–1962
Torquay 2–0 Oxford 03–09–1962
Tranmere 2–3 Carlisle 03–09–1962

Round 1 Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Lincoln 2–0 York 19–09–1962
Doncaster 2–0 Bradford 18–09–1962
Rochdale 1–2 Southport 18–09–1962
Barnsley 2–1 Hartlepool 13–09–1962

Round 2

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Bristol R 2–0 Port Vale 27–09–1962
Aldershot 0–3 Newport County 26–09–1962
Birmingham 5–0 Doncaster 26–09–1962
Bradford PA 3–1 Huddersfield 26–09–1962
Brentford 1–4 Sheff Utd 26–09–1962
Cardiff 5–1 Reading 26–09–1962
Chester 2–2 Mansfield 26–09–1962
Coventry 3–2 Swansea 26–09–1962
Derby 1–1 Blackburn 26–09–1962
Fulham 4–0 Bournemouth 26–09–1962
Leeds 2–1 C Palace 26–09–1962
Leicester 4–4 Charlton 26–09–1962
Newcastle 1–1 Leyton Orient 26–09–1962
Northampton 2–0 Colchester 26–09–1962
Norwich 4–0 Bolton 26–09–1962
Southend 2–3 Notts Co 26–09–1962
Torquay 1–2 Carlisle 26–09–1962
West Ham 6–0 Plymouth 26–09–1962
Barnsley 3–2 Grimsby 25–09–1962
Brighton 1–5 Portsmouth 25–09–1962
Bristol C 1–2 Rotherham 25–09–1962
Swindon 4–0 Darlington 25–09–1962
Walsall 1–2 Stoke 25–09–1962
Aston Villa 6–1 Peterborough 24–09–1962
Barrow 3–1 Shrewsbury 24–09–1962
Bury 2–2 Lincoln 24–09–1962
Hull 2–2 Middlesbro 24–09–1962
Man City 0–0 Blackpool 24–09–1962
QPR 1–2 Preston 24–09–1962
Southampton 1–1 Scunthorpe 24–09–1962
Southport 1–3 Luton 24–09–1962
Sunderland 7–1 Oldham 24–09–1962

Round 2 Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Mansfield 0–1 Chester 10–10–1962
Blackpool 3–3 Man City 08–10–1962
Lincoln 2–3 Bury 08–10–1962
Middlesbro 1–1 Hull 08–10–1962
Blackburn 3–1 Derby 02–10–1962
Charlton 2–1 Leicester 02–10–1962
Scunthorpe 2–2 Southampton 02–10–1962
Leyton Orient 4–2 Newcastle 01–10–1962

Round 2 Second replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Man City 4–2 Blackpool 15–10–1962
Hull 3–0 Middlesbro 10–10–1962
Scunthorpe 3–0 Southampton 09–10–1962

Round 3

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Newport County 1–2 Man City 24–10–1962
Bristol R 2–0 Cardiff 23–10–1962
Bury 3–1 Sheff Utd 23–10–1962
Aston Villa 3–1 Stoke 17–10–1962
Blackburn 4–0 Leeds 17–10–1962
Hull 1–5 Fulham 17–10–1962
Leyton Orient 9–2 Chester 17–10–1962
Notts Co 5–0 Swindon 17–10–1962
Portsmouth 5–1 Coventry 17–10–1962
Sunderland 2–0 Scunthorpe 17–10–1962
Barnsley 1–2 Luton 16–10–1962
Bradford PA 2–2 Charlton 16–10–1962
Carlisle 1–1 Norwich 16–10–1962
Northampton 1–1 Preston 16–10–1962
Rotherham 3–1 West Ham 16–10–1962
Barrow 1–1 Birmingham 15–10–1962

Round 3 Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Birmingham 5–1 Barrow 29–10–1962
Preston 2–1 Northampton 29–10–1962
Norwich 5–0 Carlisle 24–10–1962
Charlton 1–0 Bradford PA 23–10–1962

Round 4

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Birmingham 3–2 Notts Co 14–11–1962
Blackburn 4–1 Rotherham 14–11–1962
Norwich 1–0 Fulham 14–11–1962
Portsmouth 0–0 Sunderland 14–11–1962
Bury 3–1 Bristol R 13–11–1962
Aston Villa 6–2 Preston 12–11–1962
Leyton Orient 3–2 Charlton 12–11–1962
Man City 1–0 Luton 12–11–1962

Round 4 Replay

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Sunderland 2–1 Portsmouth 21–11–1962

Round 5

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Birmingham 6–0 Man City 11–12–1962
Sunderland 3–2 Blackburn 05–12–1962
Aston Villa 4–1 Norwich 03–12–1962
Leyton Orient 0–2 Bury 03–12–1962

SemiFinal

First Leg

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aston Villa 0–0 Sunderland 22–04–1963
Bury 1–1 Birmingham 08–04–1963

Second Leg

Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg Score
Birmingham 3–2 Bury 27–03–1963 4–3
Sunderland 1–3 Aston Villa 12–01–1963 1–3

Final

Main article: 1963 Football League Cup Final

The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at St Andrew's, Birmingham on 23 May 1963 and the second leg was held at Villa Park, Birmingham, on 27 May 1963.

23 May 1963
 Birmingham City 3 – 1 Aston Villa St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 31,580
Referee: E. Crawford
Bloomfield
Leek		 Summary Thomson
27 May 1963
 Aston Villa 0 – 0 Birmingham City Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 37,921
Referee: A.W. Sparling
Summary

References

  1. ^ "Results". http://www.soccerbase.com/cup2.sd?competitionid=60. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
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