1964 Football League Cup Final

1964 Football League Cup Final
Event 1963–64 Football League Cup
First Leg
Date 15 April 1964
Venue Victoria Ground, Stoke-On-Trent
Attendance 22,309
Second Leg
Date 22 April 1964
Venue Filbert Street, Leicester
Attendance 25,372
1963
1965

The 1964 Football League Cup Final, the fourth to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between Stoke City and Leicester City, both of the First Division, over two legs. Leicester City won 4–3 on aggregate.

Contents

Players and officials

First Leg

15th April 1964
Stoke City 1 – 1
HT 0–0
Leicester City Victoria Ground, Stoke-On-Trent
Attendance: 22,309
Referee: W.Clements
Bebbington Gibson
STOKE CITY:
Lawrie Leslie
Bill Asprey
Tony Allen
Calvin Palmer
George Kinnell
Eric Skeels
Peter Dobing
Dennis Viollet
John Ritchie
Jimmy McIlroy
Keith Bebbington
Manager
Tony Waddington
LEICESTER CITY:
Gordon Banks
John Sjoberg
Colin Appleton
Max Dougan
Ian King
Graham Cross
Howard Riley
Terry Heath
Ken Keyworth
Dave Gibson
Mike Stringfellow
Manager:
Matt Gillies

Second Leg

22nd April 1964
Leicester City 3 – 2
(HT 0–0)
(Agg 4 –3)
Stoke City Filbert Street, Leicester
Attendance: 25,372
Referee: A. Jobling
Stringfellow
Gibson
Riley
Viollet
Kinnell
LEICESTER CITY:
Gordon Banks
John Sjoberg
Colin Appleton
Max Dougan
Ian King
Graham Cross
Howard Riley
Richie Norman
Ken Keyworth
Dave Gibson
Mike Stringfellow
Manager:
Matt Gillies
STOKE CITY:
Bobby Irvine
Bill Asprey
Tony Allen
Calvin Palmer
George Kinnell
Eric Skeels
Peter Dobing
Dennis Viollet
John Ritchie
Jimmy McIlroy
Keith Bebbington
Manager
Tony Waddington

Road to the Final

Home teams listed first.

Stoke City

Round 2: Scunthorpe United 2–2 Stoke City

Replay Stoke City 3–3 Scunthorpe United
Replay Scunthorpe United 0–1 Stoke City

Round 3: Stoke City 3–0 Bolton Wanderers

Round 4: Stoke City 2–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

Quarter final: Stoke City 3–2 Rotherham United

 

Semifinal, 1st leg: Stoke City 2–0 Manchester City

Semifinal, 2nd leg: Manchester City 1–0 Stoke City

Stoke City won 2–1 on aggregate

Leicester City

Round 2: Leicester City 2–0 Aldershot

 
 

Round 3: Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Leicester City

Round 4: Leicester City 3–1 Gillingham

Quarter final: Leicester City 1–1 Norwich City

Replay Leicester City 2–1 Norwich City

Semifinal, 1st leg: Leicester City 4–3 West Ham United

Semifinal, 2nd leg: West Ham United 0–2 Leicester City

Leicester City won 6–3 on aggregate

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