The 1962–63 Football League Cup was the third season of the Football League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, 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

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

, who beat near-neighbours Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 3–1 on aggregate. Birmingham won the first leg 3–1 at their home ground St Andrew's, thanks to goals from Jimmy Bloomfield

Jimmy Bloomfield

James Henry "Jimmy" Bloomfield was an English football player and manager.Born in Notting Hill, North Kensington, London, Bloomfield started his career at non-league Hayes before joining Second Division side Brentford in October 1952...

 and Ken Leek

Ken Leek

Kenneth 'Ken' Leek was a Welsh footballer, who played as a centre forward or inside forward for several different clubs and for the Wales national side in a professional career which spanned from 1952 until 1968. He scored 145 goals in the Football League from 396 appearances with five clubs...

 (2), with Bobby Thomson

Bobby Thomson (footballer born 1937)

Robert Gillies McKenzie "Bobby" Thomson is a Scottish former professional Association footballer who played as a forward. He played most of his professional career in the West Midlands, making over 300 appearances in total for the two Birmingham clubs, and is probably best known for his four years...

 scoring Villa's goal. The second leg at Villa Park

Villa Park

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 ended in a 0–0 draw and Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate.

Round 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

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

The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at St Andrew's, Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

 on 23 May 1963 and the second leg was held at Villa Park

Villa Park

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, Birmingham, on 27 May 1963.
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