1966–67 Football League Cup
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The 1966–67 Football League Cup was the seventh 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 ended with the final on 4 March 1967.

The final was contested by Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

 and West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

 at Wembley Stadium in London. Clive Clark
Clive Clark (footballer)
Clive Clark is an English former footballer.-Career:Clark was a skilful left-winger who began his career at Leeds United. He joined Queens Park Rangers in September 1958, making his debut against Bournemouth and went on to play 66 league games for Rangers, scoring 8 goals. A move to West Bromwich...

 scored twice in the first half to give West Bromwich Albion a 2–0 half-time lead. However second half goals from QPR's Roger Morgan
Roger Morgan
Roger Ernest Morgan is an English former footballer, born in Walthamstow, London, who played as a winger in the Football League for Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur....

, Rodney Marsh
Rodney Marsh (footballer)
Rodney William Marsh is an English retired footballer. He was named after HMS Rodney by his father, who served on the battleship. He played for Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City, the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the England national team. Lately, he has been a pundit and a commentator on the...

 and Mark Lazarus
Mark Lazarus
Mark Lazarus is a retired English professional footballer. He played as a right winger and made over 400 league appearances, scoring over 100 goals.-Biography:Lazarus was born on 5 December 1938 in Stepney, London, into a Jewish family...

 turned the game around. QPR eventually won the match 3–2 to claim the trophy.

First round

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aldershot 2–2 Luton
Barnsley 1–2 Grimsby ––
Barrow 2–1 Oldham ––
Bradford 1–1 Doncaster ––
Bradford PA 2–2 Hartlepool ––
Brentford 0–0 Millwall ––
Brighton 1–0 Leyton Orient ––
Bury 2–0 Rochdale ––
Cardiff 1–0 Bristol R ––
Chester 2–5 Tranmere ––
Chesterfield 2–1 Scunthorpe ––
Crewe 1–0 Stockport ––
Exeter 2–2 Torquay ––
Halifax 0–0 Darlington ––
Lincoln 1–0 Hull ––
Middlesbro 0–0 York ––
Newport County 1–2 Swansea ––
Notts Co 1–1 Mansfield ––
Peterborough 2–1 Oxford ––
Port Vale 1–3 Walsall ––
QPR 5–0 Colchester ––
Shrewsbury 6–1 Wrexham ––
Southend 0–0 Gillingham ––
Southport 0–1 Workington ––
Swindon 2–1 Bournemouth ––
Watford 1–1 Reading ––

Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Darlington 4–0 Halifax ––
Doncaster 5–2 Bradford ––
Gillingham 2–0 Southend ––
Hartlepool 1–2 Bradford PA ––
Luton 1–2 Aldershot ––
Mansfield 3–0 Notts Co ––
Millwall 0–1 Brentford ––
Reading 1–0 Watford ––
Torquay 1–2 Exeter ––
York 2–1 Middlesbro ––

Second round

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aldershot 1–1 QPR ––
Arsenal 1–1 Gillingham ––
Blackburn 4–1 Barrow ––
Blackpool 5–1 Man Utd ––
Bradford PA 0–0 Grimsby ––
Brentford 2–4 Ipswich ––
Bristol C 1–1 Swansea ––
Bury 2–3 Workington ––
Cardiff 0–1 Exeter ––
Carlisle 1–1 Tranmere ––
Chelsea 5–2 Charlton ––
Coventry 2–1 Derby ––
Darlington 1–1 Doncaster ––
Fulham 2–0 C Palace ––
Leeds 1–0 Newcastle ––
Leicester 5–0 Reading ––
Lincoln 2–1 Huddersfield ––
Man City 3–1 Bolton ––
Northampton 2–2 Peterborough ––
Norwich 0–1 Brighton ––
Nottm Forest 1–1 Birmingham ––
Preston 2–0 Crewe ––
Sheff Wed 0–1 Rotherham ––
Shrewsbury 1–1 Burnley ––
Southampton 4–3 Plymouth ––
Sunderland 1–1 Sheff Utd ––
Swindon 4–1 Portsmouth ––
Walsall 2–1 Stoke ––
West Brom 6–1 Aston Villa ––
West Ham 1–0 Tottenham ––
Wolves 2–1 Mansfield ––
York 3–2 Chesterfield ––

Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Birmingham 2–1 Nottm Forest ––
Burnley 5–1 Shrewsbury ––
Doncaster 2–0 Darlington ––
Gillingham 1–1 Arsenal ––
Grimsby 3–1 Bradford PA ––
Peterborough 0–2 Northampton ––
QPR 2–0 Aldershot ––
Sheff Utd 1–0 Sunderland ––
Swansea 2–1 Bristol C ––
Tranmere 0–2 Carlisle ––

Second Replay

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal 5–0 Gillingham 28–09–1966

Third round

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal 1–3 West Ham ––
Birmingham 2–1 Ipswich ––
Blackpool 1–1 Chelsea ––
Brighton 1–1 Coventry ––
Doncaster 1–1 Swindon ––
Exeter 1–2 Walsall ––
Fulham 5–0 Wolves ––
Grimsby 3–0 Workington ––
Leicester 5–0 Lincoln ––
Northampton 2–1 Rotherham ––
Preston 1–1 Leeds ––
Sheff Utd 2–0 Burnley ––
Southampton 3–3 Carlisle ––
Swansea 1–2 QPR ––
West Brom 4–2 Man City ––
York 0–2 Blackburn ––

Replays

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Carlisle 2–1 Southampton ––
Chelsea 1–3 Blackpool ––
Coventry 1–3 Brighton ––
Leeds 3–0 Preston ––
Swindon 4–2 Doncaster ––

Fourth round

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Blackpool 4–2 Fulham ––
Brighton 1–1 Northampton ––
Carlisle 4–0 Blackburn ––
Grimsby 2–4 Birmingham ––
QPR 4–2 Leicester ––
Sheff Utd 2–1 Walsall ––
Swindon 0–2 West Brom ––
West Ham 7–0 Leeds ––

Replay

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Northampton 8–0 Brighton ––

Fifth round

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Blackpool 1–3 West Ham ––
Northampton 1–2 West Brom ––
QPR 2–1 Carlisle ––
Sheff Utd 2–3 Birmingham ––

First leg

Home Team Score Away Team Date
Birmingham 1–4 QPR ––
West Brom 4–0 West Ham ––

Second leg

Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
QPR 3–1 Birmingham –– 7–2
West Ham 2–2 West Brom –– 2–6

Final

The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 on 4 March 1967.
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Q P R: Springett - Hazell, Langley, Sibley, Hunt, Keen, Lazarus, Sanderson, Les Allen, Rodney Marsh, Roger Morgan.

W B A: Sheppard - Cram, Graham Williams, Collard, Dennis Clarke, Doug Fraser, Tony Brown, Astle, Kay, Hope, Clive Clark.
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