1961 Football League Cup final

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1961 Football League Cup Final
Event1960–61 Football League Cup
Rotherham United Aston Villa
2 3
First Leg
Rotherham United Aston Villa
2 0
Date22 August 1961
VenueMillmoor, Rotherham
Attendance12,226
Second Leg
Aston Villa Rotherham United
3 0
Date5 September 1961
VenueVilla Park, Birmingham
Attendance31,302
1962 →
The League Cup in Villa colours, on display in 2010

The 1961 Football League Cup Final was the inaugural League Cup final. It was contested by Rotherham United and Aston Villa over two legs. Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Due to fixture congestion, the second leg was not played until after the start of the 1961–2 season. As a result, Villa began their defence of the trophy just eight days after winning it.

Players and officials

First leg

Rotherham United2–0Aston Villa
Webster 51'
Kirkman 55'
Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: K.A. Collinge
Rotherham United
Aston Villa
1 England Roy Ironside
2 England Peter Perry
3 England Lol Morgan
4 England Roy Lambert
5 England Peter Madden
6 England Ken Waterhouse
7 England Barry Webster
8 England Don Weston
9 England Ken Houghton
10 England Alan Kirkman
11 England Keith Bambridge
Manager:
England Tom Johnston
1 England Nigel Sims
2 England Stan Lynn
3 England Gordon Lee
4 Wales Vic Crowe
5 England Jimmy Dugdale
6 England Alan Deakin
7 Scotland Jimmy MacEwan
8 Scotland Bobby Thomson
9 England Ralph Brown
10 Scotland Ron Wylie
11 Northern Ireland Peter McParland
Manager:
England Joe Mercer

Second leg

Aston Villa3 – 0 (aet)Rotherham United
O'Neill 67'
Burrows 69'
McParland 109'
Attendance: 31,202
Referee: C.W. Kingston
Aston Villa
Rotherham United
1 England Geoff Sidebottom
2 England John Neal
3 England Gordon Lee
4 Wales Vic Crowe
5 England Jimmy Dugdale
6 England Alan Deakin
7 Scotland Jimmy MacEwan
8 England Alan O'Neill
9 Northern Ireland Peter McParland
10 Scotland Bobby Thomson
11 England Harry Burrows
Manager:
England Joe Mercer
1 England Roy Ironside
2 England Peter Perry
3 England Lol Morgan
4 England Roy Lambert
5 England Peter Madden
6 England Ken Waterhouse
7 England Barry Webster
8 England Don Weston
9 England Ken Houghton
10 England Alan Kirkman
11 England Keith Bambridge
Manager:
England Tom Johnston

Road to the final

Aston Villa

Round 2 Aston Villa 4–0 Huddersfield Town
Round 3 Preston North End 3–3 Aston Villa
Round 3 replay Aston Villa 3–1 Preston North End
Round 4 Aston Villa 3–3 Plymouth Argyle
Round 4 replay Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Aston Villa
Round 4 2nd replay Plymouth Argyle 3–5 Aston Villa
Quarter-final Aston Villa 3–0 Wrexham
Semi-final (1st leg) Burnley 2–2 Aston Villa
Semi-final (2nd leg) Aston Villa 1–1 Burnley
Semi-final replay Aston Villa 2–1 Burnley
  (at Old Trafford)

Rotherham United

Round 2 Leicester City 1–2 Rotherham United
Round 3 Rotherham United 2–0 Bristol Rovers
Round 4 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Rotherham United
Quarter-final Rotherham United 3–0 Portsmouth
Semi-final (1st leg) Rotherham United 3–2 Shrewsbury Town
Semi-final (2nd leg) Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Rotherham United
  (Rotherham United win 4–3 on aggregate)

References

  • "England – League Cup Finals 1961–2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (rsssf). Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • First leg from Soccerbase
  • Second leg from Soccerbase
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