The 1961–62 Football League Cup was the second 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 11 September 1961, and ended with the two-legged final on 26 April and 1 May 1961.

The tournament was won by Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

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, who beat Rochdale 4–0 on aggregate over two legs. Norwich won the first leg 3–0 away at Spotland

Spotland

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, thanks to goals from Derek Lythgoe (2) and Punton. In the second leg at Carrow Road

Carrow Road

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, James Hill

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 scored to give Norwich a 1–0 win on the night and a 4–0 aggregate victory.

Round 1

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Notts Co	2–2	Derby	14–09–1961
Barnsley	3–2	Southport	13–09–1961
Barrow	0–2	Portsmouth	13–09–1961
Birmingham	1–1	Swindon	13–09–1961
Blackpool	2–1	Port Vale	13–09–1961
Bolton	1–1	Sunderland	13–09–1961
Bournemouth	2–2	Torquay	13–09–1961
Bradford	3–4	Aston Villa	13–09–1961
Cardiff	2–0	Wrexham	13–09–1961
Chesterfield	2–3	Norwich	13–09–1961
Colchester	1–2	Crewe	13–09–1961
Doncaster	3–2	Grimsby	13–09–1961
Fulham	1–1	Sheff Utd	13–09–1961
Leeds	4–1	Brentford	13–09–1961
Lincoln	1–0	Accrington	13–09–1961
Luton	2–1	Northampton	13–09–1961
Millwall	1–2	Walsall	13–09–1961
Newcastle	2–0	Scunthorpe	13–09–1961
Preston	3–1	Aldershot	13–09–1961
QPR	5–2	C Palace	13–09–1961
Reading	4–2	Chester	13–09–1961
Southampton	0–0	Rochdale	13–09–1961
Southend	0–1	Stoke	13–09–1961
Tranmere	3–6	Middlesbro	13–09–1961
Workington	3–0	Coventry	13–09–1961
York	3–0	Bristol C	13–09–1961
Bury	5–1	Brighton	12–09–1961
Carlisle	1–1	Huddersfield	12–09–1961
Oldham	1–4	Charlton	12–09–1961
Bristol R	2–1	Hartlepool	11–09–1961
Darlington	0–1	Rotherham	11–09–1961
Hull	4–2	Bradford PA	11–09–1961
Ipswich	4–2	Man City	11–09–1961
Mansfield	5–2	Exeter	11–09–1961
Newport County	0–0	Shrewsbury	11–09–1961
Nottm Forest	4–1	Gillingham	11–09–1961
Peterborough	1–3	Blackburn	11–09–1961
Stockport	0–1	Leyton Orient	11–09–1961
Watford	3–0	Halifax	11–09–1961
West Ham	3–2	Plymouth	11–09–1961

Byes: Leicester City and Swansea Town.

Round 1 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Rochdale	2–1	Doncaster	04–10–1961
Shrewsbury	3–1	Newport County	28–09–1961
Derby	3–2	Notts Co	27–09–1961
Huddersfield	3–0	Carlisle	25–09–1961
Sheff Utd	4–0	Fulham	25–09–1961
Sunderland	1–0	Bolton	25–09–1961
Swindon	2–0	Birmingham	25–09–1961
Torquay	0–1	Bournemouth	25–09–1961

Round 2

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
QPR	1–2	Nottm Forest	11–10–1961
Barnsley	1–3	Southport	09–10–1961
Shrewsbury	1–3	Bournemouth	09–10–1961
West Ham	1–3	Aston Villa	09–10–1961
York	2–1	Leicester	09–10–1961
Mansfield	1–1	Cardiff	05–10–1961
Preston	3–1	Swindon	05–10–1961
Charlton	4–1	Stoke	04–10–1961
Leeds	3–2	Huddersfield	04–10–1961
Leyton Orient	1–1	Blackpool	04–10–1961
Luton	0–0	Rotherham	04–10–1961
Middlesbro	3–1	Crewe	04–10–1961
Norwich	3–2	Lincoln	04–10–1961
Portsmouth	1–1	Derby	04–10–1961
Sunderland	5–2	Walsall	04–10–1961
Bury	3–4	Hull	03–10–1961
Swansea	3–3	Ipswich	03–10–1961
Bristol R	1–1	Blackburn	02–10–1961
Sheff Utd	2–2	Newcastle	02–10–1961
Watford	3–1	Reading	16–10–1961

Round 2 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Derby	2–4	Portsmouth	01–11–1961
Ipswich	3–2	Swansea	24–10–1961
Cardiff	2–1	Mansfield	23–10–1961
Blackburn	4–0	Bristol R	16–10–1961
Newcastle	0–2	Sheff Utd	11–10–1961
Rotherham	2–0	Luton	10–10–1961
Blackpool	5–1	Leyton Orient	30–10–1961

Round 3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aston Villa	2–3	Ipswich	21–11–1961
Bournemouth	3–0	Cardiff	15–11–1961
Norwich	3–2	Middlesbro	15–11–1961
Sunderland	2–1	Hull	15–11–1961
Workington	0–1	Blackpool	15–11–1961
York	1–1	Watford	15–11–1961
Nottm Forest	1–2	Blackburn	14–11–1961
Preston	0–0	Rotherham	14–11–1961
Rochdale	1–0	Charlton	14–11–1961
Sheff Utd	1–0	Portsmouth	13–11–1961

Bye: Leeds United

Round 3 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Watford	2–2	York	21–11–1961
York	3–2	Watford	04–12–1961
Rotherham	3–0	Preston	28–11–1961

Round 4

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
York	1–0	Bournemouth	13–12–1961
Rotherham	1–1	Leeds	12–12–1961
Blackburn	4–1	Ipswich	11–12–1961

Bye: Rochdale, Sunderland, Norwich, Blackpool & Sheff Utd

Round 4 Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Leeds	1–2	Rotherham	15–01–1962

Round 5

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Rochdale	2–1	York	07–02–1962
Sunderland	1–4	Norwich	07–02–1962
Blackpool	0–0	Sheff Utd	06–02–1962
Rotherham	0–1	Blackburn	06–02–1962

Round 5 Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Sheff Utd	0–2	Blackpool	27–03–1962

Semi –Final

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg Score
Rochdale	3–1	Blackburn	19–03–1962
Blackburn	2–1	Rochdale	04–04–1962	3–4
Norwich	4–1	Blackpool	11–04–1962
Blackpool	2–0	Norwich	16–04–1962	3–4

Final

The final was played over two legs. The first leg was held at Spotland

Spotland

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, Rochdale

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 on 26 April 1962 and the second leg was held at Carrow Road

Carrow Road

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, Norwich

Norwich

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, on 1 May 1962.
Rochdale: Burgin - Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Wragg, Hepton, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.

Norwich City: Kennon - McCrohan, Ashman, Burton, Barry Butler, Mullett, Mannion, Lythgoe, Scott, James Hill, Punton.

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Norwich City: Kennon - McCrohan, Ashman, Burton, Barry Butler,Mullett, Mannion, Lythgoe, Scott, James Hill, Punton.

Rochdale: Burgin - Milburn, Winton, Bodell, Aspden, James Thompson, Whyke, Joe Richardson, Bimpson, Cairns, Whitaker.