The 1964–65 Football League Cup was the fourth 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 two-legged final on 15 May and 5 April 1965.

Round 1

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!width=175 |Home Team
!width=20 |Score
!width=175 |Away Team
!width= 75|Date
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|Barnsley|| 2–1|| Lincoln||
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|Bradford|| 2–0|| York||
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|Brentford|| 0–2|| Southend||
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|Brighton|| 2–2|| Millwall||
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|Chester|| 3–0|| Wrexham||
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|Chesterfield|| 3–0|| Hartlepool||
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|Colchester|| 1–1|| Torquay||
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|Doncaster|| 1–0|| Bradford PA||
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|Exeter|| 2–0|| Gillingham||
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|Halifax|| 1–3|| Darlington||
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|Notts Co|| 3–2|| Newport County||
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|Port Vale|| 0–1|| Luton||
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|QPR|| 5–2|| Aldershot||
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|Southport|| 0–0|| Carlisle||
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|Stockport|| 1–3|| Rochdale||
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|Tranmere|| 2–0|| Crewe||
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|Walsall|| 1–1|| Oxford||
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|Workington|| 9–1|| Barrow||
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|}

Round 1 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Carlisle	1–0	Southport
Millwall	1–0	Brighton
Oxford	6–1	Walsall
Torquay	3–0	Colchester

Round 2

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Charlton	2–1	Middlesbro	23–09–1964
Luton	0–1	Aston Villa	23–09–1964
Swansea	3–1	Swindon	23–09–1964
Tranmere	0–2	C Palace	23–09–1964
Birmingham	0–3	Chelsea
Blackpool	3–0	Newcastle
Bolton	1–5	Blackburn
Bournemouth	0–2	Northampton
Bristol R	0–2	Chesterfield
Bury	1–0	Darlington
Carlisle	4–1	Bristol C
Chester	5–4	Derby
Coventry	4–1	Ipswich
Doncaster	1–0	Preston
Exeter	3–5	Bradford
Fulham	2–0	Oxford
Grimsby	3–1	Oldham
Hull	0–0	Southend
Leeds	3–2	Huddersfield
Leicester	0–0	Peterborough
Leyton Orient	3–0	Barnsley
Man City	3–5	Mansfield
Millwall	1–2	Norwich
Plymouth	2–1	Sheff Utd
Reading	4–0	QPR
Rotherham	2–0	Rochdale
Scunthorpe	0–1	Workington
Southampton	3–2	Cardiff
Stoke	1–1	Shrewsbury
Sunderland	4–1	West Ham
Torquay	1–2	Notts Co
Watford	2–2	Portsmouth

Round 2 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Peterborough	0–2	Leicester
Portsmouth	2–1	Watford
Shrewsbury	0–1	Stoke
Southend	3–1	Hull

Round 3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
C Palace	2–0	Southampton	26–10–1964
Leeds	2–3	Aston Villa	14–10–1964
Rotherham	2–2	Swansea	14–10–1964
Bury	0–1	Plymouth
Charlton	2–1	Leyton Orient
Chelsea	4–0	Notts Co
Chesterfield	3–1	Carlisle
Coventry	3–2	Mansfield
Doncaster	2–3	Bradford
Grimsby	0–5	Leicester
Northampton	2–1	Portsmouth
Norwich	5–3	Chester
Reading	1–1	Fulham
Stoke	3–1	Southend
Sunderland	4–1	Blackpool
Workington	0–0	Blackburn

Round 3 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Blackburn	1–5	Workington
Fulham	1–3	Reading
Swansea	2–0	Rotherham	28–10–1964(

Round 4

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Chelsea	3–2	Swansea	11–11–1964
Aston Villa	3–1	Reading	04–11–1964
Leicester	0–0	C Palace	04–11–1964
Charlton	0–1	Bradford
Coventry	4–2	Sunderland
Northampton	4–1	Chesterfield
Stoke	1–1	Plymouth
Workington	3–0	Norwich

Round 4 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
C Palace	1–2	Leicester	11–11–1964
Plymouth	3–1	Stoke

Round 5

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aston Villa	7–1	Bradford	23–11–1964
Coventry	1–8	Leicester
Plymouth	1–0	Northampton
Workington	2–2	Chelsea

Round 5 Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Chelsea	2–0	Workington

Semi–Final 1st Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aston Villa	2–3	Chelsea	20–01–1965
Plymouth	0–1	Leicester

Semi–Final 2nd Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg Score
Chelsea	1–1	Aston Villa	10–02–1965	4–3
Leicester	3–2	Plymouth		4–2

Final

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Chelsea win 3–2 on aggregate.