The 1965–66 Football League Cup was the sixth 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 9 March and 23 March 1966.

Round 1

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Newport County	2–2	Southend	01–09–1965
QPR	1–1	Walsall	01–09–1965
Barrow	1–1	Rochdale	––
Bournemouth	0–0	Aldershot	––
Bradford PA	1–0	Halifax	––
Colchester	2–1	Exeter	––
Crewe	2–0	Southport	––
Doncaster	2–2	Barnsley	––
Hartlepool	1–0	Bradford	––
Lincoln	2–2	York	––
Luton	1–1	Brighton	––
Notts Co	0–0	Chesterfield	––
Oldham	3–2	Tranmere	––
Oxford	0–1	Millwall	––
Port Vale	2–2	Reading	––
Scunthorpe	0–2	Darlington	––
Shrewsbury	3–0	Torquay	––
Stockport	2–3	Workington	––
Wrexham	5–2	Chester	––

Round 1 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Walsall	3–2	QPR	07–09–1965
Southend	3–1	Newport County	06–09–1965
Aldershot	2–1	Bournemouth	––
Barnsley	1–2	Doncaster	––
Brighton	2–0	Luton	––
Chesterfield	2–1	Notts Co	––
Reading	1–0	Port Vale	––
Rochdale	3–1	Barrow	––
York	4–2	Lincoln	––

Round 2

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
C Palace	0–1	Grimsby	22–09–1965
Doncaster	0–4	Burnley	22–09–1965
Hull	2–2	Derby	22–09–1965
Leyton Orient	0–3	Coventry	22–09–1965
Man City	3–1	Leicester	22–09–1965
Mansfield	2–1	Birmingham	22–09–1965
Preston	1–0	Plymouth	22–09–1965
Reading	5–1	Southend	22–09–1965
Stoke	2–1	Norwich	22–09–1965
Sunderland	2–1	Sheff Utd	22–09–1965
West Brom	3–1	Walsall	22–09–1965
Blackburn	0–1	Northampton	21–09–1965
Brighton	1–2	Ipswich	21–09–1965
Bristol R	3–3	West Ham	21–09–1965
Bury	0–2	Huddersfield	21–09–1965
Swansea	2–3	Aston Villa	21–09–1965
Blackpool	5–2	Gillingham	––
Bolton	3–0	Aldershot	––
Charlton	4–1	Carlisle	––
Chesterfield	3–0	Bradford PA	––
Colchester	2–4	Middlesbro	––
Crewe	1–1	Cardiff	––
Darlington	2–1	Swindon	––
Leeds	4–2	Hartlepool	––
Millwall	4–1	York	––
Newcastle	3–4	Peterborough	––
Oldham	1–2	Portsmouth	––
Rotherham	2–0	Watford	––
Shrewsbury	1–0	Bristol C	––
Southampton	3–0	Rochdale	––
Workington	0–0	Brentford	––
Wrexham	1–2	Fulham	––

Round 2 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Derby	4–3	Hull	29–09–1965
West Ham	3–2	Bristol R	29–09–1965
Brentford	1–2	Workington	––
Cardiff	3–0	Crewe	––

Round 3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Burnley	3–2	Southampton	13–10–1965
Chesterfield	2–2	Stoke	13–10–1965
Grimsby	4–2	Bolton	13–10–1965
Huddersfield	0–1	Preston	13–10–1965
Leeds	2–4	West Brom	13–10–1965
Man City	2–3	Coventry	13–10–1965
Sunderland	1–2	Aston Villa	13–10–1965
West Ham	4–0	Mansfield	13–10–1965
Workington	1–1	Ipswich	13–10–1965
Blackpool	1–2	Darlington	––
Cardiff	2–0	Portsmouth	––
Derby	1–1	Reading	––
Fulham	5–0	Northampton	––
Millwall	0–0	Middlesbro	––
Peterborough	4–3	Charlton	––
Shrewsbury	2–5	Rotherham	––

Round 3 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Ipswich	3–1	Workington	20–10–1965
Stoke	2–1	Chesterfield	20–10–1965
Middlesbro	3–1	Millwall
Reading	2–0	Derby	––

Round 4

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Coventry	1–1	West Brom	03–11–1965
Fulham	1–1	Aston Villa	03–11–1965
Grimsby	4–0	Preston	03–11–1965
Ipswich	2–0	Darlington	03–11–1965
Rotherham	1–2	West Ham	03–11–1965
Stoke	0–0	Burnley	03–11–1965
Cardiff	5–1	Reading	––
Millwall	1–4	Peterborough	––

Round 4 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
West Brom	6–1	Coventry	10–11–1965
Burnley	2–1	Stoke	09–11–1965
Aston Villa	2–0	Fulham	08–11–1965

Round 5

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Cardiff	2–1	Ipswich	17–11–1965
Grimsby	2–2	West Ham	17–11–1965
Peterborough	4–0	Burnley	17–11–1965
West Brom	3–1	Aston Villa	17–11–1965

Round 5 Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
West Ham	1–0	Grimsby	15–12–1965

SemiFinal 1st Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
West Brom	2–1	Peterborough	01–12–1965
West Ham	5–2	Cardiff	20–12–1965

Semi–Final 2nd Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Peterborough	2–4	West Brom	15–12–1965	3–6
Cardiff	1–5	West Ham	02–02–1966	3–10

Final

West Ham: Standen ,Burnett ,Burkett ,Peters ,Brown ,Moore ,Brabrook ,Boyce ,Byrne ,Hurst ,Dear

West Brom: Potter ,Cram ,Fairfax ,Fraser ,Campbell ,Williams ,Brown ,Astle ,Kaye ,Lovett ,Clark
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West Brom: Potter ,Cram ,Fairfax ,Fraser ,Campbell ,Williams ,Brown ,Astle ,Kaye ,Hope ,Clark

West Ham: Standen ,Burnett ,Peters ,Bovington ,Brown ,Moore ,Brabrook ,Boyce ,Byrne ,Hurst ,Sissons

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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...

win 5–3 on aggregate.