The 1968–69 Football League Cup was the ninth 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 15 March 1969.

The final was contested by Third Division team Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

 and First Division side Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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 at Wembley Stadium in London. Roger Smart

Roger Smart

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 gave Swindon a surprise lead in the first half but Bobby Gould

Bobby Gould

Robert Anthony "Bobby" Gould is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Coventry, Gould started his career at Coventry City, making his debut for the club whilst still an apprentice at the age of 16. He did not sign professional until June 1964...

 equalised for Arsenal in the 85th minute. In extra-time, Don Rogers

Don Rogers (footballer)

Donald Rogers is an English former footballer who has often been seen as the most exciting player to pull on a Swindon Town shirt; his principal rival in this respect being Harold Fleming...

 scored twice for Swindon, leading them to a 3–1 victory.

Round 1

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aldershot	2–4	Brentford	N/A
Bournemouth	1–6	Southend	N/A
Bradford	3–2	Hartlepool	N/A
Bradford PA	0–3	Darlington	N/A
Brighton	2–0	Oxford	N/A
Bristol C	2–0	Newport County	N/A
Bristol R	0–2	Swansea	N/A
Bury	1–1	Stockport	N/A
Chester	0–0	Tranmere	N/A
Colchester	2–0	Reading	N/A
Derby	3–0	Chesterfield	N/A
Doncaster	0–0	Peterborough	N/A
Gillingham	2–2	Leyton Orient	N/A
Grimsby	0–0	Notts Co	N/A
Halifax	0–3	Hull	N/A
Lincoln	2–1	Mansfield	N/A
Luton	3–0	Watford	N/A
Northampton	1–1	Crewe	N/A
Plymouth	0–0	Exeter	N/A
Preston	1–1	Oldham	N/A
Scunthorpe	2–1	Rotherham	N/A
Southport	2–2	Barrow	N/A
Swindon	2–1	Torquay	N/A
Walsall	2–0	Shrewsbury	N/A
Workington	2–1	Rochdale	N/A
Wrexham	2–0	Port Vale	N/A
York	3–4	Barnsley	N/A

Round 1 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Barrow	1–3	Southport	N/A(R)
Crewe	1–0	Northampton	N/A(R)
Exeter	0–0	Plymouth	N/A(R)
Leyton Orient	3–0	Gillingham	N/A(R)
Notts Co	0–1	Grimsby	N/A(R)
Oldham	0–1	Preston	N/A(R)
Peterborough	1–0	Doncaster	N/A(R)
Stockport	1–0	Bury	N/A(R)
Tranmere	2–2	Chester	N/A(R)

Round 1 Second Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Plymouth	0–1	Exeter	01–09–1968(R2)
Chester	1–1	Tranmere	28–08–1968(R2)

Round 1 Third Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Tranmere	2–1	Chester	01–09–1968(R3)

Round 2

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Liverpool	4–0	Sheff Utd	04–09–1968
Birmingham	0–1	Chelsea	03–09–1968
Arsenal	1–0	Sunderland	N/A
Aston Villa	1–4	Tottenham	N/A
Barnsley	1–1	Millwall	N/A
Blackburn	1–1	Stoke	N/A
Bradford	1–1	Swindon	N/A
Brentford	3–0	Hull	N/A
Brighton	1–1	Luton	N/A
Bristol C	1–0	Middlesbro	N/A
C Palace	3–1	Preston	N/A
Carlisle	2–0	Cardiff	N/A
Colchester	0–1	Workington	N/A
Coventry	2–0	Portsmouth	N/A
Darlington	1–2	Leicester	N/A
Derby	5–1	Stockport	N/A
Everton	4–0	Tranmere	N/A
Exeter	3–1	Sheff Wed	N/A
Grimsby	1–1	Burnley	N/A
Huddersfield	0–0	Man City	N/A
Ipswich	2–4	Norwich	N/A
Leeds	1–0	Charlton	N/A
Leyton Orient	1–0	Fulham	N/A
Nottm Forest	2–3	West Brom	N/A
Peterborough	4–2	QPR	N/A
Scunthorpe	2–1	Lincoln	N/A
Southampton	3–1	Crewe	N/A
Southport	0–2	Newcastle	N/A
Walsall	1–1	Swansea	N/A
West Ham	7–2	Bolton	N/A
Wolves	1–0	Southend	N/A
Wrexham	1–1	Blackpool	N/A

Round 2 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Blackpool	3–0	Wrexham	N/A(R)
Burnley	6–0	Grimsby	N/A(R)
Luton	4–2	Brighton	N/A(R)
Man City	4–0	Huddersfield	N/A(R)
Millwall	3–1	Barnsley	N/A(R)
Stoke	0–1	Blackburn	N/A(R)
Swansea	3–2	Walsall	N/A(R)
Swindon	4–3	Bradford	N/A(R)

Round 3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Chelsea	0–0	Derby	25–09–1968
Liverpool	2–0	Swansea	25–09–1968
Blackpool	1–0	Man City	N/A
Brentford	0–2	Norwich	N/A
Carlisle	0–3	Leicester	N/A
Everton	5–1	Luton	N/A
Leeds	2–1	Bristol C	N/A
Leyton Orient	0–1	C Palace	N/A
Peterborough	2–1	West Brom	N/A
Scunthorpe	1–6	Arsenal	N/A
Southampton	4–1	Newcastle	N/A
Swindon	1–0	Blackburn	N/A
Tottenham	6–3	Exeter	N/A
West Ham	0–0	Coventry	N/A
Wolves	5–1	Millwall	N/A
Workington	0–1	Burnley	N/A

Round Three Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Derby	3–1	Chelsea	02–10–1968(R)
Coventry	3–2	West Ham	N/A(R)

Round 4

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	2–1	Liverpool	15–10–1968
Blackpool	2–1	Wolves	N/A
Burnley	4–0	Leicester	N/A
C Palace	2–1	Leeds	N/A
Coventry	2–2	Swindon	N/A
Everton	0–0	Derby	N/A
Norwich	0–4	Southampton	N/A
Tottenham	1–0	Peterborough	N/A

Round 4 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Derby	1–0	Everton	N/A(R)
Swindon	3–0	Coventry	N/A(R)

Round 5

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	5–1	Blackpool	N/A
Burnley	2–0	C Palace	N/A
Derby	0–0	Swindon	N/A
Tottenham	1–0	Southampton	N/A

Round 5 Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Swindon	1–0	Derby	N/A(R)

Semi Final 1st Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	1–0	Tottenham	20–11–1968
Swindon	1–2	Burnley	N/A

Semi-Final 2nd Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Tottenham	1–1	Arsenal	04–12–1968	2–1
Burnley	1–2	Swindon	N/A	3–3

Semi Final Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Burnley	2–3	Swindon	11–03–1969

Final

The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London

London

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 on 15 March 1969.