The 1969–70 Football League Cup was the tenth 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 7 March 1970.

The final was contested by First Division team Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

 and First Division side 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...

 at Wembley Stadium in London. Jeff Astle

Jeff Astle

Jeffrey "The King" Astle was an English footballer. He played 361 games for West Bromwich Albion, scoring 174 goals, and was one of the most iconic players in the history of the club...

 opened the scoring for Albion after five minutes, becoming the first player to score in the final of both the League Cup and FA Cup at Wembley. He had already scored in the first leg of the 1966 League Cup Final four years previously at West Ham's Boleyn Ground. City equalised through Mike Doyle to send the game into extra-time, and eventually won 2–1, with Glyn Pardoe

Glyn Pardoe

Glyn Pardoe is an English former footballer who played for Manchester City between 1962 and 1974. He made his first team debut against Birmingham City in April 1962...

 scoring the winner.

Round 1

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aldershot	0–1	Gillingham	N/A
Barnsley	0–1	Halifax	N/A
Bolton	6–3	Rochdale	N/A
Bournemouth	3–0	Bristol R	N/A
Bradford	1–1	Chesterfield	N/A
Bradford PA	0–2	Rotherham	N/A
Brighton	1–0	Portsmouth	N/A
Chester	1–2	Aston Villa	N/A
Colchester	1–1	Reading	N/A
Crewe	0–0	Wrexham	N/A
Darlington	3–0	York	N/A
Exeter	1–1	Bristol City	N/A
Grimsby	0–2	Doncaster	N/A
Leyton Orient	0–0	Fulham	N/A
Mansfield	3–1	Notts County	N/A
Newport County	2–3	Swansea City	N/A
Oxford	2–0	Northampton	N/A
Peterborough	1–1	Luton	N/A
Plymouth	2–2	Torquay	N/A
Port Vale	0–1	Tranmere	N/A
Preston	0–1	Bury	N/A
Scunthorpe	0–2	Hartlepool	N/A
Shrewsbury	1–0	Walsall	N/A
Southend	2–2	Brentford	N/A
Southport	5–1	Oldham	N/A
Stockport	0–2	Blackburn	N/A
Watford	2–1	Lincoln	N/A
Workington	0–0	Barrow	N/A

Round 1 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Barrow	3–1	Workington	N/A
Brentford	0–0	Southend	N/A
Bristol C	3–2	Exeter	N/A
Chesterfield	0–1	Bradford	N/A
Fulham	3–1	Leyton Orient	N/A
Luton	5–2	Peterborough	N/A
Reading	0–3	Colchester	N/A
Torquay	1–0	Plymouth	N/A
Wrexham	1–0	Crewe	N/A

Round 1 Second Replay

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Brentford	2–3	Southend	21–08–1969

Round 2

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Aston Villa	1–2	West Brom	N/A
Barrow	1–2	Nottm Forest	N/A
Blackburn	4–2	Doncaster	N/A
Blackpool	3–1	Gillingham	N/A
Bolton	0–0	Rotherham	N/A
Brighton	2–0	Birmingham	N/A
Bristol C	0–0	Leicester	N/A
Carlisle	2–0	Huddersfield	N/A
Charlton	0–2	Wrexham	N/A
Coventry	0–1	Chelsea	N/A
Darlington	0–1	Everton	N/A
Fulham	0–1	Leeds	3-9-1969
Hartlepool	1–3	Derby	N/A
Hull	1–0	Norwich	N/A
Ipswich	4–0	Colchester	N/A
Luton	2–2	Millwall	N/A
Man Utd	1–0	Middlesbro	N/A
Mansfield	2–2	QPR	N/A
Oxford	4–1	Bury	N/A
Sheff Wed	1–1	Bournemouth	N/A
Shrewsbury	2–2	Southend	N/A
Southport	0–3	Man City	N/A
Stoke	0–2	Burnley	N/A
Sunderland	1–2	Bradford	3-9-1969
Swansea	1–3	Swindon	N/A
Tranmere	2–1	Torquay	N/A
Watford	1–2	Liverpool	N/A
West Ham	4–2	Halifax	N/A
Wolves	1–0	Tottenham	N/A

Round 2 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	2–0	Southampton	04–09–1969
C Palace	3–1	Cardiff	03–09–1969
Sheff Utd	2–0	Newcastle	02–09–1969
Southampton	1–1	Arsenal	02–09–1969
Bournemouth	1–0	Sheff Wed	N/A
Leicester	0–0	Bristol C	N/A
Millwall	0–1	Luton	N/A
QPR	4–0	Mansfield	N/A
Rotherham	3–3	Bolton	N/A
Southend	2–0	Shrewsbury	N/A

Round 2 Second Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Leicester	3–1	Bristol C	15–09–1969
Rotherham	1–0	Bolton	11–09–1969

Round 3

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bournemouth	0–2	Leicester	N/A
Bradford	2–1	Southend	N/A
Brighton	2–3	Wolves	N/A
C Palace	2–2	Blackpool	N/A
Carlisle	2–1	Blackburn	N/A
Derby	3–1	Hull	N/A
Ipswich	1–1	West Brom	N/A
Leeds	1–1	Chelsea	N/A
Man City	3–2	Liverpool	N/A
Man Utd	2–0	Wrexham	N/A
Nottm Forest	1–0	West Ham	N/A
Oxford	1–0	Swindon	N/A
QPR	6–0	Tranmere	N/A
Rotherham	1–1	Burnley	N/A
Sheff Utd	3–0	Luton	N/A

Round 3 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Everton	1–0	Arsenal	01–10–1969
Arsenal	0–0	Everton	24–09–1969
Blackpool	0–1	C Palace	N/A
Burnley	2–0	Rotherham	N/A
Chelsea	2–0	Leeds	N/A
West Brom	2–0	Ipswich	N/A

Round 4

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Burnley	0–0	Man Utd	N/A
C Palace	1–1	Derby	N/A
Carlisle	1–0	Chelsea	N/A
Leicester	2–0	Sheff Utd	N/A
Man City	2–1	Everton	N/A
Nottm Forest	0–1	Oxford	N/A
QPR	3–1	Wolves	N/A
West Brom	4–0	Bradford	N/A

Round 4 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Derby	3–0	C Palace	N/A
Man Utd	1–0	Burnley	N/A

Round 5

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Derby	0–0	Man Utd	12–11–1969
Leicester	0–0	West Brom	N/A
Man City	3–0	QPR	N/A
Oxford	0–0	Carlisle	N/A

Round 5 Replays

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Man Utd	1–0	Derby	19–11–1969
Carlisle	1–0	Oxford	N/A
West Brom	2–1	Leicester	N/A

Semi–Final 1st Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
West Brom	4–1	Carlisle	N/A
Man City	2–1	Man Utd	03–12–1969

Semi–Final 2nd Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Man Utd	2–2	Man City	17–12–1969	3–4
Carlisle	1–0	West Brom	N/A	2–4

Final

The final was held at Wembley Stadium, London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 on 7 March 1970.
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