The 1969β70 Football League Cup was the tenth season of the
Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 12 August 1969 and ended with the final on 7 March 1970.
The final was contested by
First Division team
Manchester City and
First Division side
West Bromwich Albion at
Wembley Stadium in London.
Jeff Astle 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 United's Boleyn Ground. City equalised through
Mike Doyle to send the game into extra-time, and eventually won 2β1, with
Glyn Pardoe scoring the winner.
This was the first season in which all ninety-two football league clubs competed in the tournament.
Calendar
Of the 92 teams, 36 received a
bye to the second round (teams ranked 1stβ35th in the
1968β69 Football League, plus 1969 League Cup winners
Swindon Town) and the other 56 played in the first round. Semi-finals were
two-legged.
Round
Main date
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries this round
Original
Replays
First Round
13 August 1969
28
10
92 β 64
56 (teams ranked 14thβ22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division except
Swindon Town)
Second Round
3 September 1969
32
9
64 β 32
36 (teams ranked 1stβ13th in Second Division; all First Division; Swindon Town as holders)