Birmingham City3-1 Aston Villa
League cup final 1963
Birmingham City met their local rivals, Aston Villa in the 1963 league cup final. Birmingham defeated Villa comfortably and was the winners of the 1963 League Cup. It was Birmingham’s first ever piece of silverware won in a season which they struggled in the top flight, finishing off in 20th position.

QPR 3-2 West Bromwich Albion
Date Played – 4th March 1967 (League Cup Final)

The first League cup final ever to be played at Wembley looked set to be a one sided contest. First division outfit West Brom faced QPR of the third division. The West Brom team featured star names, including Jeff Astle and Tony Brown. West Brom took an early lead after just seven minutes as winger Colin Clark sent a thudding right foot shot past goal keeper ‘Springett.’ Clarke scored his second with ten minutes remaining of the half. They should have added to the score line by half time, however a Springett save kept the score line at 2-0. During the early stages of the second half, QPR looked a different team. Roger Morgan rose above a ruck of defenders in the 63rd minute to score for QPR. Twelve minutes later, Rodney Marsh levelled the scores with a sublime piece of skill. Marsh glided past three defenders and cannoned a right foot shot past Sheppard. Eight minutes from time, the Albion goalkeeper lost the ball when challenged by defender Ron Hunt. Lazarus was on hand to smash the ball home. Rodney marsh was the star as QPR won the league cup of 1967.

Swindon 3-1 Arsenal
Date Played – 15th March 1969 (League Cup Final)
Swindon went into the match as leaders of the third division and Arsenal were hot favourites to win this tie. Swindon surprised Arsenal by playing four in attack and the smart play of Swindon midfielder, John Smith kept his team in the match. In the 36th minute, Arsenal defender Ian Ure hit a back pass without checking his position of his keeper ‘Bob Wilson.’ The ball cannoned off Wilson’s shins to Roger Smart who tucked away the easiest of chances. Arsenal stormed back in the second half and in the 86th minute, substitute George Graham drilled a pass into the Swindon box, for Bobby Gould to score an equalizer. During extra time, Swindon tore holes in the Arsenal’s fading defence. On the stroke of half time, a cross from Penman evaded the mass of mud soaked bodies in the penalty area prior to arriving at the feet of Rogers and passed to Deftley to fire it in the back of the net. Swindon sealed victory in the last minute of the match as Don Rogers scored his second of the match.