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1961 Football League Cup Final
First Leg
Event1960–61 Football League Cup
Date22 August 1961
VenueMillmoor, Rotherham
Attendance12,226
Second Leg
Date5 September 1961
VenueVilla Park, Birmingham
Attendance31,302
1962

The 1961 Football League Cup Final was the inaugural League Cup final. It was contested by Rotherham United and Aston Villa over two legs. Aston Villa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Due to fixture congestion, the second leg was not played until after the start of the 1961–2 season. As a result, Villa began their defence of the trophy just eight days after winning it.

Players and officials[]

First leg[]

22 August 1961
Rotherham United 2–0 Aston Villa Millmoor, Rotherham
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: K.A. Collinge
Webster Goal 51'
Kirkman Goal 55'
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Aston Villa
1 Flag of England Roy Ironside
2 Flag of England Peter Perry
3 Flag of England Lol Morgan
4 Flag of England Roy Lambert
5 Flag of England Peter Madden
6 Flag of England Ken Waterhouse
7 Flag of England Barry Webster
8 Flag of England Don Weston
9 Flag of England Ken Houghton
10 Flag of England Alan Kirkman
11 Flag of England Keith Bambridge
Manager:
Flag of England Tom Johnston
1 Flag of England Nigel Sims
2 Flag of England Stan Lynn
3 Flag of England Gordon Lee
4 Flag of Wales Vic Crowe
5 Flag of England Jimmy Dugdale
6 Flag of England Alan Deakin
7 Flag of Scotland Jimmy MacEwan
8 Flag of Scotland Bobby Thomson
9 Flag of England Ralph Brown
10 Flag of Scotland Ron Wylie
11 Flag of Northern Ireland Peter McParland
Manager:
Flag of England Joe Mercer

Second leg[]

5 September 1961
Aston Villa 3 – 0 (aet) Rotherham United Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 31,202
Referee: C.W. Kingston
O'Neill Goal 67'
Burrows Goal 69'
McParland Goal 109'
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Aston Villa
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Rotherham United
1 Flag of England Geoff Sidebottom
2 Flag of England John Neal
3 Flag of England Gordon Lee
4 Flag of Wales Vic Crowe
5 Flag of England Jimmy Dugdale
6 Flag of England Alan Deakin
7 Flag of Scotland Jimmy MacEwan
8 Flag of England Alan O'Neill
9 Flag of Northern Ireland Peter McParland
10 Flag of Scotland Bobby Thomson
11 Flag of England Harry Burrows
Manager:
Flag of England Joe Mercer
1 Flag of England Roy Ironside
2 Flag of England Peter Perry
3 Flag of England Lol Morgan
4 Flag of England Roy Lambert
5 Flag of England Peter Madden
6 Flag of England Ken Waterhouse
7 Flag of England Barry Webster
8 Flag of England Don Weston
9 Flag of England Ken Houghton
10 Flag of England Alan Kirkman
11 Flag of England Keith Bambridge
Manager:
Flag of England Tom Johnston

Road to the final[]

Aston Villa[]

Round 2 Aston Villa 4–0 Huddersfield Town
Round 3 Preston North End 3–3 Aston Villa
Round 3 replay Aston Villa 3–1 Preston North End
Round 4 Aston Villa 3–3 Plymouth Argyle
Round 4 replay Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Aston Villa
Round 4 2nd replay Plymouth Argyle 3–5 Aston Villa
Quarter-final Aston Villa 3–0 Wrexham
Semi-final (1st leg) Burnley 2–2 Aston Villa
Semi-final (2nd leg) Aston Villa 1–1 Burnley
Semi-final replay Aston Villa 2–1 Burnley
  (at Old Trafford)

Rotherham United[]

Round 2 Leicester City 1–2 Rotherham United
Round 3 Rotherham United 2–0 Bristol Rovers
Round 4 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Rotherham United
Quarter-final Rotherham United 3–0 Portsmouth
Semi-final (1st leg) Rotherham United 3–2 Shrewsbury Town
Semi-final (2nd leg) Shrewsbury Town 1–1 Rotherham United
  (Rotherham United win 4–3 on aggregate)

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