1963 Football League Cup Final

1963 Football League Cup Final
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The 1963 Football League Cup Final, the third to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between local rivals Birmingham City and Aston Villa over two legs. Aston Villa had won the inaugural competition in 1960–61, and had beaten Birmingham 4–0 in their most recent League meeting,¹ while Birmingham were seeking to win their first major trophy. Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate, with all the goals coming in the first leg.

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1 Match summary
2 Players and officials
- 2.1 First leg
- 2.2 Second Leg
3 Road to the final
- 3.1 Birmingham City
- 3.2 Aston Villa
4 References
5 External links

Match summary

The first leg took place on 23 May 1963 at Birmingham's home ground, St Andrews. Birmingham took the lead when Harris fed Auld who crossed for Ken Leek's powerful shot, but Aston Villa equalised via Bobby Thomson. Seven minutes into the second half, the same combination of players made it 2–1, and after 66 minutes Jimmy Bloomfield met a Harris cross to score off the post to give Birmingham a 3–1 lead.¹ The second leg four days later at Villa Park was goalless. With former England centre half Trevor Smith marking Thomson out of the game² and Birmingham's defensive tactics including regularly kicking the ball out for throw-ins,³ Aston Villa were unable to break their opponents down.

Players and officials

First leg

Birmingham City Blue shirts/White shorts/White socks	3 — 1 (final score after 90 minutes)	Aston Villa Claret and blue shirts/White shorts/Claret and blue socks
Manager: Gil Merrick Team: Schofield (GK) Lynn Green Hennessey Smith Beard Hellawell Bloomfield Harris Leek Auld Scorers: Ken Leek (14) Ken Leek (52) Jimmy Bloomfield (66)	Half-time: 1–1 Competition: League Cup (Final) Date: Thursday 23 May, 1963 Venue: St Andrew's, Birmingham Attendance: 31,580 Referee: E. Crawford Match rules: 90 minutes. No substitutions.	Manager: Joe Mercer Team: Sims (GK) Fraser Aitken Crowe Sleeuwenhoek Lee Baker Graham Thomson Wylie Burrows Scorers: Bobby Thomson (41)

Second Leg

Aston Villa Claret and blue shirts/White shorts/Claret and blue socks	0 — 0 (final score after 90 minutes)	Birmingham City Blue shirts/White shorts/White socks
Manager: Joe Mercer Team: Sims (GK) Fraser Aitken Crowe Sleeuwenhoek Lee Baker Graham Thomson Wylie Burrows Scorers:	Half-time: 0–0 Competition: League Cup (Final) Date: Monday 27 May 1963 Venue: Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 37,921 Referee: A. W. Sparling Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time if necessary. No substitutions.	Manager: Gil Merrick Team: Schofield (GK) Lynn Green Hennessey Smith Beard Hellawell Bloomfield Harris Leek Auld Scorers:

Road to the final

Home teams listed first.

Birmingham City

Round 2: Birmingham City 5–0 Doncaster Rovers

Round 3: Barrow 1–1 Birmingham City

Replay Birmingham City 5–1 Barrow

Round 4: Birmingham City 3–2 Notts County

Quarter-final: Birmingham City 6–0 Manchester City

Semi-final, 1st leg: Birmingham City 3–2 Bury

Semi-final, 2nd leg: Bury 1–1 Birmingham City

Birmingham City won 4–3 on aggregate

Aston Villa

Round 2: Aston Villa 6–1 Peterborough United

Round 3: Aston Villa 3–1 Stoke City

Round 4: Aston Villa 6–2 Preston North End

Quarter-final: Aston Villa 4–1 Norwich City

Semi-final, 1st leg: Sunderland 1–3 Aston Villa

Semi-final, 2nd leg: Aston Villa 0–0 Sunderland

Aston Villa won 3–1 on aggregate

References

^ ^a ^b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. pp. p. 33. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
^ Ponting, Ivan (2003-09-15). "Obituary: Trevor Smith" (reprint via www.findarticles.com), The Independent. Retrieved on 24 July 2007.
^ Jawad, Hyder (2005-03-06). Strange Magic: Birmingham City v Aston Villa. The Birmingham Post. pp. pp. 27–28.

External links

League Cup 1963 at The English Football Archive
First leg facts at soccerbase.com
Second leg facts at soccerbase.com
League Cup 1963 at rsssf.com

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