1961 Football League Cup final

1961 Football League Cup Final
Event1960–61 Football League Cup
Rotherham United Aston Villa
2 3
First Leg
Rotherham United Aston Villa
2 0
Date22 August 1961
VenueMillmoor, Rotherham
Attendance12,226
Second Leg
Aston Villa Rotherham United
3 0
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 1961–62 season. As a result, Villa began their defence of the trophy just eight days after winning it. Though all League clubs were eligible to participate, Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers did not enter. The prize money for winning the competition was £750.[1] The two clubs would not play each other again until they met in the same competition in August 2013.[2] Both clubs received first round byes.[3]

  1. ^ Mat Kendrick (28 August 2013). "When Aston Villa beat Rotherham to win the 1961 League Cup". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ^ Ben Curtis (28 August 2013). "Then and now: Rotherham and Aston Villa revisit 1961 League Cup final with reunion of old players". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Holte History: 1961 Football League Cup Final". Retrieved 29 December 2016.