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1965 Football League Cup final

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1965 Football League Cup Final
Event1964–65 Football League Cup
First Leg
Date15 March 1965
VenueStamford Bridge, London
RefereeJim Finney (Hereford)
Attendance20,690
Second Leg
Date5 April 1965
VenueFilbert Street, Leicester
RefereeKevin Howley (Billingham)
Attendance26,957
1964
1966

The 1965 Football League Cup Final, the fifth to be staged since the competition's inception, was contested between Leicester City and Chelsea over two legs. Leicester, the holders, were aiming to become the first side to retain the trophy while Chelsea were seeking to become the first London side to win it. Chelsea won 3–2 on aggregate, with all the goals coming in the first leg.

Route to the final

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Chelsea

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Round 2 Birmingham City 0–3 Chelsea
Round 3 Chelsea 4–0 Notts County
Round 4 Chelsea 3–2 Swansea City
Round 5 Workington Town 2–2 Chelsea
Round 5 replay Chelsea 2–0 Workington Town
Semi-final (1st leg) Aston Villa 2–3 Chelsea
Semi-final (2nd leg) Chelsea 1–1 Aston Villa
(Chelsea won 4–3 on aggregate)

Leicester City

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Round 2 Leicester City 0–0 Peterborough United
Round 2 Replay Peterborough United 0–2 Leicester City
Round 3 Grimsby Town 0–5 Leicester City
Round 4 Leicester City 0–0 Crystal Palace
Round 4 Replay Crystal Palace 1–2 Leicester City
Round 5 Coventry City 1–8 Leicester City
Semi-final (1st leg) Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Leicester City
Semi-final (2nd leg) Leicester City 3–2 Plymouth Argyle
(Leicester City won 4–2 on aggregate)

Match reviews

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The final was contested over two home-and-away legs, as was customary for the League Cup at the time.

First leg

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The first leg took place on 15 March 1965 at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's home ground. Chelsea took the lead in the match twice, first through Bobby Tambling and then through a penalty kick by captain Terry Venables, but Leicester City equalised on both occasions, via defender Colin Appleton and forward Jimmy Goodfellow. With ten minutes left, Chelsea's Eddie McCreadie received the ball on the edge of his own penalty area and went on a sixty-yard run, dribbling past several Leicester players before slotting the ball past goalkeeper Gordon Banks. The match ended 3–2 in Chelsea's favour. This was in spite of the fact that Chelsea only had ten players on the pitch for most of the match, after Allan Young – in his first and only appearance of the season – had suffered an early injury.[1] (Substitutions were not allowed at the time.)

McCreadie was actually Chelsea's starting left-back by trade; however, due to an injury to forward Barry Bridges, Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty had been forced to deploy McCreadie as an emergency forward, instead of in his usual spot, for the first leg.[1]

Second leg

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McCreadie's goal in the first match would ultimately prove to be the difference in the tie. The second leg was played at Leicester's Filbert Street on 5 April and ended in a 0–0 draw, giving Chelsea a 3–2 aggregate win and the League Cup championship. Although Leicester applied strong pressure and were in control of much of the match, they were unable to make a critical breakthrough in their home leg, as both sides kept clean sheets. Chelsea centre-halves Frank Upton and John Mortimore – neither of whom had played in the first leg – performed admirably in the second leg and were instrumental in preventing Leicester from creating chances.[1]

For Chelsea, this marked the first-ever domestic cup title in the club's history (they would not win their first FA Cup until 1970).

Players and officials

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First leg

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Chelsea3–2Leicester City
Tambling 33'
Venables 70' (pen.)
McCreadie 81'
Appleton 46'
Goodfellow 75'
Attendance: 20,690
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
GK 1 England Peter Bonetti
CH 2 England Marvin Hinton
FB 3 England Ron Harris
FB 4 England John Hollins
CH 5 England Allan Young
CH 6 Scotland John Boyle
OR 7 England Bert Murray
MF 8 Scotland George Graham
FW 9 Scotland Eddie McCreadie
MF 10 England Terry Venables (c)
OL 11 England Bobby Tambling
Manager:
Scotland Tommy Docherty
GK 1 England Gordon Banks
CH 2 Scotland John Sjoberg
FB 3 England Richie Norman
FB 4 England Len Chalmers
CH 5 Scotland Ian King
WH 6 England Colin Appleton (c)
W 7 Scotland Billy Hodgson
IR 8 England Graham Cross
FW 9 Scotland Jimmy Goodfellow
IL 10 Scotland David Gibson
W 11 Scotland Tom Sweenie
Manager:
Scotland Matt Gillies

Second leg

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Leicester City0–0Chelsea
Attendance: 26,957
GK 1 England Gordon Banks
RB 2 England Clive Walker
LB 3 England Richie Norman
MF 4 Scotland Bobby Roberts
CH 5 Scotland John Sjoberg
CH 6 England Colin Appleton (c)
W 7 Scotland Billy Hodgson
IR 8 England Graham Cross
FW 9 Scotland Jimmy Goodfellow
IL 10 Scotland David Gibson
W 11 England Mike Stringfellow
Manager:
Scotland Matt Gillies
GK 1 England Peter Bonetti
CH 2 England Marvin Hinton
FB 3 Scotland Eddie McCreadie
FB 4 England Ron Harris
CH 5 England John Mortimore
CH 6 England Frank Upton
OR 7 England Bert Murray
MF 8 Scotland John Boyle
FW 9 England Barry Bridges
MF 10 England Terry Venables (c)
OL 11 England Bobby Tambling
Manager:
Scotland Tommy Docherty

Sources:[2][3][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Chelsea 3 Leicester 2 / Leicester 0 Chelsea 0 – League Cup Final". Chelsea Football Club. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Chelsea v Leicester City, 15 March 1965 – match report". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Leicester City v Chelsea, 05 April 1965 – match report". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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