League Cup 1977/78

The 1977-78 Football League Cup was the 18th edition of the since 1960 existing League Cup .

The competition started on August 13, 1977 with the first round and ended with the replay in the final at Old Trafford on March 22, 1978. The winner of the competition was Nottingham Forest with a 1-0 in the decisive game against Liverpool FC . This was the first time that the first division promoted team secured the title in this competition.

First round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Aldershot Town	2: 5	Colchester United	1: 1	1: 4
Brentford FC	3: 6	Crystal Palace	2: 1	1: 5
Bristol Rovers	1: 3	Walsall FC	1: 2	0: 1
Burnley FC	2: 1	Chester City	2-0	0: 1
Bury FC	4: 1	Crewe Alexandra	3-0	1: 1
Cambridge United	0-0	Brighton & Hove Albion	0-0	0-0
Chesterfield FC	4: 4	Barnsley FC	4: 1	0: 3
Darlington FC	1: 3	Scunthorpe United	0-0	1: 3
Exeter City	2: 2	Plymouth Argyle	2: 2	0-0
Gillingham FC	2: 4	Wimbledon FC	1: 1	1: 3
Grimsby Town	5: 1	Hartlepool United	3-0	2: 1
Hereford United	4: 4	Bournemouth AFC	2-0	2: 4
Huddersfield Town	3: 3	Carlisle United	1: 1	2: 2
Mansfield Town	0: 1	Lincoln City FC	0: 1	0-0
Leyton Orient	3: 2	Fulham FC	2-0	1: 2
Oxford United	5: 2	Shrewsbury Town	3-0	2: 2
Peterborough United	5: 2	Bradford City	4: 1	1: 1
Portsmouth FC	5: 4	AFC Newport County	3: 1	2: 3
FC Port Vale	3: 3	Preston North End	2: 1	1: 2
Rochdale AFC	3: 2	Halifax Town	1: 1	2: 1
Rotherham United	3: 3	York city	3-0	0: 3
Sheffield Wednesday	8: 2	Doncaster Rovers	5: 2	3-0
Southend United	3: 5	Northampton Town	2: 3	1: 2
Swansea City	2: 5	Swindon Town	1: 3	1: 2
Torquay United	3: 3	Cardiff City	1-0	2: 3
Tranmere Rovers	2: 3	Southport FC	0: 1	2: 2
Watford FC	2: 2	Reading FC	2: 1	0: 1
Wrexham FC	2: 1	Stockport County	1-0	1: 1

Replay games

	Result
Brighton & Hove Albion	3-0	Cambridge United
Chesterfield FC	2-0	Barnsley FC
Exeter City	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Bournemouth AFC	2: 1	Hereford United
Huddersfield Town	2: 1	Carlisle United
Preston North End	2: 1	FC Port Vale
Rotherham United	1: 1 nV (6: 5 in good condition)	York city
Cardiff City	2: 1	Torquay United
Watford FC	5-0	Reading FC

Second round

	Result
Arsenal FC	3: 2	Manchester United
Birmingham City	0: 2	Notts County
Blackburn Rovers	1: 1	Colchester United
Blackpool FC	2: 2	Sheffield Wednesday
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Lincoln City FC
Brighton & Hove Albion	0-0	Oldham Athletic
Bristol City	1-0	Stoke City
Burnley FC	3: 1	Norwich City
Charlton Athletic	1: 2	Wrexham FC
Chesterfield FC	0: 1	Manchester City
Crystal Palace	0-0	Southampton FC
Derby County	3: 1	Leyton Orient
Exeter City	1: 3	Aston Villa
Grimsby Town	1: 2	Watford FC
Huddersfield Town	0: 2	Coventry City
Ipswich Town	5-0	Northampton Town
Liverpool FC	2-0	Chelsea FC
Newcastle United	0: 2	Millwall FC
Nottingham Forest	5-0	West Ham United
Oxford United	1: 1	Bury FC
Peterborough United	1: 1	Scunthorpe United
Portsmouth FC	2-0	Leicester City
Queens Park Rangers	2-0	Bournemouth AFC
Rochdale AFC	0: 3	Leeds United
Sheffield United	0: 3	Everton FC
Southport FC	2: 2	Hull City
Sunderland FC	2: 2	Middlesbrough FC
Swindon Town	5: 1	Cardiff City
Tottenham Hotspur	4-0	Wimbledon FC
Walsall FC	0-0	Preston North End
West Bromwich Albion	4-0	Rotherham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 3	Luton Town

Replay games

	Result
Colchester United	4-0	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday	3: 1	Blackpool FC
Oldham Athletic	2: 2	Brighton & Hove Albion
Southampton FC	2: 1	Crystal Palace
Bury FC	1-0	Oxford United
Scunthorpe United	0: 1	Peterborough United
Hull City	1-0	Southport FC
Middlesbrough FC	1-0	Sunderland FC
Preston North End	0: 1	Walsall FC

2. Replay

	Result
Brighton & Hove Albion	1: 2	Oldham Athletic

Third round

	Result
Arsenal FC	2-0	Southampton FC
Aston Villa	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Bolton Wanderers	3: 1	Peterborough United
Burnley FC	1: 2	Ipswich Town
Everton FC	2: 2	Middlesbrough FC
Hull City	2-0	Oldham Athletic
Leeds United	4-0	Colchester United
Liverpool FC	2-0	Derby County
Luton Town	1: 1	Manchester City
Millwall FC	1: 1	Bury FC
Nottingham Forest	4-0	Notts County
Portsmouth FC	1: 1	Swindon Town
Sheffield Wednesday	2: 1	Walsall FC
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 3	Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion	1-0	Watford FC
Wrexham FC	1-0	Bristol City

Replay games

	Result
Middlesbrough FC	1: 2	Everton FC
Manchester City	0-0	Luton Town
Bury FC	2-0	Millwall FC
Swindon Town	4: 3	Portsmouth FC

2. Replay

	Result
Luton Town	2: 3	Manchester City

Fourth round

	Result
Arsenal FC	5: 1	Hull City
Bolton Wanderers	1: 3	Leeds United
Bury FC	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town	1: 2	Manchester City
Liverpool FC	2: 2	Coventry City
Nottingham Forest	4: 2	Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday	1: 3	Everton FC
Wrexham FC	2-0	Swindon Town