League Cup 1979/80

The League Cup 1979/80 was the 20th edition of the English League Cup , which had existed since 1960 .

The competition started on August 11, 1979 with the first round and ended on March 15, 1980 with the final at Wembley . The title went to Wolverhampton Wanderers , who defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0 in the final , the title holder of the last two years . Wolverhampton won the League Cup for the second time after 1974 (2-1 against Manchester City).

First round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Blackpool FC	2: 1	Rochdale AFC	1: 1	1-0
Bradford City	3: 2	Darlington FC	0: 2	3-0
Bury FC	2: 6	Blackburn Rovers	0: 3	2: 3
Chester City	2: 1	Walsall FC	2: 1	0-0
Chesterfield FC	6: 3	Hartlepool United	5: 1	1: 2
Colchester United	3: 2	Watford FC	2-0	1: 2
Gillingham FC	4: 1	Luton Town	3-0	1: 1
Grimsby Town	2-0	Scunthorpe United	2-0	0-0
Halifax Town	2: 3	Shrewsbury Town	2: 2	0: 1
Hereford United	2: 5	Exeter City	1: 3	1: 2
Huddersfield Town	5: 2	Crewe Alexandra	2: 1	3: 1
Leicester City	1: 5	Rotherham United	1: 2	0: 3
Lincoln City FC	3: 3 (3: 4 in good condition)	Barnsley FC	2: 1	1: 2
Mansfield Town	(a) 3: 3(a)	York city	1-0	2: 3
AFC Newport County	1: 2	Plymouth Argyle	1-0	0: 2
Northampton Town	4: 2	Millwall FC	2: 1	2: 2
Oxford United	2: 7	Reading FC	1: 5	1: 2
Peterborough United	4: 2	Charlton Athletic	3: 1	1: 1
Portsmouth FC	1: 3	Swindon Town	1: 1	0: 2
FC Port Vale	1: 3	Tranmere Rovers	1: 2	0: 1
Sheffield United	2: 4	Doncaster Rovers	1: 1	1: 3
Sheffield Wednesday	3: 2	Hull City	1: 1	2: 1
Southend United	6: 2	Brentford FC	2: 1	4: 1
Stockport County	2: 1	Wigan Athletic	2: 1	0-0
Swansea City	4: 1	Bournemouth AFC	4: 1	0-0
Torquay United	4: 3	Bristol Rovers	1: 2	3: 1
Wimbledon FC	6: 2	Aldershot Town	4: 1	2: 1
Wrexham FC	3: 2	Carlisle United	1: 1	2: 1

Second round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Birmingham City	3: 2	Preston North End	2: 1	1-0
Blackburn Rovers	2: 7	Nottingham Forest	1: 1	1: 6
Bolton Wanderers	1: 2	Southend United	1: 2	0-0
Brighton & Hove Albion	4: 1	Cambridge United	2-0	2: 1
Bristol City	2: 1	Rotherham United	1-0	1: 1
Burnley FC	1: 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 1	0: 2
Chesterfield FC	3-0	Shrewsbury Town	3-0	0-0
Colchester United	2: 2 (8: 9 i.E.)	Aston Villa	0: 2	2-0
Derby County	1: 2	Middlesbrough FC	0: 1	1: 1
Doncaster Rovers	4: 6	Exeter City	3: 1	1: 5
Everton FC	2: 1	Cardiff City	2-0	0: 1
Gillingham FC	3: 5	Norwich City	1: 1	2: 4
Grimsby Town	5: 1	Huddersfield Town	1-0	4: 1
Ipswich Town	0: 1	Coventry City	0: 1	0-0
Leeds United	1: 8	Arsenal FC	1: 1	0: 7
Northampton Town	4: 3	Oldham Athletic	3-0	1: 3
Notts County	1-0	Torquay United	0-0	1-0
Leyton Orient	4: 4 (4: 5 i. E.)	Wimbledon FC	2: 2	2: 2
Peterborough United	1-0	Blackpool FC	0-0	1-0
Plymouth Argyle	4: 3	Chelsea FC	2: 2	2: 1
Queens Park Rangers	4: 1	Bradford City	2: 1	2-0
Reading FC	6: 5	Mansfield Town	4: 3	2: 4
Sheffield Wednesday	2: 3	Manchester City	1: 1	1: 2
Southampton FC	8-0	Wrexham FC	5-0	3-0
Stockport County	1: 8	Crystal Palace	1: 1	0: 7
Stoke City	4: 2	Swansea City	1: 1	3: 1
Sunderland FC	4: 4 (7: 6 on behalf)	Newcastle United	2: 2	2: 2
Swindon Town	2: 1	Chester City	1-0	1: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	3: 4	Manchester United	2: 1	1: 3
Tranmere Rovers	0: 4	Liverpool FC	0-0	0: 4
West Bromwich Albion	2: 1	Fulham FC	1: 1	1-0
West Ham United	5: 1	Barnsley FC	3: 1	2-0

Third round

	Result
Arsenal FC	2: 1	Southampton FC
Aston Villa	0-0	Everton FC
Birmingham City	1: 2	Exeter City
Crystal Palace	1: 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Grimsby Town	3: 1	Notts County
Liverpool FC	3: 1	Chesterfield FC
Manchester City	1: 1	Sunderland FC
Mansfield Town	0: 3	Queens Park Rangers
Middlesbrough FC	1: 3	Nottingham Forest
Northampton Town	0: 1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Norwich City	4: 1	Manchester United
Peterborough United	1: 1	Bristol City
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	Wimbledon FC
Stoke City	2: 2	Swindon Town
West Bromwich Albion	2: 1	Coventry City
West Ham United	1: 1	Southend United

Replay games

	Result
Everton FC	4: 1	Aston Villa
Sunderland FC	1-0	Manchester City
Bristol City	4-0	Peterborough United
Wimbledon FC	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Swindon Town	2: 1	Stoke City
Southend United	0-0	West Ham United

2. Replay

	Result
West Ham United	5: 1	Southend United

Fourth round

	Result
Brighton & Hove Albion	0-0	Arsenal FC
Bristol City	1: 1	Nottingham Forest
Grimsby Town	2: 1	Everton FC
Liverpool FC	2-0	Exeter City
Queens Park Rangers	1: 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sunderland FC	1: 1	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Norwich City
Wimbledon FC	1: 2	Swindon Town

Replay games

	Result
Arsenal FC	4-0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Nottingham Forest	3-0	Bristol City
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
West Ham United	2: 1	Sunderland FC
Norwich City	3-0	West Bromwich Albion