League Cup 1984/85

The League Cup 1984/85 was the 25th edition of the English League Cup , which had existed since 1960 .

The competition started on August 27, 1984 with the first round and ended on March 24, 1985 with the final at Wembley . The title went to Norwich City , with a 1-0 final win over Sunderland AFC . Norwich won the League Cup for the second time since 1962 in its fourth game in the final. For the first time, at the end of the season, both finalists from the Football League First Division 1984/85 rose to the second division. The decisive goal came in the 47th minute when Sunderland defender Gordon Chisholm deflected a shot from Norwich's Asa Hartford into his own goal. Just five minutes later, Clive Walker missed the equalizer for Sunderland AFC with a missed hand penalty.

First round

		First leg	Return leg
Aldershot Town	Bournemouth AFC	4-0	1-0
Blackpool FC	Chester City	1-0	3-0
Bolton Wanderers	Oldham Athletic	2: 1	4: 4 a.d.
Bradford City	Middlesbrough FC	2-0	2: 2
Brentford FC	Cambridge United	2-0	0: 1
Bristol City	AFC Newport County	2: 1	3-0
Burnley FC	Crewe Alexandra	1: 2	3-0
Crystal Palace	Northampton Town	1-0	0-0
Darlington FC	Rotherham United	1: 2	0: 4
Derby County	Hartlepool United	5: 1	1-0
Doncaster Rovers	York city	2: 3	0: 5
Exeter City	Cardiff City	1-0	0: 2
Gillingham FC	Colchester United	3: 2	2-0
Halifax Town	Chesterfield FC	1: 1	2: 1
Hereford United	Oxford United	2: 2	3: 5
Lincoln City FC	Hull City	0: 2	1: 4
Leyton Orient	Southend United	2: 1	0-0
Plymouth Argyle	Torquay United	1-0	1-0
Portsmouth FC	Wimbledon FC	3-0	0: 1
FC Port Vale	Bury FC	1-0	1: 2 a.d.
Reading FC	Millwall FC	1: 1	3: 4
Scunthorpe United	Mansfield Town	0: 1	2: 1 a.d.
Sheffield United	Peterborough United	1-0	2: 2 a.d.
Stockport County	Rochdale AFC	3: 1	2: 1
Swansea City	Walsall FC	0: 2	1: 3
Swindon Town	Bristol Rovers	1: 5	1-0
Tranmere Rovers	Preston North End	2: 3	2: 2 a.d.
Wrexham FC	Wigan Athletic	0: 3	0: 2

Second round

		First leg	Return leg
Arsenal FC	Bristol Rovers	4-0	1: 1
Birmingham City	Plymouth Argyle	4: 1	1-0
Blackburn Rovers	Oxford United	1: 1	1: 3 a.d.
Brighton & Hove Albion	Aldershot Town	3: 1	0: 3 a.d.
Bristol City	West Ham United	2: 2	1: 6
Charlton Athletic	Notts County	0: 1	0: 2
Chelsea FC	Millwall FC	3: 1	1: 1
Fulham FC	Carlisle United	2-0	2: 1
Gillingham FC	Leeds United	1: 2	2: 3
Grimsby Town	Barnsley FC	3-0	1: 1
Halifax Town	Tottenham Hotspur	1: 5	0: 4
Ipswich Town	Derby County	4: 2	1: 1
Leicester City	Brentford FC	4: 2	2-0
Manchester City	Blackpool FC	4: 2	3: 1
Manchester United	Burnley FC	4-0	3-0
Newcastle United	Bradford City	3: 1	1-0
Leyton Orient	Luton Town	1: 4	1: 3
Portsmouth FC	Nottingham Forest	1-0	0: 3 a.d.
FC Port Vale	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 2	0-0
Preston North End	Norwich City	3: 3	1: 6
Scunthorpe United	Aston Villa	2: 3	1: 3
Sheffield United	Everton FC	2: 2	0: 4
Sheffield Wednesday	Huddersfield Town	3-0	1: 2
Shrewsbury Town	Bolton Wanderers	2: 1	1: 2
Southampton FC	Hull City	3: 2	2: 2
Stockport County	Liverpool FC	0-0	0: 2 a.d.
Stoke City	Rotherham United	1: 2	1: 1
Sunderland AFC	Crystal Palace	2: 1	0-0
Walsall FC	Coventry City	1: 2	3-0
Watford FC	Cardiff City	3: 1	0: 1
Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich Albion	2-0	1: 1
York city	Queens Park Rangers	2: 4	1: 4

Third round

	Result
Birmingham City	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town	1: 1	Newcastle United
Leeds United	0: 4	Watford FC
Luton Town	3: 1	Leicester City
Manchester City	0-0	West Ham United
Manchester United	1: 2	Everton FC
Norwich City	0-0	Aldershot Town
Nottingham Forest	1: 1	Sunderland AFC
Notts County	6: 1	Bolton Wanderers
Oxford United	3: 2	Arsenal FC
Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Aston Villa
Rotherham United	0-0	Grimsby Town
Sheffield Wednesday	3: 2	Fulham FC
Southampton FC	2: 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	Liverpool FC
Walsall FC	2: 2	Chelsea FC

Replay games

	Result
West Bromwich Albion	3: 1	Birmingham City
Newcastle United	1: 2	Ipswich Town
West Ham United	1: 2	Manchester City
Aldershot Town	0: 4	Norwich City
Sunderland AFC	1: 0 a.d.	Nottingham Forest
Grimsby Town	6: 1	Rotherham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 2	Southampton FC
Chelsea FC	3-0	Walsall FC

Fourth round

	Result
Chelsea FC	4: 1	Manchester City
Everton FC	0: 1	Grimsby Town
Ipswich Town	2: 1	Oxford United
Norwich City	3-0	Notts County
Sheffield Wednesday	4: 2	Luton Town
Southampton FC	1: 1	Queens Park Rangers
Sunderland AFC	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Watford FC	4: 1	West Bromwich Albion