League Cup 1985/86

The 1985/86 League Cup was the 26th edition of the English League Cup , which had existed since 1960 .

The competition started on August 20, 1985 with the first round and ended on April 20, 1986 with the final at Wembley . The title went through a 3-0 final win over Queens Park Rangers at Oxford United . The club from Oxford , which has played in the English top division for the first time since the Football League First Division began in 1985/86, secured its first title in the club's history. The Queens Park Rangers reached the final of the League Cup for the second time after winning the title in 1967 (3-2 against West Bromwich Albion).

First round

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

Second round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Brentford FC		Sheffield Wednesday	2: 2	0: 2
Brighton & Hove Albion		Bradford City	5: 2	2-0
Bristol Rovers		Birmingham City	2: 3	1: 2
Bury FC		Manchester City	1: 2	1: 2
Chester City		Coventry City	1: 2	2: 7
Crewe Alexandra		Watford FC	1: 3	2: 3
Crystal Palace		Manchester United	0: 1	0: 1
Derby County		Leicester City	2-0	1: 1
Everton FC		Bournemouth AFC	3: 2	2-0
Exeter City		Aston Villa	1: 4	1: 8
Fulham FC		Notts County	1: 1	4: 2 a.d.
Gillingham FC		Portsmouth FC	1: 3	1: 2
Grimsby Town		York city	1: 1	3: 2
Hereford United		Arsenal FC	0-0	1: 2 a.d.
Ipswich Town		Darlington FC	3: 1	4: 1
Leeds United		Walsall FC	0-0	3-0
Liverpool FC		Oldham Athletic	3-0	5: 2
Mansfield Town		Chelsea FC	2: 2	0: 2
Millwall FC	(4: 5 i. E.)	Southampton FC	0-0	0: 0 a.d.
Newcastle United		Barnsley FC	0-0	1: 1 a.d.
Nottingham Forest		Bolton Wanderers	4-0	3-0
Leyton Orient		Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	0: 4
Oxford United		Northampton Town	2: 1	2-0
Preston North End		Norwich City	1: 1	1: 2
Queens Park Rangers		Hull City	3-0	5: 1
Sheffield United		Luton Town	1: 2	1: 3
Shrewsbury Town		Huddersfield Town	2: 3	2-0
Sunderland AFC		Swindon Town	3: 2	1: 3 a.d.
West Bromwich Albion		FC Port Vale	1-0	2: 2
West Ham United		Swansea City	3-0	3: 2
Wimbledon FC		Blackburn Rovers	5-0	1: 2
Wrexham FC		Stoke City	0: 1	0: 1

Third round

	Result
Birmingham City	1: 1	Southampton FC
Chelsea FC	1: 1	Fulham FC
Coventry City	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Derby County	1: 2	Nottingham Forest
Grimsby Town	0: 2	Ipswich Town
Leeds United	0: 3	Aston Villa
Liverpool FC	4-0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Luton Town	0: 2	Norwich City
Manchester City	1: 2	Arsenal FC
Manchester United	1-0	West Ham United
Oxford United	3: 1	Newcastle United
Portsmouth FC	2-0	Stoke City
Shrewsbury Town	1: 4	Everton FC
Swindon Town	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Wimbledon FC
Watford FC	0: 1	Queens Park Rangers

Replay games

	Result
Southampton FC	3-0	Birmingham City
Fulham FC	0: 1	Chelsea FC
West Bromwich Albion	4: 3	Coventry City

Fourth round

	Result
Arsenal FC	0-0	Southampton FC
Aston Villa	2: 2	West Bromwich Albion
Chelsea FC	2: 2	Everton FC
Ipswich Town	6: 1	Swindon Town
Liverpool FC	2: 1	Manchester United
Oxford United	3: 1	Norwich City
Queens Park Rangers	3: 1	Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Portsmouth FC