League Cup 1986/87

The 1986/87 League Cup was the 27th edition of the English League Cup , which had existed since 1960 .

The competition started on August 25, 1986 with the first round and ended on April 5, 1987 with the final at Wembley . The title went to Arsenal FC , who beat Liverpool 2-1 in the final. The club from London won the English league cup for the first time after two defeats in the final (1968 and 1969).

First round

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

Second round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Arsenal FC		Huddersfield Town	2-0	1: 1
Barnsley FC		Tottenham Hotspur	2: 3	3: 5
Bradford City		Newcastle United	2-0	0: 1
Brighton & Hove Albion		Nottingham Forest	0-0	0: 3
Bristol City		Sheffield United	2: 2	0: 3
Cambridge United		Wimbledon FC	1: 1	2: 2 a.d.
Charlton Athletic		Lincoln City FC	3: 1	1-0
Coventry City		Rotherham United	3: 2	1-0
Crystal Palace		Bury FC	0-0	1-0
Derby County		West Bromwich Albion	4: 1	1-0
Everton FC		AFC Newport County	4-0	5: 1
Hull City		Grimsby Town	1-0	1: 1
Liverpool FC	13: 20	Fulham FC	10-00	3: 2
Luton Town	¹	Cardiff City
Manchester United		FC Port Vale	2-0	5: 2
Middlesbrough FC		Birmingham City	2: 2	2: 3
Oldham Athletic		Leeds United	3: 2	1-0
Oxford United		Gillingham FC	6-0	1: 1
Peterborough United		Norwich City	0-0	0: 1
Preston North End		West Ham United	1: 1	1: 4
Queens Park Rangers		Blackburn Rovers	2: 1	2: 2
Reading FC		Aston Villa	1: 1	1: 4
Scunthorpe United		Ipswich Town	1: 2	0: 2
Sheffield Wednesday		Stockport County	3-0	7-0
Shrewsbury Town		Stoke City	2: 1	0-0
Southampton FC		Swindon Town	3-0	0-0
Southend United		Manchester City	0-0	1: 2
Swansea City		Leicester City	0: 2	2: 4
Walsall FC		Millwall FC	0: 1	2: 3
Watford FC		Rochdale AFC	1: 1	2: 1
Wrexham FC		Portsmouth FC	1: 2	0: 2
York city		Chelsea FC	1-0	0: 3

¹ Luton Town banned Cardiff City fans from attending the first leg and was subsequently excluded from the competition by the FA.

Third round

	Result
Arsenal FC	3: 1	Manchester City
Bradford City	3: 1	Portsmouth FC
Cambridge United	1-0	Ipswich Town
Cardiff City	2: 1	Chelsea FC
Charlton Athletic	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Coventry City	2: 1	Oldham Athletic
Crystal Palace	2: 2	Nottingham Forest
Derby County	1: 1	Aston Villa
Everton FC	4-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Liverpool FC	4: 1	Leicester City
Manchester United	0-0	Southampton FC
Norwich City	4: 1	Millwall FC
Oxford United	3: 1	Sheffield United
Shrewsbury Town	1-0	Hull City
Tottenham Hotspur	5-0	Birmingham City
Watford FC	2: 3	West Ham United

Replay games

	Result
Nottingham Forest	1-0	Crystal Palace
Aston Villa	2: 1	Derby County
Southampton FC	4: 1	Manchester United

Fourth round

	Result
Arsenal FC	2-0	Charlton Athletic
Bradford City	0: 5	Nottingham Forest
Cambridge United	1: 3	Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City	0-0	Liverpool FC
Norwich City	1: 4	Everton FC
Shrewsbury Town	1-0	Cardiff City
Southampton FC	2: 1	Aston Villa
West Ham United	1-0	Oxford United