| League Cup Round 3 | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Aston Villa | 3 | 1 | Stoke City | D 2 | Villa Park | 20,375 | |
| Thomson, Ewing, Burrows (p) | Lineups | Matthews G | | | | |
| D 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 0 | Leeds United | D 2 | Ewood Park | 7,680 | |
| Ferguson, Lawther 2, Pickering | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Hull City | 1 | 2 | Fulham | D 1 | Boothferry Park | 20,308 | |
| Chilton | Lineups | Key, Metchick | | | | |
| D 1 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 2 | Chester | D 4 | Brisbane Road | 7,428 | |
| Graham 3, Waites 3, Dunmore 2, Deeley | Lineups | Myerscough 2 | | | | |
| D 3 | Notts County | 5 | 0 | Swindon Town | D 3 | Meadow Lane | 7,012 | |
| Astle 2, Jones, Loxley, Sheridan | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Portsmouth | 5 | 1 | Coventry City | D 3 | Fratton Park | 8,685 | |
| Gordon, Saunders 2, Dodson, Sillett OG | Lineups | Laverick | | | | |
| D 2 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | Scunthorpe United | D 2 | Roker Park | 18,154 | |
| Rooks, Mulhall | Lineups | | | | | |
