| League Cup Round 3 |
Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
| D 1 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | Reading | D 3 | Highbury | 27,866 | |
| Simpson | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 2 | Middlesbrough | D 2 | Ewood Park | 10,442 | |
| Hole 2, Ferguson | Lineups | Hickton (p), O'Rourke | | | | |
| D 4 | Darlington | 4 | 1 | Portsmouth | D 2 | Feethams Ground | 6,112 | |
| Conlon 2, O'Neill L, Ratcliffe (p) | Lineups | Hiron | | | | |
| D 2 | Derby County | 3 | 1 | Birmingham City | D 2 | Baseball Ground | 24,827 | |
| Hector, Hopkinson, O'Hare | Lineups | Bridges | | | | |
| D 1 | Everton | 2 | 3 | Sunderland | D 1 | Goodison Park | 39,191 | |
| Young 2 | Lineups | Mulhall, Kinnell, Martin | | | | |
| D 1 | Leeds United | 3 | 0 | Bury | D 3 | Elland Road | 20,927 | |
| Charlton, Johanneson, Greenhoff | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 4 | Lincoln City | 4 | 2 | Torquay United | D 3 | Sincil Bank | 13,647 | |
| Lewis 2, Holmes, Peden (p) | Lineups | Fryatt 2 | | | | |
| D 1 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | Blackpool | D 2 | Maine Road | 27,633 | |
| Summerbee | Lineups | Craven | | | | |
| D 3 | Northampton Town | 0 | 0 | Millwall | D 2 | County Ground | 12,282 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Norwich City | 0 | 1 | Huddersfield Town | D 2 | Carrow Road | 12,215 | |
| | Lineups | Nicholson | | | | |
| D 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 1 | Barrow | D 3 | Hillsborough | 21,829 | |
| Fantham 2, McCalliog | Lineups | McAdams | | | | |
| D 1 | Stoke City | 2 | 1 | Ipswich Town | D 2 | Victoria Ground | 14,815 | |
| Burrows, Bridgwood | Lineups | Crawford | | | | |
| D 1 | West Ham United | 4 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | D 2 | Upton Park | 20,510 | |
| Hurst 4 | Lineups | Byrom | | | | |
| D 4 | Workington | 2 | 2 | Fulham | D 1 | Borough Park | 11,357 | |
| McLean, Tinnion | Lineups | Haynes, Earle | | | | |
