| League Cup Round 2 | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | Everton | D 1 | Highbury | 35,115 | |
| Storey | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Birmingham City | 1 | 1 | Luton Town | D 2 | St Andrew's | 20,962 | |
| Latchford R | Lineups | Anderson | | | | |
| D 3 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | D 2 | Eastville | 9,530 | |
| Jones W, Fearnley, Allan, Stanton | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 4 | Bury | 1 | 0 | Grimsby Town | D 3 | Gigg Lane | 3,096 | |
| Hamstead | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Carlisle United | 1 | 1 | Liverpool | D 1 | Brunton Park | 16,257 | |
| O'Neill | Lineups | Keegan | | | | |
| D 3 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 3 | Mansfield Town | D 4 | The Valley | 5,218 | |
| Horsfield, Hunt R, Flanagan, O'Kane | Lineups | McCaffrey, Wignall, Walker | | | | |
| D 1 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 | Hartlepool | D 4 | Highfield Road | 8,687 | |
| Carr (p) | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Crystal Palace | 0 | 1 | Stockport County | D 4 | Selhurst Park | 11,463 | |
| | Lineups | Ryden | | | | |
| D 4 | Gillingham | 0 | 2 | Millwall | D 2 | Priestfield Stadium | 6,044 | |
| | Lineups | Wood, Allder | | | | |
| D 2 | Hull City | 1 | 0 | Fulham | D 2 | Boothferry Park | 6,352 | |
| Knighton | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | Wrexham | D 3 | Ayresome Park | 5,808 | |
| Mills 2 | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 4 | Newport County | 0 | 3 | Ipswich Town | D 1 | Somerton Park | 9,516 | |
| | Lineups | Lambert, Collard, Miller | | | | |
| D 2 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | 1 | Aston Villa | D 2 | City Ground | 17,665 | |
| | Lineups | Evans | | | | |
| D 3 | Port Vale | 1 | 3 | Newcastle United | D 1 | Vale Park | 10,370 | |
| Summerscales | Lineups | Macdonald, Craig, Barrowclough | | | | |
| D 3 | Rotherham United | 2 | 0 | Brentford | D 3 | Millmoor | 4,966 | |
| Ham 2 | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Southampton | 0 | 0 | Chester | D 4 | The Dell | 10,236 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Swindon Town | 0 | 1 | Derby County | D 1 | County Ground | 15,730 | |
| | Lineups | Hennessey | | | | |
| D 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | Orient | D 2 | Molineux | 15,969 | |
| Dougan, Richards | Lineups | Downing | | | | |
