| League Cup Round 2 | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Arsenal | 3 | 2 | Carlisle United | D 2 | Highbury | 21,550 | |
| Macdonald, Ross 2 | Lineups | Bonnyman, Clarke | | | | |
| D 2 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | Birmingham City | D 1 | Bloomfield Road | 12,203 | |
| Ronson, Hatton | Lineups | Pendrey | | | | |
| D 1 | Bristol City | 0 | 1 | Coventry City | D 1 | Ashton Gate | 13,878 | |
| | Lineups | Ferguson | | | | |
| D 3 | Chester | 2 | 3 | Swansea City | D 4 | Sealand Road | 3,326 | |
| Dearden, Crossley | Lineups | Curtis, Bartley, Charles | | | | |
| D 3 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 3 | Watford | D 4 | Selhurst Park | 14,105 | |
| Swindlehurst | Lineups | Mayes 2, Joslyn | | | | |
| D 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 2 | Derby County | D 1 | Belle Vue | 14,888 | |
| Kitchen | Lineups | George, Rioch | | | | |
| D 4 | Exeter City | 1 | 3 | Norwich City | D 1 | St James Park | 9,449 | |
| Kellow | Lineups | MacDougall (p), Grapes, Boyer | | | | |
| D 2 | Fulham | 1 | 1 | Peterborough United | D 3 | Craven Cottage | 10,222 | |
| Barrett | Lineups | Doyle | | | | |
| D 1 | Ipswich Town | 0 | 0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | D 3 | Portman Road | 16,055 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Liverpool | 1 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | Anfield Road | 23,378 | |
| Callaghan | Lineups | Giles | | | | |
| D 1 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | D 1 | Ayresome Park | 19,000 | |
| McAndrew | Lineups | Moores, Neighbour | | | | |
| D 3 | Northampton Town | 0 | 1 | Huddersfield Town | D 4 | County Ground | 6,641 | |
| | Lineups | Newton | | | | |
| D 2 | Orient | 1 | 0 | Hull City | D 2 | Brisbane Road | 3,578 | |
| Cunningham | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 4 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | 2 | Notts County | D 2 | Old Showground | 6,208 | |
| | Lineups | McVay, Vinter | | | | |
| D 2 | Southampton | 1 | 1 | Charlton Athletic | D 2 | The Dell | 13,371 | |
| Earles | Lineups | Hales | | | | |
| D 1 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Luton Town | D 2 | Roker Park | 22,390 | |
| Hughes 2, Robson | Lineups | Husband | | | | |
| D 3 | Walsall | 2 | 4 | Nottingham Forest | D 2 | Fellows Park | 8,437 | |
| Buckley, Wright | Lineups | Curran, Barrett, O'Neill 2 | | | | |
| D 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | D 3 | Molineux | 15,823 | |
| Parkin | Lineups | Potts, Wylde | | | | |
