| League Round 3 | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | Crystal Palace | D 2 | Villa Park | 30,690 | |
| Little | Lineups | Chatterton (p) | | | | |
| D 3 | Blackpool | 1 | 1 | Manchester City | D 1 | Bloomfield Road | 18,868 | |
| Spence | Lineups | Channon | | | | |
| D 3 | Chester | 0 | 2 | Norwich City | D 1 | Sealand Road | 8,749 | |
| | Lineups | Reeves, Peters | | | | |
| D 3 | Chesterfield | 4 | 5 | Charlton Athletic | D 2 | Saltergate Recreation Ground | 6,459 | |
| Tartt 2, Flavell, Walker | Lineups | Robinson 2, Peacock 2, Flanagan | | | | |
| D 3 | Exeter City | 2 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | D 1 | St James Park | 9,151 | |
| Delve, Kellow | Lineups | Gowling | | | | |
| D 1 | Manchester United | 1 | 2 | Watford | D 3 | Old Trafford | 40,534 | |
| Jordan | Lineups | Blissett 2 | | | | |
| D 3 | Oxford United | 0 | 5 | Nottingham Forest | D 1 | Manor Ground | 14,287 | |
| | Lineups | Birtles, McGovern, O'Neill, Robertson, Anderson | | | | |
