| League Cup Round 2 1st Leg |
Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
| D 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 1 | Liverpool | D 1 | Ewood Park | 13,924 | |
| Sellars | Lineups | Nicol | | | | |
| D 3 | Blackpool | 1 | 0 | Newcastle United | D 1 | Bloomfield Road | 7,691 | |
| Cunningham | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 0 | Walsall | D 3 | Selhurst Park | 2,948 | |
| Walsh, Crooks 2 | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | 3 | Arsenal | D 1 | Belle Vue | 5,469 | |
| | Lineups | Groves, Smith, Williams | | | | |
| D 2 | Leeds United | 1 | 1 | York City | D 3 | Elland Road | 11,527 | |
| Snodin | Lineups | Buchanan | | | | |
| D 2 | Leicester City | 2 | 1 | Scunthorpe United | D 4 | Filbert Street | 7,718 | |
| McAllister, Newell | Lineups | Flounders | | | | |
| D 1 | Manchester United | 5 | 0 | Hull City | D 2 | Old Trafford | 25,041 | |
| McGrath, Davenport, Whiteside, Strachan, McClair | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Middlesbrough | 0 | 1 | Aston Villa | D 2 | Ayresome Park | 11,424 | |
| | Lineups | Aspinall | | | | |
| D 1 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 0 | Hereford United | D 4 | City Ground | 11,617 | |
| Webb 2, Carr, Clough, Wilkinson | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Oxford United | 1 | 1 | Mansfield Town | D 3 | Manor Ground | 4,651 | |
| Saunders | Lineups | Kent | | | | |
| D 4 | Peterborough United | 4 | 1 | Plymouth Argyle | D 2 | London Road | 3,843 | |
| Lawrence, Gooding, Halsall, Riley | Lineups | Tynan | | | | |
| D 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | Millwall | D 2 | Loftus Road | 11,865 | |
| Bannister, McDonald | Lineups | Walker | | | | |
| D 2 | Reading | 3 | 1 | Chelsea | D 1 | Elm Park | 11,034 | |
| Gilkes 2, Hicks | Lineups | Durie (p) | | | | |
| D 4 | Torquay United | 1 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | D 1 | Plainmoor | 5,000 | |
| Dawkins | Lineups | | | | | |
