| League Cup Round 2 1st Leg |
Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
| D 1 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 2 | Villa Park | 27,400 | |
| Platt, Gray | Lineups | Mutch | | | | |
| D 1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 1 | Hereford United | D 4 | Selhurst Park | 3,618 | |
| Jones 2, Walsh | Lineups | Jones R (p) | | | | |
| D 4 | Exeter City | 3 | 0 | Blackburn Rovers | D 2 | St James Park | 4,808 | |
| Vinnicombe, Dryden, Young | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | Halifax Town | D 4 | Ayresome Park | 10,613 | |
| Comfort, Slaven 2, Kernaghan | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Norwich City | 1 | 1 | Rotherham United | D 3 | Carrow Road | 9,531 | |
| Fleck | Lineups | Williamson | | | | |
| D 1 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 1 | Huddersfield Town | D 3 | City Ground | 18,976 | |
| Crosby | Lineups | O'Doherty | | | | |
| D 2 | Portsmouth | 2 | 3 | Manchester United | D 1 | Fratton Park | 18,072 | |
| Black, Kuhl | Lineups | Ince 2, Wallace | | | | |
| D 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | Stockport County | D 4 | Loftus Road | 6,745 | |
| Spackman, Clarke | Lineups | McInerney | | | | |
| D 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | 0 | Aldershot | D 4 | Hillsborough | 9,237 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 0 | Southend United | D 4 | White Hart Lane | 15,734 | |
| Fenwick | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 3 | Bradford City | D 2 | The Hawthorns | 7,771 | |
| McNally | Lineups | Leonard 2, Megson | | | | |
| D 4 | York City | 0 | 1 | Southampton | D 1 | Bootham Crescent | 4,526 | |
| | Lineups | Wallace RS | | | | |
