| League Cup Round 1 1st Leg | Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
| D 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 2 | 0 | Colchester United | D 2 | Dean Court | 3,745 | |
| Robinson, Howe | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Barnet | 2 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 1 | Underhill Stadium | 3,181 | |
| McGleish, Currie | Lineups | Osborn | | | | |
| D 1 | Birmingham City | 2 | 0 | Millwall | D 2 | St Andrew's | 14,133 | |
| Adebola, Johnson | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Blackpool | 1 | 0 | Scunthorpe United | D 3 | Bloomfield Road | 1,873 | |
| Conroy | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | Hartlepool United | D 3 | Reebox Stadium | 6,429 | |
| Taylor | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Bradford City | 1 | 1 | Lincoln City | D 2 | Valley Parade | 4,481 | |
| Beagrie | Lineups | Battersby | | | | |
| D 1 | Bristol City | 4 | 0 | Shrewsbury Town | D 3 | Ashton Gate | 3,585 | |
| Hutchings, Akinbiyi 2, Andersen | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Bury | 1 | 1 | Burnley | D 2 | Gigg Lane | 3,927 | |
| Matthews | Lineups | Cooke | | | | |
| D 3 | Cambridge United | 1 | 0 | Watford | D 1 | Abbey Stadium | 3,073 | |
| Benjamin | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Exeter City | 1 | 1 | Ipswich Town | D 1 | St James Park | 3,233 | |
| Richardson | Lineups | Holland | | | | |
| D 2 | Fulham | 2 | 1 | Cardiff City | D 3 | Craven Cottage | 4,305 | |
| Beardsley, Lehmann | Lineups | Williams | | | | |
| D 1 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 2 | Mansfield Town | D 3 | Kirkless Stadium | 3,988 | |
| Johnson, Allison, Dalton (p) | Lineups | Christie, Peters | | | | |
| D 3 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 1 | Bristol Rovers | D 2 | Brisbane Road | 2,663 | |
| Richards | Lineups | Cureton | | | | |
| D 2 | Luton Town | 2 | 3 | Oxford United | D 1 | Kenilworth Road | 3,165 | |
| Alexander 2 (2p) | Lineups | Murphy 2, Weatherstone | | | | |
| D 2 | Macclesfield Town | 3 | 1 | Stoke City | D 2 | Moss Rose | 2,963 | |
| Wood, Askey 2 | Lineups | Kavanagh | | | | |
| D 2 | Northampton Town | 2 | 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | D 3 | Sixfields Stadium | 3,390 | |
| Heggs, Freestone | Lineups | Storer | | | | |
| D 2 | Notts County | 0 | 2 | Manchester City | D 2 | Meadow Lane | 5,795 | |
| | Lineups | Tskhadadze, Allsopp | | | | |
| D 2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | D 1 | Boundary Park | 3,766 | |
| Littlejohn, Reid (p), Allott | Lineups | Little 2 | | | | |
| D 3 | Peterborough United | 1 | 1 | Reading | D 2 | London Road | 2,187 | |
| Carruthers | Lineups | Asaba | | | | |
| D 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 3 | Portsmouth | D 1 | Home Park | 4,380 | |
| McCarthy | Lineups | McLoughlin (p), Vlachos, Aloisi | | | | |
| D 1 | Port Vale | 1 | 2 | Chester City | D 3 | Vale Park | 3,478 | |
| Ainsworth | Lineups | Beckett 2 | | | | |
| D 3 | Rotherham United | 0 | 1 | Chesterfield | D 2 | Millmoor | 3,142 | |
| | Lineups | Holland | | | | |
| D 1 | Sheffield United | 3 | 1 | Darlington | D 3 | Bramall Lane | 5,035 | |
| Borbokis, Saunders, Taylor | Lineups | Roberts | | | | |
| D 3 | Southend United | 1 | 0 | Gillingham | D 2 | Roots Hall | 2,509 | |
| Newman | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Stockport County | 2 | 2 | Hull City | D 3 | Edgeley Park | 3,134 | |
| Moore, Byrne | Lineups | Brown, McGinty | | | | |
| D 3 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | Norwich City | D 1 | Vetch Field | 3,803 | |
| Cusack | Lineups | Bellamy | | | | |
| D 3 | Torquay United | 1 | 1 | Crystal Palace | D 1 | Plainmoor | 3,042 | |
| Bedeau | Lineups | Lombardo | | | | |
| D 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 3 | 0 | Carlisle United | D 3 | Prenton Park | 5,116 | |
| Irons, Kelly 2 | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Walsall | 0 | 0 | Queens Park Rangers | D 1 | Bescot Stadium | 3,691 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | Brentford | D 3 | The Hawthorns | 8,460 | |
| Evans, Hughes | Lineups | Rapley | | | | |
| D 2 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | 0 | Rochdale | D 3 | Springfield Park | 2,252 | |
| Hill OG | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Wrexham | 0 | 2 | Halifax Town | D 3 | Racecourse Ground | 2,655 | |
| | Lineups | Horsfield, Hanson | | | | |
| D 2 | York City | 0 | 2 | Sunderland | D 1 | Bootham Crescent | 6,277 | |
| | Lineups | Dichio 2 | | | | |
