The 1963–64 Football League Cup was the fourth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part.[a] The competition began on 4 September 1963 and ended with the two-legged final on 15 and 22 April 1964.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.[2]
Calendar
Of the 82 teams, 46 received a bye to the second round and the other 36 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 57th–92nd in the 1962–63 Football League. Semi-finals and final were two-legged.
Round
Main date
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries this round
Original
Replays
First Round
4 September 1963
18
5
82 → 64
36 (teams ranked 13th–24th in Third Division; all Fourth Division)
Second Round
25 September 1963
32
11
64 → 32
46 (all First and Second Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–12th in Third Division)
