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The League Cup

In 1960/61, the Football League introduced a new competition – the league cup designed, as the name suggests for all teams in the top four divisions of the league. The finals of the competition initially started out over two legs but changed in 1967 to one game at Wembley (more recently the Millennium Stadium)

The competition attracts a place in the UEFA Cup for the winners and has quite often been won by the more ‘unfashionable’ sides with some of England’s top clubs attracting criticism for fielding ‘weakened’ sides. In recent years, the clubs representing England in Europe have received a bye into the third round.

Results for the Swans in this competition between 1960 and 1985 can be found below, results since 1985 at this link

18th Oct 1960 LC Blackburn Rovers H L 1-2
3rd Oct 1961 LC Ipswich Town H D 3-3
24th Oct 1961 LC Ipswich Town A L 2-3
26th Sep 1962 LC Coventry City A L 2-3
25th Sep 1963 LC Sunderland H W 3-1
22nd Oct 1963 LC Leeds United A L 0-2
23rd Sep 1964 LC Swindon Town H W 3-1
14th Oct 1964 LC Rotherham United A D 2-2
28th Oct 1964 LC Rotherham United H W 2-0
11th Nov 1964 LC Chelsea A L 2-3
21st Sep 1965 LC Aston Villa H L 2-3
24th Aug 1966 LC Newport County A W 2-1
13th Sep 1966 LC Bristol City A D 1-1
19th Sep 1966 LC Bristol City H W 2-1
12th Oct 1966 LC Queens Park Rangers H L 1-2
23rd Aug 1967 LC Oxford United A L 1-3
13th Aug 1968 LC Bristol Rovers A W 2-0
3rd Sep 1968 LC Walsall A D 1-1
10th Sep 1968 LC Walsall H W 3-2
25th Sep 1968 LC Liverpool A L 0-2
12th Aug 1969 LC Newport County A W 3-2
2nd Sep 1969 LC Swindon Town H L 1-3
18th Aug 1970 LC Exeter City A D 0-0
25th Aug 1970 LC Exeter City H W 4-2
9th Sep 1970 LC Tottenham Hotspur A L 0-3
17th Aug 1971 LC Brighton & Hove Albion H L 0-1
15th Aug 1972 LC Newport County H D 1-1
22nd Aug 1972 LC Newport County A L 0-3
28th Aug 1973 LC Exeter City H D 1-1
5th Sep 1973 LC Exeter City A L 1-2
21st Aug 1974 LC Exeter City A L 1-3
19th Aug 1975 LC Torquay United H L 1-2
27th Aug 1975 LC Torquay United A L 3-5
14th Aug 1976 LC Newport County H W 4-1
17th Aug 1976 LC Newport County A L 0-1
31st Aug 1976 LC Chester A W 3-2
22nd Sep 1976 LC Torquay United A W 2-1
26th Oct 1976 LC Bolton Wanderers H D 1-1
2nd Nov 1976 LC Bolton Wanderers A L 1-5
13th Aug 1977 LC Swindon Town H L 1-3
16th Aug 1977 LC Swindon Town A L 1-2
12th Aug 1978 LC Newport County A L 1-2
15th Aug 1978 LC Newport County H W 5-0
29th Aug 1978 LC Tottenham Hotspur H D 2-2
6th Sep 1978 LC Tottenham Hotspur A W 3-1
3rd Oct 1978 LC Queens Park Rangers A L 0-2
11th Aug 1979 LC Bournemouth H W 4-1
14th Aug 1979 LC Bournemouth A D 0-0
29th Aug 1979 LC Stoke City A D 1-1
4th Sep 1979 LC Stoke City H L 1-3
26th Aug 1980 LC Arsenal H D 1-1
2nd Sep 1980 LC Arsenal A L 1-3
6th Oct 1981 LC Barnsley A L 0-2
27th Oct 1981 LC Barnsley H W 3-2
5th Oct 1982 LC Bristol Rovers A L 0-1
26th Oct 1982 LC Bristol Rovers H W 3-0
9th Nov 1982 LC Brentford A D 1-1
17th Nov 1982 LC Brentford H L 1-2
4th Oct 1983 LC Colchester United H D 1-1
25th Oct 1983 LC Colchester United A L 0-1
28th Aug 1984 LC Walsall H L 0-2
4th Sep 1984 LC Walsall A L 1-3
20th Aug 1985 LC Cardiff City A L 1-2
3rd Sep 1985 LC Cardiff City H W 3-1
24th Sep 1985 LC West Ham United A L 0-3
8th Oct 1985 LC West Ham United H L 2-3

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