1986–87 Football League Cup

The 1986–87 Football League Cup (known as the Littlewoods Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.

1986–87 Football League Cup
League Cup, Littlewoods Challenge Cup
Country England
 Wales
Teams92
ChampionsArsenal (1st title)
Runners-upLiverpool
Top goal scorer(s)John Aldridge (6)

The competition began on 25 August 1986, and ended with the final on 5 April 1987. The final was played between Arsenal and Liverpool. The match, played in front of 96,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, was won by Arsenal 2–1.

Luton Town were thrown out of the competition when they refused to allow Cardiff City fans to attend the match at Kenilworth Road. This was at the moment when club's then chairman, Conservative MP David Evans, tried to introduce a scheme effective from the start of 1986–87 banning all visiting supporters from the ground, and requiring home fans to carry identity cards when attending matches.

First round

First Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aldershot1–3Fulham26 August 1986
Blackpool0–0Preston North End26 August 1986
Bournemouth0–1Bristol City26 August 1986
Bristol Rovers1–2Reading27 August 1986
Bury2–1Bolton Wanderers26 August 1986
Cardiff City5–4Plymouth Argyle26 August 1986
Carlisle United1–0Grimsby Town2 September 1986
Chesterfield0–2Wrexham26 August 1986
Colchester United0–0Peterborough United26 August 1986
Derby County0–1Chester City27 August 1986
Doncaster Rovers1–1Rotherham United26 August 1986
Exeter City0–0Newport County27 August 1986
Gillingham1–0Northampton Town25 August 1986
Hartlepool United1–1Middlesbrough26 August 1986
Hereford United3–3Swansea City27 August 1986
Huddersfield Town3–1Halifax Town26 August 1986
Orient2–2Cambridge United26 August 1986
Notts County1–3Port Vale26 August 1986
Rochdale1–1Burnley26 August 1986
Scunthorpe United2–0Darlington26 August 1986
Shrewsbury Town0–0Crewe Alexandra26 August 1986
Southend United1–0Brentford26 August 1986
Stockport County2–1Tranmere Rovers26 August 1986
Sunderland2–4York City26 August 1986
Swindon Town3–0Torquay United26 August 1986
Walsall1–0Mansfield Town26 August 1986
Wigan Athletic1–3Blackburn Rovers26 August 1986
Wolverhampton Wanderers1–2Lincoln City26 August 1986

Second Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Blackburn Rovers2–0Wigan Athletic2 September 19865–1
Bolton Wanderers0–0Bury2 September 19861–2
Brentford2–3Southend United2 September 19862–4
Bristol City1–1[1]Bournemouth2 September 19862–1
Burnley1–3Rochdale2 September 19862–4
Cambridge United1–0Orient2 September 19863–2
Chester City1–2[2]Derby County3 September 19862–2
Crewe Alexandra0–4Shrewsbury Town2 September 19860–4
Darlington1–2Scunthorpe United2 September 19861–4
Fulham2–0Aldershot3 September 19865–1
Grimsby Town2–0Carlisle United9 September 19862–1
Halifax Town2–2[1]Huddersfield Town2 September 19863–5
Lincoln City0–1[1][3]Wolverhampton Wanderers2 September 19862–2
Mansfield Town2–4Walsall2 September 19862–5
Middlesbrough2–0Hartlepool United2 September 19863–1
Newport County1–0Exeter City2 September 19861–0
Northampton Town2–2Gillingham3 September 19862–3
Peterborough United2–0Colchester United3 September 19862–0
Plymouth Argyle0–1Cardiff City2 September 19864–6
Port Vale4–1Notts County3 September 19867–2
Preston North End2–1Blackpool2 September 19862–1
Reading4–0Bristol Rovers3 September 19866–1
Rotherham United4–1Doncaster Rovers2 September 19865–2
Swansea City5–1Hereford United2 September 19868–4
Torquay United2–3Swindon Town2 September 19862–6
Tranmere Rovers3–3Stockport County2 September 19864–5
Wrexham2–2Chesterfield2 September 19864–2
York City1–3[1][4]Sunderland2 September 19865–5

Second round

First Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal2–0Huddersfield Town23 September 1986
Barnsley2–3Tottenham Hotspur23 September 1986
Bradford City2–0Newcastle United23 September 1986
Brighton & Hove Albion0–0Nottingham Forest24 September 1986
Bristol City2–2Sheffield United23 September 1986
Cambridge United1–1Wimbledon23 September 1986
Charlton Athletic3–1Lincoln City23 September 1986
Coventry City3–2Rotherham United23 September 1986
Crystal Palace0–0Bury24 September 1986
Derby County4–1West Bromwich Albion24 September 1986
Everton4–0Newport County24 September 1986
Hull City1–0Grimsby Town23 September 1986
Liverpool10–0Fulham23 September 1986
Manchester United2–0Port Vale24 September 1986
Middlesbrough2–2Birmingham City23 September 1986
Oldham Athletic3–2Leeds United23 September 1986
Oxford United6–0Gillingham24 September 1986
Peterborough United0–0Norwich City24 September 1986
Preston North End1–1West Ham United23 September 1986
Queens Park Rangers2–1Blackburn Rovers23 September 1986
Reading1–1Aston Villa24 September 1986
Scunthorpe United1–2Ipswich Town23 September 1986
Sheffield Wednesday3–0Stockport County23 September 1986
Shrewsbury Town2–1Stoke City23 September 1986
Southampton3–0Swindon Town23 September 1986
Southend United0–0Manchester City23 September 1986
Swansea City0–2Leicester City23 September 1986
Walsall0–1Millwall7 October 1986
Watford1–1Rochdale23 September 1986
Wrexham1–2Portsmouth24 September 1986
York City1–0Chelsea23 September 1986

Second Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Aston Villa4–1Reading8 October 19865–2
Birmingham City3–2[1]Middlesbrough7 October 19865–4
Blackburn Rovers2–2Queens Park Rangers7 October 19863–4
Bury0–1Crystal Palace7 October 19860–1
Chelsea3–0York City8 October 19863–1
Fulham2–3Liverpool7 October 19862–13
Gillingham1–1Oxford United7 October 19861–7
Grimsby Town1–1Hull City7 October 19861–2
Huddersfield Town1–1Arsenal7 October 19861–3
Ipswich Town2–0Scunthorpe United7 October 19864–1
Leeds United0–1Oldham Athletic8 October 19862–4
Leicester City4–2Swansea City8 October 19866–2
Lincoln City0–1Charlton Athletic8 October 19861–4
Manchester City2–1Southend United8 October 19862–1
Millwall3–2Walsall14 October 19864–2
Newcastle United1–0Bradford City8 October 19861–2
Newport County1–5Everton7 October 19861–9
Norwich City1–0Peterborough United8 October 19861–0
Nottingham Forest3–0Brighton & Hove Albion8 October 19863–0
Port Vale2–5Manchester United7 October 19862–7
Portsmouth2–0Wrexham7 October 19864–1
Rochdale1–2Watford7 October 19862–3
Rotherham United0–1Coventry City7 October 19862–4
Sheffield United3–0Bristol City7 October 19865–2
Stockport County0–7Sheffield Wednesday6 October 19860–10
Stoke City0–0Shrewsbury Town8 October 19861–2
Swindon Town0–0Southampton8 October 19860–3
Tottenham Hotspur5–3Barnsley8 October 19868–5
West Bromwich Albion0–1Derby County7 October 19861–5
West Ham United4–1Preston North End7 October 19865–2
Wimbledon2–2[1][5]Cambridge United7 October 19863–3

Luton Town v Cardiff City

Luton Town were thrown out of the competition when they refused to allow Cardiff City fans to attend the match at Kenilworth Road.

This allowed Cardiff City a bye into the Third Round.

Third round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal3–1Manchester City28 October 1986
Bradford City3–1Portsmouth29 October 1986
Cambridge United1–0Ipswich Town28 October 1986
Cardiff City2–1Chelsea28 October 1986
Charlton Athletic1–0Queens Park Rangers28 October 1986
Coventry City2–1Oldham Athletic28 October 1986
Crystal Palace2–2Nottingham Forest29 October 1986
Derby County1–1Aston Villa29 October 1986
Everton4–0Sheffield Wednesday28 October 1986
Liverpool4–1Leicester City29 October 1986
Manchester United0–0Southampton29 October 1986
Norwich City4–1Millwall29 October 1986
Oxford United3–1Sheffield United29 October 1986
Shrewsbury Town1–0Hull City28 October 1986
Tottenham Hotspur5–0Birmingham City29 October 1986
Watford2–3West Ham United29 October 1986

Replays
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Aston Villa2–1Derby County4 November 1986
Nottingham Forest1–0Crystal Palace5 November 1986
Southampton4–1Manchester United4 November 1986

Fourth round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal2–0Charlton Athletic18 November 1986
Bradford City0–5Nottingham Forest18 November 1986
Cambridge United1–3Tottenham Hotspur18 November 1986
Coventry City0–0Liverpool18 November 1986
Norwich City1–4Everton19 November 1986
Shrewsbury Town1–0Cardiff City19 November 1986
Southampton2–1Aston Villa19 November 1986
West Ham United1–0Oxford United26 November 1986

Replay
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Liverpool3–1Coventry City26 November 1986

Fifth Round

Ties
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal2–0Nottingham Forest21 January 1987
Everton0–1Liverpool21 January 1987
Southampton1–0Shrewsbury Town27 January 1987
West Ham United1–1Tottenham Hotspur27 January 1987

Replay
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Tottenham Hotspur5–0West Ham United2 February 1987

Semi-finals

North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were both in the league title race this season and the League Cup semi-final paired them together, where the scores were equal over two legs before Arsenal won the replay. Liverpool, four time winners earlier in the decade, were held to a 0–0 draw at Southampton in the first leg of the other semi-final before triumphing 3–0 at Anfield.

First Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Arsenal0–1Tottenham Hotspur8 February 1987
Southampton0–0Liverpool11 February 1987

Second Leg
Home Team Score Away Team Date Agg
Liverpool3–0Southampton25 February 19873–0
Tottenham Hotspur1–2[1]Arsenal1 March 19872–2

Replay
Home Team Score Away Team Date
Tottenham Hotspur1–2Arsenal4 March 1987

Final
Main article: 1987 Football League Cup Final

Match details
Arsenal2–1Liverpool
Nicholas  30', 83' Rush  23'
Attendance: 96,000
Referee: Lester Shapter (Devon)

References

General
  • "English League Cup 1986/1987". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • "English League Cup 1986/1987". Statto. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  • Dunk, Peter (20 August 1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press. pp. 447–457. ISBN 978-0-3561435-4-5. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

Specific
  1. After Extra Time
  2. Derby County won on the away goals rule
  3. Lincoln City won on the away goals rule
  4. York City won on the away goals rule
  5. Cambridge United won on the away goals rule

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