1967 Football League Cup Final

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The 1967 Football League Cup Final took place on 4 March 1967 at Wembley Stadium. It was the seventh final and the first to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Queens Park Rangers of the Third Division and West Bromwich Albion of the First Division.

West Brom were hot favourites to win, led by centre forward Jeff Astle. It was QPR's first ever appearance at Wembley; their star man was Rodney Marsh.

West Brom started strongly with former QPR winger Clive Clark scoring twice to give them a 2-0 half time lead. In a fairy tale second half, the underdogs stormed back. First Roger Morgan scored with a header, then Rodney Marsh went on a mazy run, eluding tackles, and shot in off the post past keeper Dick Sheppard. In the closing minutes, QPR centre-half Ron Hunt went on a forward run and as he challenged the keeper for the ball it ran loose to Mark Lazarus to score the winning goal. Mike Keen lifted the cup to thousands of cheering Rangers fans.

This was the first final to be decided over a single game, the 6 previous finals were contested over two legs.

Contents 1 Match details 2 Road to Wembley 2.1 Queens Park Rangers 2.2 West Bromwich Albion

[edit] Match details

Queens Park Rangers

West Bromwich Albion

Queen Park Rangers White shirts/White shorts and socks	3 — 2 (final score after 90 minutes)	West Bromwich Albion Red shirts/Red shorts/Red socks
Manager: Alec Stock Team: Springett (GK) Hazell Langley Keen (c) Hunt Sibley Lazarus Sanderson Allen Marsh Morgan Scorers: Roger Morgan (63) Rodney Marsh (75) Mark Lazarus (81)	Half-time: 0-2 Competition: Football League Cup (Final) Date: 15.00 GMT Saturday 4 March 1967 Venue: Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 97,952 Referee: Walter Crossley Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time if necessary. Match replayed if scores still level. One named subsititute.	Manager: Jimmy Hagan Team: Sheppard (GK) Cram Williams (c) Collard Clarke Fraser Brown Astle Kaye Hope Clark Scorers: Clive Clark (7) Clive Clark (36)

[edit] Road to Wembley

Home teams listed first.

[edit] Queens Park Rangers Round 1: QPR 5–0 Colchester United Round 2: Aldershot 1–1 QPR Replay: QPR 2–0 Aldershot Round 3: QPR 2–1 Swansea Town Round 4: QPR 4–2 Leicester City Round 5: QPR 2–1 Carlisle United Semi-Final: 1st Leg: Birmingham City 1–4 QPR 2nd Leg: QPR 3–1 Birmingham City Agg Score: QPR 7–2 Birmingham City

[edit] West Bromwich Albion   Round 2: WBA 6–1 Aston Villa   Round 3: WBA 4–2 Manchester City Round 4: Swindon Town 0–2 WBA Round 5: Northampton Town 1–3 WBA Semi-Final: 1st Leg: WBA 4–0 West Ham United 2nd Leg: West Ham United 2–2 WBA Agg Score: WBA 6–2 West Ham United

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