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4 League Cup quizzes and 55 League Cup trivia questions.
1.
  Five-Time League Cup Winners    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The League Cup is an exciting tournament where teams in several English football tiers compete against each other. This quiz is about some teams that have achieved the feat of winning the Cup at least five times. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Lpez, Feb 17 23
Average
Lpez gold member
Feb 17 23
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2.
  League Cup    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my first quiz about the English League Cup. Hope you enjoy.
Tough, 10 Qns, wolfio, Mar 08 06
Tough
wolfio
875 plays
3.
  League Cup Finals    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Questions relating the English League Cup.
Tough, 10 Qns, Devil-Miller, Mar 08 06
Tough
Devil-Miller
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4.
  League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
How good is your knowledge of the British FA Cup and League Cup? Find out here. I give you a match, you tell me the missing detail. Simple? Try it :)
Difficult, 25 Qns, stingers, Mar 30 09
Difficult
stingers
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League Cup Trivia Questions
1. Which club from Birmingham was the first winner of the League Cup in 1961?

From Quiz Five-Time League Cup Winners

Answer: Aston Villa

The inaugural League Cup took place in season 1960-61. Five of the 92 league teams did not participate in the competition, which lasted for nearly a year (the two-leg final between Rotherham United and Aston Villa was played in August and September 1961). The latter had played an extra game in the semi-finals stage against Burnley because both legs of their semi-final ended in a draw. The first leg of the final was played in Rotherham and the local team won 2-0. However, Aston Villa came back by scoring three goals at Villa Park (including one in extra time) to win the final. Aston Villa was founded in 1874 and is nicknamed "the lions". Their club emblem also features a lion. The team is one of the two major professional football clubs of Birmingham, the other one being Birmingham City.

2. Who did Aston Villa beat to win the inaugural League Cup?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Rotherham United

Villa overcame a 2-0 first leg deficit with a 3-0 extra time win at Villa Park.

3. Which season saw the start of the first League Cup competition?

From Quiz League Cup Finals

Answer: 1960-61

The first final was played over two legs, at home and away, and this continued to be the format until the 1966-67 season when Wembley became the venue. All league clubs were eligible to enter, but five clubs chose not to -- Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

4. FA Cup 1923, Bolton Wanderers v West Ham United: what was the score?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: 2-0

Back then, Bolton were actually quite good. They wn the FA Cup three times during the 1920s -- 1923, 1926 and 1929.

5. Chelsea won their first League Cup in 1965 when they defeated which "vulpine" club?

From Quiz Five-Time League Cup Winners

Answer: Leicester City

Chelsea is a London-based club founded in 1905. The "Blues" rapidly gained a fan base and had a few notable players in their ranks early in their history. However, the club was relatively unremarkable for the first half of the 20th century. Chelsea won their first league title in 1955. Ten years later, Chelsea defeated the reigning League Cup champions, Leicester City, to win their first-ever cup title. Chelsea beat Leicester by 3-2 in the first leg, and "the Foxes" were unable to score in the second leg. A year earlier, Leicester City had won their first League Cup by beating Stoke City. Leicester was founded a little bit earlier than Chelsea (1884) and despite their long history, did not win the league title until their historic win in the 2015-16 season.

6. Which team beat West Bromwich Albion 3-2 in the first Wembley League Cup final in 1966-67 season?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Queens Park Rangers

97,952 people turned up to watch!

7. Which team won the first League Cup?

From Quiz League Cup Finals

Answer: Aston Villa

Villa beat Rotherham 3-2 on aggregate, Rotherham winning the first leg at Millmoor 2-0, Villa winning the second leg 3-0 at Villa Park. The final was not played until the start of the next season, in August 1961.

8. League Cup, 1978, Nottingham Forest v Liverpool: what was the score at full time?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: 0-0

And 1-0 after extra time to Forest.

9. Who were the first team to retain the League Cup?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Nottingham Forest

They beat Liverpool 1-0 in a replay in 1977-78 and Southampton 3-2 in 1978-79.

10. Which team has won the League Cup the most times in the 1980s?

From Quiz League Cup Finals

Answer: Liverpool

Liverpool won it four times, back-to-back, in the 1980s -- 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984. Manchester City emulated this feat some 40 years later, when they won four back-to-back finals -- 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Manchester City also won it in 2014 and 2016, to make it six wins in eight seasons.

11. FA Cup, 1954: West Bromwich Albion won 3-2 but who were they playing?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: Preston North End

12. Why did the 1981 League Cup final between Liverpool and West Ham United have to be replayed?

From Quiz Five-Time League Cup Winners

Answer: The original match ended in a draw

For a while, League Cup matches that ended in a draw even after extra time would automatically go to a replay. That meant that a completely new match would need to be played to determine the winner. From 1998 onwards, this tiebreaker method was replaced by a penalty shootout at the end of a drawn match (after extra time). In March 1981, Liverpool and West Ham United tied 1-1 in a dramatic final at Wembley where both goals were scored in the last minutes of extra time. A replay was scheduled for 1st April at Villa Park, where Liverpool won 2-1 in regular time. Referee Clive Thomas was in charge of both matches. This was Liverpool's first League Cup final victory.

13. Who scored the only goal of the 1991 League Cup final, in its first season as the Rumblelows Cup?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: John Sheridan

He scored for Sheffield Wednesday in a 1-0 win over Manchester United. Wednesday were then a Division Two side with Man Utd in the first division.

14. FA Cup, 1987: Tottenham Hotspur lost 3-2 after extra time to which club?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: Coventry City

15. Who won the 2002-03 League Cup?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Liverpool

They beat Manchester United.

16. From 1982 to 1986 the League Cup was known as the Milk Cup. In this time there were only three different winner -- Liverpool, Norwich City and which other club?

From Quiz League Cup Finals

Answer: Oxford United

Liverpool won in 1982, 1983 and 1984; Norwich City in 1985 and Oxford United in 1986.

17. How many times did Liverpool win the League Cup whilst it was known as the Milk Cup?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: 3 & three

Milk Cup 1982-1986: Liverpool won three in a row, 1982-83-84.

18. Which two great teams faced off in a heated League Cup final in 2007, that ended 2-1, and featured a brawl between Mikel John Obi and Kolo Toure?

From Quiz Five-Time League Cup Winners

Answer: Chelsea v. Arsenal

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the 2007 League Cup final between Chelsea and Arsenal. The match did not disappoint and was exciting from beginning to end. Arsenal's Theo Walcott scored first early in the match, but Didier Drogba would equalize for Chelsea very quickly. A second goal by Drogba towards the end of the match sealed Chelsea's victory and their fourth League Cup title (1965, 1998 and 2005 were their first three). At the near end of the match, Mikel John Obi and Kolo Toure got involved in a fight that soon became much bigger. The coaches for both teams, Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger, entered the pitch to try to calm down their players. Referee Howard Webb sent off both Mikel and Toure, as well as Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor.

19. Which player scored the winner for Manchester United in the 1992 League Cup?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Brian McClair

Man Utd bounced back from defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 to beat Nottingham Forest.

20. From 1987 to 1990, the League Cup was known as the Littlewoods Cup. There were three different winners in those four seasons -- Arsenal once, Luton Town once, but which club won it twice?

From Quiz League Cup Finals

Answer: Nottingham Forest

Arsenal won it in 1987, Luton Town in 1988 and Nottingham Forest in 1989. Forest beat Luton Town 3-1 in 1988-89, and then beat Oldham Athletic 1-0 the following season.

21. League Cup, 1961: Aston Villa won 3-2 on aggregate against which lower league side?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: Rotherham United

Aston Villa lost 0-2 and then won the next leg 3-0 aet. They lost to Birmingham City two years later (4-1 on aggregate), in the 1963 final.

22. Which club was the first to win consecutive League Cups?

From Quiz Five-Time League Cup Winners

Answer: Liverpool

Though all of these clubs reached many League Cup finals and won many of them, Liverpool were the first to win two in a row. In fact, Liverpool had a fantastic streak - they won four straight in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984! Their opponents, respectively, were West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, and Everton. Aston Villa was close to achieving the same feat, as they won in 1975 and 1977. The 1976 final in between was won by Manchester City.

23. Manchester City had a great League Cup streak from 2014 to 2021. How many of those 8 finals they win?

From Quiz Five-Time League Cup Winners

Answer: 6

Other than their wins in 1970 and 1976, Manchester City didn't find much success in the League Cup for much of its history. Things would change in the 2010s decade as the club became an even more powerful player in English football. Manchester City beat Sunderland in 2014 to win their third-ever League Cup, and won again in 2016 by defeating Liverpool after a penalty shootout. Between 2018 and 2021, Manchester City amazingly obtained four consecutive League Cup trophies by beating Arsenal, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. With this string of victories, Manchester City became the second team to win eight League Cups. Liverpool was the first to do so, in 2012.

24. Who was the manager of Sheffield Wednesday when they won the 1991 League Cup?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Ron Atkinson

It was a particularly sweet victory for 'Big Ron' against former club Manchester United.

25. 1960 FA Cup, Blackburn Rovers v Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 : after this win Wolves had lost the FA Cup final as many times as they've won it. How many times had they won it?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: 4

Winners: 1893, 1908, 1949, 1960. Runners-up: 1889, 1896, 1921, 1939.

26. In the 1987 final, Charlie Nicholas scored twice in a 2-1 win for which team over Liverpool?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Arsenal

They beat Liverpool, Ian Rush scoring for the reds.

27. The Worthington Cup (or Worthless Cup depending on who you support) began life in 1999 - the League Cup kept that name for five seasons, to 2003. Who scored Leicester City's winner in the 2000 final?

From Quiz League Cup Finals

Answer: Matt Elliott

Matt Elliott scored both goals in Leicester's 2-1 win over Tranmere Rovers. All five finals were won by one goal, except for the 2003 final - Liverpool beat Manchester United 2-0.

28. On the eight occasions that Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup during the 20th century, how many times had it been in a year ending in 1 (eg. 1961, 2001, etc)?

From Quiz League Cup, FA Cup & World Cup

Answer: 5

FA Cup winners: 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991.

29. The 2022 League Cup final was decided in dramatic fashion after eleven penalties per team in the shootout. Which Chelsea player, originally from Spain, missed the penalty that won Liverpool another League Cup?

From Quiz Five-Time League Cup Winners

Answer: Kepa

Chelsea and Liverpool faced off on 27th February 2022, at Wembley Stadium. The match ended after extra time without goals and went to a penalty shootout. Just before the end of extra time, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel substituted goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for Edouard Mendy. Unfortunately, whatever Tuchel attempted didn't work since Liverpool scored all eleven of its penalties. Every Chelsea player also scored except for Kepa, whose miss ended a 22-shot series that gave Liverpool their ninth League Cup. Kepa is a Spanish goalkeeper who started his professional career in the Basque Country. He was transferred from Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea for a record fee of 80 million in 2018. Kepa also attracted much attention at the end of the 2019 League Cup final between Manchester City and Chelsea, after he refused to leave the field even after his substitution was ordered by manager Maurizio Sarri.

30. Which goalkeeper kept a clean sheet in the 1984 final and the subsequent replay for Liverpool?

From Quiz League Cup

Answer: Bruce Grobbelaar

Liverpool beat city rivals Everton 1-0 in a replay at Maine Road.

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