The 1972–73 Football League Cup was the 13th season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The tournament started on 15 August 1972 and ended with the final at Wembley on 3 March 1973.[1]
Of the 92 teams, 36 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–36th in the 1971–72 Football League) and the other 56 played in the first round. Semi-finals were two-legged.
Round
Main date
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries this round
Original
Replays
First Round
16 August 1972
28
8
92 → 64
56 (teams ranked 15th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division)
Second Round
5 September 1972
32
8
64 → 32
36 (teams ranked 1st–14th in Second Division; all First Division)
^The first attempt to play the second leg of the semi-final was abandoned due to heavy fog at Carrow Road. Norwich were leading 3-2 on the night, 5–2 on aggregate at the time.
