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The 1967–68 Football League Cup was the eighth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; all League clubs competed except for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. The competition ended with the final on 2 March 1968.
Of the 90 teams, 38 received a bye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–39th in the 1966–67 Football League, excluding 2 teams that did not compete; and League Cup holders Queens Park Rangers) and the other 52 played in the first round. Semi-finals were two-legged.
Round
Main date
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries this round
Original
Replays
First round
23 August 1967
26
8
90 → 64
52 (teams ranked 18th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division except for holders Queens Park Rangers)
Second round
13 September 1967
32
4
64 → 32
38 (all First Division, except those teams that did not enter; teams ranked 1st–17th in Second Division; Queens Park Rangers as holders)
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