With Manchester City claiming the League Cup for three successive seasons, the first time since Liverpool did it (and more) in 1980-84, they have now won the League Cup 7 times and been runners up once.
Their recent success has been from 2013-14, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19 and now 2019-20.
It is, of course, now called the Carabao Cup, an energy drink company, that sponsors the competition, that some top flight clubs do not take seriously. Manchester City do!
Early sponsors were The Milk Marketing Board! hence the Milk Cup then; Littlewoods; Rumbelows, Coca Cola, Worthingtons, Molson Coors/Carlsberg, Captal One.
The Trophy shown above is the original, which was put in a cupboard when sponsors liked to have their own designed award! These days players received medals...they sued to get tankards!
Liverpool have won the League Cup 8 times and been runners up 4 times.
Man Utd 5/4 times.
Aston Villa 5/3 winning the first cup competition in 1960-1, a final held over two legs. Villa beat Rotherham Utd!! These days there is not even a replay-time is limited.
Early days saw some less prestigious clubs winning the cup; Swindon Town and Don Rogers (1968-9) comes to mind on a Wembley pitch ruined by the Horse of the Year Show! Don't ask.
Other regular finalists include:-
Chelsea 5/3 Spurs 4/4 Nottingham Forest 4/2 Leicester 3/2 Arsenal 2/6 Norwich 2/2 Birmingham 2-1 and Wolves 2/0, amongst losing teams such as Swansea, Blackburn Rovers, Oxford Utd, Sheffield Wednesday, Luton, Stoke City, Leeds Utd, QPR, Middlesbrough and WBA
Man of the Match, the Alan Hardaker Trophy (Hardaker was FL secretary), sponsored by Prostate Cancer Charity this time was: Phil Foden, not necessarily regarded as a first team regular but he will be and he's a LOCAL lad!
When Aston Villa won the first trophy in 1960-1, a two-legged affair, the next three finals saw winners who had never won a serious trophy before hand. Norwich, Brum and Leicester.
Norwich's opponents in the final that day was Rochdale ( a third tier side). Norwich, had, at the time, never played in the First Division. Two legged finals lasted until 1966.
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