Kick-off Second round
Stoke City
1–1
Hull City
After penaltiesHull City win 5–4 on penaltiesHull City go through
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Carabao Cup · 2026/27
Stoke City Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27
Stoke City's 1972 League Cup triumph required much more than one winning afternoon at Wembley. The Potters survived repeated meetings with Manchester United and a four-match semi-final before beating Chelsea. Follow the current cup fixtures here, then trace the unusually long route to that trophy.
UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
Stoke City: cup campaign
Championship · Eliminated
Stoke City 1–1 Hull City. After penalties. Hull City win 5–4 on penalties. Hull City go through. Stoke City are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.
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Stoke City fixtures, results and UK TV
2 matchesKick-off First round
Stoke City
2–0
Oldham Athletic
Full timeStoke City go through
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Kick-off Second round
Stoke City
1–1
Hull City
After penaltiesHull City win 5–4 on penaltiesHull City go through
Finished Result checked:
Conroy and Eastham scored Stoke's Wembley goals
Stoke beat Chelsea 2–1 at Wembley on 4 March 1972. Terry Conroy scored in the fifth minute, Peter Osgood equalised just before half-time and George Eastham supplied the winner in the 73rd. Tony Waddington's side had taken an early lead, lost it and then found the decisive goal.
Chelsea arrived with recent FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup successes behind them, while Stoke were pursuing their first major trophy. That contrast helps explain the significance of the result without suggesting that the match was decided before kick-off.
The final's score and scorers provide a clear starting point for revisiting the occasion. Conroy's early goal and Eastham's later finish belong to the same match; the long series of games against West Ham belongs to the preceding round. Keeping those stages separate makes a complicated campaign easier to follow.
Why Stoke played West Ham four times in the semi-final
The original semi-final legs ended with a 2–1 home defeat for Stoke and a 1–0 away victory. That left the aggregate score at 2–2. A replay at Hillsborough finished goalless, so another match was needed. Stoke finally won 3–2 at Old Trafford to reach Wembley.
There had already been extra work earlier in the competition. Oxford United took Stoke to a replay, and the Manchester United tie required two replays before a 2–1 Stoke win settled it. A 4–2 quarter-final victory at Bristol Rovers then set up the West Ham series.
The archive consequently contains several lines for the same opponent. They are not duplicate entries: they record the actual matches needed to complete those ties under the arrangements of that season. The 1971/72 run is a particularly vivid example of why historical cup schedules can look very different from a modern fixture list.
Stoke City's League Cup questions
Who scored Stoke's 1972 final winner?
George Eastham scored the decisive goal in the 73rd minute. Stoke beat Chelsea 2–1 after Terry Conroy's opener and Peter Osgood's equaliser.
Where was the last West Ham semi-final match played?
At Old Trafford. Stoke won the second replay 3–2 after the home and away legs and a goalless replay at Hillsborough had failed to settle the tie.
Which season contains the 1972 trophy win?
The winning campaign is 1971/72. Use that season when following the earlier rounds, rather than assuming every match was played in the calendar year of the final.
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