On the first day of the 1966–67 Football League Cup on 23 August 1966, QPR played Colchester United at their home ground of Loftus Road, winning 5–0.

[3] QPR were put under pressure in their match against Carlisle United, but Marsh scored twice more for Rangers to give them the 2–1 victory.

QPR's fourth and final goal saw Marsh hit a header direct from a free kick to Allen who scored.

[6] Bobby Hope led Albion to a victory at the start of their League Cup campaign, having received a bye past the first round, scoring a hat-trick as the team went on to defeat Aston Villa 6–0.

[7] Albion played Manchester City on 5 October 1966 in the third round, and although they won the game 4–2, they were pressed hard for the victory.

[9] Their semi-final was a rematch of the 1966 Football League Cup Final, with West Ham United the opposition over two legs.

[11] It was decided at a Football Association Council meeting on 26 September 1966 to host the League Cup at Wembley Stadium for the first time.

Any QPR attack stagnated once someone attempted to pass the ball through to Rodney Marsh or Les Allen, who were overwhelmed by the numbers of Albion defensive players.

Albion's first goal came in the seventh minute as the ball was worked down the left hand side of the pitch by Tony Brown, Bobby Hope and finally Doug Fraser, before Clive Clark's shot went through a gap in QPR's defence.

In the twenty fifth minute, Clark once again ran with the ball down the left hand side of the pitch, outrunning QPR's Ron Hunt, before crossing it into the path of Jeff Astle.

[19] Nine minutes before half time, QPR found themselves under attack by Albion again with some cross pitch passing resulting in Clark's second goal of the game.

QPR had a corner just before half time which fell to the feet of club captain Mike Keen, but his shot went off the post.

A final attack from QPR came in the closing moments of the game as Lazarus took the ball past two defenders and into the box, his subsequent shot hit the outside of the post and went wide.

[20] Match rules Sources:[19][20][21][22] QPR's victory was the first occasion a team from the Third Division had won a major trophy in England.

However, the Fairs Cup committee required that only teams from the highest tier of a nation's league system could enter.

[24] QPR paraded the trophy in front of the crowd in their following home match at Loftus Road, where they defeated AFC Bournemouth 4–0.

[28] In the 2002–03 Second Division play-off final QPR wore an all-white strip in reference to their Football League Cup victory.