 He scored five goals in six games in the League Cup including one in the first-leg of the final against West Bromwich Albion which West Ham won 2–1.Albion won the second leg, at The Hawthorns, 4–1 to take the trophy by an aggregate score of 5–3.Byrne finished the season with 17 goals in all competitions, someway behind Geoff Hurst, who, on the verge of his 1966 World Cup victory, scored 40 goals in 59 games.