manchester united's second-round tie saw them drawn against fourth division halifax town; they won the first leg at the shay 3–1, with goals from clayton blackmore, brian mcclair and neil webb, before viv anderson and steve bruce gave them a 2–1 win at old trafford and a 5–2 aggregate victory. anderson, who was by now rarely used in the united first team, went on to be sold to sheffield wednesday three months later, his appearance for united in the early stages of the competition making him ineligible for wednesday's matches and denying him the chance to add to the two league cup medals he had won with nottingham forest and a later medal in the competition won with arsenal.