Texaco Cup
| Texaco Cup | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sporting event |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country | File:Flag of England.svg England File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland |
| Inaugurated | 1970 |
| Most recent | 1975 |
The Texaco Cup, officially known as the International League Board Competition, was an association football competition started in 1970, involving sides from England, Scotland, and Ireland that had not qualified for European competitions.[1][2]
It was one of the first football competitions to receive sponsorship, taking the name of American petroleum company Texaco for £100,000, and was instituted to help promote Texaco's recent purchase of the Regent filling station chain.[3] Irish and Northern Irish clubs withdrew from the competition after 1971–72 due to political pressure,[4] competing in a separate Texaco (All-Ireland) Cup in 1973–74 and 1974–75.[5]
Crowds in the competition fell after the first few seasons,[6] and it became the Anglo-Scottish Cup from 1975 to 1976 after Texaco's sponsorship ended.[7]
Format
[edit | edit source]For the first four seasons it was played as a straight knockout tournament, with sixteen clubs entered, all ties being two-legged. For the final season of the competition, 16 English clubs played in groups before being joined in the knockout stages by four Scottish sides.[8]
List of finals
[edit | edit source]Source:[9]
| Season | Winners | Runners-up | Aggregate score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–71 | England Wolverhampton Wanderers | Scotland Heart of Midlothian | 3–2 |
| 1971–72 | England Derby County | Scotland Airdrieonians | 2–1 |
| 1972–73 | England Ipswich Town | England Norwich City | 4–2 |
| 1973–74 | England Newcastle United | England Burnley | 2–1[a] |
| 1974–75 | England Newcastle United | England Southampton | 3–1 |
- ^ Final was played as a single game.
Participants
[edit | edit source]1970–71
[edit | edit source]England Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Scotland Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell
Northern Ireland Ards, Derry City
Republic of Ireland Limerick, Shamrock Rovers
1971–72
[edit | edit source]England Coventry City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Stoke City
Scotland Airdrieonians, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell
Northern Ireland Ballymena United, Coleraine
Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers, Waterford
1972–73
[edit | edit source]England Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Scotland Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, St Johnstone
1973–74
[edit | edit source]England Birmingham City, Burnley, Coventry City, Everton, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Stoke City
Scotland Ayr United, Dundee United, East Fife, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone
1974–75
[edit | edit source]England Birmingham City, Blackpool, Carlisle United, Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
Scotland Aberdeen, Ayr United, Hearts, Rangers
References
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