Texaco Cup
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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=rsssfTexaco>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Irish and Northern Irish clubs withdrew from the competition after 1971–72 due to political pressure,<ref>Withdrawal of Irish clubs Template:Dead link</ref> competing in a separate Texaco (All-Ireland) Cup in 1973–74 and 1974–75.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Crowds in the competition fell after the first few seasons,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and it became the Anglo-Scottish Cup from 1975 to 1976 after Texaco's sponsorship ended.<ref name=sfhaAngloScottish>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FormatEdit
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
List of finalsEdit
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Season | Winners | Runners-up | Aggregate score |
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1970–71 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Heart of Midlothian | 3–2 |
1971–72 | Derby County | Airdrieonians | 2–1 |
1972–73 | Ipswich Town | Norwich City | 4–2 |
1973–74 | Newcastle United | Burnley | 2–1 |
1974–75 | Newcastle United | Southampton | 3–1 |
NB Finals played over two legs except in 1973–74
ParticipantsEdit
1970–71Edit
Template:Flagicon Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Template:Flagicon Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell
Template:Flagicon Ards, Derry City
Template:Flagicon Limerick, Shamrock Rovers
1971–72Edit
Template:Flagicon Coventry City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Stoke City
Template:Flagicon Airdrieonians, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell
Template:Flagicon Ballymena United, Coleraine
Template:Flagicon Shamrock Rovers, Waterford
1972–73Edit
Template:Flagicon Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Template:Flagicon Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, St Johnstone
1973–74Edit
Template:Flagicon Birmingham City, Burnley, Coventry City, Everton, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Stoke City
Template:Flagicon Ayr United, Dundee United, East Fife, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone
1974–75Edit
Template:Flagicon 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
Template:Flagicon Aberdeen, Ayr United, Hearts, Rangers
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
Template:Football in the United Kingdom Template:Defunct football competitions in Scotland Template:Texaco Cup and Anglo-Scottish Cup