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Programme for the 1974–75 Texaco Cup semi-final between Newcastle United and Birmingham City

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
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

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External linksEdit

Template:Football in the United Kingdom Template:Defunct football competitions in Scotland Template:Texaco Cup and Anglo-Scottish Cup