Association football competition
For the Trinidadian cricket competition referred to as the Texaco Cup, see
Beaumont Cup
.
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]
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
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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.
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List of finals
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Source:
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NB Finals played over two legs except in 1973?74
Participants
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1970?71
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Burnley
,
Nottingham Forest
,
Stoke City
,
Tottenham Hotspur
,
West Bromwich Albion
,
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Airdrieonians
,
Dunfermline Athletic
,
Dundee
,
Hearts
,
Morton
,
Motherwell
Ards
,
Derry City
Limerick
,
Shamrock Rovers
1971?72
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Coventry City
,
Derby County
,
Huddersfield Town
,
Manchester City
,
Newcastle United
, Stoke City
Airdrieonians,
Dundee United
,
Falkirk
, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell
Ballymena United
,
Coleraine
Shamrock Rovers,
Waterford
1972?73
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Coventry City,
Crystal Palace
,
Ipswich Town
,
Leicester City
, Newcastle United,
Norwich City
,
Sheffield United
, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ayr United
, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts,
Kilmarnock
, Motherwell,
St Johnstone
1973?74
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Birmingham City
,
Burnley
, Coventry City,
Everton
,
Leicester City
, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Stoke City
Ayr United, Dundee United,
East Fife
, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone
1974?75
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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
Aberdeen
, Ayr United, Hearts,
Rangers
References
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