Anglo-Italian League Cup


One of several cups played between English and Italian clubs.

It was a direct playoff between the winners of the Coppa Italia and the English League Cup (1969-71) or FA Cup (1975-76).


Finals

      1969 home/away Roma             2-1 0-4 Swindon Town
      1970 home/away Bologna          1-0 2-2 Manchester City
      1971 home/away Torino           0-1 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
      1972-74 not held
      1975 home/away Fiorentina       1-0 1-0 West Ham United 
      1976 home/away Southampton      1-0 0-4 Napoli

1969

[Aug 27 in Roma]	
Roma                    2-1 Swindon Town
  [Enzo 43pen, Cappellini 66; Noble 52]
Roma     : Ginulfi, Spinosi, Carpenetti, Salvori, Cappelli, Santarini,
           Peiro, Cappellini, Enzo, Capello, Cordova.
Swindon :  Downsborough, Thomas, Trollope, Butler, Burraws, Harland, 
           Smith, Harsfield (Jones), Smart, Noble, Rogers.

[Sep 10 in Swindon] 
Swindon Town            4-0 Roma 
  [Harsfield 5, 70, 89, Rogers 72]
Swindon  : Downsborough, Thomas, Trollope, Butler, Blick, Harland, 
           Smith, Harsfield, Smart, Noble, Rogers.
Roma     : Ginulfi, Spinosi, Scaratti, Carpenetti, Bet, Santarini, Peiro,  
           Enzo (Braglia), Landini (Salvori), Capello, Cordova.

Swindon Town win 5-2 on aggregate

1970

[Sep 2 in Bologna]
Bologna			1-0 Manchester City
  [Rizzo 4]
Bologna	   : Vavassori, Roversi, Ardizzon, Cresci, Battisodo, Gregori, 
             Perani, Rizzo, Savoldi I, Bulgarelli, Pace.
Manchester : Gorrigan, Book, Pardeo, Doyle, Booth, Oakes,
             Young, Bell, Lee, Towers, Summerbee.

[Sep 23 in Manchester]
Manchester City		2-2 Bologna
  [Perani 16, Savoldi 73; Lee 25, Helsop 75]
Manchester : Gorrigan, Book, Pardoe, Doyle, Helsop, Oakes,
             Hill, Bell, Lee, Young, Towers,
Bologna	   : Vavassori, Prini, Ardizzon, Cresci, Janich, Gregori, 
             Perani, Rizzo, Savoldi, Liguori, Pace,

Bologna win 3-2 on aggregate

1971

[Sep 1 in Torino] 
Torino			0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
  [Chivers 59]
Torino    : Castellini (Sattolo 60), Mozzini, Fossati, Zecchini, Cereser, 
            Agroppi, Rampanti, Ferrini, Toschi, Sala, Pulici (Bui).
Tottenham : Jennings, Kinnear, Want, Mullery, England, Beal, Coates,
            Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Gilzean.

[Sep 22 in London]
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0  Torino
  [Chivers, Gilzean]
Tottenham : Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, 
            Coates, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Gilzean.
Torino    : Castellini, Lombardo, Fossati, Zecchini, Cesreser, Agroppi, 
            Crivelli (Luppi), Ferrini, Bui (Pulici), Sala, Toschi.

Tottenham Hotspur win 3-0 on aggregate

1975

[Sep 3 in Firenze]
Fiorentina		1-0 West Ham United
  [Guerini 19]
Fiorentina : Superchi, (Mattolini) Beatrice, Roggi, Pellegrini, Della Martira,  
             Guerini, Caso, Merlo, Casarsa (Bresciani), Antognoni, Speggiorin.
West Ham   : Day, McDowell, Lampard, Bonds, T.Taylor, Loch, Holland, 
             (Jennings) Paddon, A.Taylor, Brooking, Robson.

[Dec 10 in London]
West Ham United		0-1 Fiorentina
  [Speggiorin 19]
West Ham   : Day, McDowell (Coleman), Lampard, Holland, T.Taylor, Loch,  
             A.Taylor, Paddon, Jennings, Brooking, Ayris (Curbishley).
Fiorentina : Mattolini, Galdiolo, Tendi, Pellegrini, Della Martira, Beatrice, 
             Desolati, Merlo, Casarsa, Antognoni, Speggiorin (Bresciani).

Fiorentina win 2-0 on aggregate

1976

[Sep 21 in Southampton]
Southampton		1-0 Napoli
  [Williams 66]
Southampton : Boulton, Rodrigues, Mills, Williams, Waldron, Blyth,
               Fisher, Channon, McDougall, McCalliog, Gilchrist.
Napoli      : Carmignani, Bruscolotti, La Palma, Burgnich, Vavassori, 
              Orlandini, Massa, Juliano, Speggiorin, Vinazzani, Chiaruggi.

[Nov 14 in Napoli]
Napoli			4-0 Southampton
  [Chiaruggi 40, Bruscolotti 68, Speggiorin 82, 88]
Napoli      : Carmignani, Bruscolotti, La Palma, Burgnich, Vavassori, Orlandini,
              Chiaruggi, Juliano, (Vinazzani 55') Massa, Esposito, Speggiorin.
Southampton : Turner, (Middleton 46') Mills, Peach, Earles, Waldron, Masters,
              Williams, Stokes, McDougall, McCalliog, Fisher.

Napoli win 4-1 on aggregate

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