The 1973 Anglo-Italian Cup was the fourth Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between eight clubs from England and eight clubs from Italy and was the last professional Anglo-Italian Cup until it was re-incarnated in 1992.

Format

For the competition there were eight English teams and eight Italian teams. These teams were split into two groups consisting of four English and four Italian teams each. Each team played against the four teams in their group from the opposing nation. In each group, the best team from each nation progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were two-leg matches played between each nation's group winners. The winner of each nation's semi-final then met in a final.[1] Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw but, unlike the previous tournaments,[2][3][4] points were no longer awarded for each goal scored.[1][5] The draw for the group matches took place in Milan on 7 February 1973.[6]

Group stage

Group[1]  England[1]  Italy[1]
1 Crystal Palace
Hull City
Luton Town
Manchester United 		Bari
Fiorentina
Lazio
Verona
2 Newcastle United
Blackpool
Oxford United
Fulham 		Bologna
Como
Roma
Torino

Group 1 games

Crystal Palace4 – 1Verona
M. Hinshelwood
Bell
Whittle 		(ref)
Hull City2 – 1Lazio
Manchester United1 – 1Fiorentina
Luton Town4 – 0Bari
Verona2 – 1Luton Town
Bari0 – 1Crystal Palace
(ref) Possee
Lazio0 – 0Manchester United
Fiorentina1 – 0Hull City
Hull City2 – 1Verona
Manchester United3 – 1Bari
Crystal Palace3 – 1Lazio
Craven (ref)
Luton Town1 – 0Fiorentina
Verona1 – 4Manchester United
Bari0 – 0Hull City
Luton Town2 – 2Lazio
Fiorentina2 – 2Crystal Palace
(ref) Possee

Group 1 tables

Group 2 games

Como0 – 0Fulham
Bologna0 – 0Oxford United
Roma0 – 2Newcastle United
Tudor
Torino0 – 1Blackpool
Blackpool3 – 0Como
Newcastle United1 – 0Bologna
Gibb
Fulham1 – 1Roma
Oxford United1 – 1Torino
Como0 – 2Newcastle United
Bologna0 – 1Blackpool
Roma0 – 2Oxford United
Torino1 – 1Fulham
Oxford United1 – 0Como
Fulham1 – 1Bologna
Blackpool2 – 1Roma
Newcastle United5 – 1Torino

Group 2 tables

Semi-finals

English semi-final
Crystal Palace0 – 0Newcastle
(ref)
Newcastle5 – 1Crystal Palace
(ref) Cannon
Italian semi-final
Fiorentina1 – 1Bologna
Bologna1 – 2Fiorentina

Final

Fiorentina1 – 2Newcastle
Superchi (o.g.)
Craig 54'
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw.[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Anglo-Italian Cup 1973". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ "When Palace humbled Inter". The Holmesdale Online. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Blackpool 10 LANEROSSI VICENZA 0 Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972". Blackpool Gazette. 6 November 2006. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  4. ^ "UP WITH THE CUP! Passports at the ready as Town tune up for Italian job". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  5. ^ a b "I've had countless drinks for my goal against Sunderland". Evening Chronicle. 15 January 2002. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1973). Rothman's Football Yearbook 1973–74. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-362-00142-1.
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