1973 Anglo-Italian Cup

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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit73.html Anglo-Italian Cup 1973 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 12 July 2010 Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw but, unlike the previous tournaments,http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4274 When Palace humbled Inter 25 February 2009 The Holmesdale Online 31 August 2009http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/matchday-memories/Blackpool-10-LANEROSSI-VICENZA-0.1861801.jp https://archive.today/20120722003337/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/matchday-memories/Blackpool-10-LANEROSSI-VICENZA-0.1861801.jp dead 22 July 2012 Blackpool 10 LANEROSSI VICENZA 0 Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972 6 November 2006 Blackpool Gazette 2 September 2009UP WITH THE CUP! Passports at the ready as Town tune up for Italian job 12 May 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner points were no longer awarded for each goal scored.http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2002/01/15/i-ve-had-countless-drinks-for-my-goal-against-sunderland-72703-11540702/ https://archive.today/20120723010419/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2002/01/15/i-ve-had-countless-drinks-for-my-goal-against-sunderland-72703-11540702/ dead 23 July 2012 I've had countless drinks for my goal against Sunderland 15 January 2002 Evening Chronicle 29 August 2009 The draw for the group matches took place in Milan on 7 February 1973. Group stage GroupEnglandItaly1Crystal PalaceHull CityLuton TownManchester UnitedBariFiorentinaLazioVerona2Newcastle UnitedBlackpoolOxford UnitedFulhamBolognaComoRomaTorino Group 1 games 14 February 1973 Crystal Palace 4 – 1 Verona (ref) M. Hinshelwood Bell Whittle Hull City 2 – 1 Lazio Manchester United 1 – 1 Fiorentina Luton Town 4 – 0 Bari Verona 2 – 1 Luton Town 21 March 1973 Bari 0 – 1 Crystal Palace (ref) Possee Lazio 0 – 0 Manchester United Fiorentina 1 – 0 Hull City 4 April 1973 Hull City 2 – 1 Verona 4 April 1973 Manchester United 3 – 1 Bari 4 April 1973 Crystal Palace 3 – 1 Lazio (ref) Craven 4 April 1973 Luton Town 1 – 0 Fiorentina Verona 1 – 4 Manchester United Bari 0 – 0 Hull City Luton Town 2 – 2 Lazio 2 May 1973 Fiorentina 2 – 2 Crystal Palace (ref) Possee Group 1 tables Italian teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsTwo points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw. "nb" "pts"Fiorentina4 1 2 1 4 4 4Lazio4 0 2 2 4 7 2Verona4 1 0 3 5 11 2Bari4 0 1 3 1 8 1 English teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsCrystal Palace4 3 1 0 10 4 7Manchester United4 2 2 0 8 3 6Luton Town4 2 1 1 8 4 5Hull City4 2 1 1 4 3 5 Group 2 games Como 0 – 0 Fulham Bologna 0 – 0 Oxford United Roma 0 – 2 Newcastle United Tudor Torino 0 – 1 Blackpool Blackpool 3 – 0 Como 21 March 1973Vernon Leslie Rollin Jack Rothmans Football Yearbook 1973–74 1973 Queen Anne Press London 0-362-00142-1 Newcastle United 1 – 0 Bologna Gibb Fulham 1 – 1 Roma Oxford United 1 – 1 Torino 4 April 1973 Como 0 – 2 Newcastle United 4 April 1973 Bologna 0 – 1 Blackpool 4 April 1973 Roma 0 – 2 Oxford United 4 April 1973 Torino 1 – 1 Fulham Oxford United 1 – 0 Como Fulham 1 – 1 Bologna Blackpool 2 – 1 Roma Newcastle United 5 – 1 Torino Group 2 tables Italian teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsBologna4 0 2 2 1 3 2Torino4 0 2 2 3 8 2Roma4 0 1 3 2 7 1Como4 0 1 3 0 6 1 English teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsNewcastle United4 4 0 0 10 1 8Blackpool4 4 0 0 7 1 8Oxford United4 2 2 0 4 1 6Fulham4 0 4 0 3 3 4 Semi-finals English semi-final 11 May 1973 Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Newcastle (ref) 21 May 1973 Newcastle 5 – 1 Crystal Palace (ref) Cannon Italian semi-final 17 May 1973 Fiorentina 1 – 1 Bologna 23 May 1973 Bologna 1 – 2 Fiorentina Final 3 June 1973 Fiorentina 1 – 2 Newcastle Superchi o.g.Craig 54 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Notes "nb" References 2 Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Italian Cup 1973