1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup

Football competition The 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup was the last Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between eight clubs from England and eight clubs from Italy. Italian side Genoa lifted the trophy after beating English side Port Vale 5–2. 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 regional semi-finals. The semi-finals were two-leg matches played between each nation's group winners. The winner of each semi-final then met in a final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit96.html Anglo-Italian Cup 1995/96 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 12 July 2010 Group stage GroupEnglandItalyABirmingham CityLuton TownOldham AthleticPort ValeAnconaCesenaGenoaPerugiaBIpswich TownSouthend UnitedStoke CityWest Bromwich AlbionBresciaFoggiaReggianaSalernitana Group A games 5 September 1995 Ancona 1–0 Oldham Athletic 5 September 1995 Birmingham City 2–3 Genoa 5 September 1995 Cesena 2–2 Port Vale 5 September 1995 Luton Town 1–4 Perugia 11 October 1995 Genoa 4–0 Luton Town 11 October 1995 Oldham Athletic 0–0 Cesena 11 October 1995 Perugia 0–1 Birmingham City 11 October 1995 Port Vale 2–0 Ancona 8 November 1995 Ancona 1–2 Birmingham City 8 November 1995 Cesena 2–1 Luton Town 8 November 1995 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Perugia 8 November 1995 Port Vale 0–0 Genoa 13 December 1995 Birmingham City 3–1 Cesena 13 December 1995 Genoa 0–0 Oldham Athletic 13 December 1995 Luton Town 5–0 Ancona 13 December 1995 Perugia 3–5 Port Vale Group A tables English teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsBirmingham City4301859Port Vale4220956Oldham Athletic4121215Luton Town41037103 Italian teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsGenoa4220728Cesena4121565Perugia4103793Ancona4103293 Group B games 5 September 1995 Foggia 1–1 Stoke City 5 September 1995 Salernitana 0–0 West Bromwich Albion 5 September 1995 Ipswich Town 2–1 Reggiana 5 September 1995 Southend United 0–0 Brescia 11 October 1995 Brescia 2–2 Ipswich Town 11 October 1995 Reggiana 1–1 Southend United 11 October 1995 Stoke City 2–2 Salernitana 11 October 1995 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Foggia 8 November 1995 Foggia 0–1 Ipswich Town 8 November 1995 Salernitana 2–1 Southend United 8 November 1995 Stoke City 1–1 Brescia 8 November 1995 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Reggiana 13 December 1995 Brescia 0–1 West Bromwich Albion 13 December 1995 Ipswich Town 2–0 Salernitana 13 December 1995 Reggiana 0–0Ashdown John Football's unbreakable records and the teams who can't play each other https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/oct/21/footballs-unbreakable-records Guardian.com GuardianMedia 4 December 2015 Stoke City 13 December 1995 Southend United 1–2 Foggia Group B tables English teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsIpswich Town43107310West Bromwich Albion4220428Stoke City4040444Southend United4022352 Italian teams TeamPldWDLGFGAPtsFoggia4121445Salernitana4121455Brescia4031343Reggiana4022352 Regional Semi-finals English semi-final 23 January 1996 Ipswich Town 2–4 Port Vale 30 January 1996 West Bromwich Albion (4) 2–2 (1) Birmingham City Italian semi-final 10 January 1996 Foggia 1–2 Cesena 17 January 1996 Genoa (6) 0–0 (5) Salernitana Regional Finals English final 24 February 1996 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Port Vale 5 March 1996 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Port Vale Italian final 31 January 1996 Cesena 0–4 Genoa 8 February 1996 Genoa 1–0 Cesena Tournament Final 17 March 1996 Genoa ITA 5–2 Port Vale ENG Report Ruotolo 12 54 66Galante 21Montella 39 Foyle 68 82 Wembley Stadium Genoa: GK 1 ITA Luca Pastine 75 DF 2 ITA Davide Nicola 50 DF 5 ITA Fabio Galante DF 6 ITA Luca Cavallo DF 3 ITA Daniele Delli Carri MF 4 ITA Oscar Magoni MF 7 ITA Gennaro Ruotolo MF 8 ITA Mario Bortolazzi MF 11 ITA Roberto Onorati 46 FW 9 ITA Vincenzo Montella FW 10ITA Marco NappiSubstitutes: GK 12 ITA Gianpaolo Spagnulo 75 MF 14 NED John van 't Schip 50 MF 13 ITA Vincenzo Torrente 46Manager:ITA Gaetano SalveminiPort Vale GK ENG Paul MusselwhiteDF ENG Andy HillDF ENG Gareth GriffithsDF ENG Neil AspinDF ENG Dean Stokes 37MF NIR Jon McCarthyMF ENG Andy PorterMF ENG Ian BogieMF ENG Steve Guppy 86FW ENG Martin FoyleFW SCO Lee Glover 59Substitutes:MF ENG Ray Walker 37MF ENG Stewart Talbot 86FW ENG Tony Naylor 59Manager:ENG John Rudge References Category:Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Italian Cup 1996 Anglo-Italian Cup Anglo-Italian Cup