Anglo-Italian Cup: Difference between revisions

| abolished = {{start date and years ago|1996}}

| number of teams = Varied

| current champions = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]

| most successful club = [[Modena F.C.|Modena]] (2 titles)

The '''Anglo-Italian Cup''' ({{lang-it|Coppa Anglo-Italiana}}, also known as the '''Anglo-Italian Inter-League Clubs Competition'''<ref name="Palace">{{cite web|url=http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4274|title=When Palace humbled Inter|date=25 February 2009|publisher=The Holmesdale Online|access-date=31 August 2009|archive-date=28 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228212030/http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4274|url-status=live}}</ref> and from 1976 to 1986 as the '''Alitalia Challenge Cup''', '''Talbot Challenge Cup''' or '''Gigi Peronace Memorial''') was a European [[Association football|football]] competition.

 

 

 

==History==

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From 1967, a place in the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] was awarded to the [[Football League Cup]] winners,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2008/nov/12/carlingcup|title=Why the League Cup still has its place in English football|last=Murray|first=Scott|date=12 November 2008|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=1 September 2009|location=London|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020063924/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2008/nov/12/carlingcup|url-status=live}}</ref> but [[1967 Football League Cup Final|that season's]] winners, [[Queens Park Rangers]], could not take up their place because [[UEFA]] did not at that time allow third-tier teams to compete in the Fairs Cup.<ref name="Guard" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mike-keen-footballer-who-captained-third-division-queens-park-rangers-to-league-cup-victory-in-1967-1677686.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mike-keen-footballer-who-captained-third-division-queens-park-rangers-to-league-cup-victory-in-1967-1677686.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mike Keen: Footballer who captained Third Division Queen's Park Rangers to League Cup victory in 1967|last=Murphy|first=Alex|date=2 May 2009|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=[[Independent News & Media]]|access-date=29 August 2009 | location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> When the same situation arose [[1969 Football League Cup Final|two years later]] with [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]], a two-legged match against that year's [[Coppa Italia]] winners, [[A.S. Roma]], was organised by way of compensation.<ref name="Guard" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Achievements/Reports/Report19701002_01.asp|title=Swindon outplay Italians to win cup|last=King|first=Clive|date=28 August 1969|work=[[Swindon Advertiser]]|access-date=29 August 2009|archive-date=9 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709073334/http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Achievements/Reports/Report19701002_01.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the popularity of that event, dubbed the [[Anglo-Italian League Cup]],<ref name="Guard">{{cite web|title=The Joy of Six: Extinct football competitions – 3 Anglo-Italian Cup|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jun/26/joy-of-six-extinct-football-competitions|work=The Sport Blog|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|access-date=7 February 2011|first=Scott|last=Murray|date=26 June 2009|archive-date=22 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722163307/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/jun/26/joy-of-six-extinct-football-competitions|url-status=live}}</ref> and as a way to generate income to pay players' wages during the extended close season caused by the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]], the first Anglo-Italian Cup was inaugurated in 1970.<ref name="Palace" />

 

For the first competition there were six English teams and six Italian teams.<ref name="Guard" /> These teams were split into three groups consisting of two English and two Italian teams each,<ref name="Sheldon">{{cite web|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Achievements/Reports/Report19700905_03.asp|title=Under the Shadow of Mighty Vesuvius|last=Sheldon|first=Peter|work=Swindon's pride|access-date=29 August 2009|archive-date=5 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605232342/http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Achievements/Reports/Report19700905_03.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> with two points being awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and a point for each goal scored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/matchday-memories/Blackpool-10-LANEROSSI-VICENZA-0.1861801.jp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722003337/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/matchday-memories/Blackpool-10-LANEROSSI-VICENZA-0.1861801.jp|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2012|title=Blackpool 10 LANEROSSI VICENZA 0 Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972|date=6 November 2006|work=[[Blackpool Gazette]]|access-date=2 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="rsf70">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit70.html|title=Anglo-Italian Cup 1970|last=Andrea Veronese|date=12 April 2004|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2 May 2012|archive-date=11 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711124119/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit70.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The final was contested between the best team from each country, and Swindon played Napoli at the [[Stadio San Paolo]] on 28 May 1970. Swindon were 3–0 up after 63 minutes, when violence started to break out. The match was halted and then abandoned after 79 minutes, with Swindon being declared as the first winners of the tournament.<ref name="Guard" /><ref name="Sheldon" />

 

In 1971, the second edition of the tournament, [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] and [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] were the two nations' best-ranked teams and contested the final at the [[Stadio Renato Dall'Ara]] on 12 June 1971. Prior to the match, tournament organiser Gigi Peronace stressed that it was imperative for an Italian club to win back the trophy.<ref name=Gillatt>{{cite book|last=Gillatt|first=Peter|title=Blackpool FC On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year |publisher=Pitch Publishing Ltd|date=30 November 2009|isbn=978-1-905411-50-4}}</ref> After 90 minutes the score was 1–1 and the match went into [[extra-time]], during which [[Micky Burns]] scored the winning goal for Blackpool.<ref name="Gazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/matchday-memories/Bologna-1-Blackpool-2-.1777280.jp|title=Bologna 1, Blackpool 2 – Anglo-Italian Cup Final, June 12, 1971|date=20 September 2006|work=[[Blackpool Gazette]]|access-date=29 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605074031/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/matchday-memories/Bologna-1-Blackpool-2-.1777280.jp|archive-date=5 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

 

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