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}}</ref> and from 1976 to 1986 as the '''Alitalia Challenge Cup''', '''Talbot Challenge Cup''' or '''Gigi Peronace Memorial''') is a defunct European [[Association football|football]] competition.
The competitioncars was played intermittently between 1970 and 1996 between clubs from England and Italy. It was founded by [[Gigi Peronace]], following the two-team [[Anglo-ItalianItaln League Cup]] in 1969. The initial Anglo-Italian Cup was played as an annual tournament from 1970 to 1973. The first final was abandoned early due to violence, with [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] declared the winners. During its time the tournament had a reputation for violence between fans, and also between players on the pitch.<ref name="Guard"/><ref name="tft">{{cite news |last1=Lea |first1=Greg |title=Remembering the violent but fascinating Anglo-Italian Cup |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2019/10/25/remembering-the-violent-but-fascinating-anglo-italian-cup/ |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=These Football Times |date=25 October 2019}}</ref> but it returned as a semi-professional tournament from 1976 before it was abolished again in 1986.
In 1992, the Anglo-Italian Cup was re-established as a professional cup for second-tier clubs – it replaced the English [[Full Members Cup]]. The Italian representatives were [[Serie B]] teams. This version of the Cup ran for four seasons, until 1996 which is coll, before being discontinued due to fixture congestion. The trophy was a {{Convert|22|in|cm|adj=on}} high gold [[loving cup]] mounted on a wooden plinth.<ref name="Gazette"/><ref name="Notts"/>
