1971 Anglo-Italian Cup
{{Short description|Association football tournament}}
File:1971 Anglo-Italian Cup Winners - Blackpool FC (edited).jpg
The 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup was the second staging of the annual association football tournament. It featured twelve teams — six from England and six from Italy.
The competition started on 26 May 1971 and concluded on 12 June 1971 with Blackpool beating Bologna 2–1 in the final.
Details
The twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams — two from England and two from Italy. Each team plays the two foreign teams twice, home and away. The teams are then ranked against teams in their own country in a league, and the top-ranked teams from each country play off in a final for the trophy.
Participating teams
=England=
=Italy=
Group results
=Group 1=
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|date=26 May 1971
|team1=Huddersfield Town
|score=2 – 0
|team2=Sampdoria
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|goals1= Ellam, Smith
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|stadium=
|attendance=10,003
|referee= }}
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|date=26 May 1971
|team1=Swindon Town
|score=2 – 2
|team2=Bologna
|report=
|goals1= Noble {{goal}} Gough {{goal|60}}
|goals2=Rizzo 24', Arini 82'
|stadium=The County Ground
|attendance=
|referee= }}
{{footballbox
|date=29 May 1971
|team1=Huddersfield Town
|score=2 – 3
|team2=Bologna
|report=
|goals1= Cherry {{goal}} Smith {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=
|attendance=12,000
|referee= }}
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|date=29 May 1971
|team1=Swindon Town
|score=4 – 1
|team2=Sampdoria
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|date=1 June 1971
|team1=Sampdoria
|score=2 – 3
|team2=Huddersfield Town
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|date=1 June 1971
|team1=Bologna
|score=3 – 1
|team2=Swindon Town
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|date=4 June 1971
|team1=Bologna
|score=1 – 0
|team2=Huddersfield Town
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|date=4 June 1971
|team1=Sampdoria
|score=1 – 2
|team2=Swindon Town
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=Group 2=
{{footballbox
|date= 26 May 1971
|team1=Crystal Palace
|score=1 – 0
|team2=Cagliari
|report=[http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4274 (ref)]
|goals1= Tambling {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Selhurst Park
|attendance=19,326
|referee= }}
{{footballbox
|date=26 May 1971
|team1=West Brom
|score=1 – 1
|team2=Inter Milan
|report=
|goals1= Wile {{goal|30}}
|goals2=Gabriele Oriali {{goal|61}}
|stadium=The Hawthorns
|attendance=17,363
|referee= Antonio Sbardella }}
{{footballbox
|date=29 May 1971
|team1=West Brom
|score=1 – 2
|team2=Cagliari
|report=
|goals1= Astle {{goal}}
|goals2= Mancin {{goal}} Domenghini {{goal}}
|stadium=The Hawthorns
|attendance=
|referee= }}
{{footballbox
|date=29 May 1971
|team1=Crystal Palace
|score=1 – 1
|team2=Inter Milan
|report= [http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4274 (ref)]
|goals1= Birchenall {{goal|5}}
|goals2=Boninsegna {{goal|73}}
|stadium=Selhurst Park
|attendance=25,152
|referee=Oralio Angonese }}
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|date=1 June 1971
|team1=Inter Milan
|score=1 – 0
|team2=West Brom
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{{footballbox
|date=1 June 1971
|team1=Cagliari
|score=2 – 0
|team2=Crystal Palace
|report=[http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4274 (ref)]
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|stadium=Stadio Comunale Sant'Elia
|attendance=30,000
|referee= }}
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|date=4 June 1971
|team1=Inter Milan
|score=1 – 2
|team2=Crystal Palace
|report=[http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4274 (ref)]
|goals1= Burgnich {{goal|48}}
|goals2= Tambling {{goal|15}}{{goal|55}}
|stadium=San Siro
|attendance=28,000
|referee= }}
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|date=4 June 1971
|team1=Cagliari
|score=1 – 0
|team2=West Brom
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=Group 3=
{{footballbox
|date=26 May 1971
|team1=Blackpool
|score=3 – 3
|team2=Verona
|report=
|goals1= Burns, Suddick, Nicholson
|goals2=Clerici (2), Orazi
|stadium=Bloomfield Road
|attendance=9,917
|referee= }}
{{footballbox
|date=26 May 1971
|team1=Stoke City
|score=2 – 2
|team2=Roma
|report=
|goals1= Greenhoff, Smith
|goals2= La Rosa, Vieri
|stadium=Victoria Ground
|attendance=10,520
|referee= }}
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|date=29 May 1971
|team1=Blackpool
|score=1 – 3
|team2=Roma
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|stadium=Bloomfield Road
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|date=29 May 1971
|team1=Stoke City
|score=2 – 0
|team2=Verona
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|stadium=Victoria Ground
|attendance=10,500
|referee= }}
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|date=1 June 1971
|team1=Roma
|score=0 – 1
|team2=Stoke City
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|date=1 June 1971
|team1=Verona
|score=1 – 4
|team2=Blackpool
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|date=4 June 1971
|team1=Verona
|score=2 – 1
|team2=Stoke City
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|date=4 June 1971
|team1=Roma
|score=1 – 2
|team2=Blackpool
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Final rankings
Total points are determined by points gained plus goals scored. (NB: two points for a win).
=English rankings=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts !width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld !width="20" abbr="Won" |W !width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D !width="20" abbr="Lost" |L !width="20" abbr="Goals for" |GF !width="20" abbr="Goals against" |GA !width="20" abbr="Goal difference" |GD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|Blackpool
|15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Swindon Town
|14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Stoke City
|11 | 4 | |2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Huddersfield Town
|11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Crystal Palace
|9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|West Brom
|3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5| | |
| 3 |
=Italian rankings=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="200" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts !width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld !width="20" abbr="Won" |W !width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D !width="20" abbr="Lost" |L !width="20" abbr="Goals for" |GF !width="20" abbr="Goals against" |GA !width="20" abbr="Goal difference" |GD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|Bologna
|16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Cagliari
|11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Roma
|9 | 4 | |1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | +0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Verona
|9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10| | |
| 4 | |||||||
| style="text-align:left;"|Inter Milan
|8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|Sampdoria
|4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11| | |
| 7 |
Final
References
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit71.html RSSSF Page]
{{Anglo-Italian Cup}}
{{1970-71 in English football}}
{{1970-71 in Italian football}}