1972 Anglo-Italian Cup

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| title = Anglo-Italian Cup

| year = 1972

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| country = England and Italy

| num_teams = 12

| winners = Roma

| second = Blackpool

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| prev_season = 1971

| next_season = 1973

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The 1972 Anglo-Italian Cup was the third staging of the Anglo-Italian Cup, an annual association football tournament between clubs from England and Italy. It featured twelve teams — six from each country.

The competition started on 1 June 1972 and concluded on 24 June 1972 with the final match between the winners of the English and Italian sections of the competition. Roma beat the 1971 winners, Blackpool, by three goals to one in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Details

The twelve participating teams were divided into three groups of four, each group comprising two teams from England and two from Italy. Each team played the two teams from the other country, once at home and once away. The teams were then ranked against teams from their own country on a league basis, and the top ranked teams from each country played off in a final for the trophy.

=Participating teams=

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;England

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;Italy

Group results

=Group 1=

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|date = 1 June 1972

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|team1 = Catanzaro

|score = 0–3

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|team2 = Stoke City

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 1 June 1972

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|team1 = Roma

|score = 2–3

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|team2 = Carlisle United

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 4 June 1972

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|team1 = Catanzaro

|score = 0–1

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|team2 = Carlisle United

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 5 June 1972

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|team1 = Roma

|score = 2–0

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|team2 = Stoke City

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 7 June 1972

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|team1 = Stoke City

|score = 2–0

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|team2 = Catanzaro

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 7 June 1972

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|team1 = Carlisle United

|score = 3–3

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|team2 = Roma

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 10 June 1972

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|team1 = Carlisle United

|score = 4–1

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|team2 = Catanzaro

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 10 June 1972

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|team1 = Stoke City

|score = 1–2

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|team2 = Roma

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|nobars = 1

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=Group 2=

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|date = 1 June 1972

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|team1 = Cagliari

|score = 1–0

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|team2 = Leicester City

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 2 June 1972

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|team1 = Atalanta

|score = 3–2

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|team2 = Sunderland

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Kerr {{goal}}
Lathan {{goal}}

|stadium = Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo

|attendance =

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 4 June 1972

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|team1 = Cagliari

|score = 1–3

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|team2 = Sunderland

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Kerr {{goal}}
Lathan {{goal}}
Tueart {{goal}}

|stadium = Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari

|attendance =

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 4 June 1972

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|team1 = Atalanta

|score = 5–3

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|team2 = Leicester City

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|attendance =

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 7 June 1972

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|team1 = Leicester City

|score = 2–1

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|team2 = Cagliari

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 7 June 1972

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|team1 = Sunderland

|score = 0–0

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|team2 = Atalanta

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Roker Park, Sunderland

|attendance = 5,798

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 10 June 1972

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|team1 = Sunderland

|score = 3–3

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|team2 = Cagliari

|goals1 = McGiven
Dave Watson {{goal}}
Tueart {{goal}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Roker Park, Sunderland

|attendance = 4,010

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 10 June 1972

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|team1 = Leicester City

|score = 6–0

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|team2 = Atalanta

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|attendance =

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|nobars = 1

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=Group 3=

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|date = 1 June 1972

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|team1 = Sampdoria

|score = 1–4

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|team2 = Blackpool

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|attendance =

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 1 June 1972

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|team1 = Lanerossi Vicenza

|score = 0–0

|report = {{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |page=243 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}

|team2 = Birmingham City

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium =

|attendance = 3,000

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 4 June 1972

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|team1 = Sampdoria

|score = 2–1

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|team2 = Birmingham City

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Campbell {{goal||pen.}}

|stadium =

|attendance = 15,000

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 4 June 1972

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|team1 = Lanerossi Vicenza

|score = 0–2

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|team2 = Blackpool

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|attendance =

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|nobars = 1

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|date = 7 June 1972

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|team1 = Blackpool

|score = 2–0

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|team2 = Sampdoria

|goals1 =

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|stadium = Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

|attendance =

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 7 June 1972

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|team1 = Birmingham City

|score = 5–3

|report =

|team2 = Lanerossi Vicenza

|goals1 = R. Latchford {{goal}}{{goal}}
Francis {{goal}}
Hatton {{goal}}
Taylor {{goal}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = St Andrew's, Birmingham

|attendance = 23,642

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 10 June 1972

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|team1 = Blackpool

|score = 10–0

|report = {{cite news |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=July 22, 2012 |title=Blackpool 10 Lanerossi Vicenza 0 Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972 |first=Gerry |last=Wolstenholme |date=6 November 2006 |newspaper=Blackpool Gazette |accessdate=28 November 2010 }}

|team2 = Lanerossi Vicenza

|goals1 = Burns {{goal|2}}{{goal|58}}{{goal|60}}{{goal|71}}
Ainscow {{goal}}
Suddick {{goal|15}}
James {{goal|31}}
Stanzial {{goal|49|o.g.}}
Hill {{goal|}}{{goal|}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

|attendance =

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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|date = 10 June 1972

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|team1 = Birmingham City

|score = 2–0

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|team2 = Sampdoria

|goals1 = R. Latchford {{goal}}
Hatton {{goal}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = St Andrew's, Birmingham

|attendance = 19,510

|referee =

|nobars = 1

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Final rankings

Total points were determined by points gained (two for a win, one for a draw) plus goals scored.

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=English rankings=

Team !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="Points" \|Pts !abbr="Total points" \|Total
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scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Blackpool \|4	4	0	0	18	1	8	26
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Carlisle United \|4	3	1	0	11	6	7	18
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Leicester City \|4	2	\|0	2	11	7	4	15
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Birmingham City \|4	2	1	1	8	5	5	13
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Sunderland \|4	1	2	1	8	7	4	12
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Stoke City \|4	2	0	2	6	4	4	10

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=Italian rankings=

Team !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="Points" \|Pts !abbr="Total points" \|Total
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scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Roma \|4	2	1	1	9	7	5	14
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Atalanta \|4	2	1	1	8	11	5	13
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Cagliari \|4	1	\|1	2	6	8	3	9
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Sampdoria \|4	1	0	3	3	9	2	5
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Lanerossi Vicenza \|4	0	1	3	3	17	1	4
scope="row" style="text-align:left"\|Catanzaro \|4	0	0	4	1	10	0	1

Final

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|date = 24 June 1972

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|team1 = Roma

|score = 3–1

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|team2 = Blackpool

|goals1 = Cappellini {{goal|49}}
Scaratti {{goal|75}}
Zigoni {{goal|86}}

|goals2 = Alcock {{goal|89}}

|stadium = Stadio Olimpico

|attendance = 75,000

|referee =

|nobars = 1

}}

References

;General

{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit72.html |title=Anglo-Italian Cup 1972 |first=Erik |last=Garin |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=15 October 2000 |accessdate=28 November 2010}}

;Specific

Anglo-Italian Cup

1972