Anglo-Scottish Cup 1975/76

Anglo-Scottish Cup 1975/76
Association	FA , Scottish FA
Teams	24
Game mode	Group stage , knockout system
Title holder	Middlesbrough FC (1st title)
Record winner	Middlesbrough FC (1 win)

The Anglo-Scottish Cup was played for the first time in 1975/76 . The tournament for football club teams from England and Scotland was considered the successor to the Texaco Cup . The cup was played among a total of 24 participants. 16 clubs were subordinate to the English federation , as well as eight clubs of the Scottish FA . It began on July 30, 1975 and ended with the final second leg on December 9, 1975 at Craven Cottage in London . The English clubs FC Middlesbrough and FC Fulham met in the final . Middlesbrough won the final 1-0 on aggregate with a goal from David Armstrong .

1 round

England group stage

Group A

The matches took place between August 2nd and 9th, 1975.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Middlesbrough FC	3	2	1	0	009: 500	+4	05
2.	Carlisle United	3	2	0	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
3.	Sunderland AFC	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	02
4th	Newcastle United	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

1st matchday
Carlisle United	2-0	Newcastle United
Middlesbrough FC	3: 2	Sunderland AFC
2nd matchday
Middlesbrough FC	4: 1	Carlisle United
Newcastle United	0: 2	Carlisle United
3rd matchday
Newcastle United	2: 2	Middlesbrough FC
Sunderland AFC	0: 1	Carlisle United

Group B

The matches took place between August 2nd and 9th, 1975.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mansfield Town	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	05
2.	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	03
3.	Leicester City	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	03
4th	Hull City	3	0	1	2	003: 500	−2	01

1st matchday
Hull City	1: 1	Leicester City
West Bromwich Albion	1: 1	Mansfield Town
2nd matchday
Hull City	1: 2	West Bromwich Albion
Mansfield Town	2-0	Leicester City
3rd matchday
Leicester City	2: 1	West Bromwich Albion
Mansfield Town	2: 1	Hull City

Group C

The matches took place between August 2nd and 9th, 1975.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Blackburn Rovers	3	2	0	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
2.	Sheffield United	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	03
3.	Blackpool FC	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Manchester City	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	02

1st matchday
Blackpool FC	1-0	Manchester City
Sheffield United	3: 1	Blackburn Rovers
2nd matchday
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Manchester City
Blackpool FC	1: 1	Sheffield United
3rd matchday
Blackburn Rovers	3: 2	Blackpool FC
Manchester City	3: 1	Sheffield United

Group D

The matches took place between August 2nd and 9th, 1975.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fulham FC	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	05
2.	Bristol City	3	1	1	1	006: 400	+2	03
3.	Chelsea FC	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03
4th	Norwich City	3	0	1	2	003: 700	−4	01

1st matchday
Chelsea FC	1-0	Bristol City
Norwich City	1: 2	Fulham FC
2nd matchday
Fulham FC	2: 2	Bristol City
Chelsea FC	1: 1	Norwich City
3rd matchday
Bristol City	4: 1	Norwich City
Fulham FC	1-0	Chelsea FC

Knockout system Scotland

The matches took place between July 30th and September 3rd, 1975.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Aberdeen FC	3: 1	St. Johnstone FC	1: 1	2-0
Ayr United	4: 3	FC Falkirk	2: 1	2: 2
Queen of the South	3: 6	Heart of Midlothian	2: 3	1: 3
Motherwell FC	2: 1	Dundee FC	1: 1	0: 1

Quarter finals

The games were played between September 15 and October 1, 1975.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ayr United	0: 3	Mansfield Town	0: 1	0: 2
Fulham FC	5: 4	Heart of Midlothian	3: 2	2: 2
Middlesbrough FC	7: 2	Aberdeen FC	2-0	5: 2
Blackburn Rovers	1: 2	Motherwell FC	0-0	1: 2

Semifinals

The games were played between October 21 and November 4, 1975.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Fulham FC	4: 3	Motherwell FC	1: 1	3: 2
Middlesbrough FC	5-0	Mansfield Town	3-0	2-0

final

First leg

Middlesbrough FC		Fulham FC
	November 26, 1975 in Middlesbrough ( Ayresome Park ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 15,000
	Jim Platt - John Craggs , Frank Spraggon , Bobby Murdoch ( Alan Foggon ), Stuart Boam , Willie Maddren , Peter Brine , Terry Cooper , David Mills , John Hickton , David Armstrong Trainer: Jack Charlton	Peter Mellor - Fraser, Les Strong , Alan Mullery , Ernie Howe , Bobby Moore , John Dowie ( Barry Lloyd ), Jimmy Conway , Viv Busby , Alan Slough , Les Barrett Trainers: Alec Stock
	1-0 David Armstrong

Return leg

Fulham FC		Middlesbrough FC
	9 December 1975 in London ( Craven Cottage ) Result : 0-0 Spectators: 13,723
	Peter Mellor - Ernie Howe , Les Strong , Alan Mullery , John Lacy , Bobby Moore , John Dowie , Jimmy Conway , Viv Busby , Alan Slough , Les Barrett Trainers: Alec Stock	Jim Platt - John Craggs , Terry Cooper , Phil Boersma , Stuart Boam , Willie Maddren , Bobby Murdoch , David Mills , Alan Willey , John Hickton , David Armstrong Trainer: Jack Charlton

Web links

• Anglo-Scottish Cup 1975/76 in the Football Club History Database (English)
• Anglo-Scottish Cup 1975/76 in the database of the Scottish Football Historical Archive (English)