Anglo-Scottish Cup 1976/77

Anglo-Scottish Cup 1976/77
Association	FA , Scottish FA
Teams	24
Game mode	Group stage , knockout system
Title holder	Nottingham Forest (1st title)
Record winner	Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest FC (1 win each)

The Anglo-Scottish Cup was played for the second time in 1976/77 . 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 August 7, 1976 and ended with the final second leg on December 15, 1976 at the City Ground in Nottingham . As the defending champion, Middlesbrough FC started the competition, which won against Fulham FC in last year's final . English clubs Nottingham Forest and FC Orient met in this year's final . Forrest won the final 5-1 on a round trip.

1 round

England group stage

Group A

The matches took place between August 7 and 14, 1976.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	03
2.	Blackpool FC	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03
3.	Burnley FC	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03
4th	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03

1st matchday
Blackburn Rovers	1: 1	Burnley FC
Bolton Wanderers	0-0	Blackpool FC
2nd matchday
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Blackpool FC
Burnley FC	1-0	Bolton Wanderers
3rd matchday
Blackpool FC	2: 1	Burnley FC
Bolton Wanderers	2-0	Blackburn Rovers

Group B

The matches took place between August 7 and 14, 1976.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nottingham Forest	3	2	1	0	007: 400	+3	05
2.	Bristol City	3	2	0	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	0	2	005: 500	± 0	02
4th	Notts County	3	0	1	2	001: 500	−4	01

1st matchday
Bristol City	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Notts County	0-0	Nottingham Forest
2nd matchday
Bristol City	2-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	3: 2	West Bromwich Albion
3rd matchday
Nottingham Forest	4: 2	Bristol City
West Bromwich Albion	3: 1	Notts County

Group C

The matches took place between August 7 and 14, 1976.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Orient	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	05
2.	Norwich City	3	0	3	0	002: 200	± 0	03
3.	Chelsea FC	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02
4th	Fulham FC	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02

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

Group D

The matches took place between August 7 and 14, 1976.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Newcastle United	3	2	1	0	004-000	+4	05
2.	Middlesbrough FC	3	2	0	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Hull City	3	1	1	1	001: 200	−1	03
4th	Sheffield United	3	0	0	3	000: 300	−3	00

1st matchday
Middlesbrough FC	2-0	Hull City
Sheffield United	0: 1	Newcastle United
2nd matchday
Hull City	0-0	Newcastle United
Sheffield United	0: 1	Middlesbrough FC
3rd matchday
Hull City	1-0	Sheffield United
Newcastle United	3-0	Middlesbrough FC

Knockout system Scotland

The matches took place between August 7 and 11, 1976.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ayr United	1-0	Clydebank FC	0-0	1-0
Dundee United	2: 3	Aberdeen FC	1-0	1: 3
Motherwell FC	1: 5	FC Kilmarnock	1: 1	0: 4
Raith Rovers	2: 5	Partick Thistle	1: 2	1: 3

Quarter finals

The games were played between September 14th and September 29th, 1976.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Bolton Wanderers	0: 1	Partick Thistle	0-0	0: 1
Nottingham Forest	4: 3	FC Kilmarnock	2: 1	2: 2
Aberdeen FC	0: 2	FC Orient	0: 1	0: 1
Ayr United	3-0	Newcastle United	3-0	-: -

Semifinals

The games were played between October 20 and November 24, 1976.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Nottingham Forest	4: 1	Ayr United	2: 1	2-0
Partick Thistle	2: 4	FC Orient	0: 1	2: 3

final

First leg

FC Orient		Nottingham Forest
	December 13, 1976 in London ( Brisbane Road ) Result: 1: 1 Spectators: 5,058
	John Jackson - David Payne , Bill Roffey , Peter Bennett , Phil Hoadley , Glenn Roeder , Laurie Cunningham ( Alan Whittle ), Tony Grealish , Derek Possee , Gerry Queen , Doug Allder Trainers: George Petchey	John Middleton - Viv Anderson , Frank Clark , John McGovern , Larry Lloyd , Ian Bowyer , John O'Hare , Martin O'Neill , Peter Withe ( Colin Barrett ), Tony Woodcock , John Robertson Trainers: Brian Clough
	Derek Possee	John Robertson

Return leg

Nottingham Forest		FC Orient
	December 15, 1976 in Nottingham ( City Ground ) Result: 4: 0 Spectators: 12,717
	John Middleton - Viv Anderson , Frank Clark , John McGovern , Larry Lloyd , Sammy Chapman , Martin O'Neill , Colin Barrett , Ian Bowyer , Bert Bowery , John Robertson Trainers: Brian Clough	John Jackson - David Payne , Bill Roffey , Peter Bennett , Phil Hoadley , Glenn Roeder , Alan Whittle , Tony Grealish , Derek Possee , Gerry Queen , Doug Allder ( Bobby Fisher ) Trainers: George Petchey
	Colin Barrett Colin Barrett Ian Bowyer Sammy Chapman

Web links

• Anglo-Scottish Cup 1976/77 in the Football Club History Database (English)
• Anglo-Scottish Cup 1976/77 in the database of the Scottish Football Historical Archive (English)