Anglo-Scottish Cup 1977/78

Anglo-Scottish Cup 1977/78
Association	FA , Scottish FA
Teams	24
Game mode	Group stage , knockout system
Title holder	Bristol City (1st title)
Record winner	Middlesbrough FC Nottingham Forest Bristol City (1 win each)

The Anglo-Scottish Cup was played for the third time in 1977/78 . 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, 1977 and ended with the final second leg on December 5, 1977 at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol . As the defending champion, Nottingham Forest started the competition, which won against FC Orient in last year's final . Bristol City from England and FC St. Mirren from Scotland met in this year's final . Bristol won the final 3-2 on a return leg.

1 round

England group stage

Group A

The matches took place between July 30th and August 13th, 1977.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Blackburn Rovers	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	04th
2.	Bolton Wanderers	3	2	0	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Blackpool FC	3	1	0	2	005: 400	+1	02
4th	Burnley FC	3	1	0	2	002: 600	−4	02

1st matchday
Blackburn Rovers	3: 1	Blackpool FC
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Burnley FC
2nd matchday
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Burnley FC	0: 4	Blackpool FC
3rd matchday
Blackpool FC	0: 1	Bolton Wanderers
Burnley FC	2: 1	Blackburn Rovers

Group B

The matches took place between July 30th and August 13th, 1977.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bristol City	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	04th
2.	Birmingham City	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	03
4th	Bristol Rovers	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

1st matchday
Birmingham City	1-0	Bristol City
Bristol Rovers	0: 1	Plymouth Argyle
2nd matchday
Bristol City	3: 1	Bristol Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	1: 1	Birmingham City
3rd matchday
Bristol Rovers	1: 1	Birmingham City
Plymouth Argyle	0: 2	Bristol City

Group C

The matches took place between July 30th and August 13th, 1977.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fulham FC	3	3	0	0	003-000	+3	06th
2.	Chelsea FC	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	03
3.	Norwich City	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	FC Orient	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01

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

Group D

The matches took place between July 30th and August 13th, 1977.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Notts County	3	2	1	0	006: 400	+2	05
2.	Sheffield United	3	2	0	1	009: 500	+4	04th
3.	Oldham Athletic	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Hull City	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01

1st matchday
Hull City	0: 2	Sheffield United
Oldham Athletic	0-0	Notts County
2nd matchday
Hull City	1: 1	Oldham Athletic
Sheffield United	4: 5	Notts County
3rd matchday
Notts County	1-0	Hull City
Oldham Athletic	2: 3	Sheffield United

Knockout system Scotland

The matches took place between August 3 and 22, 1977.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hibernian Edinburgh	4: 3	Ayr United	2: 1	2: 2
Motherwell FC	11: 1	Alloa Athletic	7-0	4: 1
Partick Thistle	4: 1	Clydebank FC	3-0	1: 1
Stirling Albion	1: 5	FC St. Mirren	1: 4	0: 1

Quarter finals

The games were played between September 13 and 28, 1977.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Fulham FC	4: 6	FC St. Mirren	1: 1	3: 5
Motherwell FC	1: 2	Notts County	1: 1	0: 1
Partick Thistle	2: 3	Bristol City	2-0	0: 3
Hibernian Edinburgh	3: 1	Blackburn Rovers	2: 1	1-0

Semifinals

The games were played between October 18 and November 1, 1977.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Notts County	1: 2	FC St. Mirren	1-0	0: 2
Hibernian Edinburgh	4: 6	Bristol City	1: 1	3: 5

final

First leg

FC St. Mirren		Bristol City
	November 23, 1977 in Paisley ( Love Street ) Result: 1: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 8,000
		John Shaw - Gerry Sweeney , Don Gillies , Gerry Gow , Gary Collier , Geoff Merrick , Trevor Tainton , Tom Ritchie , Kevin Mabbutt , Peter Cormack , Jimmy Mann Trainers: Alan Dicks
	Abercromby	Kevin Mabbutt (20th) Peter Cormack (74th)

Return leg

Bristol City		FC St. Mirren
	5th December 1977 in Bristol ( Ashton Gate Stadium ) Result: 1: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 16,110
	John Shaw - Don Gillies , Gerry Sweeney , Gerry Gow , Gary Collier , Geoff Merrick , Trevor Tainton , Tom Ritchie , Kevin Mabbutt , Jimmy Mann , Clive Whitehead Trainers: Alan Dicks
	Kevin Mabbutt (70th)	Reid

Web links

• Anglo-Scottish Cup 1977/78 in the Football Club History Database (English)
• Anglo-Scottish Cup 1977/78 in the database of the Scottish Football Historical Archive (English)