Texaco Cup 1970/71

Texaco Cup 1970/71
Association	FA , FAI , IFA , SFA
Teams	16
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Record winner	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1 win)

The Texaco Cup was played for the first time in 1970/71 . The American mineral oil company Texaco acted as sponsor and namesake of the tournament . The tournament for football club teams from England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland was played among a total of 16 participants. Of these, 6 clubs were subordinate to the English and Scottish federations , as well as two clubs each from the Irish and Northern Irish federations . It began on September 14, 1970 and ended with the final second leg on May 3, 1971 at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton . In the final meet Heart of Midlothian in Scotland and Wolverhampton Wanderers each other from England. The Wanderers won the final 3-2 on a return leg.

1 round

The first legs took place between September 14 and 17, 1970, the second legs between September 28 and October 1, 1970.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Nottingham Forest	4: 4 (4: 5 i. E.)	Airdrieonians FC	2: 2	2: 2
Burnley FC	4: 5	Heart of Midlothian	3: 1	1: 4
Tottenham Hotspur	7-0	Dunfermline Athletic	4-0	3-0
Motherwell FC	2: 2 (4: 3 on account)	Stoke City	1-0	1: 2
Limerick FC	3: 4	Derry City	1-0	2: 4
Ards FC	4: 6	Shamrock Rovers	1: 4	3: 2
Greenock Morton	3: 1	West Bromwich Albion	2: 1	1-0
Dundee FC	1: 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 2	0: 2

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on October 19 and 21, 1970, the second legs on November 3 and 4, 1970.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Airdrieonians FC	3: 7	Heart of Midlothian	0: 5	3: 2
Tottenham Hotspur	4: 5	Motherwell FC	3: 2	1: 3
Derry City	5: 3	Shamrock Rovers	4-0	1: 3
Greenock Morton	2: 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 3	2: 1

Semifinals

The first legs took place on December 1 and 16, 1970, the second legs on March 3 and 23, 1971.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Heart of Midlothian	3: 2	Motherwell FC	1: 1	2: 1
Derry City	0: 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 1	0: 4

final

First leg

Heart of Midlothian		Wolverhampton Wanderers
	April 14, 1971 in Edinburgh ( Tynecastle Park ) Result: 1: 3 (1: 2) Spectators: 25,027 Referee: Tiny Wharton Match report
	Jim Cruickshank - Ian Sneddon , Roy Kay , Eddie Thomson , Alan Anderson , Jim Brown , George Fleming , Jim Townsend , Donald Ford , Wilson Wood , Eric Carruthers (65th Drew Young ) Trainer: Bobby Seith	Phil Parkes - Gerry Taylor , Derek Parkin , Mike Bailey , Frank Munro , John McAlle , Jim McCalliog , Michael O'Grady , Bobby Gould (??. Derek Dougan ), Hugh Curran , Dave Wagstaffe Trainer: Bill McGarry
	1-0 Donald Ford (7th)	1: 1 Mike Bailey (16th) 1: 2 Hugh Curran (31st) 1: 3 Hugh Curran (88th)

Return leg

Wolverhampton Wanderers		Heart of Midlothian
	May 3, 1971 in Wolverhampton ( Molineux Stadium ) Result: 0: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 28,462 Referee: Ray Tinkler Match report
	Phil Parkes - Bernard Shaw , Derek Parkin , Mike Bailey , Frank Munro , John McAlle , Jim McCalliog , Kenny Hibbit , Derek Dougan , Bobby Gould , Dave Wagstaffe Trainers: Bill McGarry	Jim Cruickshank - Ian Sneddon , Roy Kay , Eddie Thomson , Alan Anderson , Tommy Veitch , Jim Townsend , Brian Laing , Donald Ford , Wilson Wood , George Fleming Trainer: Bobby Seith
		0: 1 George Fleming (25th)

Web links

• Texaco Cup 1970/71 in the Football Club History Database (English)