Texaco Cup 1971/72

Texaco Cup 1971/72
Association	FA , FAI , IFA , SFA
Teams	16
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	Derby County (1st title)
Record winner	Wolverhampton Wanderers Derby County (1 win each)

The Texaco Cup was played for the second time in 1971/72 . 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, 1971 and ended with the final second leg on April 26, 1972 at the Baseball Ground in Derby . In the final game met Derby County from England and the Airdrieonians FC each other from Scotland. Derby won the final 2-1 on a two-way leg.

The Irish and Northern Irish clubs took part for the last time and continued to play independently in the Irish Texaco Cup from the 1972/73 season onwards .

1 round

The first legs took place on September 14 and 15, 1971, the second legs between September 27 and 30, 1971.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ballymena United	6: 5	Waterford FC	3: 2	3: 3
Shamrock Rovers	8: 1	Coleraine FC	5: 1	3-0
Huddersfield Town	2: 1	Greenock Morton	1-0	1: 1
Manchester City	2: 4	Airdrieonians FC	2: 2	0: 2
Derby County	8: 5	Dundee United	6: 2	2: 3
Motherwell FC	1: 5	Stoke City	0: 1	1: 4
FC Falkirk	1: 3	Coventry City	1-0	0: 3
Heart of Midlothian	2: 2 (3: 4 on behalf)	Newcastle United	1-0	1: 2

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on October 19 and 20, 1971, the second leg on November 3, 1971.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ballymena United	5: 2	Shamrock Rovers	4: 1	1: 1
Huddersfield Town	2: 7	Airdrieonians FC	1: 2	1: 5
Derby County	4: 3	Stoke City	3: 2	1: 1
Coventry City	2: 6	Newcastle United	1: 1	1: 5

Semifinals

The first leg took place on November 24, 1971, the second leg on December 8, 1971.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ballymena United	3: 7	Airdrieonians FC	0: 3	3: 4
Derby County	4: 2	Newcastle United	1-0	3: 2

final

First leg

Airdrieonians FC		Derby County
	January 26, 1972 in Airdrie ( Broomfield Park ) Result : 0-0 Spectators: 16,000
	Trainer: Ian McMillan	Colin Boulton - Ron Webster , John Robson , Colin Todd , Peter Daniel , Terry Hennessey , Tony Parry , Archie Gemmill , Barry Butlin , Jim Walker , Alan Hinton Trainers: Brian Clough

Return leg

Derby County		Airdrieonians FC
	April 26, 1972 in Derby ( Baseball Ground ) Result: 2: 1 Spectators: 25,102
	Colin Boulton - Steve Powell , John Robson , Alan Durban , Peter Daniel , Terry Hennessey , John McGovern , Barry Butlin , Roger Davies , Kevin Hector , Alan Hinton Trainers: Brian Clough	Trainer: Ian McMillan
	Alan Hinton (Penalty) Roger Davies	Whiteford

Web links

• Texaco Cup 1971/72 in the Football Club History Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Irish Texaco Cup. In: Sean DeLoughry and Julian Canny. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation , accessed April 17, 2020 .