Texaco Cup 1974/75

Texaco Cup 1974/75
Association	FA , SFA
Teams	20th
Game mode	Group stage , knockout system
Title holder	Newcastle United (2nd title)
Record winner	Newcastle United (2 wins)

The Texaco Cup was played for the fifth and last time in 1974/75 . The American mineral oil company Texaco acted as sponsor and namesake of the tournament . The tournament for football club teams from England and Scotland was played among a total of 20 participants. 16 clubs were subordinate to the English and four to the Scottish federation . It began on August 3, 1974 and ended with the final second leg on December 11, 1974 at St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne . The two English clubs Newcastle United and Southampton FC met in the final . Newcastle won the final 3-1 on a round trip and won the Texaco Cup for the second time after 1973/74 .

With the withdrawal of the sponsor Texaco in 1975, the competition ended. The Anglo-Scottish Cup was the successor and was the scene of further Scottish-English games until 1981.

1 round

England group stage

Group A

The matches took place between August 3 and 10, 1974.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Birmingham City	3	1	2	0	4: 2	4th
2.	West Bromwich Albion	3	1	1	1	6: 3	3
3.	Peterborough United	3	1	1	1	4: 4	3
4th	Norwich City	3	1	0	2	4: 9	2

1st matchday
Norwich City	2: 1	Peterborough United
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Birmingham City
2nd matchday
West Bromwich Albion	5: 1	Norwich City
Peterborough United	1: 1	Norwich City
3rd matchday
Birmingham City	3: 1	Norwich City
Peterborough United	2: 1	West Bromwich Albion

Group B

The matches took place between August 3 and 10, 1974.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Southampton FC	3	2	1	0	5: 2	5
2.	Luton Town	3	1	2	0	5: 4	4th
3.	West Ham United	3	1	0	2	2: 4	2
4th	FC Orient	3	0	1	2	3: 5	1

1st matchday
Luton Town	1: 1	Southampton FC
West Ham United	1-0	FC Orient
2nd matchday
Southampton FC	2: 1	FC Orient
West Ham United	1: 2	Luton Town
3rd matchday
FC Orient	2: 2	Luton Town
Southampton FC	2-0	West Ham United

Group C

The matches took place between August 3 and 10, 1974.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Oldham Athletic	3	2	0	1	7: 2	4th
2.	Blackpool FC	3	1	1	1	4: 3	3
3.	Manchester City	3	1	1	1	5: 6	3
4th	Sheffield United	3	1	0	2	5: 5	2

1st matchday
Blackpool FC	1: 1	Manchester City
Oldham Athletic	4-0	Sheffield United
2nd matchday
Blackpool FC	1: 2	Oldham Athletic
Sheffield United	4: 2	Manchester City
3rd matchday
Manchester City	2: 1	Oldham Athletic
Sheffield United	1: 2	Blackpool FC

Group D

The matches took place between August 3 and 10, 1974.

	team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Newcastle United	3	1	1	1	7: 4	3
2.	Carlisle United	3	1	2	0	3: 2	3
3.	Sunderland AFC	3	1	1	1	2: 2	3
4th	Middlesbrough FC	3	1	0	2	1: 5	2

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

Quarter finals

Announcement of the first leg of the semi-finals between Newcastle and Birmingham (23 October 1974)

The first legs took place on September 17 and 18, 1974, the second legs between September 30 and October 2, 1974.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Birmingham City	3-0	Ayr United	3-0	0-0
Oldham Athletic	2: 1	Heart of Midlothian	1-0	1: 1
Aberdeen FC	3: 4	Newcastle United	1: 1	2: 3
Glasgow Rangers	1: 5	Southampton FC	1: 3	0: 2

Semifinals

The first legs took place on October 22 and 23, 1974, the second legs on November 5 and 6, 1974.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Oldham Athletic	2: 5	Southampton FC	1: 3	1: 2
Newcastle United	5: 2	Birmingham City	1: 1	4: 1

final

First leg

Southampton FC		Newcastle United
	27 November 1974 in Southampton ( The Dell ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 17,100
	Ian Turner - Bob McCarthy , Steve Mills , Hugh Fisher , Jim Steele , Mel Blyth , Bobby Stokes , Mick Channon , Paul Gilchrist , David Peach , Gerry O'Brien Trainer: Lawrie McMenemy	Tony Bell - David Craig , Frank Clark , Tommy Cassidy , Glenn Keeley , Pat Howard , Stewart Barrowclough , Alan Kennedy , Malcolm Macdonald , Paul Cannell , Jim Smith Trainers: Joe Harvey
	1-0 Mick Channon (57th)

Return leg

Newcastle United		Southampton FC
	11 December 1974 in Newcastle upon Tyne ( St. James' Park ) Result: 3-0 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0) Spectators: 26,000
	Willie McFaul - Irving Nattrass , Frank Clark , Ray Hudson (??. John Tudor ), Dennis Laughton , Pat Howard , Micky Burns , Alan Kennedy , Malcolm Macdonald , Paul Cannell , Alex Bruce Trainers: Joe Harvey	Ian Turner - Bob McCarthy , Steve Mills , Hugh Fisher , Jim Steele , Mel Blyth , Bobby Stokes , Mick Channon , Peter Osgood , David Peach , Gerry O'Brien Trainer: Lawrie McMenemy
	1-0 John Tudor (73rd) 2-0 Alex Bruce (113th) 3-0 Paul Cannell (116th)
		Jim Steele (99th)

Web links

• Texaco Cup in the Football Club History Database