1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup

The 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup was the last ever Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between eight clubs from England and eight clubs from Italy. Italian side Genoa lifted the trophy after beating English side Port Vale 5-2.

Format

For the competition there were eight English teams and eight Italian teams. These teams were split into two groups consisting of four English and four Italian teams each. Each team played against the four teams in their group from the opposing nation. In each group, the best team from each nation progressed to the regional semi-finals. The semi-finals were two-leg matches played between each nation's group winners. The winner of each semi-final then met in a final.[1]

Group stage

Group[1]  England[1]  Italy[1]
A Birmingham City
Luton Town
Oldham Athletic
Port Vale		 Ancona
Cesena
Genoa
Perugia
B Ipswich Town
Southend United
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion		 Brescia
Foggia
Reggiana
Salernitana

Group A games

Ancona 1–0 Oldham Athletic
Birmingham City 2–3 Genoa
Cesena 2–2 Port Vale
Luton Town 1–4 Perugia
Genoa 4–0 Luton Town
Oldham Athletic 0–0 Cesena
Perugia 0–1 Birmingham City
Port Vale 2–0 Ancona
Ancona 1–2 Birmingham City
Cesena 2–1 Luton Town
Oldham Athletic 2–0 Perugia
Port Vale 0–0 Genoa
Birmingham City 3–1 Cesena
Genoa 0–0 Oldham Athletic
Luton Town 5–0 Ancona
Perugia 3–5 Port Vale

Group A tables

Group B games

Foggia 1–1 Stoke City
Salernitana 0–0 West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town 2–1 Reggiana
Southend United 0–0 Brescia
Brescia 2–2 Ipswich Town
Reggiana 1–1 Southend United
Stoke City 2–2 Salernitana
West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Foggia
Foggia 0–1 Ipswich Town
Salernitana 2–1 Southend United
Stoke City 1–1 Brescia
West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Reggiana
Brescia 0–1 West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town 2–0 Salernitana
Reggiana 0–0[2] Stoke City
Southend United 1–2 Foggia

Group B tables

Regional Semi-finals

English semi-final
Ipswich Town 2–4 Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion (4) 2–2 (1) Birmingham City
Italian semi-final
Foggia 1–2 Cesena
Genoa (6) 0–0 (5) Salernitana

Regional Finals

English final
West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion 1–3 Port Vale
Italian final
Cesena 0–4 Genoa
Genoa 1–0 Cesena

Tournament Final

Genoa Italy 5–2 Port Vale England
Ruotolo 12' 54' 66'
Galante 21'
Montella 39'		 Foyle 68 82
Genoa:
GK1Italy Luca Pastine 75'
DF2Italy Davide Nicola 50'
DF5Italy Fabio Galante
DF6Italy Luca Cavallo
DF3Italy Daniele Delli Carri
MF4Italy Oscar Magoni
MF7Italy Gennaro Ruotolo
MF8Italy Mario Bortolazzi
MF11Italy Roberto Onorati 46'
FW9Italy Vincenzo Montella
FW10Italy Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK12Italy Gianpaolo Spagnulo 75'
MF14Netherlands John van 't Schip 50'
MF13Italy Vincenzo Torrente 46'
Manager:
Italy Gaetano Salvemini
Port Vale
GKEngland Paul Musselwhite
DFEngland Andy Hill
DFEngland Gareth Griffiths
DFEngland Neil Aspin
DFEngland Dean Stokes 37'
MFNorthern Ireland Jon McCarthy
MFEngland Andy Porter
MFEngland Ian Bogie
MFEngland Steve Guppy 86'
FWEngland Martin Foyle
FWScotland Lee Glover 59'
Substitutes:
MFEngland Ray Walker 37'
MFEngland Stewart Talbot 86'
FWEngland Tony Naylor 59'
Manager:
England John Rudge

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Anglo-Italian Cup 1995/96". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Ashdown, John. "Football's unbreakable records and the teams who can't play each other". Guardian.com. GuardianMedia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
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