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
Ancona1–0Oldham Athletic
Birmingham City2–3Genoa
Cesena2–2Port Vale
Luton Town1–4Perugia
Genoa4–0Luton Town
Oldham Athletic0–0Cesena
Perugia0–1Birmingham City
Port Vale2–0Ancona
Ancona1–2Birmingham City
Cesena2–1Luton Town
Oldham Athletic2–0Perugia
Port Vale0–0Genoa
Birmingham City3–1Cesena
Genoa0–0Oldham Athletic
Luton Town5–0Ancona
Perugia3–5Port Vale

Group A tables

Group B games
Foggia1–1Stoke City
Salernitana0–0West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town2–1Reggiana
Southend United0–0Brescia
Brescia2–2Ipswich Town
Reggiana1–1Southend United
Stoke City2–2Salernitana
West Bromwich Albion1–1Foggia
Foggia0–1Ipswich Town
Salernitana2–1Southend United
Stoke City1–1Brescia
West Bromwich Albion2–1Reggiana
Brescia0–1West Bromwich Albion
Ipswich Town2–0Salernitana
Reggiana0–0[2]Stoke City
Southend United1–2Foggia

Group B tables

Regional Semi-finals
English semi-final
Ipswich Town2–4Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion(4) 2–2 (1)Birmingham City
Italian semi-final
Foggia1–2Cesena
Genoa(6) 0–0 (5)Salernitana

Regional Finals
English final
West Bromwich Albion0–0Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion1–3Port Vale
Italian final
Cesena0–4Genoa
Genoa1–0Cesena

Tournament Final
Genoa 5–2Port Vale
Ruotolo  12', 54', 66'
Galante  21'
Montella  39'		 Foyle  68', 82'
Genoa:
GK1 Luca Pastine 75'
DF2 Davide Nicola 50'
DF5 Fabio Galante
DF6 Luca Cavallo
DF3 Daniele Delli Carri
MF4 Oscar Magoni
MF7 Gennaro Ruotolo
MF8 Mario Bortolazzi
MF11 Roberto Onorati 46'
FW9 Vincenzo Montella
FW10 Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK12 Gianpaolo Spagnulo 75'
MF14 John van 't Schip 50'
MF13 Vincenzo Torrente 46'
Manager:
Gaetano Salvemini
Port Vale
GK Paul Musselwhite
DF Andy Hill
DF Gareth Griffiths
DF Neil Aspin
DF Dean Stokes 37'
MF Jon McCarthy
MF Andy Porter
MF Ian Bogie
MF Steve Guppy 86'
FW Martin Foyle
FW Lee Glover 59'
Substitutes:
MF Ray Walker 37'
MF Stewart Talbot 86'
FW Tony Naylor 59'
Manager:
John Rudge

References
  1. "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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