1972 Anglo-Italian Cup

1972 Anglo-Italian Cup

Country	England and Italy
Teams	12
Champions	Roma
Runners-up	Blackpool
← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 Anglo-Italian Cup was the third staging of the Anglo-Italian Cup, an annual association football tournament between clubs from England and Italy. It featured twelve teams — six from each country.

The competition started on 1 June 1972 and concluded on 24 June 1972 with the final match between the winners of the English and Italian sections of the competition. Roma beat the 1971 winners, Blackpool, by three goals to one in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Details

The twelve participating teams were divided into three groups of four, each group comprising two teams from England and two from Italy. Each team played the two teams from the other country, once at home and once away. The teams were then ranked against teams from their own country on a league basis, and the top ranked teams from each country played off in a final for the trophy.

Participating teams

England Birmingham City Blackpool Carlisle United Leicester City Stoke City Sunderland

Italy Atalanta Cagliari Catanzaro Roma Sampdoria Lanerossi Vicenza

Group results

Group 1

Catanzaro v Stoke City

1 June 1972	Catanzaro	0–3	Stoke City

Roma v Carlisle United

1 June 1972	Roma	2–3	Carlisle United

Catanzaro v Carlisle United

4 June 1972	Catanzaro	0–1	Carlisle United

Roma v Stoke City

5 June 1972	Roma	2–0	Stoke City

Stoke City v Catanzaro

7 June 1972	Stoke City	2–0	Catanzaro

Carlisle United v Roma

7 June 1972	Carlisle United	3–3	Roma

Carlisle United v Catanzaro

10 June 1972	Carlisle United	4–1	Catanzaro

Stoke City v Roma

10 June 1972	Stoke City	1–2	Roma

Group 2

Cagliari v Leicester City

1 June 1972	Cagliari	1–0	Leicester City

Atalanta v Sunderland

2 June 1972	Atalanta	3–2	Sunderland	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
		[1]	Kerr Lathan

Cagliari v Sunderland

4 June 1972	Cagliari	1–3	Sunderland	Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari
		[2]	Kerr Lathan Tueart

Atalanta v Leicester City

4 June 1972	Atalanta	5–3	Leicester City

Leicester City v Cagliari

7 June 1972	Leicester City	2–1	Cagliari

Sunderland v Atalanta

7 June 1972	Sunderland	0–0	Atalanta	Roker Park, Sunderland
		[3]		Attendance: 5,798

Sunderland v Cagliari

10 June 1972	Sunderland	3–3	Cagliari	Roker Park, Sunderland
	McGiven Dave Watson Tueart	[4]		Attendance: 4,010

Leicester City v Atalanta

10 June 1972	Leicester City	6–0	Atalanta

Group 3

Sampdoria v Blackpool

1 June 1972	Sampdoria	1–4	Blackpool

Lanerossi Vicenza v Birmingham City

1 June 1972	Lanerossi Vicenza	0–0	Birmingham City
		[5]		Attendance: 3,000

Sampdoria v Birmingham City

4 June 1972	Sampdoria	2–1	Birmingham City
		[5]	Campbell  (pen.)	Attendance: 15,000

Lanerossi Vicenza v Blackpool

4 June 1972	Lanerossi Vicenza	0–2	Blackpool

Blackpool v Sampdoria

7 June 1972	Blackpool	2–0	Sampdoria	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Birmingham City v Lanerossi Vicenza

7 June 1972	Birmingham City	5–3	Lanerossi Vicenza	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	R. Latchford Francis Hatton Taylor	[5]		Attendance: 23,642

Blackpool v Lanerossi Vicenza

10 June 1972	Blackpool	10–0	Lanerossi Vicenza	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
	Burns  2' 58' 60' 71' Ainscow Suddick  15' James  31' Stanzial  49' (o.g.) Hill	[6]

Birmingham City v Sampdoria

10 June 1972	Birmingham City	2–0	Sampdoria	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	R. Latchford Hatton	[5]		Attendance: 19,510

Final rankings

Total points were determined by points gained (two for a win, one for a draw) plus goals scored.

English rankings Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Total Blackpool 4 4 0 0 18 1 8 26 Carlisle United 4 3 1 0 11 6 7 18 Leicester City 4 2 0 2 11 7 4 15 Birmingham City 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 13 Sunderland 4 1 2 1 8 7 4 12 Stoke City 4 2 0 2 6 4 4 10

Italian rankings Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Total Roma 4 2 1 1 9 7 5 14 Atalanta 4 2 1 1 8 11 5 13 Cagliari 4 1 1 2 6 8 3 9 Sampdoria 4 1 0 3 3 9 2 5 Lanerossi Vicenza 4 0 1 3 3 17 1 4 Catanzaro 4 0 0 4 1 10 0 1

Final

Roma v Blackpool

24 June 1972	Roma	3–1	Blackpool	Stadio Olimpico
	Cappellini  49' Scaratti  75' Zigoni  86'		Alcock  89'	Attendance: 75,000[6]

References

General

• Garin, Erik (15 October 2000). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 28 November 2010.

Specific

1. "Friday, 2 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
2. "Sunday, 4 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
3. "Wednesday, 7 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
4. "Saturday, 10 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
5. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
6. Wolstenholme, Gerry (6 November 2006). "Blackpool 10 Lanerossi Vicenza 0 Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 28 November 2010.