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. The two winning finalists would meet each other to decide the tournament winner.[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

5 September 1995
Ancona 1–0 Oldham Athletic

5 September 1995
Birmingham City 2–3 Genoa

5 September 1995
Cesena 2–2 Port Vale

5 September 1995
Luton Town 1–4 Perugia

11 October 1995
Genoa 4–0 Luton Town

11 October 1995
Oldham Athletic 0–0 Cesena

11 October 1995
Port Vale 2–0 Ancona

8 November 1995
Ancona 1–2 Birmingham City

8 November 1995
Cesena 2–1 Luton Town

8 November 1995
Port Vale 0–0 Genoa

13 December 1995
Birmingham City 3–1 Cesena

13 December 1995
Genoa 0–0 Oldham Athletic

13 December 1995
Luton Town 5–0 Ancona

13 December 1995
Perugia 3–5 Port Vale

Group A tables

English teams[1]
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Birmingham City 4301859
Port Vale 4220956
Oldham Athletic 4121215
Luton Town 41037103
Italian teams[1]
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Genoa 4220728
Cesena 4121565
Perugia 4103793
Ancona 4103293

Group B games

5 September 1995
Foggia 1–1 Stoke City

5 September 1995
Ipswich Town 2–1 Reggiana

5 September 1995
Southend United 0–0 Brescia

11 October 1995
Brescia 2–2 Ipswich Town

11 October 1995
Stoke City 2–2 Salernitana

8 November 1995
Foggia 0–1 Ipswich Town

8 November 1995
Stoke City 1–1 Brescia

13 December 1995
Reggiana 0–0[2] Stoke City

13 December 1995
Southend United 1–2 Foggia

Group B tables

English teams[1]
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Ipswich Town 43107310
West Bromwich Albion 4220428
Stoke City 4040444
Southend United 4022352
Italian teams[1]
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Foggia 4121445
Salernitana 4121455
Brescia 4031343
Reggiana 4022352

Regional Semi-finals

English semi-final

23 January 1996
Ipswich Town 2–4 Port Vale
Italian semi-final

10 January 1996
Foggia 1–2 Cesena

17 January 1996
Genoa (6) 0–0 (5) Salernitana

Regional Finals

English final
Italian final

31 January 1996
Cesena 0–4 Genoa

8 February 1996
Genoa 1–0 Cesena

Tournament Final

17 March 1996
Genoa Italy 5–2 Port Vale England
Ruotolo 12' 54' 66'
Galante 21'
Montella 39' 		Foyle 68 82
Genoa:
GK 1 Italy Luca Pastine  75'
DF 2 Italy Davide Nicola  50'
DF 5 Italy Fabio Galante
DF 6 Italy Luca Cavallo
DF 3 Italy Daniele Delli Carri
MF 4 Italy Oscar Magoni
MF 7 Italy Gennaro Ruotolo
MF 8 Italy Mario Bortolazzi
MF 11 Italy Roberto Onorati  46'
FW 9 Italy Vincenzo Montella
FW 10Italy Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK 12 Italy Gianpaolo Spagnulo  75'
MF 14 Netherlands John van 't Schip  50'
MF 13 Italy Vincenzo Torrente  46'
Manager:
Italy Gaetano Salvemini
Port Vale
GK England Paul Musselwhite
DF England Andy Hill
DF England Gareth Griffiths
DF England Neil Aspin
DF England Dean Stokes  37'
MF Northern Ireland Jon McCarthy
MF England Andy Porter
MF England Ian Bogie
MF England Steve Guppy  86'
FW England Martin Foyle
FW Scotland Lee Glover  59'
Substitutes:
MF England Ray Walker  37'
MF England Stewart Talbot  86'
FW England 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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