1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup

The 1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup was the last 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'		 Report Foyle 68', 82'
Genoa:
GK 1 Luca Pastine  75'
DF 2 Davide Nicola  50'
DF 5 Fabio Galante
DF 6 Luca Cavallo
DF 3 Daniele Delli Carri
MF 4 Oscar Magoni
MF 7 Gennaro Ruotolo
MF 8 Mario Bortolazzi
MF 11 Roberto Onorati  46'
FW 9 Vincenzo Montella
FW 10 Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK 12 Gianpaolo Spagnulo  75'
MF 14 John van 't Schip  50'
MF 13 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. ^ a b c d e f g h "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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