1973 Anglo-Italian Cup


The 1973 Anglo-Italian Cup was the fourth Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between eight clubs from England and eight clubs from Italy and was the last professional Anglo-Italian Cup until it was re-incarnated in 1992.

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 semi-finals. The semi-finals were two-leg matches played between each nation's group winners. The winner of each nation's semi-final then met in a final. Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw but, unlike the previous tournaments, points were no longer awarded for each goal scored. The draw for the group matches took place in Milan on 7 February 1973.

Group stage

Group
1Crystal Palace
Hull City
Luton Town
Manchester United		Bari
Fiorentina
Lazio
Verona
2Newcastle United
Blackpool
Oxford United
Fulham		Bologna
Como
Roma
Torino

Group 1 games

Group 1 tables

;Italian teams
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Fiorentina4121444
Lazio4022472
Verona41035112
Bari4013181

;English teams
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Crystal Palace43101047
Manchester United4220836
Luton Town4211845
Hull City4211435

Group 2 games

Group 2 tables

;Italian teams
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Bologna4022132
Torino4022382
Roma4013271
Como4013061

;English teams
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Newcastle United44001018
Blackpool4400718
Oxford United4220416
Fulham4040334

Semi-finals

;English semi-final
;Italian semi-final

Final