1972 Anglo-Italian Cup

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

Group results

Group 1

Group 2

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

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

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

Group 3

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

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

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]

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.

Final

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