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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Group B games edit

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 edit

Regional Semi-finals edit

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 edit

English final
West Bromwich Albion0–0Port Vale
West Bromwich Albion1–3Port Vale
Italian final
Cesena0–4Genoa
Genoa1–0Cesena

Tournament Final edit

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 edit

  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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