1972 Anglo-Italian Cup

1972 Anglo-Italian Cup
Country	England and Italy
Teams	12
Champions	Roma
Runners-up	Blackpool
	← 1971 1973 →

Last updated March 02, 2019

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 Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition.

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

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

England

Birmingham City
Blackpool
Carlisle United
Leicester City
Stoke City
Sunderland

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Sunderland play in League One, the third tier of English football. Since its formation in 1879, the club has won six top-flight titles, a total only bettered by five other clubs, and has finished runners-up five times. The club has also won the FA Cup twice and been runners-up twice, as well as winning the FA Community Shield in 1936 and being finalists the following year. Sunderland have also been Football League Cup finalists in 1985 and 2014.

Italy

Atalanta B.C. Italian association football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy

Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11.

Cagliari Calcio, commonly referred to as Cagliari, is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club currently plays in Serie A.

Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria, is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria.

Group results

Group 1

1 June 1972	Catanzaro	0–3	Stoke City

1 June 1972	Roma	2–3	Carlisle United

4 June 1972	Catanzaro	0–1	Carlisle United

5 June 1972	Roma	2–0	Stoke City

7 June 1972	Stoke City	2–0	Catanzaro

7 June 1972	Carlisle United	3–3	Roma

10 June 1972	Carlisle United	4–1	Catanzaro

10 June 1972	Stoke City	1–2	Roma

Group 2

1 June 1972	Cagliari	1–0	Leicester City

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

4 June 1972	Atalanta	5–3	Leicester City

7 June 1972	Leicester City	2–1	Cagliari

7 June 1972	Sunderland	0–0	Atalanta	Roker Park, Sunderland
		^[3]		Attendance: 5,798

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

10 June 1972	Leicester City	6–0	Atalanta

Group 3

1 June 1972	Sampdoria	1–4	Blackpool

1 June 1972	Lanerossi Vicenza	0–0	Birmingham City
		^[5]		Attendance: 3,000

4 June 1972	Sampdoria	2–1	Birmingham City
		^[5]	Campbell (pen.)	Attendance: 15,000

4 June 1972	Lanerossi Vicenza	0–2	Blackpool

7 June 1972	Blackpool	2–0	Sampdoria	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

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.

English rankings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Total
Blackpool	4	4	0	0	18	1	8	26
Carlisle United	4	3	1	0	11	6	7	18
Leicester City	4	2	0	2	11	7	4	15
Birmingham City	4	2	1	1	8	5	5	13
Sunderland	4	1	2	1	8	7	4	12
Stoke City	4	2	0	2	6	4	4	10

Italian rankings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Total
Roma	4	2	1	1	9	7	5	14
Atalanta	4	2	1	1	8	11	5	13
Cagliari	4	1	1	2	6	8	3	9
Sampdoria	4	1	0	3	3	9	2	5
Lanerossi Vicenza	4	0	1	3	3	17	1	4
Catanzaro	4	0	0	4	1	10	0	1

Final

24 June 1972	Roma	3–1	Blackpool	Stadio Olimpico
	Cappellini 49' Scaratti 75' Zigoni 86'		Alcock 89'	Attendance: 75,000^[6]

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References

General

Garin, Erik (15 October 2000). "Anglo-Italian Cup 1972". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 28 November 2010.

Specific

↑ "Friday, 2 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ "Sunday, 4 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ "Wednesday, 7 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
↑ "Saturday, 10 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
1 2 3 4 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
1 2 Wolstenholme, Gerry (6 November 2006). "Blackpool 10 Lanerossi Vicenza 0 Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

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[1] "Friday, 2 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[2] "Sunday, 4 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[3] "Wednesday, 7 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[4] "Saturday, 10 June 1972". The StatCat. Retrieved 28 November 2010.

[Matthews243-5] 1 2 3 4 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.

[Blackpool_10_Lanerossi_Vicenza_0-6] 1 2 Wolstenholme, Gerry (6 November 2006). "Blackpool 10 Lanerossi Vicenza 0 Anglo-Italian Cup, June 10, 1972". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 28 November 2010.