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

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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

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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

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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

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Group B games

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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

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Regional Semi-finals

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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

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

Tournament Final

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Genoa Italy5–2Port Vale England
Ruotolo 12', 54', 66'
Galante 21'
Montella 39'		 Report Foyle 68', 82'
Genoa:
GK 1 Italy Luca Pastine downward-facing red arrow 75'
DF 2 Italy Davide Nicola downward-facing red arrow 50'
DF 5 Italy Fabio Galante
DF 6 Italy Luca Cavallo
DF 3 Italy Daniele Delli Carri
MF 4 Italy Oscar Magoni
MF 7 Italy Gennaro Ruotolo
MF 8 Italy Mario Bortolazzi
MF 11 Italy Roberto Onorati downward-facing red arrow 46'
FW 9 Italy Vincenzo Montella
FW 10 Italy Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK 12 Italy Gianpaolo Spagnulo upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 14 Netherlands John van 't Schip upward-facing green arrow 50'
MF 13 Italy Vincenzo Torrente upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Italy Gaetano Salvemini
Port Vale
GK England Paul Musselwhite
DF England Andy Hill
DF England Gareth Griffiths
DF England Neil Aspin
DF England Dean Stokes downward-facing red arrow 37'
MF Northern Ireland Jon McCarthy
MF England Andy Porter
MF England Ian Bogie
MF England Steve Guppy downward-facing red arrow 86'
FW England Martin Foyle
FW Scotland Lee Glover downward-facing red arrow 59'
Substitutes:
MF England Ray Walker upward-facing green arrow 37'
MF England Stewart Talbot upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW England Tony Naylor upward-facing green arrow 59'
Manager:
England John Rudge

References

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  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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