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

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
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
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

Group B games
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

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

Tournament Final
Genoa Italy5–2Port Vale England
Ruotolo 12', 54', 66'
Galante 21'
Montella 39'		 Report Foyle 68', 82'
Genoa:
GK1Italy Luca Pastinedownward-facing red arrow 75'
DF2Italy Davide Nicoladownward-facing red arrow 50'
DF5Italy Fabio Galante
DF6Italy Luca Cavallo
DF3Italy Daniele Delli Carri
MF4Italy Oscar Magoni
MF7Italy Gennaro Ruotolo
MF8Italy Mario Bortolazzi
MF11Italy Roberto Onoratidownward-facing red arrow 46'
FW9Italy Vincenzo Montella
FW10Italy Marco Nappi
Substitutes:
GK12Italy Gianpaolo Spagnuloupward-facing green arrow 75'
MF14Netherlands John van 't Schipupward-facing green arrow 50'
MF13Italy Vincenzo Torrenteupward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Italy Gaetano Salvemini
Port Vale
GKEngland Paul Musselwhite
DFEngland Andy Hill
DFEngland Gareth Griffiths
DFEngland Neil Aspin
DFEngland Dean Stokesdownward-facing red arrow 37'
MFNorthern Ireland Jon McCarthy
MFEngland Andy Porter
MFEngland Ian Bogie
MFEngland Steve Guppydownward-facing red arrow 86'
FWEngland Martin Foyle
FWScotland Lee Gloverdownward-facing red arrow 59'
Substitutes:
MFEngland Ray Walkerupward-facing green arrow 37'
MFEngland Stewart Talbotupward-facing green arrow 86'
FWEngland Tony Naylorupward-facing green arrow 59'
Manager:
England John Rudge

References
  1. "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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