The Texaco Cup, officially known as the International League Board Competition, was an association football competition started in 1970, involving sides from England, Scotland, and Ireland that had not qualified for European competitions.
| Texaco Cup | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sporting event |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country |  England Scotland Northern Ireland Ireland |
| Inaugurated | 1970 |
| Most recent | 1975 |
It was one of the first football competitions to receive sponsorship, taking the name of American petroleum company Texaco for £100,000, and was instituted to help promote Texaco's recent purchase of the Regent filling station chain. Irish and Northern Irish clubs withdrew from the competition after 1971–72 due to political pressure, competing in a separate Texaco (All-Ireland) Cup in 1973–74 and 1974–75.
Crowds in the competition fell after the first few seasons, and it became the Anglo-Scottish Cup from 1975 to 1976 after Texaco's sponsorship ended.
Format
For the first four seasons it was played as a straight knockout tournament, with sixteen clubs entered, all ties being two-legged. For the final season of the competition, 16 English clubs played in groups before being joined in the knockout stages by four Scottish sides.
List of finals
Source:
| Season | Winners | Runners-up | Aggregate score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–71 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Heart of Midlothian | 3–2 |
| 1971–72 | Derby County | Airdrieonians | 2–1 |
| 1972–73 | Ipswich Town | Norwich City | 4–2 |
| 1973–74 | Newcastle United | Burnley | 2–1 |
| 1974–75 | Newcastle United | Southampton | 3–1 |
NB Finals played over two legs except in 1973–74
Participants
1970–71
Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell
Ards, Derry City
Limerick, Shamrock Rovers
1971–72
Coventry City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Stoke City
Airdrieonians, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell
Ballymena United, Coleraine
Shamrock Rovers, Waterford
1972–73
Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, St Johnstone
1973–74
Birmingham City, Burnley, Coventry City, Everton, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Stoke City
Ayr United, Dundee United, East Fife, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone
1974–75
Birmingham City, Blackpool, Carlisle United, Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
Aberdeen, Ayr United, Hearts, Rangers