TEXACO CUP

The Texaco Cup, (the sponsored name of the International League Board Competition), was an association football competition involving sides from England, Scotland and Ireland that had not qualified for European competitions.

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 1975–76 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.

Participants

1970–71

	Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Heart of Midlothian, 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, Heart of Midlothian, Morton, Motherwell
	Ballymena United, Coleraine
	Shamrock Rovers, Waterford

1972-73

	Coventry City, Crystal Paalce, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, 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, Heart of Midlothian, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone

1974-75

	Birmingham City, Blackpool, Carlisle United, Luton Town, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Oldham Athletic, Orient, Peterborough United, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
	Aberdeen, Ayr United, Heart of Midlothian, Rangers

Here's a full list of the Texaco Cup winners: