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Glory, rivalry, indifference: Recalling the Anglo-Scottish Cup

Sam Todd looks back at a competition that fleetingly pitted English and Scottish clubs against each other.

Sam Todd looks back at a competition that fleetingly pitted English and Scottish clubs against each other.

Have a go: Middlesbrough on the attack in the second leg of the final against Fulham in December 1975

It was, according to Brian Clough, a trophy that most managers “didn’t want to piss in”.
Yet, from 1975 to 1981, the Anglo-Scottish Cup enabled non-European qualifiers from England and Scotland to clash in a cross-border competition that flickered with moments of glory, rivalry and indifference.
The tournament, succeeding the British Isles-encompassing Texaco Cup (1970-1975), saw 16 ...

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