1994–95 Anglo-Italian Cup

1994–95 Anglo-Italian Cup
Coppa Anglo-Italiana 1994–95
Tournament details
Host country England
Italy
Dates24 August 1994–19 March 1995
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Notts County (1st title)
Runners-up Ascoli
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored98 (2.65 per match)
Top scorers

The 1994–95 Anglo-Italian Cup (Italian: Coppa Anglo-Italiana 1994–95) was the third staging of the 1992–96 iteration of the Anglo-Italian Cup, an association football competition contested by teams from the Football League First Division and Serie B, then respectively the second tiers of the English football league system and the Italian football league system. Sixteen teams participated, with eight entering from each league.

Clubs were invited to compete based on their final league position in the previous season, though not all of the eligible English clubs entered. The tournament began with an international stage which saw teams playing matches against those from the opposite league. Two teams from each country then advanced to the semi-finals, which were one all-English and one all-Italian tie, ensuring a final between an English team and an Italian team at Wembley Stadium. Ascoli and Notts County reached the final, respectively beating Ancona and Stoke City in the semi-finals, and Notts County won the tournament by winning the final 2–1. Nicola Caccia of Ancona was the competition's top scorer with five goals.

This was the only staging of the tournament in the 1990s to be won by an English side. The competition was criticised by some as a low-interest distraction, and several contentious incidents contributed to its reputation for violence, notably a match between Sheffield United and Udinese which saw a 15-man brawl and the dismissal of four players. Despite its reputation, the tournament proved a season highlight for the finalists, both of whom experienced otherwise poor campaigns culminating in relegation to their respective third tiers.

Participants and format

The Anglo-Italian Cup had been staged intermittently since 1970, and was revived in 1992, in England serving as a replacement for the Full Members' Cup.[1] This iteration of the tournament was contested by teams from the Football League First Division, then the second tier of the English football league system, and Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system.[2] In earlier seasons, First Division clubs had participated in a qualifying stage to determine which teams played in the international stage, but this was dispensed with in the 1994–95 season, and invitations instead given to the three teams relegated from the previous season's Premier League and the five highest-placed non-promoted teams from the previous season's First Division. Serie B clubs were selected on a similar basis.[3] Of the eligible English clubs, Millwall and Oldham Athletic declined their invitations, with Middlesbrough and Stoke City taking their places.[4] The participating clubs and their 1993–94 league positions were as follows:

At the international stage, the sixteen teams were divided into two groups of eight, each featuring four teams from each country. Clubs played four matches against the teams in their group from the opposite league, two at home and two away. At the end of the international stage, the highest-placed team from each country in each group would advance to a two-legged semi-final, where they would play the other semi-finalist from their own league. A single-match final between the two winners would then follow at Wembley Stadium.[7] During the international stage, English referees were appointed to officiate matches in Italy, while Italian referees oversaw games in England.[8] The groups for the international stage were as follows:[9]

Group A Group B
Ascoli
Atalanta
Lecce
Notts County
Swindon Town
Tranmere Rovers
Venezia
Wolverhampton Wanderers 		Ancona
Cesena
Derby County
Middlesbrough
Piacenza
Sheffield United
Stoke City
Udinese

International stage

Group A

Group A began on 24 August 1994 with two matches in Italy and two in England.[9] Notts County made a 1–1 draw at Ascoli, with Paul Devlin scoring a last minute equaliser for the away team after Giuseppe Incocciati had put Ascoli ahead.[10] Meanwhile, about 30 supporters of Wolverhampton Wanderers saw their side win 1–0 at Lecce, with David Kelly scoring on the break late in the match.[11] In England, Giampaolo Saurini's powerful 63rd-minute strike, followed shortly afterwards by a headed goal from Daniele Fortunato, gave Atalanta a 2–0 win over Swindon Town.[12] At Prenton Park, goals from John Aldridge and Chris Malkin gave Tranmere Rovers a 2–0 lead over Venezia, but the latter scored twice themselves, the second coming three minutes from the end, and the match finished 2–2.[13]

In the second round of games, played on 6 September,[9] Tranmere were forced to field several youth players after injuries and international call-ups among their senior side, and they were defeated 2–0 at Atalanta.[14] Devlin was dismissed from his team's home match with Lecce for a second bookable offence, but Phil Turner's 55th-minute goal was nevertheless sufficient to secure a 1–0 win for Notts County.[15] The match between Wolves and Ascoli also saw a red card, with Paolo Benetti of Ascoli dismissed after reacting angrily to a foul by Robbie Dennison on Marco Bizzarri, the Ascoli goalkeeper. Despite playing the final ten minutes with ten men, Ascoli won 1–0.[16] Meanwhile, Swindon were beaten 1–0 at Venezia,[17] leaving Notts County as the leading English team in the group, a point ahead of Wolves.[18] Atalanta led among the Italian teams, with two wins from two.[17]

A third round of games was played on 4 and 5 October,[9] with Tranmere losing 1–0 at home to Ascoli through a Oliver Bierhoff penalty, a result that effectively ended Tranmere's chances of progressing to the semi-final.[19] Atalanta led 1–0 at half-time in their home game with Notts County through Leonardo Rodríguez, but the Italian team were reduced to ten men with 30 minutes to play when Paolo Montero was sent off for a second yellow card, and a Tony Agana equaliser saw the game finish 1–1.[20] Swindon gained their first win in the competition, with Andy Mutch scoring twice in his team's 3–1 win over Lecce,[21] while Wolves were beaten 2–1 at Venezia despite having taken a 1–0 28th-minute lead.[22] The results left Notts County needing a point in their final game to reach the English semi-final,[20] while Ascoli, Atalanta and Venezia were level among the Italian teams, each with two wins and a draw.[17]

The final round of Group A fixtures look place on 15 November.[9] Fabio Pascucci was dismissed for Ascoli after a foul on Scott in his team's home match with Swindon, but Bierhoff scored a hat-trick, and the Italian side won 3–1.[23] Elsewhere in Italy, Orazio Russo scored twice for his team in their 3–0 over Tranmere, helping Lecce to their first win of the competition,[24] and leaving Tranmere without a victory.[9] Notts County led Venezia 2–1, before the latter were awarded a penalty, Dean Yates was sent off for the former for a disputed handball, and Marco Barollo equalised with the resultant kick. Notts County regained the lead through Shaun Murphy, but Barollo scored again, and the match finished 3–3.[25] At Molineux, Atalanta took at early lead against Wolves through Valter Bonacina, but the home team levelled via Lee Mills before half-time, and the match finished 1–1.[26] The results meant Ascoli progressed as the highest-ranking Italian team, and Notts County as the leading English team.[9]

Group A[9]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ascoli 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10 Advanced to knockout stage
2 Atalanta 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
3 Venezia 4 2 2 0 8 6 +2 8
4 Notts County 4 1 3 0 6 5 +1 6 Advanced to knockout stage
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
6 Swindon Town 4 1 0 3 4 7 −3 3
7 Lecce 4 1 0 3 4 5 −1 3
8 Tranmere Rovers 4 0 1 3 2 8 −6 1
Ascoli 1–1 Notts County
  • Incocciati 21'
Attendance: 7,000
Lecce 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Attendance: 1,795
Swindon Town 0–2 Atalanta
Attendance: 5,167
Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Venezia
  • Cerbone 66' (pen.)
  • Bonaldi 87'
Attendance: 3,012
Atalanta 2–0 Tranmere Rovers
Attendance: 4,000
Notts County 1–0 Lecce
Attendance: 2,495
Venezia 1–0 Swindon Town
  • Mariani 34'
Attendance: 1,325
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Ascoli
  • Marcato 57'
Attendance: 9,599
Tranmere Rovers 0–1 Ascoli
Attendance: 4,546
Atalanta 1–1 Notts County
Attendance: 5,000
Swindon Town 3–1 Lecce
Attendance: 2,375
Venezia 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Attendance: 750
Ascoli 3–1 Swindon Town
Attendance: 3,000
Lecce 3–0 Tranmere Rovers
  • Russo 47', 52'
  • Notaristefano 85'
Attendance: 286
Notts County 3–3 Venezia
Attendance: 2,861
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Atalanta
Attendance: 7,285

Source for dates, scores, score times and scorers:[27]
Source for attendance:[17]

Group B

Like Group A, the first round of Group B fixtures look place on 24 August.[9] Derby led 1–0 at Ancona through a Mark Pembridge header, but two defensive lapses in the final ten minutes of the first-half allowed Nicola Caccia to score twice, and Ancona won 2–1.[28] Stoke won 2–0 at Cesena through a John Clark free kick and a late Martin Carruthers strike,[29] while Middlesbrough made a 0–0 draw with Piacenza. Paul Wilkinson was sent off in the 84th minute of the latter for kicking an opponent.[30] At Bramall Lane, the match between Sheffield United and Udinese "degenerated into gruesome farce", with a 15-man brawl and the dismissal of four players (three Sheffield United and one Udinese) and the Sheffield United manager Dave Bassett. The match was close to abandonment, but was seen through to completion and won 2–1 by Udinese.[31]

Three games took place in Group B during September, two of which took place in England.[9] Derby were leading 5–0 at half-time against Cesena, and they eventually won 6–1. Paul Kitson scored four goals during the match, with Steve Hodge scoring Derby's other two.[32] At the Victoria Ground, Caccia scored his third goal of the tournament to give Ancona a 1–0 half-time lead, but Stoke were level through Wayne Biggins shortly into the second half, and the match finished 1–1.[33] Following the experience of their match with Udinese, Sheffield United prevented most their senior team from travelling to Italy,[8] and a radically different line-up made a 2–2 draw at Piacenza.[17] A match between Udinese and Middlesbrough had to be postponed due to the former having to rearrange an abandoned Coppa Italia tie with Fiorentina.[34] Ancona and Stoke respectively ended the round as their country's leading team in the group, both with one win and a draw.[17]

Five Group B matches were played in October, four of which took place on 4 October.[9] The Bolivia international Jaime Moreno scored his first goal for Middlesbrough, a 56th-minute left-footed volley in a 1–1 home draw with Cesena.[35] Piacenza took a 1–0 lead in their home game with Derby via a Antonio De Vitis penalty, before Paul Williams levelled for Derby with a 77th-minute volley. Derby then had the opportunity to take the lead when they were awarded a penalty and Francesco Turrini was dismissed for violent conduct, but Pembridge saw his kick saved, and the match finished 1–1.[36] With Bassett absent, a young Sheffield United side made a 3–3 draw with Ancona,[37] while Stoke scored three goals in six second-half minutes in a 3–1 win at Udinese.[38] Middlesbrough also travelled to Udinese for their rearranged match in October, a 0–0 draw that saw three red cards (two for Udinese, one for Middlesbrough) for poor tackles.[39]

The final round of matches in Group B was played in November.[9] Middlesbrough fielded "a side close to junior level" for their match at Ancona, and were beaten 3–1, with Caccia scoring twice for the home side.[40] Their win meant Ancona progressed as the leading Italian team.[9] Once again fielding an inexperienced team, including one non-contract and two transfer-listed players, Sheffield United won 4–1 at Cesena,[41] while Derby were 3–1 winners at home to Udinese. Derby's win meant Stoke City would need at least a point to progress as the leading English team,[42] and John Butler had them ahead early in their home match with Piacenza. Martin Caruthers scored two goals, one shortly before and one shortly after half-time, and Nigel Gleghorn added a fourth, Stoke advancing with a 4–0 win.[43]

Group B[9]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Stoke City 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 10 Advanced to knockout stage
2 Ancona 4 2 2 0 9 6 +3 8
3 Derby County 4 2 1 1 11 5 +6 7
4 Sheffield United 4 1 2 1 10 8 +2 5
5 Udinese 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4
6 Middlesbrough 4 0 3 1 2 4 −2 3
7 Piacenza 4 0 3 1 3 7 −4 3
8 Cesena 4 0 1 3 3 13 −10 1
Ancona 2–1 Derby County
Attendance: 748
Cesena 0–2 Stoke City
Attendance: 1,065
Middlesbrough 0–0 Piacenza
Attendance: 5,348
Sheffield United 1–2 Udinese
Attendance: 7,497
Derby County 6–1 Cesena
Attendance: 2,010
Piacenza 2–2 Sheffield United
  • Brioschi 18'
  • Suppa 53'
Attendance: 4,744
Stoke City 1–1 Ancona
Attendance: 3,330
Middlesbrough 1–1 Cesena
Attendance: 3,273
Piacenza 1–1 Derby County
Attendance: 1,710
Sheffield United 3–3 Ancona
Attendance: 1,827
Udinese 1–3 Stoke City
Attendance: 1,306
Udinese 0–0 Middlesbrough
Attendance: 300
Cesena 1–4 Sheffield United
Attendance: 3,200
Derby County 3–1 Udinese
Attendance: 1,562
Stoke City 4–0 Piacenza
Attendance: 7,240
Ancona 3–1 Middlesbrough
Attendance: 1,500

Source for dates, scores, score times and scorers:[27].
Source for attendance:[17]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

The Italian semi-final was played in December between Ancona and Ascoli.[9] The first leg was played at Ascoli's Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, and was won 1–0 by Ancona via a 33rd-minute goal from the defender Carlo Cornacchia. In the second leg, a 70th minute goal from Giuseppe Incocciati gave Ascoli a 1–0 lead that forced extra time, and Incocciati scored a second in the 101st minute. Felice Centofanti pulled a goal back for Ancona in the final seconds, but the final whistle went shortly afterwards, and Ascoli advanced to the final via the away goals rule.[44]

The English semi-final between Notts County and Stoke City followed in January.[9] The first leg at Notts County's Meadow Lane ground ended 0–0, with the home side having only one shot on target, and Stoke failing to test the Notts goalkeeper.[45] The second leg also finished 0–0 after extra time, and a penalty shoot-out was therefore required to decide the winner. The goalkeeper Jason Kearton made two saves for Notts County, and his side won the shoot-out 3–2 to qualify for a second successive Anglo-Italian Cup final.[46]

Italian semi-final

Ascoli 0–1 Ancona
Attendance: 3,705
Ancona 1–2 (a.e.t.) Ascoli
Attendance: 4,311

2–2 on aggregate; Ascoli won on away goals.

English semi-final

Notts County 0–0 Stoke City
Attendance: 5,135
Stoke City 0–0 (a.e.t.) Notts County
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 10,781

0–0 on aggregate; Notts County won 3–2 on penalties.

Source for dates, scores, score times and scorers:[27].
Source for attendance:[17]

Final

The final was played at Wembley Stadium on 19 March.[47] The match was attended by 11,704 spectators,[48] mostly Notts County supporters, but including over 1,000 supporters of Ascoli,[49] and was refereed by Charles Agius of Malta.[50] Notts County took the lead after 14 minutes, when a long throw-in from Andy Legg deceived the Ascoli goalkeeper Marco Bizzarri and went straight over him into the net.[51] Television replays showed that Legg's throw-in did not make any contact before it crossed the line,[52] but a goal was credited to Tony Agana,[48][9] who was adjudged to have got a touch,[51] though David Stapleton of the Nottingham Evening Post thought it a Bizzarri own goal.[50] Ascoli made the score 1–1 in the 33rd minute through Walter Mirabelli, who took advantage of a mix-up in the Notts County defence to equalise from close range, but Notts County retook the lead shortly before half-time through a Devon White header.[53] There was no further scoring in the second half, Legg seeing a goal from a powerful free-kick disallowed, and the English side won the match 2–1.[50]

Notts County 2–1 Ascoli
 Report
  • Mirabelli 33'
Attendance: 11,704
Referee: C. Agius (Malta)
Notts County[54]
GK 1 Steve Cherry  74'
DF 2 Chris Short
DF 6 Michael Johnson  74'
DF 5 Shaun Murphy
DF 3 Gary Mills
MF 4 Phil Turner
FW 7 Paul Devlin
MF 10 Michael Simpson
MF 11 Andy Legg
FW 8 Devon White
FW 9 Tony Agana  87'
Substitutes:
GK Paul Reece  74'
DF Michael Emenalo  74'
DF Tommy Gallagher  87'
Manager:
Howard Kendall
Ascoli[55]
GK 1 Marco Bizzarri
DF 6 Francesco Zanoncelli
DF 5 Carlo Pascucci
DF 2 Paolo Benetti
MF 7 Jonatan Binotto  77'
MF 10 Massimiliano Favo
DF 4 Luca Marcato
MF 8 Giovanni Bosi
DF 3 Carmelo Mancuso  62'
FW 9 Oliver Bierhoff
FW 11 Walter Mirabelli
Substitutes:
MF Manuel Milana  62'
MF Michele Menolascina  77'
Manager:
Alberto Bigon

Statistics

Goalscorers

A total of 98 goals were scored during the tournament. Excluding one own goal, there were 71 different goalscorers. The top scorer was Nicola Caccia of Ancona, who found the net five times during the competition.[17]

Reception and aftermath

The Anglo-Italian Cup struggled to generate interest,[2] and there was criticism for the standard of the refereeing,[10][30] low attendances,[42] and the perceived distraction it caused to the league season.[26] Some clubs used the event as an opportunity to field fringe players.[56] The competition had also developed a reputation for violence,[1] "more like the Aggro-Italian Cup" as one newspaper put it,[57] and there were several contentious incidents during the 1994–95 edition.[16][31][36] Glyn Hodges, who was one of the three Sheffield United players dismissed in their opening game with Udinese, later recalled that the experience caused Dave Bassett, his team's manager, to abandon any interest in progressing.[8] There was speculation in the press about whether the tournament would continue,[58][53][59] but it did for one more season, being cancelled in 1996 when the two leagues were unable to agree on scheduling.[1]

Notts County were ultimately the only English side to win the competition in the 1990s.[60] It was Notts County's first triumph in a cup competition since winning the 1894 FA Cup final 101 years earlier,[50] and proved a high point in a mostly poor season for the club which saw three managerial changes, an unsettled playing side, and culminated in relegation to the Football League Second Division, something which prevented them from defending their title the following season.[61] Ascoli were also relegated following the 1994–95 season, dropping to Serie C, and their semi-final victory over Ancona is regarded as one of their best results in a difficult period for the club.[62] The opportunity to play at the original Wembley Stadium is also considered a highlight in Ascoli's history.[49]

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