Anglo Scottish Cup 1976-1981

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Following the demise of the Texaco Cup in England, the Anglo-Scottish Cup was introduced. This had a similar format to its predecessor but involved clubs from England and Scotland only.

For the Scottish clubs, 8 teams were drawn in four pairs. They played the First knockout round home and away. The winners of the four ties were then drawn against an English team to play the quarter final again as a two legged affair and the tournament would then progress to a final which was again a two-legged affair.

Over the years English entrants were increasingly drawn from the lower divisions and in 1981 the Scottish clubs withdrew as the public showed little interest in the competition (plus playing some of the lower league sides saw a hell of a lot of trouble at some grounds especially at Burnley).

The competition continued with English clubs only as the Football League Group Cup.

The Finals were contested thus:
Finals played over two legs, aggregate score shown

1976 Middlesbrough 1 – 0 Fulham
1977 Nottingham Forest 5 – 1 Orient
1978 Bristol City 3 – 2 St. Mirren
1979 Burnley 4 – 1 Oldham Athletic
1980 St. Mirren 5 – 1 Bristol City
1981 Chesterfield 2 – 1 Notts County

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Celtic’s Involvement:

1978:
1st Rd, 1st Leg; 3rd August, 1978; Celtic Park, KO 19:30

Celtic 2 – 1 Clyde

Celtic Team: Latchford, Sneddon, Aitken, Edvaldsson, MacDonald, Burns, Conn, Lumsden, McAdam, Glavin, McCluskey
Scorers: Conn (53), Burns (87)

Clyde Team: Arrol, Anderson, Boyd, Clougherty, Kinnear, Aherne, Brogan, O’Neill, Marshall, McCabe, Ward
Scorers: Ward (4)

Attendance: 10,000

1st Rd, 2nd Leg; 5th August, 1978; Shawfield Stadium, KO 19:30

Clyde 1 – 6 Celtic

Clyde Team: Arrol, Anderson, Kinnear, Clougherty, Boyd (Martin), O’Neill, Aherne, McCabe, Marshall, Ward, Hood (McNaughton)

Scorers: O’Neill (68)

Celtic Team: Latchford, Sneddon, Edvaldsson, MacDonald, Lynch, Glavin, Aitken, Burns, Conn, McAdam, McCluskey (Wilson)
Scorers: Conn (48, 85), McAdam (55, 80), Glavin (75, 86)

Attendance: ???