The Texaco Cup ran over 5 seasons from 1970/71 to 1974/75 and following the withdrawal of the sponsorship it changed to the Anglo Scottish Cup. This is the story of the first two seasons where clubs who had not qualified for Europe competed. There were 6 teams from England , 6 from Scotland , 2 …
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ASTON VILLA
Third Division to European Champions In season 1969/70 Aston Villa were relegated to the Third Division for the first time in their history. A change of ownership in December 1968 had seen Doug Ellis appointed Chairman and his first managerial appointment , Tommy Docherty was replaced after 13 months by Vic Crowe. 1970/71 Villa although …
FA CUP 3RD/4TH PLACE PLAYOFFS
The FA decided to give the losing FA cup semi finalists a further game as consolation for losing the semi finals in 1970 with a weekend of football. The 3rd /4th play playoff was played on the Friday night before the FA Cup Final. 1970 The first year saw Manchester Utd who had lost to …
SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP – 1979/80
The League Cup of 1979/80 season was played for by the 38 league clubs and began in August 1979 with every round up to the semi finals being played over two legs. This was similar to the system used in England at the time. The draw was random throughout and the First Round saw 12 …
WORLD CUP 2026 – FINAL
FINAL PREVIEW WITH UK KICK-OFF TIME Sunday 18th July – New York – 8pm Spain v Argentina Spain have slowly built into the tournament as Yamine Lamal and Neco Williams have recovered from injury so not had the impact they had on Euro 2024. Spain scored late winners against Portugal and Belgium before their best …
WORLD CUP 2026 – SEMI FINALS
SEMI FINALS PREVIEW WITH UK KICK-OFF TIMES 1 Tuesday 14th July – New York – 8pm France v Spain France go into the semi final in confident mood after a straightforward 2-0 win over Morocco despite Mbappe’s penalty miss. Spain just did enough to see off Belgium and still look like a team trying to …
WORLD CUP 2026 – QUARTER FINALS
QUARTER FINALS PREVIEW WITH UK KICK-OFF TIMES 1 Thursday 9th July – Boston – 9pm France v Morocco France come into the game having survived against a Paraguay team who fouled and intimidated the French throughout. A game that was decided when France were awarded a penalty by VAR which Mbappe scored to take his …
WORLD CUP 2026 – LAST 16
LAST 16 PREVIEW WITH UK KICK-OFF TIMES 1 Saturday 4th July – Houston – 6pm Canada v Morocco Canada scored a late goal to defeat South Africa after qualifying in second place behind Switzerland. Morocco came from behind to draw with Holland before winning on penalties. Having drawn with Brazil in their opening game Morocco …
WORLD CUP 2026 – LAST 32
LAST 32 PREVIEW WITH UK KICK-OFF TIMES 1 Sunday 28th June – Los Angeles – 8pm Group A Runners Up South Africa v Group B Runners Up Canada South Africa were the beneficiaries of an underperforming South Korea team with the ageing Son Heung-Min as they won 1-0 in the final group game and snatch …
World U-16 Cup 1989
The World U-16 Cup was played in Scotland in June 1989. The group games were all played as double headers. GROUP A Group A began with a small attendance of around 6,000 at Hampden Park on 10th June where hosts Scotland drew 0-0 with Ghana before Bahrain beat Cuba 3-0. The Ghana team featured future …
Football is Academical 