The Texaco Cup, officially known as the International League Board Competition, was an association football competition started in 1970, 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 ã100,000, 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 1971âÂÂ72 due to political pressure, competing in a separate Texaco (All-Ireland) Cup in 1973âÂÂ74 and 1974âÂÂ75.
Crowds in the competition fell after the first few seasons, and it became the Anglo-Scottish Cup from 1975 to 1976 after Texaco's sponsorship ended.
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.
Source:
Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers<br /> Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell<br /> Ards, Derry City<br /> Limerick, Shamrock Rovers
Coventry City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Stoke City<br /> Airdrieonians, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell<br /> Ballymena United, Coleraine<br /> Shamrock Rovers, Waterford
Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers<br /> Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, St Johnstone
Birmingham City, Burnley, Coventry City, Everton, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Stoke City<br /> Ayr United, Dundee United, East Fife, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone
Birmingham City, Blackpool, Carlisle United, Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United<br /> Aberdeen, Ayr United, Hearts, Rangers