1971–72 Texaco Cup

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1971–72 Texaco Cup
Tournament details
Country	England Scotland Northern Ireland Ireland
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Derby County
Runner-up	Airdrieonians
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Texaco Cup was the second edition of the tournament sponsored by Texaco. It was won by Derby County, who beat Airdrieonians in a two-legged final by 2–1 on aggregate.^[1]

First round 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Falkirk	1–0	Coventry City	14 September 1971
Ballymena United	3–2	Waterford	15 September 1971
Derby County	6–2	Dundee United	15 September 1971
Hearts	1–0	Newcastle United	15 September 1971
Huddersfield Town	1–0	Morton	15 September 1971
Manchester City	2–2	Airdrieonians	15 September 1971
Motherwell	0–1	Stoke City	15 September 1971
Shamrock Rovers	5–1	Coleraine	15 September 1971

First round 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Morton	1–1	Huddersfield Town	27 September 1971
Airdrieonians	2–0	Manchester City	27 September 1971
Coventry City	3–0	Falkirk	28 September 1971
Newcastle United	2–1	Hearts	28 September 1971
Coleraine	0–3	Shamrock Rovers	29 September 1971
Dundee United	3–2	Derby County	29 September 1971
Stoke City	4–1	Motherwell	29 September 1971
Waterford	3–3	Ballymena United	30 September 1971

Quarter-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Coventry City	1–1	Newcastle United	19 October 1971
Huddersfield Town	1–2	Airdrieonians	19 October 1971
Ballymena United	4–1	Shamrock Rovers	20 October 1971
Derby County	3–2	Stoke City	20 October 1971

Quarter-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Airdrieonians	5–1	Huddersfield Town	3 November 1971
Newcastle United	5–1	Coventry City	3 November 1971
Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Ballymena United	3 November 1971
Stoke City	1–1	Derby County	3 November 1971

Semi-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Ballymena United	0–3	Airdrieonians	24 November 1971
Derby County	1–0	Newcastle United	24 November 1971

Semi-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Airdrieonians	4–3	Ballymena United	8 December 1971
Newcastle United	2–4	Derby County	8 December 1971

Final 1st leg

26 January 1972

19:30 BST

Airdrieonians	0 – 0	Derby County
	Report

Broomfield Park, Airdrie

Attendance: 16,000

Final 2nd leg

26 April 1972

19:30 BST

Derby County	2 – 1	Airdrieonians
Hinton (pen) Davies	Report	Whiteford

Baseball Ground, Derby

Attendance: 25,102

Notes and references

^ Anglo-Scottish Cup & Texaco Cup - Full Results, RSSSF

1971–72 in English football

« 1970–71

1972–73 »

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One A, One B) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (One, Two, Three) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town Watford
Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Chesterfield Halifax Town Mansfield Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington

v t e 1971–72 in Scottish football
« 1970–71 1972–73 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Final UEFA Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

v t e 1971–72 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
All-Ireland competitions	Blaxnit Cup
Other competitions	Texaco Cup
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 4)