The 1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup was a football cup competition held between clubs in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 won by Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

. It was the inaugural Anglo-Italian League Cup

Anglo-Italian League Cup

The Anglo-Italian League Cup was a short-lived football competition between clubs in England and Italy.-History:...

 competition.

Background

The origin of the Anglo-Italian League Cup (also known as the Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup and billed on the match programme as the International League Cup Winners' Cup) was to reward Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

 with European football

European football

European football is a colloquial term referring to any international football club competition that is organised by UEFA. Any club that wishes to participate in European football must qualify through their respective domestic league or domestic cup competitions...

 in lieu of their ineligibility for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. The competition was the idea of Swiss pools supremo Ernst Thommen, Ottorino Barassi from Italy, and the English Football Association general secretary Stanley Rous, all of whom later became senior officials...

 following their victory in the 1968–69 League Cup

1968–69 Football League Cup

The 1968–69 Football League Cup was the ninth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition ended with the final on 15 March 1969....

, beating Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

 in the final

1969 Football League Cup Final

The 1969 Football League Cup Final took place on 15 March 1969 at Wembley Stadium. It was the ninth final and the third to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Arsenal and Swindon Town.-Pre-match:...

. The Football League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

 had been changed in 1967 so the winner would be awarded a place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup; however, third-tier teams were not permitted in the competition. Queens Park Rangers won that year's final

1967 Football League Cup Final

The 1967 Football League Cup Final took place on 4 March 1967 at Wembley Stadium. It was the seventh final and the first to be played at Wembley. It was contested between Queens Park Rangers of the Third Division and West Bromwich Albion of the First Division...

 but were omitted from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as they were in the Third Division

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

. When another Third Division team, namely Swindon, won the League Cup two years later the Anglo-Italian League Cup was organised as a way of compensating Swindon for the ruling that prevented them competing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

The competition consisted of a single two-legged match against the Italian team A.S. Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

 who had won the Coppa Italia

Coppa Italia

The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...

 that season.

The final

The final was played over two legs, with A.S. Roma drawn to host the first game in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. The second leg was played in England.

1st leg

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	A.S. ROMA:
GK		Alberto Ginulfi Alberto Ginulfi Alberto Ginulfi is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 12 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, Hellas Verona F.C. and ACF Fiorentina....
DF		Luciano Spinosi Luciano Spinosi Luciano Spinosi is an Italian former football coach and a former player.The clubs for which Spinosi played include A.S. Roma and Juventus F.C.. For the Italy national football team he totalled 22 caps, starting from November 19, 1969.Spinosi also played for Hellas Verona F.C., A.C. Milan and A.C...
DF		Francesco Carpenetti Francesco Carpenetti Francesco Carpenetti is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 8 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and ACF Fiorentina.-External links:*...
DF		Elvio Salvori Elvio Salvori Elvio Salvori is an Italian professional football coach and a former player who currently manages the youth team of U.S. Triestina Calcio....
DF		Francesco Cappelli Francesco Cappelli Francesco Cappelli is a retired Italian professional football player.He played 5 seasons in the Serie A for S.S.C. Venezia and A.S. Roma.-External links:*...
DF		Sergio Santarini Sergio Santarini Sergio Santarini is a retired Italian professional football player and coach.-External links:*...
MF		Joaquin Luca Peiró Joaquín Peiró Joaquín Peiró Lucas is a retired Spanish football attacking midfielder and manager....
FW		Renato Cappellini Renato Cappellini Renato Cappellini is a retired Italian professional football player.-External links:*...
MF		Franco Cordova Franco Cordova Franco Cordova is a retired Italian professional football player.His career ended with a 1 year and 2 months ban from football in the Totonero 1980 match-fixing scandal.-Honours:* Serie A champion: 1965/66....
FW		Fabio Enzo Fabio Enzo Fabio Enzo is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 4 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Hellas Verona F.C.-External links:*...
MF		Fabio Capello Fabio Capello Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...
Substitutes:
None
Manager:
Helenio Herrera Helenio Herrera Helenio Herrera Gavilán was a Franco-Argentine football player and manager.Although born in Argentina, Herrera's parents were both Spanish, his father being a well-known Spanish anarchist in exile...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> SWINDON TOWN F.C.: | GK   Peter Downsborough

Peter Downsborough

Peter Downsborough is a retired goalkeeper.A Centre Forward as a schoolboy, he transferred into the role of goalkeeper after deputising for an injured team mate during a school match....

RB   Rod Thomas

Rod Thomas

Rod Thomas is a Welsh former professional footballer who represented Wales at International level.During his career Thomas played for Gloucester City, Swindon Town, Derby County, Cardiff City, Gloucester for a second spell and Newport County.Swindon Town manager Bert Head brought Thomas to the...

LB   John Trollope

John Trollope (footballer)

Norman John Trollope MBE is a former footballer, manager and coach who served Swindon Town for twenty years.A Swindon Town legend, Trollope holds the record for the number of league appearances made for one club - turning out for the Town in 770 games between 1960 and 1980, an achievement which...

MF   Joe Butler

Joe Butler (footballer)

Joseph 'Joe' Butler is a retired football Right Back best known for his spell at Swindon Town.-Newcastle United:...

CB   Frank Burrows

Frank Burrows

Frank Burrows is a Scottish soccer manager, and former player.-Biography:Frank Burrows began his football career at Scottish club Raith Rovers. In 1965 he moved south to England and joined Scunthorpe United. Impressive performances as a defender for Scunthorpe led to him being signed by Swindon...

CB   Stan Harland

Stan Harland

Stan Harland was an English football centre half.-Career:Born in Liverpool, Harland's football career began at local club New Brighton. It was from here that he attracted interest from Everton who signed him in 1959...

FW   Arthur Horsfield

Arthur Horsfield

Arthur Horsfield is a former football striker.He joined Middlesbrough as an apprentice - "I was in my local under eleven’s side at the age of nine, and Joe Soones, the Boro scout was the first one on the scene, knocking on my door and turning up at the matches." - and eventually made 111...

  MF   Roger Smart

Roger Smart

Roger Smart is a retired football Inside Forward.He made his way from schoolboy teams to work up through the youth ranks at Swindon Town before making his début in the reserves in April 1960....

MF   John Smith

John Smith (footballer)

John Smith was a footballer, a West Ham Academy product who was born in Shoreditch, London. He made 136 appearances for the club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside right. He scored 23 goals for the east London club before being transferred to Tottenham Hotspur where he was one of...

FW   Peter Noble

Peter Noble

Peter Noble is a retired football forward.Noble began his career with Consett where he combined a career in painting and decorating with football...

FW   Don Rogers

Don Rogers (footballer)

Donald Rogers is an English former footballer who has often been seen as the most exciting player to pull on a Swindon Town shirt; his principal rival in this respect being Harold Fleming...

Substitutes: FW   Chris Jones

Chris Jones (footballer born 1945)

Christopher Martin Nigel "Chris" Jones is an English former footballer. He now teaches at Tadcaster Grammar School.-Career:Jones started his professional career with Manchester City in May 1964...

  Manager:   Fred Ford

Fred Ford (football manager)

Fred Ford is a former footballer and manager.Ford played for a number of clubs before becoming the manager of Bristol City in 1960, he had previously also coached the England B team and Under-23 side...

Roma relied on attacking tactics in the early stages of the game, forcing Swindon to defend and rely on counter-attack moves to break the dead-lock. The first half was characterised by the many attempts on goal by Roma's centre-forward Enzo saved by Swindon goalkeeper Downsborough

Peter Downsborough

Peter Downsborough is a retired goalkeeper.A Centre Forward as a schoolboy, he transferred into the role of goalkeeper after deputising for an injured team mate during a school match....

.

In the 12th minute Roma were denied a penalty

Penalty kick

A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

. Peiro

Joaquín Peiró

Joaquín Peiró Lucas is a retired Spanish football attacking midfielder and manager....

 had fed a pass through to Cappellini

Renato Cappellini

Renato Cappellini is a retired Italian professional football player.-External links:*...

 and, as the inside-right

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 cut into the penalty area

Penalty area

The penalty area , is an area of an association football pitch. It is rectangular and extends to each side of the goal and in front of it. Within the penalty area is the penalty spot , which is from the goal line, directly in-line with the centre of the goal...

, he appeared to be sent full-length by a tackle from Harland. Instead of the expected penalty, English referee Kevin Howley gave Swindon a free-kick

Indirect free kick

An indirect free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. Unlike a direct free kick, a goal may not be scored directly from the kick. The law was derived from the Sheffield Rules that stated that no goal could be scored from a free kick...

.

Shortly before half-time, Elvio Salvori

Elvio Salvori

Elvio Salvori is an Italian professional football coach and a former player who currently manages the youth team of U.S. Triestina Calcio....

, the Roma half-back

Defender (football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

, dived over the outstretched leg of Roger Smart. A penalty was awarded, which Fabio Enzo

Fabio Enzo

Fabio Enzo is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 4 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Hellas Verona F.C.-External links:*...

 converted. Just two minutes later, the half-time whistle sounded.

Then, as Salvori broke into the penalty area, he literally threw himself over the outstretched leg of Smart. Much to the dismay of the Town players, the referee immediately awarded a penalty from which Enzo scored.

The second half was more evenly contested, and Swindon equalised through Peter Noble

Peter Noble

Peter Noble is a retired football forward.Noble began his career with Consett where he combined a career in painting and decorating with football...

 who sliced a chipped free-kick from John Smith just out of the grasp of the Roma goalkeeper, Alberto Ginulfi

Alberto Ginulfi

Alberto Ginulfi is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 12 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, Hellas Verona F.C. and ACF Fiorentina....

. Roma responded with a period of concerted attack and were rewarded when Renato Cappellini

Renato Cappellini

Renato Cappellini is a retired Italian professional football player.-External links:*...

 headed home a cross from a corner, which proved to be the winner. Swindon pressurised the Italian defence for the final 10 minutes of the game but could not equalise, A.S. Roma won 2-1.

2nd leg

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SWINDON TOWN:
GK		Peter Downsborough Peter Downsborough Peter Downsborough is a retired goalkeeper.A Centre Forward as a schoolboy, he transferred into the role of goalkeeper after deputising for an injured team mate during a school match....
RB		Rod Thomas Rod Thomas Rod Thomas is a Welsh former professional footballer who represented Wales at International level.During his career Thomas played for Gloucester City, Swindon Town, Derby County, Cardiff City, Gloucester for a second spell and Newport County.Swindon Town manager Bert Head brought Thomas to the...
LB		John Trollope John Trollope (footballer) Norman John Trollope MBE is a former footballer, manager and coach who served Swindon Town for twenty years.A Swindon Town legend, Trollope holds the record for the number of league appearances made for one club - turning out for the Town in 770 games between 1960 and 1980, an achievement which...
MF		Joe Butler Joe Butler (footballer) Joseph 'Joe' Butler is a retired football Right Back best known for his spell at Swindon Town.-Newcastle United:...
CB		Mick Blick
CB		Stan Harland Stan Harland Stan Harland was an English football centre half.-Career:Born in Liverpool, Harland's football career began at local club New Brighton. It was from here that he attracted interest from Everton who signed him in 1959...
FW		Arthur Horsfield Arthur Horsfield Arthur Horsfield is a former football striker.He joined Middlesbrough as an apprentice - "I was in my local under eleven’s side at the age of nine, and Joe Soones, the Boro scout was the first one on the scene, knocking on my door and turning up at the matches." - and eventually made 111...
MF		Roger Smart Roger Smart Roger Smart is a retired football Inside Forward.He made his way from schoolboy teams to work up through the youth ranks at Swindon Town before making his début in the reserves in April 1960....
MF		John Smith John Smith (footballer) John Smith was a footballer, a West Ham Academy product who was born in Shoreditch, London. He made 136 appearances for the club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside right. He scored 23 goals for the east London club before being transferred to Tottenham Hotspur where he was one of...
FW		Peter Noble Peter Noble Peter Noble is a retired football forward.Noble began his career with Consett where he combined a career in painting and decorating with football...
FW		Don Rogers Don Rogers (footballer) Donald Rogers is an English former footballer who has often been seen as the most exciting player to pull on a Swindon Town shirt; his principal rival in this respect being Harold Fleming...
Substitutes:
None
Manager:
Fred Ford Fred Ford (football manager) Fred Ford is a former footballer and manager.Ford played for a number of clubs before becoming the manager of Bristol City in 1960, he had previously also coached the England B team and Under-23 side...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> A.S. ROMA: | GK   Alberto Ginulfi

Alberto Ginulfi

Alberto Ginulfi is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 12 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, Hellas Verona F.C. and ACF Fiorentina....

DF   Luciano Spinosi

Luciano Spinosi

Luciano Spinosi is an Italian former football coach and a former player.The clubs for which Spinosi played include A.S. Roma and Juventus F.C.. For the Italy national football team he totalled 22 caps, starting from November 19, 1969.Spinosi also played for Hellas Verona F.C., A.C. Milan and A.C...

DF   Francesco Scaratti

Francesco Scaratti

Francesco Scaratti is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 7 seasons in the Serie A for SPAL 1907, A.C. Mantova and A.S. Roma....

DF   Francesco Carpenetti

Francesco Carpenetti

Francesco Carpenetti is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 8 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and ACF Fiorentina.-External links:*...

DF   Aldo Bet

Aldo Bet

Aldo Bet is a retired Italian professional football player.-External links:*...

DF   Sergio Santarini

Sergio Santarini

Sergio Santarini is a retired Italian professional football player and coach.-External links:*...

MF   Joaquin Luca Peiró

Joaquín Peiró

Joaquín Peiró Lucas is a retired Spanish football attacking midfielder and manager....

FW   Fabio Enzo

Fabio Enzo

Fabio Enzo is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 4 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Hellas Verona F.C.-External links:*...

  FW   Fausto Landini

Fausto Landini

Fausto Landini is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. He currently manages the youth team of A.C. Sangiovannese 1927....

  MF   Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...

MF   Franco Cordova

Franco Cordova

Franco Cordova is a retired Italian professional football player.His career ended with a 1 year and 2 months ban from football in the Totonero 1980 match-fixing scandal.-Honours:* Serie A champion: 1965/66....

Substitutes: MF   Elvio Salvori

Elvio Salvori

Elvio Salvori is an Italian professional football coach and a former player who currently manages the youth team of U.S. Triestina Calcio....

  FW   Giorgio Braglia

Giorgio Braglia

Giorgio Braglia is a retired Italian professional football player.He played 7 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma, ACF Fiorentina, S.S.C. Napoli, A.C. Milan and U.S. Foggia....

  Manager:   Helenio Herrera

Helenio Herrera

Helenio Herrera Gavilán was a Franco-Argentine football player and manager.Although born in Argentina, Herrera's parents were both Spanish, his father being a well-known Spanish anarchist in exile...

For the second leg, Roma attempted to hold onto their lead with a defensive formation. It took Swindon five minutes to pull level on aggregate, when Arthur Horsfield

Arthur Horsfield

Arthur Horsfield is a former football striker.He joined Middlesbrough as an apprentice - "I was in my local under eleven’s side at the age of nine, and Joe Soones, the Boro scout was the first one on the scene, knocking on my door and turning up at the matches." - and eventually made 111...

 volleyed home a cross from John Smith. The game remained at 1-0 until the 70th minute, when Horsfield added his second and Don Rogers

Don Rogers (footballer)

Donald Rogers is an English former footballer who has often been seen as the most exciting player to pull on a Swindon Town shirt; his principal rival in this respect being Harold Fleming...

 scored the third two minutes later.

With Roma pushing forward to get back into the game, Horsfield completed his hat-trick in the 89th minute - meaning Swindon Town had won 4-0 on the night, and 5-2 on aggregate.

The gate receipts were reported as being £

£sd

£sd was the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies used in the Kingdom of England, later the United Kingdom, and ultimately in much of the British Empire...

8794.19s, equivalent to around £ nowadays.

Post game

Impressed with the competition and spirit of both fans and clubs, the Italian FA

Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio

The Italian Football Federation , also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy. It organises the Italian football league, Coppa Italia, Italian national football team, and the Italian women's national football team...

 organised another Anglo-Italian competition for later the same season.
This was to be the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup

1970 Anglo-Italian Cup

The 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup was the inaugural Anglo-Italian Cup competition. The European football competition was played between clubs from England and Italy and was founded by Gigi Peronace in 1970, following the success of the Anglo-Italian League Cup. The competition culminated in a final...

, a competition that Swindon Town won. A.S. Roma were later Anglo-Italian Cup champions in 1972.

External links

• Anglo-Italian League Cup 1969 at RSSSF
• Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners 1969/1970 - swindon-town-fc.co.uk

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