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manchester united
Anglo Italian tournament records
A List of Seasons in which Manchester United entered the
Anglo Italian Tournament
Click on season
for match breakdown
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Initiated
in 1969 as a contest for English and Italian league teams; its
primary objective was to reward Swindon Town, who had won the
English League Cup in 1969 but as a third division club were not
allowed to enter the Fairs' Cup. In the first seasons there were two
separate tournaments, one involving half a dozen teams from either
country and known as Gigi Peronace Memorial,
the other a direct playoff between the winners of the Coppa Italia
and the English League Cup (1969-71) or FA Cup (1975-76) and known
as Anglo-Italian
League Cup.
Both tournaments disappeared after a handful of editions through
lack of interest and disciplinary problems surrounding the event;
the Gigi Peronace Memorial was later continued as a
competition between semi-professional teams from both countries for
a little over a decade. Another interruption followed until it was
revived again in 1992/93 and played between minor full-professional
sides, with finals always played at Wembley Stadium, London. It
seems to have been abandoned again after four more editions. |
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