Historical Results

[Talking Balls]

dont know whether this was rubbish but did I hear right that Juventus took their colours from Notts County after playing them in the anglo-italian cup?

They took their colours from Notts County, but it's nothing to do with the Anglo Italian cup.

 

[fcukcov]

and real madrid did the same with Leeds. Did they not?

 

[Talking Balls]

and real madrid did the same with Leeds. Did they not?

Leeds changed their colours to white in the sixties, to copy Real Madrid.

 

[fcukcov]

Leeds changed their colours to white in the sixties, to copy Real Madrid.[/QUOTE
oh if only it had brought them the same financial luck as Real. HA!

 

[Brauny Blue]

Fiorentina, AS Roma , and Napoli played in the Anglo Italian cup in the early seventies, before the competition changed to semi- pro sides.
Although no Serie A sides played in the 90's competition , teams like Brescia, Cremonese, and more so Genoa were decent outfits that probaly were above our equivilent standard of that time. Serie A was where most top players wanted to play in the late 80's and early 90's, and the Italian league had plenty of strength in depth.

 

[fcukcov]

Fiorentina, AS Roma , and Napoli played in the Anglo Italian cup in the early seventies, before the competition changed to semi- pro sides.
Although no Serie A sides played in the 90's competition , teams like Brescia, Cremonese, and more so Genoa were decent outfits that probaly were above our equivilent standard of that time. Serie A was where most top players wanted to play in the late 80's and early 90's, and the Italian league had plenty of strength in depth.

I was quite a big fan of Juventus in the late 90's. With Saturday morning channel 4 italian coverage and that bold guy whose on Eurosport all the time

 

[Talking Balls]

Fiorentina, AS Roma , and Napoli played in the Anglo Italian cup in the early seventies, before the competition changed to semi- pro sides.
Although no Serie A sides played in the 90's competition , teams like Brescia, Cremonese, and more so Genoa were decent outfits that probaly were above our equivilent standard of that time. Serie A was where most top players wanted to play in the late 80's and early 90's, and the Italian league had plenty of strength in depth.

But our top division teams played against them in the early seventies, so there were none of the mismatches you suggested.

 

[Talking Balls]

Can't remember the exact requirements for entering the Anglo Italian when it first started, it looks like it was mostly top division teams involved, but it was won by Swindon in 1970, I think they were a third division team at the time but they beat Napoli 3-0 in the final.

 

[Talking Balls]

Anglo Italian cup 1972:

Cagliari 1-0 Leicester
Atalanta 5-3 Leicester
Leicester 2-1 Cagliari
Leicester 6-0 Atalanta

 

[Brauny Blue]

I didn't refer to mismatches in the 70's, just stating that big clubs have played in this cup . Genoa v P vale in the 90's was a mismatch IMO and the standard of their 2nd division to ours was superior.

 

[fcukcov]

Anglo Italian cup 1972:

Atalanta 5-3 Leicester
Leicester 6-0 Atalanta

now thats what you call a turn around. Were the games played in a mini league i.e. as the world cup/champions league is today before the knockout stages then?

 

[Steven]

I was quite a big fan of Juventus in the late 90's. With Saturday morning channel 4 italian coverage and that bold guy whose on Eurosport all the time

James Richardson.

 

[Talking Balls]

I didn't refer to mismatches in the 70's, just stating that big clubs have played in this cup . Genoa v P vale in the 90's was a mismatch IMO and the standard of their 2nd division to ours was superior.

Any mismatches there were appear to mainly favour the English teams.
For example Blackpool beat Vicenza 10-0 in one of the early competitions.


Port Vale v Genoa wasn't really much of a mismatch, Port Vale were a decent team at the time, and Genoa weren't. They drew in the group stages of the competition.

Don't know why you think Serie B is a good league, I don't think it's ever been that good.

 

[Talking Balls]

now thats what you call a turn around. Were the games played in a mini league i.e. as the world cup/champions league is today before the knockout stages then?

At that time each team played two home and two away matches, and there were league tables for each country. The top team from each country played in the final.

 

[Brauny Blue]

Any mismatches there were appear to mainly favour the English teams.
For example Blackpool beat Vicenza 10-0 in one of the early competitions.


Port Vale v Genoa wasn't really much of a mismatch, Port Vale were a decent team at the time, and Genoa weren't. They drew in the group stages of the competition.

Don't know why you think Serie B is a good league, I don't think it's ever been that good.

Genoa 5 P Vale 2.

Italian sides triumphed 3-1 in the 90's.

IMO Serie B had the edge over our teams . Did i say that Serie B was a good league?

 

[Talking Balls]

Italian sides triumphed 3-1 in the 90's.

IMO Serie B had the edge over our teams .

It was a cup competition, where any team can win with a bit of luck, so the 3-1 statistic isn't very reliable. You'd get a better idea by looking at the results of the teams in the group stages. In the four years the competition ran in the nineties, the English teams had a better record than the Italians.

Did i say that Serie B was a good league?

You said it was better than our second tier, but I don't think there's evidence to support that, certainly not based on results between the teams.

 

[bocadillo]

Leeds changed their colours to white in the sixties, to copy Real Madrid.

oh if only it had brought them the same financial luck as Real. HA!

I think Real's debts are probably far greater than those of Leeds. It's just that some clubs can get away with it!

 

[spenno]

Cheers for the help. I have to say, that Soccerbase website is a bit impressive!

I reckon it must have been that 1990/1991 game - making my first Leicester game 22nd September 1990.

Thanks again!

 

[bocadillo]

Cheers for the help. I have to say, that Soccerbase website is a bit impressive!

I'm less impressed with the fact that it has taken until now for you to find it!!

 

[Brauny Blue]

It was a cup competition, where any team can win with a bit of luck, so the 3-1 statistic isn't very reliable. You'd get a better idea by looking at the results of the teams in the group stages. In the four years the competition ran in the nineties, the English teams had a better record than the Italians.



You said it was better than our second tier, but I don't think there's evidence to support that, certainly not based on results between the teams.

IMO there was no fluke about the Italians coming out better, and of the matches that i viewed from the finals they were in general the better teams. I standby my view that they had the edge over us.