Anglo-Italian Cup - Participants

Participants

For the original professional tournament the English entrants were either First Division or Second Division sides, with the First Division sides generally being those teams who had just finished in the lower half of the table, whilst the Second Division sides were generally mid-table or better. When the competition was revived in the 1990s, for the first two seasons all English sides playing in the First Division (2nd level) participated, but in the last two tournaments only 8 English teams played. In 1994/95 the teams playing were two of the relegated clubs from the Premiership and six teams that had just missed out on promotion, but for 1995/96 only one of the teams that had been relegated played, and the remaining teams had generally finished mid to low table in the previous First Division campaign, with the exception of Birmingham City, who had just been promoted from the Second Division.

With the exception of Bari and Como in 1973, all Italian teams playing in the 1970s tournament had just competed in the previous Serie A season, and were often mid-table or higher finishers who had sometimes also qualified for the European competitions. The Italian participants in the revived 1990s tournament were the four teams that had just been relegated from Serie A and the four teams that had finished highest but not been promoted in Serie B. The exception to this was Verona, who were relegated in 1991/92, but did not play in the 1992/93 cup.