Format
The six clubs invited to participate, and the European competitions they would have qualified for, were:
- Everton (Football League champions, European Cup)
- Manchester United (FA Cup winners, Cup Winners' Cup)
- Norwich City (League Cup winners, UEFA Cup)
- Liverpool (UEFA Cup)
- Tottenham Hotspur (UEFA Cup)
- Southampton (UEFA Cup)
To create a sufficient number of games, the teams played each other home and away in two groups of three teams, with three points awarded for a win and one point for a draw, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semi-finals. Both the semi-finals and the final were to be held over two legs, home and away, which was perhaps another factor which may have contributed to the competition's failure to attract much interest from the clubs participating, as the tournament did not offer the prospect of a day out at Wembley for the finalists.
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