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Texaco Cup

Overview: Texaco Cup
	P	Won	Drew	Lost	F	A	GD
Home	15	10	4	1	37	15	+22
Away	14	2	5	7	13	17	-4
Total	29	12	9	8	50	32	+28

In the four seasons Newcastle entered the Texaco Cup they won it twice (on successive occasions), beating Burnley in the 1974 final and Southampton in a two-legged final in 1975. On the other two occasions they reached the semi-finals and were only beaten after extra time in both.

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The competition was an official Football Association (FA) competition, with the original name of "International League Board Competition" however, as it was sponsored by American petrol giant Texaco it simply became known as the "Texaco Cup".

It involved clubs from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland which had not qualified for European competitions, a subsidiary aim being to forge stronger bonds between the four football associations of the United Kingdom.

It was however very short lived, with the two Irish Associations withdrawing from the competition in 1973-74 (from 1974 to 1975 competing in a separate 'Irish' Texaco Cup) and after the withdrawal of Texaco's sponsorship in 1975, it became the Anglo-Scottish Cup.

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Season: 1971-72 - Semi-Finalists
	Date	F	A	R	Opposition	Notes	Venue
Texaco Cup Season: 1971-72 - Semi-Finalists ^[1]Aggregate score 2-2 after extra time, Newcastle won 4-3 on penalties.
1	15/09/1971	0	1	L	Heart of Midlothian (Hearts)	First Round, First Leg	Tynecastle Park
2	28/09/1971	2	1	W	Heart of Midlothian (Hearts)	First Round, Second Leg^[1]	St James‘s Park
3	19/10/1971	1	1	D	Coventry City	Second Round, First Leg	Highfield Road
4	03/11/1971	5	1	W	Coventry City	Second Round, Second Leg	St James‘s Park
5	24/11/1971	0	1	L	Derby County	Semi-Final, First Leg	Baseball Ground
6	08/12/1971	2	3	L	Derby County	Semi-Final, Second Leg (aet)	St James‘s Park

Season 1972-73 - Semi-Finalists
	Date	F	A	R	Opposition	Notes	Venue
Texaco Cup Season: 1972-73 - Semi-Finalists
7	13/09/1972	0	0	D	Ayr United	First Round, First Leg	Somerset Park
8	27/09/1972	2	0	W	Ayr United	First Round, Second Leg	St James‘s Park
9	25/10/1972	1	2	L	West Bromwich Albion	Second Round, First Leg	The Hawthorns
10	08/11/1972	3	1	W	West Bromwich Albion	Second Round, Second Leg	St James‘s Park
11	14/03/1973	1	1	D	Ipswich Town	Semi-Final, First Leg	St James‘s Park
12	10/04/1973	0	1	L	Ipswich Town	Semi-Final, Second Leg (aet)	Portman Road

Season 1973-74 - Winners
	Date	F	A	R	Opposition	Notes	Venue
Texaco Cup Season: 1973-74 - Winners ^[1]Abandoned 10 minutes into extra-time due to bad light - see match report for details.
13	19/09/1973	2	1	W	Morton	Round 1, First Leg	Cappielow Park
14	01/10/1973	1	1	D	Morton	Round 1, Second Leg	St James‘s Park
15	23/10/1973	1	1	D	Birmingham City	Round 2, First Leg	St Andrew's
16	28/11/1973	1	1	A	Birmingham City	Round 2, Second Leg [Abandoned]^[1]	St James‘s Park
17	05/12/1973	3	1	W	Birmingham City	Round 2, Second Leg [Replay]	St James‘s Park
18	12/12/1973	0	2	L	Dundee United	Semi-Final, First Leg	Tannadice Park
19	19/12/1973	4	1	W	Dundee United	Semi-Final, Second Leg	St James‘s Park
20	24/04/1974	2	1	W	Burnley	Final (aet)	St James‘s Park

Season 1974-75 - Winners
	Date	F	A	R	Opposition	Notes	Venue
Texaco Cup Season: 1974-75 - Winners
21	03/08/1974	1	2	L	Sunderland	Group 4	Roker Park
22	06/08/1974	2	2	D	Carlisle United	Group 4	Brunton Park
23	10/08/1974	4	0	W	Middlesbrough	Group 4	St James‘s Park
24	18/09/1974	1	1	D	Aberdeen	Quarter-Final, First Leg	Pittodrie Park
25	02/10/1974	3	2	W	Aberdeen	Quarter-Final, Second Leg	St James‘s Park
26	23/10/1974	1	1	D	Birmingham City	Semi-Final, First Leg	St James‘s Park
27	06/11/1974	4	1	W	Birmingham City	Semi-Final, Second Leg	St Andrew's
28	27/11/1974	0	1	L	Southampton	Final, First Leg	The Dell
29	11/12/1974	3	0	W	Southampton	Final, Second Leg [aet]	St James‘s Park