1972–73 Texaco Cup

Football tournament season

1972–73 Texaco Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Scotland
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Ipswich Town
Runner-up	Norwich City
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Texaco Cup was the third edition of the tournament sponsored by Texaco. It was won by Ipswich Town, who beat Norwich City in a two-legged final by 4–2 on aggregate.^[1]^[2]

First round 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Coventry City	3–3	Motherwell	12 September 1972
Ipswich Town	4–2	St Johnstone	12 September 1972
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	Kilmarnock	12 September 1972
Ayr United	0–0	Newcastle United	13 September 1972
Dundee	2–1	Norwich City	13 September 1972
Hearts	1–0	Crystal Palace	13 September 1972
Leicester City	1–1	Dundee United	13 September 1972
Sheffield United	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	19 September 1972

First round 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Crystal Palace	0–1	Hearts	26 September 1972
Kilmarnock	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26 September 1972
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Sheffield United	26 September 1972
Dundee United	2–2	Leicester City	27 September 1972
Motherwell	1–0	Coventry City	27 September 1972
Newcastle United	2–0	Ayr United	27 September 1972
Norwich City	2–0	Dundee	27 September 1972
St Johnstone	0–2	Ipswich Town	27 September 1972

Quarter-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Hearts	0–0	Motherwell	16 October 1972
Ipswich Town	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24 October 1972
Leicester City	2–0	Norwich City	24 October 1972
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Newcastle United	25 October 1972

Quarter-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Ipswich Town	7 November 1972
Motherwell	4–2	Hearts	8 November 1972
Newcastle United	3–1	West Bromwich Albion	8 November 1972
Norwich City	2–0	Leicester City	8 November 1972

Semi-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Newcastle United	1–1	Ipswich Town	14 March 1973
Norwich City	2–0	Motherwell	14 March 1973

Semi-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Motherwell	3–2	Norwich City	21 March 1973
Ipswich Town	1–0	Newcastle United	10 April 1973

Final 1st leg

4 May 1973

19:30 BST

Ipswich Town	2–1	Norwich City
Peter Morris ,		Clive Payne

Portman Road, Ipswich

Final 2nd leg

7 May 1973

19:30 BST

Norwich City	1–2	Ipswich Town
David Cross		Trevor Whymark Clive Woods

Carrow Road, Norwich

Notes and references

^ "Ipswich Town and Norwich City derby day nostalgia: Texaco Cup Final, 1973". Ipswich Star. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
^ Anglo-Scottish Cup & Texaco Cup - Full Results, RSSSF

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