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Football tournament season

1970–71 Texaco Cup
Tournament details
Country	England Scotland Northern Ireland Ireland
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Runner-up	Heart of Midlothian
1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Texaco Cup was the first edition of the tournament sponsored by Texaco. It was won by Wolverhampton Wanderers, who beat Hearts in a two-legged final by 3–2 on aggregate.

First round 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Limerick	1–0	Derry City	14 September 1970
Morton	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	14 September 1970
Nottingham Forest	2–2	Airdrieonians	14 September 1970
Burnley	3–1	Hearts	15 September 1970
Dundee	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16 September 1970
Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Dunfermline Athletic	16 September 1970
Ards	1–4	Shamrock Rovers	17 September 1970
Motherwell	1–0	Stoke City	17 September 1970

First round 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Airdrieonians	2–2	Nottingham Forest	28 September 1970
Dunfermline Athletic	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	29 September 1970
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Dundee	29 September 1970
Hearts	4–1	Burnley	30 September 1970
Shamrock Rovers	2–3	Ards	30 September 1970
Stoke City	2–1	Motherwell	30 September 1970
West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Morton	30 September 1970
Derry City	4–2	Limerick	1 October 1970

Quarter-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Airdrieonians	0–5	Hearts	19 October 1970
Derry City	4–0	Shamrock Rovers	21 October 1970
Morton	0–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21 October 1970
Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Motherwell	21 October 1970

Quarter-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Motherwell	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	3 November 1970
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Morton	3 November 1970
Hearts	2–3	Airdrieonians	4 November 1970
Shamrock Rovers	3–1	Derry City	4 November 1970

Semi-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Derry City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 December 1970
Hearts	1–1	Motherwell	16 December 1970

Semi-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Motherwell	1–2	Hearts	3 March 1971
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Derry City	23 March 1971

Final 1st leg

14 April 197119:30 BST

Hearts	1 – 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Final 2nd leg

3 May 197119:30 BST

Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 – 1	Hearts

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Notes and references

Anglo-Scottish Cup & Texaco Cup - Full Results, RSSSF

1970–71 in English football

« 1969–70 1971–72 »

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (One, Two, Three) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Hull City Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Watford
Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Port Vale Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Brentford Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington York City

v t e 1970–71 in Scottish football
« 1969–70 1971–72 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Cowdenbeath Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

v t e 1970–71 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Gold Cup City Cup Ulster Cup County Antrim Shield
All-Ireland competitions	Blaxnit Cup
Other competitions	Texaco Cup
European competitions	European Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	British Home Championship UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 4)

v t e Texaco Cup and Anglo-Scottish Cup
Competitions	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81

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