1971–72 Texaco Cup

1971–72 Texaco Cup
Tournament details
Country	England ; Scotland ; Northern Ireland ; Ireland
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Derby County
Runner-up	Airdrieonians
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Texaco Cup was the second edition of the tournament sponsored by Texaco. It was won by Derby County, who beat Airdrieonians in a two-legged final by 2–1 on aggregate.^[1]

First round 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Falkirk	1–0	Coventry City	14 September 1971
Ballymena United	3–2	Waterford	15 September 1971
Derby County	6–2	Dundee United	15 September 1971
Hearts	1–0	Newcastle United	15 September 1971
Huddersfield Town	1–0	Morton	15 September 1971
Manchester City	2–2	Airdrieonians	15 September 1971
Motherwell	0–1	Stoke City	15 September 1971
Shamrock Rovers	5–1	Coleraine	15 September 1971

First round 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Morton	1–1	Huddersfield Town	27 September 1971
Airdrieonians	2–0	Manchester City	27 September 1971
Coventry City	3–0	Falkirk	28 September 1971
Newcastle United	2–1	Hearts	28 September 1971
Coleraine	0–3	Shamrock Rovers	29 September 1971
Dundee United	3–2	Derby County	29 September 1971
Stoke City	4–1	Motherwell	29 September 1971
Waterford	3–3	Ballymena United	30 September 1971

Quarter-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Coventry City	1–1	Newcastle United	19 October 1971
Huddersfield Town	1–2	Airdrieonians	19 October 1971
Ballymena United	4–1	Shamrock Rovers	20 October 1971
Derby County	3–2	Stoke City	20 October 1971

Quarter-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Airdrieonians	5–1	Huddersfield Town	3 November 1971
Newcastle United	5–1	Coventry City	3 November 1971
Shamrock Rovers	1–1	Ballymena United	3 November 1971
Stoke City	1–1	Derby County	3 November 1971

Semi-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Ballymena United	0–3	Airdrieonians	24 November 1971
Derby County	1–0	Newcastle United	24 November 1971

Semi-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Airdrieonians	4–3	Ballymena United	8 December 1971
Newcastle United	2–4	Derby County	8 December 1971

Final 1st leg

26 January 1972

19:30 BST

Airdrieonians	0 – 0	Derby County
	Report

Broomfield Park, Airdrie

Attendance: 16,000

Final 2nd leg

26 April 1972