1970–71 Texaco Cup

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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.^[1]

First round 1st leg[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

14 April 1971

19:30 BST

Hearts	1 – 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

Final 2nd leg[edit]

3 May 1971

19:30 BST

Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 – 1	Hearts

Molineux, Wolverhampton

Notes and references[edit]