1973–74 Texaco Cup

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1973–74 Texaco Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Scotland
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Newcastle United
Runner-up	Burnley
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Texaco Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament sponsored by Texaco. It was won by Newcastle United, who beat Burnley 2–1 in the only match in the final this season.^[1]

First round 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Burnley	7–0	East Fife	18 September 1973
Everton	0–1	Hearts	18 September 1973
Sheffield United	0–0	Dundee United	18 September 1973
Ayr United	1–1	Leicester City	19 September 1973
Morton	1–2	Newcastle United	19 September 1973
St Johnstone	0–2	Norwich City	19 September 1973
Stoke City	0–0	Birmingham City	19 September 1973
Coventry City	0–1	Motherwell	25 September 1973

First round 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Newcastle United	1–1	Morton	1 October 1973
Birmingham City	0–0	Stoke City	3 October 1973
Dundee United	2–0	Sheffield United	3 October 1973
East Fife	2–3	Burnley	3 October 1973
Hearts	0–0	Everton	3 October 1973
Leicester City	2–0	Ayr United	3 October 1973
Motherwell	3–2	Coventry City	3 October 1973
Norwich City	1–0	St Johnstone	3 October 1973

Quarter-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Birmingham City	1–1	Newcastle United	22 October 1973
Norwich City	2–0	Motherwell	23 October 1973
Hearts	0–3	Burnley	24 October 1973
Leicester City	1–1	Dundee United	24 October 1973

Quarter-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Burnley	5–0	Hearts	6 November 1973
Motherwell	0–1	Norwich City	6 November 1973
Dundee United	1–0	Leicester City	7 November 1973
Newcastle United	3–1	Birmingham City	5 December 1973

Semi-finals 1st leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Burnley	2–0	Norwich City	27 November 1973
Dundee United	2–0	Newcastle United	12 December 1973

Semi-finals 2nd leg

Home team	Result	Away team	Date
Norwich City	2–3	Burnley	12 December 1973
Newcastle United	4–1	Dundee United	19 December 1973

Final

24 April 1974

19:30 BST

Newcastle United	2 – 1	Burnley
	Report

St James' Park, Newcastle Upon-Tyne

Attendance: 34,540

Notes and references

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

1973–74 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (One, Two) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior 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 (Premier, One, Two) 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 Birmingham City Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Crystal Palace Fulham Hull City Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Orient Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion
Third Division	Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southend United Southport Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Workington

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) 1974 FIFA World Cup British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer