[1][2] It was one of the first football competitions to receive sponsorship, taking the name of American petroleum company Texaco for £100,000, and was instituted to help promote Texaco's recent purchase of the Regent filling station chain.

[5] Crowds in the competition fell after the first few seasons,[6] and it became the Anglo-Scottish Cup from 1975 to 1976 after Texaco's sponsorship ended.

[7] For the first four seasons it was played as a straight knockout tournament, with sixteen clubs entered, all ties being two-legged.

For the final season of the competition, 16 English clubs played in groups before being joined in the knockout stages by four Scottish sides.

[8] Source:[9] NB Finals played over two legs except in 1973–74 Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers Airdrieonians, Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell Ards, Derry City Limerick, Shamrock Rovers Coventry City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Stoke City Airdrieonians, Dundee United, Falkirk, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell Ballymena United, Coleraine Shamrock Rovers, Waterford Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers Ayr United, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, St Johnstone Birmingham City, Burnley, Coventry City, Everton, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Sheffield United, Stoke City Ayr United, Dundee United, East Fife, Hearts, Morton, Motherwell, St Johnstone Birmingham City, Blackpool, Carlisle United, Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Oldham Athletic, Peterborough United, Sheffield United, Southampton, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United Aberdeen, Ayr United, Hearts, Rangers