When Swindon, another third division club, won the League Cup two years later the Anglo-Italian League Cup was organised as a way of compensating them for the ruling that prevented them competing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
Swindon's success in the League Cup two years later led to the creation of the Anglo-Italian League Cup as a way to rectify the situation where they were excluded from competing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.