On This Day – 18th May

Real Madrid celebrate with the European Cup after winning the trophy for the fifth successive year: (standing, l-r) Luis Del Sol, Canario, Dominguez, Jose Santamaria, Marquitos, Alfredo Di Stefano, Francisco Gento, Ferenc Puskas, Enriqe Pachin; (squatting, l-r) Vidal, Jose Zarraga It was on this day in 1960 that the iconic European Cup Final between Real […]

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On This Day – 18th May

Alfredo Di Stefano before kick-off in the 1960 European Cup Final It was on this day 60 years ago that Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt in one of the great European Finals of all-time.Real won 7-3 at Hampden Park in Scotland in front of an enormous crowd of 127,621 to record their fifth successive European […]

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