Tottenham Hotspur became the first British club to win a European competition on this day in 1963 as they thumped Athletico Madrid 5-1 in Rotterdam to lift the European Cup Winners Cup. Jimmy Greaves opened the scoring after 16 minutes, volleying in a cross from Cliff Jones. John White then added Spurs’ second on 35 […]
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On This Day – 5th January
The match report from Coventry’s impressive 5-1 win over Lincoln City in the final Third Round tie to be played in the 1962/63 season Only three of the 32 FA Cup Third Round ties went ahead on this day back in 1963 as ‘The Big Freeze’ took hold across the United Kingdom. Sunderland won 4-1 at Deepdale […]
On This Day – 25th September
Ipswich Town played their first home game in the European Cup on this day, hammering Floriana of Malta 10-0 in the Preliminary Round Second Leg.The tie was effectively over in the first leg, with Ipswich winning 4-1 in Malta. A crowd of 25,287 came to Portman Road for the second leg to witness their club’s […]
On This Day – 22nd May
AC Milan won their first European Cup on this day back in 1963. They beat Portuguese side Benfica in the Final at Wembley Stadium, coming from a goal down to win 2-1.AC Milan beat Union Luxembourg, Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Dundee to get to the Final and scored an amazing 31 times in those 8 […]
On This Day – 15th May
Tottenham Hotspur became the first British club to win a European competition on this day back in 1963.They beat Athletico Madrid 5-1 at the to win the European Cup Winners Cup. Jimmy Greaves and Terry Dyson both scored twice and John White scored the fifth. The result was all the more impressive considering that Athletico […]