Nottingham Forest won the first of two consecutive European Cups on this day in 1979, beating Swedish side Malmo 1-0.The only goal of the game was scored by Trevor Francis, who had only joined Forest just a few months earlier from Birmingham City. He cost £1 million and became the first British player to fetch […]
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On This Day – 27th May
Liverpool lifted the European Cup for the third time in their history on this day in 1981, defeating Real Madrid 1-0 in Paris. An Alan Kennedy goal eight minutes from time was enough to give Liverpool their third European Cup triumph in five seasons. The previous two European Cups were won by Nottingham Forest and […]
On This Day – 25th May
It was on this day in 1967 that Celtic Football Club became the first British club to lift the European Cup. They beat Italian side Inter Milan 2-1 in Lisbon to claim a place in the record books. Things didn’t start too brightly for Jock Stein’s men when Jim Craig fouled Inter striker Renato Cappellini […]
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 […]
On This Day – 10th May
It was on this day in 1978 that Liverpool retained the European Cup, beating Brugge in the Final at Wembley Stadium. A goal in the 64th minute goal from Kenny Dalglish was enough to secure victory. The Scot ran through the Brugge defence to get on the end of a wonderful through ball from Graeme […]
On This Day – 30th May
Bruce Grobbelaar showed the world on this day back in 1984 that even in highly pressured situations he can still clown around.Liverpool were playing against Roma in the European Cup Final in the Italian sides own stadium. The game had finished 1-1 after extra time and gone to penalties. Liverpool’s Steve Nicol took the first […]
On This Day – 29th May
ir Matt Busby with some of his United players at the final whistle Manchester United beat Benfica at Wembley on this day back in 1968 to lift the European Cup for the first time.Not even the most ardent fan of Manchester City or any other of United’s rivals could have begrudged Manchester United of this […]
On This Day – 28th May
Nottingham Forest retained the European Cup on this day back in 1980, beating West German side Hamburg 1-0 in the Final in Madrid.A single goal from Scottish winger John Robertson after 20 minutes was enough to separate the sides. Hamburg were a tough opponent. and had Englishman Kevin Keegan in their side. Nottingham Forest had […]
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 – 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 […]