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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Alternative Football History Part IX – Only Liverpool banned from Europe! 1989/90
Tony Adams, Steve Bould and David O’Leary (l-r) celebrate winning the 1988/89 league championship. Arsenal qualified for the European Cup the following season This is the fifth and final season of this particular ‘Alternative Football History’ in which I write about what would have happened if only Liverpool were banned from European football in the […]
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Heroes & Villains – Newport County
Heroes – The European Cup Winners Cup team of 1980/81Newport County reached the First Round of the FA Cup, the Second Round of the League Cup and finished 12th in the Third Division. This will not be what their fans will remember from this season though. The club reached the Quarter Finals of the European […]
Alternative Football History Part IX – Only Liverpool banned from Europe! 1988/89
Luton Town’s Mick Harford, who singled out Napoli’s Diego Maradona in the semi final of the UEFA Cup Following on from the three earlier articles in this series, I am writing a fictional piece on what would have happened if only Liverpool were banned from European football in the 1980’s.Many English teams missed out on […]
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On This Day – 29th September
Chelsea recorded their biggest ever win on this day back in 1971, beating Jeunesse Hautcharage of Luxembourg 13-0 at Stamford Bridge.The game took place in the First Round of the European Cup Winners Cup, with Chelsea entering the competition as holders after beating real Madrid in the final in the May of that year. The […]
On This Day – 15th September
Two British clubs recorded their highest ever victory on this day and six years apart. Both Derby County and Swansea City won 12-0 in European ties, Derby’s win coming in 1976 and Swansea’s in 1982. Derby drew Finn Harps from the Republic of Ireland in the first round of the UEFA Cup. County hadn’t won […]
Alternative Football History Part IX – Only Liverpool banned from Europe!
“Get down to the Manor Ground Marty, I hear there’s European football being played down there. It won’t happen again, so be quick!” Following on from last week’s article about what could have happened all English clubs except Liverpool were still allowed to enter European competitions in the late 80’s, this time I have written […]
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Alternative Football History Part IX – Only Liverpool banned from Europe!
“You’d best get this on film Marty, I can’t see Oxford getting back into Europe any time soon!” I’ve been trying to think of a subject matter for this series for a while and have finally come up with one. It is an idea that came from a terrible tragedy but something that even now […]
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Iconic Moments in Football No.44
This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1995 European Cup Winners Cup Final between Arsenal and Real Zaragoza. Yes, I’ve bitten the proverbial bullet and will write about a goal that beat Arsenal in a major final! Arsenal were the holders, having beaten Parma 1-0 the previous season in Copenhagen. They were the favourites to […]
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 […]