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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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Jubilant Norwich City fans in Munich Norwich City recorded their most famous win in their history on this day back in 1993, beating the mighty Bayern Munich 2-1 in the UEFA Cup. Jeremy Goss scored a fantastic scissor kick volley from the edge of the penalty area to open the scoring on 13 minutes. This […]
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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Such football legends as George Best, Thierry Henry, Diego Maradona, George Weah and Zinedine Zidane have all featured in this weekly feature. This week’s ‘Greatest Goal’ comes from Norwich City’s Jeremy Goss but would have been a goal worthy of any of the players listed above. Norwich City performed admirably in the inaugural Premier League […]
Liverpool returned to European football on this day back in 1991, ended a six-year ban imposed on English clubs from European competitions. Liverpool for an extra year for their part to play in the Heysel Disaster. Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Cup after finishing as runners-up behind Arsenal the previous season and were drawn against […]
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 […]
“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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“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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