‘European Cup’ Archives
When Celtic were great: 1969-70
This is a fabulous clip from "The Beautiful Game", an stv football documentary series. This is a clip from an episode that featured celtic and concentrates on 1970. Interviews with David Hay, Jimmy Johnstone and Tommy Gemmell and footage from the epic 1970 European Cup run. The 1970 European Cup Final was held at the San Siro, Milan, on 6th [...]
Football was better in the past: 1974-75
Dave Mackay, and not Brian Clough as many wrongly believe, guided Derby County to their second league title in the space of four years. Can you imagine in modern times a provincial team like Derby overcoming strong competition from Liverpool, Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Manchester City, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough in a title race [...]
Matches of the decade: Liverpool 3 – 3 Milan (2005)
Half-time analysis: "I'm no footballing expert but it seems to me that the team in white are playing better than the team in red." "Liverpool are predictable even on the biggest occasions. I mean, who'd have thought Harry Kewell would go off injured when they went a goal down? Eh? All we need now is Stephen Gerrard to ping lots of 50-yard [...]
(Worst) matches of the decade: Juventus 0 – 0 A C Milan (2003)
The 2003 Champions League Final was a shocker, contested by two Italian teams in the shape of Juventus and Milan, making history as the first time that two clubs from Italy had faced each other in the final. It was also the second one-nation final, following the Real Madrid v Valencia match in 2000. Milan won the match via a penalty shootout after [...]
Champions League lowlights, December 8th and 9th
Another round of fixtures out of the way, we'll soon clear out the trash and get down to business. The image of the evening: Beşiktaş fans show what they think of Thierry Henry-loving ref Martin Hansson before their match against CSKA Moscow, which they would lose, no thanks to the ref, probably. Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Manchester United [...]
Same old Madrid, always…
... insert verb of choice here. What a bunch of bastards this team has always been. Behaving with a total lack of honour is nothing new for the buggers in white, going back to the days of fascist scumbag Franco and his backing of Real over their rivals Barça. During the 1950s, the rivalry intensified when the clubs disputed the signing of [...]
Man Utd European Cup wins
OK, so not as many as the scouse buggers, but let's face it, that's all they've got left to cling on to these days. 1968: Man Utd 4-1 Benfica British rule extended into a second season in 1967/68, as Manchester United marked the tenth anniversary of the Munich air tragedy by lifting the European Champion Clubs' Cup against Benfica in London. [...]
Barça European Cup wins
OK, so not as many as there should be and nowhere near the number achieved by the buggers in white, but here are the two wins thus far for the pride of Spain. 1992: Barcelona 1-0 Sampdoria The 1991-92 seasonof the European Cup was won for the first time by Barcelona after extra time in the final against Sampdoria. These were the days when [...]
European Cup night: May 30th, 1984
My view of the action from the 2005 Final: Living in Istanbul, I was lucky enough to go to the 2005 Champion’s League Final. Here's your chance to relive the night in 1984 when Liverpool won their fourth European Cup. John Peel can barely keep it together, and I think it was a good job that he had rhythm pal Jensen in the studio with [...]
Champions League semi-final first-leg: Barcelona 0 – 0 Chelsea
Barça's players and president have condemned Guus Hiddink's tactics and the ref while Hiddink himself hailed the brilliant Peter Cech for saving the game for Chelsea. Guus Hiddink’s side stifled Barcelona during the first half at the Nou Camp, Drogba going the closest after a Marquez error with Valdes saving well. Barça continued to dominate [...]
