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Zico of Brazil battles with Claudio Gentile during Italy’s 3-2 win in the 1982 World Cup.
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Memories in Black & White No.1
The F.A. Cup Final of 1927 was the only occasion that a non-English team won the trophy. Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0 in the Final thanks to a goal from Hughie Ferguson.
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Cardiff take the Cup to Wales Photo story
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Arsenal 7 Dunfermline 3? That was Quiz Ball! The BBC game show that players loved
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World Cup Review Memorable moments from world football’s premier extravaganza
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1967 - Celtic’s Return Photo feature. The Lisbon Lions return with the European Cup
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The Programme Collector Keeping your old matchday magazines can lead to fun and profit
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Dancing in the Streets The story of Raith Rovers’ European Adventure
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Profile: Pat Jennings Northern Ireland’s gentle giant
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One City, One Team A look at the Europa League’s predecessor, the Inter City Fairs Cup
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Dodgy 70s Haircut Competition Win a CD of Computer Games and
Ask The Editor How many times was the World Cup trophy stolen?
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Archie Gemmill’s Wonder Goal Photo story
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Arsenal 7 Dunfermline 3? That was Quiz Ball! Some of the people reading this magazine might remember ‘Quiz Ball’. It was screened on BBC TV in the early evening between 1966 and 1972, in the early evening. The original presenter-cum-referee was the popular David Vine, although Stuart Hall took over for the later episodes. The format was simple, professional football clubs were represented by three players or officials plus a well known guest supporter. Each week saw a new match with new teams, the winners going forward to the next round. There were four ways to score a goal: Answer four easy questions correctly or answer three medium questions or two difficult ones... or one really hard one. Your opponents could ‘tackle’ you by answering your question. If they were correct they gained possession of the ball. but if they were wrong it was a goal to the team whose question it originally was. However, no tackle could be made on route 1 - the hard question. The electronic scoreboard - quite high-tech at the time - is shown in the picture behind David Vine. it lit up to show which route was being taken, and every goal was greeted as if it was an FA Cup Final winner! Quiz Ball Finals were as follows: 1966-1967 Arsenal 7 Dunfermline Athletic 3 1967-1968 Nottingham Forest 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 1969-1970 Celtic 3 Hearts 1 1970 (Special Champions Series) Celtic 7 Everton 5 1970-1971 Derby County 4 Crystal Palace 2 1971-1972 Dunfermline Athletic 3 Leicester City 1 Guest supporters included radio presenter Jimmy Young for Arsenal, comedian Tommy Trinder (Fulham), gardener Percy Thrower (West Bromwich Albion), cricketer Brian Close (Leeds), television actor Sam Kydd (Chelsea), ‘Upstairs Downstairs’ star Gordon Jackson (Dunfermline Athletic), disc jockey Pete Murray (Fulham), ‘Mastermind’ question master Magnus Magnusson (Kilmarnock), boxing commentator Harry Carpenter (Fulham), Dad’s Army’s ‘Fraser’ John Laurie (who was ‘doomed to failure’ with Dundee in 1969 as they lost 3-1 to Arsenal) and Jon Pertwee of Dr Who and Worzel Gummidge fame who represented Dunfermline Athletic in the 1971 Final. Alex Ferguson - now the legendary boss of Manchester United - represented Falkirk in 1970, scoring in the 1-0 win over Huddersfield. He scored again in the semi final but the Bairns lost 2-1 to Everton, In 1969 Arsenal were represented by their manager Bertie Mee, whilst Gunners’ players Bob Wilson and Terry Neill, Ian Ure all appeared in earlier seasons. Do you think Quiz Ball should make a return to TV?... email us at retrofootball@btinternet.com
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World Cup Review
Memorable Moments from the World’s Premier Football Extravaganza
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Mexico 1970 For the first time the World Cup was televised in colour around the planet and tens of millions watched spellbound as Brazil added brilliance to the glittering spectacle with a glorious exhibition of attacking football that deservedly saw them become world champions for the third time. After Pele’s bitter experience in England - where he was literally kicked out of the 1966 tournament - he had threatened not to take part in Mexico 1970, but eventually did, as part of a team rich in forward talent. Brazil’s front five of Jairzinho, Pele, Gerson, Tostao and Rivelino made an almost unstoppable strike force. The tough conditions facing the players - intense heat and high altitude - were made worse by the decision to stage matches at midday to suit European television schedules. It was the first finals where there were two substitutes allowed per team, red and yellow cards for the referees and the white-and-black decked ‘Telstar’ football made their debut. Controversy surrounded England captain Bobby Moore before the tournment when he was detained by the Colombian authorities in Bogota after being falsely accused of stealing a bracelet. The highlight of the first round was the meeting of holders England and champions-elect Brazil. The match will be best remembered for the most famous save in FIFA World Cup history, Gordon Banks somehow stopping Pele's goal-bound header by saving the ball at the bottom corner and guiding it back up over the crossbar. A sole goal by Jairzinho won the game and the Brazilian went on to make history by scoring in every round. There were promising showings by unfancied Israel, who only qualified after North Korea refused to play them,as they held much-fancied Italy 0-0 in their opening match.Morocco led Peter Bonetti can’t stop Gerd Muller scoring for West Germany in their 3-2 against West Germany before win over England in the 1970 World Cup Quarter Final in Leon. eventually succumbing to Gerd Muller's late decider, the first of ten goals he would score on his way to winning the coveted Golden Shoe award as the tournament’s top scorer. Muller went on to hit successive hat-tricks against Bulgaria and Peru, before his extra-time strike decided a dramatic quarter-final against England. West Germany trailed 2-0 with just 23 minutes remaining in Leon before Franz Beckenbauer and Uwe Seeler brought them level. Ironically Geoff Hurst, who had scored the controversial goal against West Germany in the Final four years earlier, then had an effort disallowed before Muller's match-winning volley put Helmut Schoen's men into the semi-finals. An epic semi-final against Italy followed, with Karl-Heinz Schnellinger's 90th-minute goal levelling things at 1-1 and forcing an extra time period which saw a previously unprecedented flood of five goals, including another two for Muller, before Italy won through by 4-3. Gianni Rivera netted the winner against their West German opponents whose captain Beckenbauer played on with a dislocated shoulder. While the West Germans would eventually take third place, Italy went into the final against Brazil, who had beaten Uruguay 3-1 in the semis. The Italians were the clear underdogs. On the day it was Pele, seeking his third winner's medal, whose powerful header opened the scoring in the Final and although Boninsegna equalised for the Azzuri before half time, Gerson, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto scored in the second period and Brazil were crowned the world champions in front of a crowd of 107,412 in Mexico City’s Aztec Stadium. Even the partisan Italian press admitted Italy "were beaten by the best footballers in the world". The Brazilians' 4-1 Final triumph over Italy gave them the right to keep the Jules Rimet Cup and provided 6 the perfect farewell for Pele after appearing in four World Cup tournaments.
USA 1994 This was the tournament that saw the end of Diego Maradona's World Cup career, when the Argentinian was was expelled from the competition after failing a drug test which uncovered ephedrine, a weight loss drug, in his blood. Colombia, despite high expectations due to their style and impressive qualifying campaign, were disappointing and failed to qualify for the second stage. The team was supposedly dogged by influence from betting syndicates and drug cartels, with coach Francisco Maturana receiving death threats over squad selection. Their defender Andrés Escobar was the tragic face of this tournament, as in the group stage match against the United States, he scored an own goal which eliminated his team 2-1. Escobar was shot to death outside a bar in a Medellín suburb only 10 days after the match, apparently in punishment for the own goal. On the field, the biggest surprise of the tournament was Bulgaria - who had previously never won a match in the finals - but, led by Hristo Stoichkov, who ended the tournament as joint top scorer with six goals, they made a surprising run winning two of their three group matches to qualify for the second round, where they advanced with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Mexico. Bulgaria then beat the reigning world champions, Germany, in the quarter-finals by 2-1.Bulgaria finished fourth, after losing to Italy (2-1) in the semi-finals and 4-0 to Sweden in the play off for third and fourth place. Hosts United States advanced to the second round as one of the best third-place teams. They played Brazil and, despite a 1-0 defeat, the USA's performance was hailed as a great success. Brazil's win over the USA helped take them to the final against Italy. While Brazil's path was relatively smooth as they defeated the Netherlands in the quarter-finals and Sweden in the semis, the Italians had made hard work of reaching the final game. Italy struggled and narrowly advanced to the next round, despite losing 1-0 to the Republic of Ireland. During the Round of 16 match against Nigeria, Italy trailed 1-0 in the dying minutes when Roberto Baggio scored the equalizer forcing the game into extra time, during which, he scored again with a penalty kick to send Italy through. Baggio carried the Italians from there, scoring the winning goal in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Spain, and both goals in Italy's 2-1 semi-final victory over Bulgaria. The final match in front of 94,000 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena was tense but had few scoring chances. Despite FIFA’s strategies to encourage attacking play, both teams failed to produce a goal. After two hours of goalless football, the World Cup was decided for the first time by a penalty shoot-out. After four rounds, Brazil led 3-2, and Baggio, who had been playing in spite of injury, had to score to keep Italy's hopes alive. He missed, shooting the ball over the bar, and Brazil were again crowned champions.
Roberto Baggio was the cornerstone of Italy’s team during the 1994 tournament scoring five goals as the Azzuri reached the Final. However Baggio was one of three Italians to miss his shot in the penalty shootout to hand Brazil the trophy after a goalless draw.
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Argentina 1978 Argentina was the destination of the sixteen teams competing in 11th World Cup. After their country lost out in the bid to host the 1970 tournament, the Argentinians witnessed their team become the fifth host nation - after Uruguay, Italy, England and West Germany - to win the trophy in their own backyard. Poland won Group 2 ahead of world champions and much-fancied West Germany, after holding them to a goalless draw and then beating Tunisia and Mexico. West Germany could only manage goalless draw against Tunisia, before redeeming themselves with a 6-0 thrashing of Mexico, who had already suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Tunisia in their opening game. Peru unexpectedly pushed the Netherlands into second place in Group 4. Scotland, whose manager Ally McLeod had tipped his team to “come home with a medal at least”, lost 3-1 to Peru and then could only draw one-all with Iran. In their final match a 3-2 victory over the Netherlands - which featured what is classed as one of the best World Cup goals of all time from Archie Gemmill - was not enough to prevent the Scots’ elimination, whilst Iran, the reigning Asian champions, went home without a win. In Group 3 Austria surprisingly finished ahead of Brazil. The Austrians beat Spain and Sweden, while Brazil were held to draws by the same two teams. Brazil needed to beat Austria in their final group game to be sure of progressing to the second round, and managed. Brazil and Austria thus finished with the same number of points and the same goal difference, but Austria came top having scored more goals. Group 1 had the strongest line-up of teams in the first round, featuring Italy, the host Argentina, France and Hungary. The two places in the second round were claimed before the final round of games, with Italy and Argentina both beating France and Hungary. In the all-European Group A, the Netherlands got off to a flying start in the second round by thrashing Austria 5-1. The Italians beat Austria 1-0, and so the Netherlands faced Italy in their last group game knowing that the winners would be in the Final. The Netherlands won 2-1 to reach their second successive World Cup Final. Group B was essentially a battle between Argentina and Brazil, with Argentina qualifying by virtue of a better goal difference to face the Netherlands in the final. Brazil, denied a final place by Argentina’s 6-0 win over Peru, took third place from an enterprising Italy side with a 2-1 win and were dubbed “moral champions” by their coach Cláudio Coutinho, because even though they did not win the tournament, they did not lose a single match either. The Final was controversial with the Netherlands accusing their opponents ofdeliberately stalling the start of the match. Argentina took the field late. They then objected to a plaster cast worn on the wrist of Rene van de Kerkhof, meaning a further delay whilst padding was added. The Dutch threatened to walk off the pitch and later refused to attend the post-match ceremonies. Argentina won the final 3-1 after extra time, with Mario Kempes giving the hosts the lead before Dick Nanninga equalised in the last few minutes. Rob Rensenbrink almost stole the match for the Netherlands in stoppage time but his effort bounced back off the post. In extra time, goals from Daniel Bertiloni and another from Kempes, (pictured) who finished as the tournament’s top scorer with six goals, won the trophy for Argentina.
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This defeat meant that the Netherlands had lost two World Cup Finals in a row. After losing 2-1 to West Germany in 1974, both defeats had come at the hands of the host nation.
England 1966 When the 1966 tournament got underway, the16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four with the top two teams in each group advancing to the quarter-finals. Although this tournament attracted record attendances for the time, it was a World Cup with few goals as teams began to play more defensively. Hosts England finished top of Group 1 scoring four goals but conceding none. Uruguay were the other team to qualify from that group at the expense of Mexico and France. In Group 2, West Germany and Argentina qualified easily as they both finished the group with 5 points, Spain managed 2 points, while Switzerland lost all three group matches. FIFA cautioned the entire Argentinian team after its violent play in the group games, particularly in the scoreless draw with West Germany. Group 3 saw surprisingly Brazil finish in third place behind Portugal and Hungary, and be eliminated along with Bulgaria. Brazil were defeated by Hungary and Portugal in controversial wins. Portugal won all three of their games in the group stage, with a lot of help from their outstanding striker Eusébio, whose nine goals made him the tournament's top scorer. The biggest upset however happened in Group 4 where first time finalists North Korea beat Italy 1-0 and finished above them, thus earning qualification to the next round along with the USSR, whilst Chile finished bottom of the group. In the quarter-finals West Germany easily saw off Uruguay 4–0, but the South Americans claimed that the referee had missed a hand ball by Schnellinger on the goal line and then had sent off two Uruguayans. Minnows North Korea looked like they might cause another upset when they were leading Portugal 3-0 after 22 minutes, but It fell to one of the stars of the tournament, Eusébio, to change that. He scored four times and José Augusto added a fifth to complete one of the incredible comebacks of all time. Meanwhile the USSR beat Hungary 2–1, and the only goal between Argentina and England came from England's Geoff Hurst. During that controversial game in which Argentina’s players kicked their English opponents on numerous occasions, Argentina's Antonio Rattín became the first player to be sent off in a senior international football match at Wembley. Rattín at first refused to leave the field and eventually had to be escorted by several policemen. After 30 minutes England scored the only goal of the match. At full time England manager Alf Ramsey stepped in to stop his players swapping shirts with the Argentinians, later labelling them ‘animals’. All four semi-finalists were from Europe. England beat Portugal 2–1, whilst West Germany beat the USSR by the same scoreline.Portugal went on to beat the USSR 2-1 to take third place. Wembley Stadium was the venue for the final, and 98,000 people crammed inside to watch it. Helmut Haller put West Germany ahead in the 12th minute but Geoff Hurst levelled four minutes later. With twelve minutes remaining, Martin Peters gave England in the lead, but Wolfgang Weber managed to poke the ball across the line, with England appealing in vain for handball moments before full time. With the score level at 2–2 at the end of 90 minutes, the game went to extra time. Hurst was soon on the score sheet again; his shot hit the crossbar, and bounced down and hit the ground either onto or just over goal line. Whether the ball actually crossed the goal line or not has become part of World Cup history. In the last minute Hurst again dribbled easily through the German half to net his third goal, just as the gathered crowd invaded the pitch to celebrate with the team, thus cementing the victory for England with another goal and making Hurst the only player ever to have scored a World Cup Final hat-trick.
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Memories in Black & White No.2 Scenes of joy at Parkhead after Celtic became the first British team to win the 1967 European Cup in Lisbon, Portugal. The team - all of whom were born within 30 miles of Glasgow - became known as the Lisbon Lions after they came from a goal behind to beat favourites Inter Milan 2-1 in front of 70,000 people with goals from Tommy Gemmell and Stevie Chalmers. The team, managed by the legendary Jock Stein, paraded the trophy at Celtic Park the next day in front of more than 50,000 jubilant fans.
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The Programme Collector Collecting football programmes can be a fascinating and sometimes profitable hobby Occasionally, football programme collectors get hold of an edition that makes the hobby rather profitable. Take, for instance, the fortunate person who sold an extremely rare 1924 FA Cup final programme which cost just one shilling (5p) on the day, yet fetched £2,000 at auction. So why is this particular programme so rare? There are a number of factors: Firstly, on 26th April, the day of the 1924 Aston Villa versus Newcastle United cup final it poured with rain. As much of the terracing at the ‘old’ Wembley stadium was uncovered, many supporters used their programmes as makeshift umbrellas in the wet weather meaning that few of the sought-after 1924 cup final programmes have survived intact. Secondly, it was also printed on very flimsy paper, which meant many fell to pieces within days. Thirdly, the Football Association had decided to double the price of the programme,from sixpence (or two and a half pence today) in 1923 to one shilling (5p) in 1924 and this deterred many fans from buying a copy of the programme in what were, after all, the economically depressed 1920s. The 1924 final was only the second FA Cup final staged at the newly-built Wembley Stadium, so for many fans this was their first glimpse of Britain's newest football stadium. Newcastle won the final by beating Villa 2-0, with goals from Neil Harris and Stan Seymour. Despite the match programme having some damaged areas and being held together with old sellotape, one collector happily paid £2,000 for it in 2008. But that wasn’t the most expensive programme sold in recent years. In 2006, Graham Budd Auctions in London sold an 1889 Wolves versus Preston North End FA Cup final programme. Before the auction, the slightly torn, document which consisted of a single sheet, had been expected to fetch between £7,000 and £10,000. It was snapped up by a collector from Farnham in Surrey for the princely sum of £21,850.
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Dancing in the Streets
The story of Raith Rovers’ European Adventure Raith’s European adventure began after the club surprisingly beat Celtic in the final of the previous season’s Scottish League Cup (then known as the Coca Cola Cup) to bring UEFA cup football to Stark’s Park for the first time in its 112 year history. The final had been decided on penalties after a 2-2 draw. As Willie McStay missed the last kick to give Rovers the trophy, BBC commentator Sam Leitch, who was a Scot, made the legendary comment, “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Raith tonight”, which was seen as a display of ignorance as the team actually hail from, and play in, Kirkcaldy. Gotu Ittroterfelag from the Faeroes Isles were paired with the Fife club and Raith Rovers made their European debut with a 4 – 0 victory and a 2 – 2 draw in the second leg saw Rovers’ passage to the first round proper of the UEFA Cup where they faced Icelandic champions Akranes. This time, a 3-1 victory in the first leg at Stark’s Park gave Raith the upper hand although the away goal scored by the Icelanders made it a tricky tie in the return leg in Reykjavik. Despite almost 90 minutes of uninterrupted Akranes pressure, Rovers managed to ride out a 1-0 defeat going through to the next stage with a 3 – 2 aggregate victory. The draw for the next round provided Raith and their followers with the match of their dreams as three-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich were paired against them. Excitement and anticipation ran riot in the town of Kirkcaldy at the prospect of the local team encountering the likes Oliver Khan, Jurgen Klinsmann and Jean Pierre Papin. The interest, was so great that Stark’s Park could not cope with the demand on its facilities and the descision was made to stage the home leg at Hibernian’s Easter Road. Although moving the tie to Edinburgh somewhat reduced the romanticism surrounding the occasion, it ensured that over 12,000 people could attend the biggest game in the club’s history. Interest in the tie was not solely confined to Fife and the event caught the imagination of the British public, most of whom were rooting for the Scottish underdogs. A packed Easter Road greeted the teams crowd whilst the game was watched live by millions of TV viewers as Raith Rovers took to the field determined to beat the Germans. Despite the early optimism, after only six minutes Jurgen Klinsman gave Bayern an early advantage and although Rovers managed to compose themselves and repel the visitors until half-time, in the second half Klinsmann added his - and Bayern Munich’s - second, shortly after Oliver Kahn had denied Raith’s Colin Cameron an equalising goal. Two-nil down, the return leg in Munich looked pretty much a formality for the Germans, but amazingly Raith took the lead on the stroke of half time when a Danny Lennon free kick was deflected into the net signalling celebrations from hopeful fans and players who thought a shock may be on the cards.
The scoreboard shows Raith Rovers leading Bayern at the Olympikstadion in Munich.
Sadly, this was not to be as Klinsmann and then Babbel scored to give Bayern a 4-1 aggregate win and bringing Raith Rovers’ great adventure in Europe to an end.
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Brian Moore
Remembering ITV’s Legendary Commentator Brian Moore was among the most distinguished, respected and widely-loved commentators in the history of football. In a career that spanned almost 40 years, he commentated on and presented coverage of international football, including the majority of the World Cup tournaments from 1970 onwards, the most notable of all being the infamous England versus Argentina tie in 1998. On the national arena he was commentator at all the FA cup final ties and European games involving British clubs. In terms of football commentary, Moore did it all. He was a caring, professional and determined individual who made it all the way to the top of his game and stayed there for almost four decades. Moore officially retired from full time commentary at the end of the 1998 World Cup tournament, after describing France’s victory over Brazil on their home turf. He did not however, retire altogether from broadcasting, and in 1999 he began presenting an interview programme for Sky Sports and also hosting programmes for BBC Radio Five Live and Talksport. ‘Inside the Boardroom’ was the name of his Talksport show, and involved club chairmen and directors joining him in the studio and accepting phone-in questions from fans. Sadly, in 2001 Brian Moore passed away, at the age of 69 and following his death, many of the biggest names in football paid their tributes to the great man, including friends and colleagues Ron Atkinson, John Motson and Martin Tyler. He died on the same day that England thrashed Germany 5-1 in Munich in one of the national team’s most memorable performances. It was ironic that Moore was not able to see the game. Amongst those who were closest to Moore were his fellow commentators who described him as a meticulous man, who did not enjoy making mistakes on air. Shortly after his death fellow commentator, John Motson, made some reflections about his friend Brian Moore, the talisman of football commentary. Motson described how, before his first commentary broadcast, he was incredibly nervous, but when he arrived at his desk he found a personal and reassuring note from Moore reminding him to enjoy the moment. As Motson remarked, this was a true testament to the professionalism and attention to detail of the man. Most surprisingly of all this was while he was working for the “opposition” channel. Equally, Ron Atkinson, who worked alongside Moore for many years at ITV, described him as ‘a great Englishman, a lover of English football and cricket and a genuinely great guy to work with’. He was a lifetime supporter of his local team Gillingham FC and was a much loved director at the club for many years. When the Priestfield Stadium was revamped a new stand was named after him. The club fanzine is also named in honour of Moore and is called "Brian Moore's Head Looks Uncannily Like London Planetarium", which was a lyric written by the cult indie band Half Man Half Biscuit from their song 'Dickie Davies' Eyes'. Moore hated making mistakes on air, and for this reason rarely made any. He did, however, famously announce to 13 million viewers that Hamburg had won the European Cup in 1980 when in fact Nottingham Forest had won 1-0. Many believe this to be an embarrassment that he never overcame and probably carried with him to the grave. 14
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Profile Pat Jennings Name: Patrick Anthony Jennings Birthplace: Newry, Northern Ireland Date of Birth: 12 June 1945 Playing Positions: Goalkeeper Senior Playing Career:
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Playing Honours: Tottenham Hotspur: FA Cup Winner 1967 League Cup Winner (twice) 1971, 1973 UEFA Cup Winner 1972 Arsenal: FA Cup Winner 1979 Other Honours: Football Writers’ Player of the Year 1973 PFA Players’ Player of the Year 1976 Footnote: Pat Jennings actually scored a goal in open play in the 1967 Charity Shield match between Spurs and Manchester United when he punted the ball from a drop kick in his own area over the head of United keeper Alex Stepney in the 3-3 draw.
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One City, One Team The Concept of The Fairs Cup, predecessor of today’s Europa League The UEFA Cup was the original brainchild of Switzerland's Ernst Thommen, Italy's Ottorino Barrasi - both of whom were future vice-presidents of FIFA - along with England's Sir Stanley Rous, the future president of of the organisation. Their idea was to organise a tournament for representative sides from cities in Europe that regularly organised trade fairs. The concept was agreed upon and planned and soon, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, forerunner to the UEFA Cup and later ‘The Europa League, was founded on 18 April 1955, two weeks after the founding of the European Champion Clubs' Cup. Originally only one team from each city could participate but this was abandoned temporarily in 1961-2 season and then permanently dropped in 1971. The first Fairs Cup involved teams from Barcelona, Basle, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Lausanne, Leipzig, London, Milan and Zagreb. Although it had originally been conceived as a two-year tournament, it actually lasted for three, during which time 23 games were played. Barcelona, using players purely from FC Barcelona, beat a London representative side 8-2 on aggregate in the final. For the second tournament the organisers reverted to club participation with the knockout format continuing, but the teams still had to come from cities staging trade fairs. Sixteen clubs took part in the 1958-60 tournament, after which it was staged on an annual basis. By 1962 the number of entrants had risen to 32; there were 48 in 1967; 60 in 1968; and, as from the 1969-70 season, there were 64 teams on the starting grid. There are now more than 100. The 1971-72 tournament, was the first to be known as the UEFA Cup. Leeds United twice lifted the trophy, firstly in 1967-8 and then in 1970-1 and were finalists in 1966-7, whilst other British winners were Newcastle United in 1968-9, Arsenal (1969-70) whilst Birmingham City (twice) and the London XI who played in the original tournament were beaten British finalists. From 1999/2000, domestic cup winners also qualified for the UEFA Cup after the decision was made to end the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In addition, clubs eliminated from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the eight third-placed finishers at the end of the group stage of the same competition move across to contest the UEFA Cup. The competition also includes places for three Fair Play representatives, three UEFA Intertoto Cup 'winners' and winners of some selected domestic league cup competitions. From the 2009–10 season, the competition has been rebranded as the UEFA Europa League in a bid to increase the competition's profile. As well as changing the competition's name, an extra 16 teams now qualify for the main stages of the competition. One of the most memorable finals took place in 1969-70 when Arsenal, having trailed 3-1 after the first leg in Brussels, fought back in the return match at Highbury to win 3-0 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate.
Right: Arsenal skipper Frank McLintock shakes hands with Anderlecht’s Paul van Himst before the second leg of the 1969-70
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Dodgy 70s Haircut Competition Enter our competition and you could win one of two prizes of 10,000 computer games on DVD. Who is the Newcastle player racing for the ball with Forest’s David Serella? Email your answer to retrofootball@btinternet.com by 30th June 2010. Two correct entries drawn at random will get the prizes. Jeff Buck from Harlow and Sandy Mathieson from Swansea correctly named Queens Park Rangers’ star Stan Bowles as the player in last month’s photo competition.
Ask the Editor: Was the Jules Rimet Trophy stolen twice? Charlie Forbuss of Tipton emailed to say: “I remember the old World Cup being stolen in England and being found by a dog, but my workmate told me it got stolen again and that it was never found.I didn’t know about this - I thought it was kept by Brazil for good after they won it 3 times.” You’re right about the first theft of the trophy, Charlie. A rather unusual hero of the 1966 World Cup was indeed a dog. In the build up to the tournament the original World Cup - officially known as the Jules Rimet Trophy - was displayed as centrepiece of an exhibition of stamp collections in London and was stolen from its display cabinet even though it was guarded round the clock. A nationwide hunt for the £30,000 solid gold cup ensued. Soon, a ransom demand for £15,000 was received by the Football Association, but this was passed on to the police who - after a game of cat and mouse that could have come straight from the pages of a detective story - arrested one Edward Bletchley, who was later jailed for two years. Before the tournament, the trophy was discovered tied up in newspaper by Pickles, a mongrel dog who was out for a walk with his owner in South East London. When David Corbett, the dog’s owner, pulled the newspaper apart he recognised the trophy and took it to a nearby police station. However, your workmate is correct Charlie, the trophy was stolen again, this time in 1983 just thirteen years after Brazil had been awarded it in perpetuity after winning it for a third time. The trophy was displayed in the Headquarters of the Brazilian FA in Rio de Janeiro, its case made of rocket-proof glass, but with a wooden back which was prised off and the trophy stolen. It has never been recovered and many people believe it was melted down for its gold content. Got a question? Email it to retrofootball@btinternet.com 18
Memories in Black & White No.3 Scotland’s Archie Gemmill scores a memorable solo goal as the Scots end a disappointing World Cup 78 with a 3-2 win over the Netherlands