Articles tagged with "uefa cup memories"
Best UEFA Cup final ever?
By Ian Rose | May 13th, 2008Tomorrow, the 37th champion of the UEFA Cup will be crowned, and it will be the first UEFA Cup for either side if they manage it. Looking back on all those years, which are the best UEFA Cup finals ever? My three candidates are as follows: ...
UC Memories: 7 December 1993
By Ian Rose | December 8th, 2007On this date in 1993, the final legs of the UEFA Cup's third round were played. It was a rough day for France and Spain, but Germany put its stamp on the tournament with two Bundesliga teams advancing into the quarterfinals. The first was Eintracht Fran
UC Memories: 26 November 1957
By Ian Rose | November 26th, 2007Before there was such a thing as the UEFA Cup, the second-tier cup competition in Europe was known as the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It matched up clubs with custom-made city teams like London XI and Frankfurt XI. The very first of these cups was contested
UC Memories: 3 November 2005
By Ian Rose | November 3rd, 2007Two years ago today, Middlesbrough beat Ukrainian side Dnipro 3-0 in the UEFA Cup group stages. This wasn't a particularly memorable game in the history of the UEFA Cup, but it does highlight how quickly things can change in professional football. Two y
UC Memories: 1 November 2001
By Ian Rose | November 1st, 2007A little history for you. Six years ago today, one of the biggest upsets in UEFA Cup history took place in London, as Hapoel Tel Aviv managed a 1-1 draw with Chelsea to take the tie 3-1 on aggregate and eliminate the Blues from the tournament. Other tha
UEFA Cup Memories: Liverpool 2001
By Ian Rose | July 6th, 2007Last time, we took a look at incoming Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and his impressive win in 1982 with IFK Gothenburg. Today, as Liverpool's Robbie Fowler makes up his mind between his surprisingly limited options, I wanted to take a look
UEFA Cup Memories: Gothenburg 1982
By Ian Rose | June 28th, 2007This is the first in a series of posts called UEFA Cup Memories, bringing back some of the great moments in the tournament's history. With all the talk about Sven-Göran Eriksson and his imminent move to Manchester City, the focus has been on Sven's ra
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