Sunday 28 December 2014

Aston Villa v Juventus 02/03/1983

European Cup Quarter Final at Villa Park


You can get the match programme here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aston-Villa-v-Juventus-02-03-1983-European-Cup-Quarter-Final-/381036810307?pt=UK_Sports_Memorabilia_Football_Programmes_ET&hash=item58b7905043

Sunday 21 December 2014

Huddersfield Town v Liverpool 18/11/1961

Info taken from http://www.11v11.com/matches/huddersfield-town-v-liverpool-18-november-1961-110780/

You can get the match programme here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Huddersfield-Town-v-Liverpool-18-11-61-/321442521384?pt=UK_Sports_Memorabilia_Football_Programmes_ET&hash=item4ad777a128
Score2-1 to Liverpool
CompetitionLeague Division Two
VenueLeeds Road
Attendance23,086

Goals:

Goals:

Jimmy MeliaG
Roger HuntG

Starting lineup:

Starting lineup:

GoalkeeperBert Slater
Defender/Centre backRon Yeats
Left backGerry Byrne
Centre halfDick White
MidfielderIan Callaghan
MidfielderJimmy Melia
Wing halfGordon Milne
Wing halfTommy Leishman
Outside LeftAlan A'Court
ForwardRoger Hunt
Forward/MidfielderIan St John

Saturday 13 December 2014

MANCHESTER UNITED v ENGLISH CLUBS IN EUROPE

History tells us it doesn't often happen, but Manchester United were today paired up against English counterparts Chelsea in the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League Quarter finals, a draw thus guaranteeing the two teams will face each other a grand total of 5 times in the current 2010-2011 campaign.
 
United having already beaten Chelsea 3-1 way back in August in the Charity Shield recently tasted defeat in fixture number two, when the teams second clash of the season at Stamford Bridge saw the Blues emerge victorious with a 2-1 score line.

The Reds are now set to play Chelsea at Old Trafford in the League in early May, as well as the aforementioned European Cup double header in early April.

Trawling through the record books sees the Reds paired with English opposition a total of seven times and three competitions.

The Cup Winners Cup in 1963 saw United paired with Jimmy Greaves' Tottenham Hotspur before two years later in 1965,  The match programme for this is here Spurs v Man Utd 3/12/1963 Cup Winner s Cup Everton were beaten in the Fairs Cup (an old version of  the UEFA Cup/Europa League.


Ronaldo in 2008Forty plus years later, United as most of us remember beat Chelsea on penalties to win the clubs third European Cup in 2008, before Arsenal were beaten 4-1 on aggregate on route to the disappointment of a 0-2 defeat by Barcelona in the final in Rome.

Article from http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/articles/article_pages/2011_articles/mufc_v_english_clubs_in_europe.shtml

Thursday 11 December 2014

The great Harry Cripps debut Millwall FC

The great Harry Cripps made his Millwall debut v Wrexham on 19th August 1961, Millwall unfortunately lost 0-1



Here you can find the programme from that match

Millwall v Wrexham 19.08.1961