Netherlands v Belgium. March 1963.

Above and below. West German League Football in early 1960s

Above. First match day of the Bundesliga. August 1963.

These are the kind of pictures I remember seeing in ‘The International Football Book’.

I’m sure I have a few copies of this book from the 1960s and 1970s up in my loft.

 

 

 

German League game in December 1963. That’s what the caption states!

The German League game at this venue in December 1963, didn’t go ahead due to the conditions!

 

Somehow this game went ahead in the Netherlands in January 1963!

 

Above:Dukla Prague v A**x in the 1960s.

 

Josef Masopust in action for Czechoslovakia against Brazil.

Gerd Müller scored all of his record 365 Bundesliga goals for Bayern Munich. 

A Bundesliga match in the pouring rain. 1972-73.

 

Wembley under construction in 1922.

 

 

Crowd trouble in Dresden caused the second leg of the Red Star Belgrade-Dynamo Dresden European Cup quarter-final of 1990-91 to be abandoned. Red Star would later be awarded a 3-0 victory, going through to the semi-finals with a 6-0 aggregate victory.

20 March 1991 - A Dark Day In Dresden

 

On 20 March 1991, a European Cup quarterfinal between Red Star Belgrade and Dynamo Dresden was halted in the 75th minute due to rioting in the stands.

 

It never resumed and went into the books as a 3-0 win for Red Star.

Red Star won the first leg 3-0 in Belgrade two weeks earlier, so Dresden went into the second leg with a difficult task ahead of them.

 

But they got a lift when the referee awarded them a handball penalty in the third minute, which striker Torsten Gütschow duly converted.

The two sides exchanged several chances in the remainder of the first half, with Red Star getting the better looks. Only outstanding play from Dresden goalkeeper Thomas Köhler kept the hosts ahead at the break.

 

Red Star finally scored in the second half, with winger Dejan Savićević evading four defenders and firing past a fifth from close range to draw the visitors level in the 51st minute.

Twenty minutes later, they took the lead with a strike from forward Darko Pančev, who fired the ball between Köhler's legs and into the far corner of the net.

 

That was too much for the home supporters--when the referee awarded Red Star a corner kick shortly afterward, the Dresden fans began hurling objects at both the Red Star player trying to take the corner kick and the assistant referee.

After a few futile attempts to calm the fans, referee Emilio Soriano Aladrén ordered the teams off the pitch and canceled the remainder of the game. Although Red Star were leading 2-1 at the time,

 

UEFA later awarded them a 3-0 victory and banned Dresden from UEFA competitions for the following season.

Red Star went on to beat Bayern Munich in the semifinals and then took the trophy with a win over Marseille on penalties in the final.

Edited November 3, 20241 yr by erskblue

 

Cardiff City 1-0 Real Madrid. European Cup Winners Cup Quarter-final, 1st leg. March 1971.

In the first leg played at Ninian Park in front of 47,000 spectators.City's Brian Clarke header scored the only goal. Cardiff recorded one of the biggest victories in their history and only narrowly went out of the competition. losing the return leg in Madrid 2-0.

 

 

 

Edited November 4, 20241 yr by erskblue

 

 

 

Hans Krankl for Barcelona against Valencia in 1978-79.

 

1978 World Cup.Hans Krankl scores for Austria against West Germany. Austria won 3-2. A brilliant goal. 

 

 

Mario Kempes in action for Valencia.

 

 

 

 

Johan Cruyff and Mario Kempes.  Barcelona v Valencia 1978.

 

Arias Marque of Valencia scores the winning penalty in a penalty shoot out, beating Arsenal goalkeeper, Pat Jennings, in the European Cup Winners Cup final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels.
This was the first time a European Final was settled on penalties. May 1980

 

Spanish Goal

People: Arias Marque, Pat Jen

Hampden Park.

16 hours ago, Boyne said:

Hampden Park.

Boyne:Great photo of the Mount Florida End of Hampden.

The traditional ‘Rangers End’. It could be bedlam and very packed in there when it was still terracing. An Memories..

Well done Rangers. On this most important of days. For me the most important day in the year.

Interesting colour of socks.

41 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Interesting colour of socks.

Clearly somebody in the match programme department understood the importance of socks.

3 hours ago, Valerie said:

Clearly somebody in the match programme department understood the importance of socks.

Glad you saw this I started to @you because I know sock colours are very important and your opinion was needed. 

10 minutes ago, Scott said:

Glad you saw this I started to @you because I know sock colours are very important and your opinion was needed. 

Awww @Scott, you know me so well!

 

A gravel pitch! The type of pitches we very often used to play schools football on in the 1970s and 1980s! 😀

Edited November 13, 20241 yr by erskblue