40 Years Ago

By the way, there was a feature in the Guardian about it too, in case you missed it:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/10/alex-ferguson-aberdeen-real-madrid-1983-final-40-years-on

comment by Fan Gillhaus 1903 (U3339)
posted 53 minutes ago
The new firm started in the 80s when Aberdeen and Utd were doing well

Mind Bayern Munich in the QFs as well

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Aye, as a Celtic man based in Aberdeen I witnessed a serious number of pumpings by the Dons at Pittodrie in that period. Was at Uni 81-85 and went to a fair few Dons' home Euro nights around then, mainly because they were a cracking side to watch ... well that and one of my Economics lecturers was behind the introduction of the voucher scheme for getting tickets.

https://twitter.com/afcherewego/status/1656541988538265608?s=46&t=aPp6PYv3EpCIXaZLU4Kayw

comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a Premi... (U6426)
posted 46 minutes ago
By the way, there was a feature in the Guardian about it too, in case you missed it:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/10/alex-ferguson-aberdeen-real-madrid-1983-final-40-years-on
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great read

comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a Premier League CB (U6426)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
comment by peks - 1974 (U6618)
posted 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
GK 1 Agustín
RB 2 Juan José
CB 4 John Metgod
CB 5 Paco Bonet
LB 3 José Antonio Camacho
RM 8 Ángel
CM 6 Ricardo Gallego
CM 10 Uli Stielike
LM 11 Isidro
CF 7 Juanito
CF 9 Santillana (c)
Substitutes:
DF 12 José Antonio Salguero
GK 13 Miguel Ángel
DF 14 Isidoro San José
MF 15 Francisco García Hernández
FW 16 Andrés Alonso García
Manager:
Alfredo Di Stéfano

decent Madrid team that immediately preceded the emergence of the Quinta del Buitre side of the mid-late 80s
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Cursed season that turned out to be. Reached every available final, won none, and lost the league title on the final day too.

Lost the CWC final in e.t.
Lost the King's Cup to a 90th-minute header
Lost the League Cup 4-3 on agg
Lost the Supercopa in e.t.
Lost the league title on the last day
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sounds even worse than those 2 last day of the season defeats in Tenerife in 92 & 93 that cost us a couple of league titles

comment by peks - 1974 (U6618)
posted 15 minutes ago

Cursed season that turned out to be. Reached every available final, won none, and lost the league title on the final day too.

Lost the CWC final in e.t.
Lost the King's Cup to a 90th-minute header
Lost the League Cup 4-3 on agg
Lost the Supercopa in e.t.
Lost the league title on the last day
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sounds even worse than those 2 last day of the season defeats in Tenerife in 92 & 93 that cost us a couple of league titles
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I was about 14-15 at the time, so the details are a bit blurred now, but I remembered Alonso's diving header in the cup final, and then I realised it was the same season I was at the Bernabéu when Maradona scored *that* goal in the first leg of League Cup final.

Remember it well, was living in Invergordon and used to deliver milk to Eric Black’s family in Alness. SAF’s greatest achievement!

Too young to remember it, but in all honesty, would love to see any could outside the old firm do something similar at some point in the future

Country needs it
League needs it

So c'mon, get yer fingers oot ffs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001lvms

Fan a belter of an achievement.

Was at Glenmore Lodge for a course that week.

3 other guys were sheep botherers they were doolal.

One of them couldn't talk after Hewitt's


With DU winning the League as well.

As a footballing nation - That's When We Were Men.