Top 5 UEFA Cup Finals: # 2
By: Dan | May 19th, 20091980-1981 Ipswich Town 5 – AZ Alkmaar 4
Bobby Robson’s Ipswich Town are one of the great forgotten English teams. A steadily improving side throughout the 1970s, they won the FA Cup in 1978 and would seriously challenge for the championship in the 80-81 and 81-82 seasons. Of course, they also found the time to storm through the UEFA Cup, which included demolishing a Saint Etienne team 7-2 on aggregate with Platini and Rep.
Led by Dutch imports Arnold Mühren and Frans Thijssen, Ipswich grafted some continental technique onto the usual British power, and it proved too much for AZ to deal with. Ipswich’s first leg goals were really a matter of simple acceleration into space.
The 3-0 result for Ipswich in the first leg made AZ’s comeback attempt largely academic, although definitely exciting. All in all, a deserved reward for Ipswich.
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Between this and “Escape to Victory”, 1981 was quite a year for John Wark.
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