UEFA Cup Memories

May 13th, 2008

Best UEFA Cup final ever?

By: Ian Rose | Comments 4 Comments

Tomorrow, 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:



December 7th, 2007

UC Memories: 7 December 1993

By: Ian Rose | Comments No Comments

On 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 Frankfurt, who beat Deportivo 1-0 in both legs […]

November 26th, 2007

UC Memories: 26 November 1957

By: Ian Rose | Comments No Comments

Before 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 between 1955 and 1958, with preliminaries followed by […]

November 3rd, 2007

UC Memories: 3 November 2005

By: Ian Rose | Comments 2 Comments

Two 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 years ago, Middlesbrough were winning convincingly in Europe. They would […]

November 1st, 2007

UC Memories: 1 November 2001

By: Ian Rose | Comments 1 Comment

A 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 than their 2004 Champions League semifinal, […]



July 6th, 2007

UEFA Cup Memories: Liverpool 2001

By: Ian Rose | Comments 1 Comment

Last 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 back at better times for Fowler, namely 2001, the year of Liverpool’s […]

June 28th, 2007

UEFA Cup Memories: Gothenburg 1982

By: Ian Rose | Comments 6 Comments

This 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 rather unimpressive time as England manager. His incredible record as a […]




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