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European Cup Winners Cup

Great Britain · Sport / Football. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1963–1997Date range
4Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1963

Bill Nicholson15 May 1963

Rotterdam · Sport / Football

Puts Spurs in the history books when they became the first British club to win a major European trophy, Spurs defeat favourites Atl‚tico Madrid 5-1 to win the European Cup Winners Cup

1965

Geoffrey Charles Hurst1965

Wembley · Sport / Football

Hurst is back at Wembley for the final of the Hurst is back at Wembley for the final of the European Cup Winners Cup against 1860 Munich, and West Ham won 2-0

1983

Alexander Chapman Ferguson11 May 1983

Aberdeen · Sport / Football

Aberdeed seal a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid in the final of the European Cup Winners Cup, becoming only the third Scottish team to win a European trophy and Ferguson now felt that "hed done something worthwhile with his life"

1991

Alexander Chapman Ferguson1991

Sport / Football

Man Utd win the European Cup Winners Cup

1997

"Bobby" Robert William Robson1997

Sport / Football

Barcelona win the Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup and European Cup Winners Cup

Names involved

"Bobby" Robert William RobsonAlexander Chapman FergusonBill NicholsonGeoffrey Charles Hurst

Provenance

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