Historical place archive

Rotterdam in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Rotterdam in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records7 event labels6 people1963–1982

Historical events in Rotterdam

1963

15 May 1963
European Cup Winners Cup
Bill Nicholson · 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

1982

1982
European Cup
Tony Barton · Football

Ron Saunders is replaced by his softly-spoken assistant manager Tony Barton who guides them to 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup final in Rotterdam

26 May 1982
European Cup Captaincy
Dennis Mortimer · Football

Mortimer lifts the European Cup after Villa's victory over Bayern Munich.

26 May 1982
European Cup Final Goal
Peter Withe · Football

Withe scores the only goal as Aston Villa defeats Bayern Munich in the European Cup final.

26 May 1982
European Cup Final Injury
Jimmy Rimmer · Football

Rimmer leaves the European Cup final injured after nine minutes.

26 May 1982
European Cup Final Performance
Nigel Spink · Football

Spink replaces the injured Jimmy Rimmer and keeps Bayern Munich scoreless.

26 May 1982
European Cup Victory
Tony Barton · Football

Barton guides Aston Villa to a 1-0 European Cup final victory over Bayern Munich.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Rotterdam. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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