1960 European Cup Special

[ClaretTony]

Just been doing some tidying up at home and came across this.

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[Suratclaret]

What a night that was...a very excited 11 year old going to watch his heroes in the European Cup! Brilliant!

[ClaretTony]

I’d forgotten all about having got that

[Royboyclaret]

A very special night in our history and one that didn't disappoint.

Almost 37,000 on the Turf to see us beat a team containing players like Kopa, Fontaine, Vincent & Piantoni. Players that had graced the World Cup a couple of years earlier were now coming to play on our patch. Also turned out to be a friendly enough affair, totally unlike the second leg in France two weeks later.

[Chuckypad]

Love the 2 3 5 formation

Get into em!

[South West Claret.]

Love the 2 3 5 formation

Get into em!

Thats how it was then with most teams especially Burnley... Attack Attack Attack!

[ClaretTony]

A very special night in our history and one that didn't disappoint.

Almost 37,000 on the Turf to see us beat a team containing players like Kopa, Fontaine, Vincent & Piantoni.

Fontaine didn’t play on the Turf

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Great night indeed and good to see our lads in proper kit with hooped stockings!

[Funkydrummer]

I remember that night as if it was yesterday. I had just turned 8 years of age and was like a rabbit in the headlights.

A fabulous night and a fabulous few years to be honest.

[ElectroClaret]

I think the away leg was a stormy affair.
Didn't Harry Potts walk onto the pitch and roll the ball back a few yards when they kept stealing those yards at free kicks?
Then the Gendarmerie nabbed him.

[ClaretTony]

I think the away leg was a stormy affair.
Didn't Harry Potts walk onto the pitch and roll the ball back a few yards when they kept stealing those yards at free kicks?
Then the Gendarmerie nabbed him.

Very hostile night

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[Vino blanco]

Electro, you are right, Harry actually walked about five or six yards onto to pitch, picked up the ball and threw it back about ten yards.
I was on the Turf that night against Reims: I sat in the Brunshaw Rd. Stand for the first time, because I won a free ticket in a competition set by the Telegraph. I don't remember much about the game, to be honest, but I was hoping we would play Real Madrid at some stage in the competition.

[ClaretTony]

Electro, you are right, Harry actually walked about five or six yards onto to pitch, picked up the ball and threw it back about ten yards.

I’ve placed a link in post 11

[Tricky Trevor]

For anybody with access to “When We Were Kings”. The story is as reported but in that instance they hadn’t actually pinched any yards at all.
Harry Potts...anti-football. Good lad.

[Pstotto]

Raymond Copa won European footballer of the year and played also for Real Madrid.

One of my greatest moments at the Turf was seeing Kevin Keegan desperate and spluttering in the final few minutes of us beating Liverpool 1-0 in the League Cup in the mid-70's. How the mighty have fallen at Turf Moor!

[Steve1956]

Great night indeed and good to see our lads in proper kit with hooped stockings!

Stockings! ...Brilliant

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Stockings! ...Brilliant

I know Steve ---I quoted verbatim from the programme!

[ClaretTony]

Stockings! ...Brilliant

Often referred to as stockings and when we played at Manchester United the programme would also refer to us wearing white knickers.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

Often referred to as stockings and when we played at Manchester United the programme would also refer to us wearing white knickers.

The good old days when PC meant someone who you saw on the streets and kept out of the way of in case you upset him or her.

[Spike]

1960 until now is a long time to leave the tidy up

[ClaretTony]

The good old days when PC meant someone who you saw on the streets and kept out of the way of in case you upset him or her.

Definitely kept out of his way. If you saw him coming when you were playing football on the street you legged it very quickly.

[Steve1956]

Often referred to as stockings and when we played at Manchester United the programme would also refer to us wearing white knickers.

Some of the girls that play in the Premier league these days would be right at home wearing stockings and knickers

[South West Claret.]

Often referred to as stockings and when we played at Manchester United the programme would also refer to us wearing white knickers.

Knickers to Manure then.