Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich - 1982 European Cup Final - Oh, It Must Be! - YouTube Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich - 1982 European Cup Final - Oh, It Must Be! Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 6, 2011 OH IT MUST BE PRESENTS: GREAT MOMENTS FROM VILLA VIDEOS No 14 - Oh, It Must Be! And It Is! Peter Withe! Have you won the European Cup? We have, and here's the proof. There's highlights of the game, which mostly comprises of Spinksy being phenomenal, and key players sharing their memories. Watch out for Peter Withe setting a new world record for most uses of the word "net" in a single sentence.

Taken from: The Villenium (1999) Follow us on Twitter: Category Tom Fox: Aston Villa want European football in three years - BBC Sport BBC Sport Tom Fox: Aston Villa want European football in three years 12 Dec 2014 Read more about sharing. Aston Villa have been owned by American businessman Randy Lerner since 2006 Aston Villa chief executive Tom Fox says the Premier League club is targeting a regular challenge for European football within three years. And he is insistent that manager Paul Lambert is part of that plans. "We should be finishing seventh or eighth consistently," Fox told BBC WM. "We should be competing consistently up there for a place in Europe, and putting us within touching distance of the larger clubs. And I don't think that takes four years," he added. "What I've communicated to our owner Randy Lerner is that this club can be seventh or eighth in terms of revenue. "I think it will take three years to put ourselves in a better position than we are now.

We don't have to wait that long to determine whether we've been successful against where we want to be." Villa, European Cup winners in 1982, have operated chiefly in the lower reaches of English football's top division since Martin O'Neill quit on the eve of the 2010-11 season. And, following the successive failures of Gerard Houllier and Alex McLeish to get them kick-started at a time when it appeared that American owner Lerner's interest in the club was on the wane, Villa have so far laboured under 45-year-old Lambert. Villa's European credentials Aston Villa won the European Cup in 1982, beating Bayern Munich 1-0 in the final, thanks to a single goal from Peter Withe. Villa boss Paul Lambert won the European Cup as a player in 1997 with Borussia Dortmund, who beat Juventus 3-1. But Fox has made it clear that the awarding of a new four-year deal to Lambert in September following their decent start to the season was all part of a long-term strategy.

"Those conversations were happening between Paul and Randy even before I got here," said Lerner's fellow American Fox, who joined Villa from Arsenal this summer. "They have a great relationship. "I am from a business background. And, in business, you don't change one of the most important positions at the club easily. We believe continuity is absolutely critical. "I know one of the things Randy really appreciates is Paul's honesty and his ability to admit mistakes when he makes them. I've seen since that since I came in." Fox continued: "We have a great relationship, the four of us - Randy, Paul, myself and Paddy Riley, who we brought back from Liverpool to join us as director of recruiting. We're talking on a very regular basis about the direction to put the club on the right path. "It's on two fronts. It's what we can do with the football set-up, to strengthen, right from the academy up to the first team, and on the commercial front. "How do we put the club in position to capture it's value?

If we can do that, we believe we can put this club back where it deserves to be." Share this page The History Of English Clubs In European Cup Finals - Goal.com The History Of English Clubs In European Cup Finals Featured 0 May 19, 2008 11:32:11 Graham Lister looks back at the previous occasions on which English teams have contested the final of Europe's leading competition.... 1 - Busby's Mission Wednesday will see the first Champions League final between two English clubs, but one of them was also the first English club to appear in the final of Europe's premier club competition, then known as the European Champions' Cup. Indeed, Manchester United were England's pioneers in Europe, the first club to represent the country on that prestigious stage, and the ones who, in their second campaign, were decimated at Munich on their way home from a tie in Belgrade. United had entered the European Cup in defiance of their own short-sighted Football League. Ironically, their opponents this week in Moscow, Chelsea, had been the first English team to qualify for the European Cup when they won the League title in 1954-55.

But the insular Football League asked the Blues to "reconsider" their participation because it claimed the extra fixtures might be difficult to fulfil. Chelsea bowed to the unsubtle pressure and withdrew. When Manchester United won the domestic title in 1955-56 and 1956-57, their manager, Matt Busby, had no intention of missing out on the new continental adventure. The League continued to whinge that United's participation in the fledgling competition was "not in the best interests of the League," but the Red Devils would not be bullied. Busby declared: "Prestige alone demanded that the continental challenge should be met, not avoided." United initially reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by all-conquering Real Madrid; but the following season the Busby Babes were destroyed in their prime on 6th February, 1958, having just reached the semi-finals again. Busby, who miraculously survived the air crash at Munich, would not rest until the new side that he built had won the European Cup and honoured the memory of those who had died trying. It would take exactly ten years for the dream to be realised...

1968: MANCHESTER UNITED 4-1 Benfica (aet, London) Celtic had stolen a march on all their English rivals by becoming the first British club to reach the final, in 1967 - when they made it count by defeating mighty Inter Milan in Lisbon. But the following season United laid the ghosts of Munich to rest - and they did so at Wembley, England's national stadium. They had to come from behind against Real at the Bernabeu in the semis to get there, but after Bobby Charlton gave them the lead against Benfica in the final with a rare headed goal, Graca's equaliser nine minutes from the end transformed the Portuguese champions, who looked set to win when Eusebio burst through in the final minute one-on-one with Alex Stepney. Yet the United keeper made a reflex save to keep out the great man's thunderbolt and force the final into extra-time. George Best scored a stunning individual goal three minutes into the extra period after a mazy dribble, and a minute later Brian Kidd, on his 19th birthday, added United's third.

Kidd passed to skipper Charlton - a Munich survivor - who lashed home the fourth, and United were champions of Europe at last. An emotional Busby said: "The moment when Bobby took the Cup it cleansed me. It eased the guilt of going into Europe. It was my justification." 2 - The Era Of English Domination United's victory was a one-off: Busby's team seemed to lose some of their drive and break up soon afterwards, while the Dutch took over at Europe's top table, one of their big clubs appearing in each of the next five finals. Then there was a hat-trick of German triumphs from Bayern Munich, the second of which saw them beat English champions Leeds United on an infamous night in Paris. 1975: Bayern Munich 2-0 LEEDS UNITED (Paris) Under Don Revie, Leeds United had become England's most formidable side, if hardly the best loved. Revie had left to take over the England team after guiding Leeds to their second League title in 1974, and after a turbulent 44 days under Brian Clough, the Yorkshire Whites appointed gentlemanly Jimmy Armfield as manager.

He steered them all the way to the European Cup final, something Revie had never achieved, and they had high hopes of beating holders Bayern at the Parc des Princes. Typically, it was a physically robust affair, Bayern's Andersson being carried off after four minutes after a clash with Terry Yorath, and Uli Hoeness also having to limp off before the break. With Bayern forced to reorganise, Leeds dominated for most of the match. Their fans were convinced they should have had two penalties for infringements by Franz Beckenbauer, and when Peter Lorimer had a goal ruled out for offside on 66 minutes, all hell broke loose on the terraces. Off the pitch French riot police sought unsuccessfully to restore order, while on it Bayern scored through first Roth and then Gerd Muller, each goal igniting further unrest. Uefa responded by banning Leeds from Europe for four years (reduced to two on appeal) in an eerie portent of what would happen ten years later. But two years after the Paris debacle, Bob Paisley's Liverpool were involved in the first of six consecutive triumphs by English clubs...

1977: LIVERPOOL 3-1 Borussia Moenchengladbach (Rome) Liverpool clinched a second successive domestic League title with a game to spare and looked on course for an unprecedented treble until arch-rivals Manchester United beat them in the FA Cup final. But they responded to that set-back just four days later, in Rome, with an outstanding performance that earned them their first European Cup triumph. Liverpool took a deserved lead with a goal from Terry McDermott, but Allan Simonsen equalised for Borussia early in the second half and the Germans began to dominate. However, after a superb save by Ray Clemence, doubts crept into the German side and Liverpool roared back. A Steve Heighway corner was headed emphatically into the net by the unlikeliest of scorers, Tommy Smith, in his farewell appearance before retiring. Suddenly Borussia had no answer to Kevin Keegan, also playing his final game for the Reds before joining Hamburg. Berti Vogts tripped Keegan in the area on 83 minutes and Phil Neal coolly convered the resulting penalty. Footballer of the Year Emlyn Hughes lifted the trophy to spark a Roman night of prolonged partying.

Liverpool fans later found the team's hideaway and a few of the players were thrown into the hotel pool in celebration, though nobody seemed to mind. 1978: LIVERPOOL 1-0 Bruges (London) Bob Paisley had brought in Scots Kenny Dalglish and Alan Hansen, but while Liverpool endured an indifferent domestic season by their standards at that time, in Europe everything went like clockwork as they progressed inexorably to a second successive final. It was staged on home soil at Wembley, giving the Reds a psychological advantage over Belgian opponents Bruges, whom Liverpool had beaten in the Uefa Cup final two years earlier. Bruges went for an ultra-defensive approach, sitting back and absorbing Liverpool pressure. But in the 66th minute, Dalglish was allowed too much space to attack the Bruges defence. As Jensen advanced, he deftly chipped the ball over the keeper from close range for the game's only goal, and Liverpool became the first English club to retain Europe's top prize.

1979: NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-0 Malmo (Munich) The next season Liverpool, the holders, were seeded in the competition; but Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest - impressive winners of the league title the previous term, were making their European debut and were unseeded. They were duly paired in the first round. And Forest won 2-0 on aggregate after two enthralling encounters. It was the springboard for a stirring campaign that included a memorable 4-3 semi-final success over Cologne, the second leg of which Clough described as his "finest hour." For the final against Swedish side Malmo, managed by Englishman Bob Houghton, Forest were without midfielders Archie Gemmill and Martin O'Neill, but their record signing Trevor Francis, British football's first £1million pound player, could play. Clough had signed Francis in February but the ex-Birmingham striker would only be eligible for one match in the European Cup - the final. That was enough for both manager and player. After a nervy start, Forest began to put some incisive moves together, with Francis the creative fulcrum.

And just before half-time he timed a long run from midfield to perfection to meet John Robertson's cross at the far post and head the only goal from a tight angle. With Robertson, Francis and captain John McGovern maintaining Forest's grip on the game, the East Midlands side, whom Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor had rescued from the lower reaches of England's Second Division, were now the kings of Europe. 1980: NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-0 SV Hamburg (Madrid) Forest made a successful defence of their crown despite a campaign of increasingly difficult ties that included Dynamo Berlin, Ajax and, in the final, Kevin Keegan's Hamburg. They were handicapped by the loss of Francis, who had torn an Achilles tendon and could not play, while goalkeeper Peter Shilton had to hobble through the game with a pain-killing injection in a pulled calf muscle. As well, Stan Bowles had unhelpfully walked out on Forest before the final. In response, Clough and Taylor erred on the side of caution, packing the midfield in the hope of nullifying Keegan, and hitting the Germans on the break.

After 20 minutes, the tactics bore fruit when Robertson climaxed a swift counter-attack with a shot that went in off the post. Shilton stood firm as Forest pulled the shutters down, and afterwards Clough beamed: "The odds were stacked against us but it was the best 90 minutes we ever had. It was absolutely marvellous." 1981: LIVERPOOL 1-0 Real Madrid (Paris) In 1980-81, Paisley's side finished fifth in the First Division - their lowest placing for 16 years - but compensated by winning the League Cup for the first time and saving their best performances for the European Cup. They got past Bayern Munich on away goals in the semi-final, to set up a clash with (then) six-time winners Real Madrid in the Paris final. The game was something of a let-down after having been keenly anticipated, littered with fouls and lacking in rhythm. But Liverpool gradually got on top, and with eight minutes to go, a throw by Ray Kennedy released his namesake, Alan Kennedy, who took the ball past a weak Cortes challenge and beat keeper Agustin from the tightest of angles at the near-post.

Liverpool had become the fourth team to win the European Cup three times - and Paisley the first manager to complete a hat-trick of triumphs. 1982: ASTON VILLA 1-0 Bayern Munich (Rotterdam) In 1980-81, Ron Saunders led Villa to their first League title success since the Edwardian era, but walked out in February 1982 over a contractual dispute, leaving his assistant, Tony Barton, to take up the reins. To his credit Barton guided the club against the odds to the European Cup final, where they would meet the last non-English club to win the tournament - Bayern Munich, who boasted the experienced Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in their ranks. If Barton was a novice, so were his team: their only previous European experience was two undistinguished Uefa Cup campaigns, the most recent of them four years earlier. And after just nine minutes of the final, goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer had to go off with a neck injury. His replacement, Nigel Spink, had previously played just one first-team game for Villa, and that was back in 1979.

But the young keeper pulled off a series of outstanding saves when Bayern threatened to overrun Villa. And in the 67th minute, Gary Shaw fed Tony Morley on the left wing and his trickery allowed him to get to the by-line and cross low for Peter Withe to knock it in off the post and make it a record six wins in a row for English clubs in European Cup finals. 1984: LIVERPOOL 1-1 AS Roma (aet; Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties) (Rome) The sequence had been broken by Hamburg against Juventus in 1983, but he following year Liverpool, now managed by Joe Fagan - another veteran of the Anfield Boot Room - were back in the final of the European Cup. They were also back in Rome, scene of their first triumph in 1977; and their opponents were the local team, the Giallorossi. Fagan had led the Reds to the League title and League Cup - their third and fourth successive triumphs, respectively, in those competitions. Now they were bidding for their fourth European crown.

Phil Neal put them ahead a little fortuitously on 15 minutes before Pruzzo headed an equaliser just before half-time. But there were no more goals, either in the regulation 90 minutes or the extra 30, so the game went to penalties, which were to be taken at the end where the Roma fans were thronged. Steve Nicol began the shoot-out by blazing over, and Di Bartolomei put Roma ahead. Neal got the Reds off the mark, and Conti fired over. Graeme Souness and Righetti both scored before Ian Rush reliably despatched his kick. With Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar doing his off-putting 'wobbly legs' routine, Graziani went for power but to his horror the ball clipped the bar and flew over. Then Alan Kennedy tucked his kick just inside the post and Liverpool were champions again, having won the first of 28 finals to be settled by a shoot-out. Kennedy explained afterwards: "I was really confident. I took a penalty in training and put it in the same spot.

Just like that!" 1985 Juventus 1-0 LIVERPOOL (Brussels) The football was incidental, almost an obscene irrelevance, the long-delayed kick-off at the Heysel Stadium coming only after the criminal disaster that unfolded on its crumbling terraces when Liverpool fans charged for a third time at Juventus fans, who stampeded in panic as they attempted to flee the rampaging mob, causing an old wall to collapse. Italian supporters were crushed to death as a result - 38 were killed there and then, one more died later in hospital, and more than 400 were injured. The carnage was watched by a horrified global television audience. Violent English hooliganism, the scourge of football at home and almost everywhere English teams played in Europe during the 1970s and early 1980s, appeared to take stadium officials and the Belgian police completely by surprise. When the game started an hour and 25 minutes later, the decision being taken to avoid an escalation of the trouble, Juventus won it with a disputed penalty converted by Michel Platini, but the result lacked any real meaning in the circumstances.

In the aftermath, which also saw the downfall of the Belgian government, Uefa banned all English clubs from European competition indefinitely, with Liverpool receiving an extra three-year ban to apply when English clubs were allowed back. 3 - United Lead The Way Out Of The Wilderness 1999: Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich (Barcelona) English clubs' exile from Europe ended in 1990, but European football had moved on in their absence, and now there was a yawning tactical gulf to be bridged. It took almost the entire decade before an English side - now representing the Premiership - reached the final of what was now the Champions League. And, in line with the changed format, the club that did so had not won the domestic League the previous season. But Manchester United travelled to Barcelona looking to complete an unprecedented treble of Premier League title, FA Cup and European Champions League. And they succeeded, in dramatic fashion. Yet United were outplayed for most of the match, on what would have been Sir Matt Busby's 90th birthday.

Mario Basler's fifth-minute goal for Bayern had looked like being enough, and the Bavarians had hit the woodwork twice in the second half as Alex Ferguson's side were tactically out-thought by their impressive German opponents. But despite missing Paul Scholes and captain Roy Keane, suspended, United refused to give up - and in stoppage time they staged on of the great smash-and-grabs of European history. In the first minute of added time, David Beckham took a corner and, with goalkeeper-captain Peter Schmeichel pressuring the Bayern defence in desperation, the ball was headed back by Dwight Yorke for Ryan Giggs' scuffed shot to be hooked in by substitute Teddy Sheringham to equalise. Extra-time beckoned, but within a minute Gary Neville forced another corner. Beckham sent over another perfect delivery, Sheringham glanced it on and fellow substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pounced at close range to volley home. Two set-pieces at the death had seen United snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, and Schmeichel, in his last match for them, hoisted high a trophy that had already been adorned with Bayern's ribbons which had to be hastily replaced by stunned Uefa officials.

4 - Premier League To The Fore 2005: LIVERPOOL 3-3 AC Milan (aet; Liverpool won 3-2 on penalties) (Istanbul) There would be an all-Spanish and an all-Italian final - and a compensatory win for Bayern Munich - before an English club reached the final again. But if United's 1999 triumph had been an unlikely sensation, Liverpool's victory in 2005 was little short of miraculous. Milan were imperious and Rafael Benitez's side had no answer as the Rossoneri swept into an emphatic 3-0 first half lead. There were only 52 seconds on the clock when Paolo Maldini opened the scoring by volleying Andrea Pirlo's free-kick past Jerzy Dudek to punish Djimi Traore's foul. In the 29th minute, Milan had the ball in the net again, but Andriy Shevchenko's effort was disallowed for offside. It was only a stay of execution.

For although the Italians survived a penalty shout against Alessandro Nesta for a suspicion of handball, Shevchenko on the counter-attack found Hernan Crespo (on loan from Chelsea), whose first-time finish made it 2–0 to Milan. And five minutes later, a through-ball from Kaka found Crespo who made it three. The Cup was seemingly headed for Italy, the only question being by how many Milan would win. Benitez sent on Dietmar Hamann for the injured Steve Finnan for the second-half, and switched to a three-man defence, which freed up influential captain Steven Gerrard to attack from midfield. The skipper was inspirational, heading home John Arne Riise's second attempt at a cross in the 54th minute. The goal gave Liverpool hope and Gerrard, full of belief, was driving his team-mates on. Two minutes later Hamann passed to Vladimír Smicer, who, 20 yards from goal, hit a low shot that flew past Dida into the bottom corner of the goal.

Before Hamann received the ball, a linesman had been flagging for an earlier Liverpool offside, but the referee decided against giving a free kick to Milan as they had initially regained possession and the advantage had been played. Liverpool's tails were most certainly up, and a back-heel from Milan Baros was collected by Gerrard bearing down on goal, and he went down in the area. The Reds were awarded a penalty and although Dida dived low to push out Xabi Alonso's spot-kick, the Spaniard smashed the rebound into the roof of the net to haul Liverpool level, unbelievably, at 3–3. Both teams then created but couldn't convert further opportunities, and it went to extra-time. With Liverpool tiring after their remarkable endeavours, Milan were the better team in the extra period. And in the 116th minute, they nearly won the game when Shevchenko's goal-bound header was saved by Dudek, who then somehow saved the Ukraine striker's volley from the rebound with an outstretched hand at point-blank range. So it went to penalties. Liverpool had won that way against Roma in 1984; Milan had beaten Juventus in a shoot-out two years earlier.

Serginho blazed over, Hamann scored (despite having a fractured bone in his foot), and Pirlo's kick was saved by the dancing Dudek. Djibril Cisse extended Liverpool's lead before Jon Dahl Tomasson got Milan off the mark. Dida then saved from Riise, and Kaka scored for Milan, levelling the score at 2–2. But Smicer, in his last kick as a Liverpool player, converted his effort. So Shevchenko had to score with Milan's fifth kick. He'd succeeded against Juventus two years before, but this time he fired down the middle of the goal, and although Dudek dived to his right, he managed to beat the ball out, winning the trophy for Liverpool. 2006: Barcelona 2-1 ARSENAL (Paris) Signs that the Premier League's riches were underpinning a revival in English clubs' dominance were confirmed when Arsenal reached their first final in the competition the following season. The Gunners, wearing yellow shirts against the Blaugrana, had become London's first representatives in the final, which was staged at the Stade de France in Paris.

Arsenal had two chances to score in the opening minutes, Thierry Henry getting on the end of Emmanuel Eboue's cross, but seeing his shot blocked by Víctor Valdes. From the corner the Barca keeper again had to push away Henry's effort. But after Jens Lehmann had saved from Ludovic Giuly and Deco, the German keeper's game ended in the 18th minute when he brought down Samuel Eto'o on the edge of the penalty area and became the first player sent off in a final. Giuly had followed up and knocked the ball into the empty net, but the goal was disallowed because of Lehmann's foul. Manager Arsene Wenger sacrificed Robert Pires in what proved to be his last Arsenal game, as substitute keeper Manuel Almunia came on. Yet Arsenal scored first, on 37 minutes, after Eboue was brought down by Carles Puyol and Sol Campbell - also in his lat Arsenal game - headed home Thierry Henry's free kick.

Almunia pushed Ronaldinho's shot onto the bar, and Deco and substitute Andres Iniesta also forced saves from the Spanish keeper, but Henry should have doubled Arsenal's lead when he shot straight at Valdes, and the Gunners were made to pay in the 76th minute, when Eto'o levelled, played in by substitute Henrik Larsson and breaking through on the left side to beat Almunia from close range. Another sub, Brazilian defender Juliano Belletti, put the Catalans ahead in the 81st minute when he collected another Larsson pass and shot in off Almunia's right leg at the near post from a narrow angle. Barca held on to record their second triumph in the competition. 2007: AC Milan 2 - 1 LIVERPOOL (Athens) An English club reached the final for the third year running to set up a re-match of the Istanbul epic of two years earlier. Milan fielded the oldest starting eleven ever in a Champions League final, with an average age of 31 years, 34 days, and in Paolo Maldini had the oldest outfield player ever in a final at 38 years and 331 days.

Liverpool fielded five of the players who'd started the 2005 final - Xabi Alonso, Jamie Carragher, Steve Finnan, Steven Gerrard and John Arne Riise. Unlike the first half in Istanbul, Liverpool dominated - but Milan scored against the run of play in the 45th minute when Filippo Inzaghi deflected in Andrea Pirlo's free-kick, awarded when Kaka was brought down by Alonso. Replays showed that the ball was deflected in by Inzaghi's upper arm, but the referee did not judge it to have been a handling offence. Inzaghi later said that although the deflection was intended, he did not mean to hit the ball with his arm. Liverpool continued to dominate possession but in his search for an equaliser, Benitez sent on Peter Crouch for Javier Mascherano, who had been shackling Kaka. Suddenly freed, the Brazilian played Inzaghi in with a pass that beat the offside trap, and he made it 2-0. Dirk Kuyt gave the Reds late hope with a header from Daniel Agger's flick-on at a corner, but Milan held on to win.

Graham Lister Liverpool, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest glory: European Cup final special - Golden Years | Daily Mail Online Part Seventeen: Show us your pots There's always been something gloriously special about football's European Cup final. The most important club match anywhere in the world every year, the occasion has produced countless wonderful images and moments, not to mention great performances and memorable drama. This Golden Years special takes you back through the decades, with a selection of images from the European Cup final, ahead of this weekend's all-German clash between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. Please use the comments section at the bottom of this article if you wish to share your own European Cup memories, and we'll return with another nostalgic special next Wednesday. Taken at the first European Cup final to be played at Wembley in 1963, this picture shows AC Milan's goalkeeper Giorgio Ghezzi punches clear under pressure during their clash with Benfica. The great Eusebio put the Portuguese giants in front at Wembley, but two goals from Jose Altafini won Milan the first of their seven European Cups.

You may have spotted the empty seats in the background - that's not a surprise, as the official attendance was only 45,700, when the ground held 100,000-plus Liverpool captain Emlyn Hughes doffs a red hat to supporters after the 1977 European Cup final victory over Borussia Monchengladbach in Rome. The Merseysiders had already won the league title that year but lost the FA Cup final to great rivals Manchester United, before lifting themselves to claim victory in the Eternal City four days later. Goals from Terry McDermott, Tommy Smith and a penalty from Phil Neal gave Liverpool victory and they were kings of Europe for the first time This picture says it all about the despair of losing such a big match, with England star Chris Waddle having his head in his hands following Marseille's defeat in the 1991 European Cup final against Red Star Belgrade in Bari.

The game finished 0-0 after extra-time, with Red Star then winning a penalty shootout The most important goal George Best scored for Manchester United came on an emotional night at Wembley in 1968, when a 4-1 win over Benfica made United the first English club to be crowned champions of Europe. Best scored his goal with the game at 1-1 in the first period of extra-time. Further goals from Sir Bobby Charlton, his second of the night, and an 18-year-old Brian Kidd sealed United's win. Manager Sir Matt Busby had led the club to victory 10 years after surviving the Munich Air Disaster Real Madrid players celebrate in Paris after winning the first European Cup final in 1956. Real were actually 2-0 and 3-2 behind against French outfit Stade de Reims, but eventually won 4-3. Real legend Alfredo Di Stefano scored their opening goal, with Hector Rial on target twice. This was the start of a period of amazing domination for Real, who won the first five European Cups It wasn't to be for Terry Venables in Seville in 1986.

Venables, pictured here with his assistant Allan Harris, had taken Barcelona all the way to the European Cup final, but despite being overwhelming favourites to beat Steaua Bucharest they were beaten on penalties after a 0-0 draw. Venables has always been a popular figure in Barcelona, having led the club to their first league title for 11 years in 1985, but he would have been a true legend in Catalonia had his team won that night Here's another European Cup final to have been played at Wembley, the 1971 clash between Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam and Greek outfit Panathinaikos. In this picture, Ajax's Gerrie Muhren (older brother of former Manchester United and Ipswich midfielder Arnold) celebrates as an effort from Arie Haan loops into the net over Panathinaikos goalkeeper Takis Ikonomopoulos and seals a 2-0 win in the closing minutes of the match - the first of three successive European Cup wins for Ajax You may recognise former Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti playing for AC Milan in the 1989 European Cup final in the Nou Camp.

Steaua Bucharest were in the final again but they were no match for Milan, who produced a spellbinding performance to win 4-0, with two goals each from Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten Younger readers that have seen Aston Villa's recent troubles may be surprised to see this picture from 31 years ago - here Peter Withe scores the only goal of the 1982 European Cup final in Rotterdam, giving Villa a famous victory over Bayern Munich. Withe played at a host of clubs, but his longest spell was with Villa, where he played between 1980 and 1985 There's something special about the pilgrimage to a European Cup final for supporters - among the most famous has to be the trip to Lisbon for Celtic fans in 1967. Here a group of them arrive back in Glasgow in high spirits after seeing the 'Lisbon Lions' pull off a glorious 2-1 victory over Inter Milan One particularly special thing about the competition is the trophy itself - 'Old Big Ears' - which is seen here lifted by Bayern Munich's Franz Roth at Hampden Park in 1976.

Roth and Bayern had every reason to be delighted, as he scored the only goal of the final against Saint-Etienne, which won Bayern a third successive European Cup Bayern Munich have been kings of Europe on four occasions but have also lost five finals. They have lost twice recently, in 2010 and 2012, while English fans may remember Aston Villa's win in 1982 and Manchester United's incredible recovery in the 1999 final. The match that may be less well remembered here is the 1987 final in Vienna, where Bayern were winning 1-0 until the closing stages before Porto came back to claim victory with an equaliser from Rabah Madjer - seen here celebrating with Antonio Sousa and Paulo Futre - and a winner nine minutes from time from Brazilian Juary It's amazing to think that for all Barcelona's recent success in the European Cup, it was only 21 years ago at Wembley that they won it for the first time. Here, Ronald Koeman fires home his free-kick winner in the 1992 final against Sampdoria.

Barca have since won the European Cup on three further occasions, and all against English clubs - beating Arsenal in 2006, and Manchester United in both 2009 and 2011 - the latter two under manager Pep Guardiola, pictured to the left here Imagine waking up to 'Old Big Ears' the morning after scoring the winner in the European Cup final. Here, Kenny Dalglish is sharing a bed with the trophy after his goal saw off Belgian side Bruges in the 1978 final at Wembley. Liverpool had a second successive European Cup and Dalglish had ended his first season at the club perfectly Three months after becoming Britain's first ever million pound footballer when joining Nottingham Forest from Birmingham, Trevor Francis heads the winning goal in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmo at Munich's Olympic Stadium. Forest, who beat holders Liverpool in the first round, were kings of Europe a year after winning their first league title. It was a monumental triumph for their charismatic manager Brian Clough This picture shows a view of Munich's Olympic Stadium through the flags waved by Nottingham Forest supporters at the 1979 final.

It was an incredible time to be a Forest fan - a year later, Brian Clough's team successfully defended their European title, beating Hamburg 1-0 in the Bernabeu For a certain generation of Manchester United supporters, Scottish striker Denis Law will always be known as 'The King' of Old Trafford. Law joined United in 1962, and his goals had already helped the club to two league titles and an FA Cup. Unfortunately, Law missed United's European Cup final win in 1968, having to watch from a hospital bed, where he was recovering from a knee operation. He looks in pretty good spirits in this picture taken before United's 4-1 win over Benfica The 1967 European Cup final between Celtic and Inter Milan at Lisbon's National Stadium is one of the most famous games in British football history. Jock Stein's team of local players, all born within a 30-mile radius of Celtic Park, became the first British team to win the European Cup with a memorable 2-1 win. In this picture, Celtic players begin to celebrate an equaliser from Tommy Gemmell.

A winner from Stevie Chalmers in the Portuguese capital made Stein and his team legends in Glasgow and beyond Real Madrid's first defeat in a European Cup final came in Amsterdam in 1962, with Benfica claiming a famous 5-3 win. A hat-trick from the great Ferenc Puskas was all in vain for the Spanish giants. In this picture, Benfica pair Fernando Cruz and Germano thwart Alfredo Di Stefano (on the floor) during a Real attack. Benfica's win meant a second successive European Cup for them but amazingly they haven't won a continental trophy in the 51 years since Our final picture this week comes from one of the most famous European Cup finals of them all, the 1960 clash between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt at Hampden Park. Here, Ferenc Puskas scores from the penalty spot, one of his four goals in Real's glorious 7-3 victory.

Alfredo Di Stefano scored Real's other three goals, as the Spaniards won a fifth successive European Cup in front of an enthralled Glasgow crowd of 127,621 UEFA Champions League winners history list | Football Bible UEFA Champions League winners history list Published on Aug 13, 2014 Each year, an elite club that outsmarts the other strong European clubs is crowned the season’s UEFA Champions League winner. The title has been contended for 59 seasons and a number of teams have gained prominence in that time. Real Madrid is the most successful team having won ten times, followed by AC Milan with seven victories and five titles for both Liverpool and Bayern Munich. Here is the complete UEFA Champions League winners list.

1955-1960 Winner: Real Madrid (SPAIN) Runners-up: Stade de Reims (1956, 1959), Fiorentina (1957), Milan (1958), Eintracht Frankfurt (1960) Final scores: Real 4-3 Reims; Real 2-0 Fiorentina; Real 3-2 AC Milan (Extra Time); Real 2-0 Reims (1959); Real 7-3 Eintracht Host countries: France (1956); Spain (1957); Belgium (1958); Germany (1959); Scotland (1960) Real Madrid was the strongest team at the time. They won five consecutive tournaments a record that has not been matched. Though they encountered some resistance, the brilliance of their star players Ferenc Puskas, Francisco Gento, Alfredo Di Stefano and Jose Santamaria helped them conquer. In 1958, the final game was decided by an extra time goal scored by Francisco Gento.

The 1960 European Cup final was a thrilling match as Madrid humiliated Eintracht to a 7-3 loss in Glasgow. This match recorded the largest attendance ever with over 135000 fans at the stadium. 1960-1962 Runners-up: Barcelona (1961); Real Madrid (1962) Final scores: Benfica 3-2 Barcelona; Benfica 5-3 Real Madrid Host countries: Switzerland (1961); Netherlands (1962) Barcelona ended Real Madrid’s supremacy by beating them in the 1961 competition in the quarters. They made it to the finals only to lose to Benfica. Benfica boldly went on to lift the trophy a second time the following season by beating Real Madrid by 5-3.

Winners: AC Milan (1963); Inter Milan (1964, 1965) (ITALY) Runners-up: Benfica (1963); Real Madrid (1964); Benfica (1965) Final scores: AC Milan 2-1 Benfica; Inter Milan 3-1 Real; Inter Milan 1-0 Benfica Host countries: England (1963); Austria (1964); Italy (1965) AC Milan denied Benfica a chance to make it a hat-trick by beating them in the 1963 final. Their city rivals Internazionale Milan ensured the trophy stayed in Italy in the subsequent two seasons. With a wonderful combination of star players, namely Faketti, Mazzola, Sarti, Burnjic, Suares and Jaire the Inter squad marked an era that many Italians expected to match the earlier Real Madrid’s success.

Winners: Feyenord Rotterdam (1970) ; Ajax (1971, 1972, 1973) (NETHERLANDS) Runner-up: Celtic (1970); Panathinaikos(1971); Internazionale Milan (1972); Juventus(1973) Final score: Rotterdam 2-1 Celtic (Extra time); Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos; Ajax 2-0 Inter; Ajax 1-0 Juventus Host countrys: Italy (1970); England (1971); Netherlands (1972); Serbia (1973) The Dutch got a taste of the trophy when Rotterdam beat Celtic 2-1 after extra time in the finals of 1970 in Milan. The following season, Ajax ensured the trophy found its way back to the country by overpowering the Greek team Panathinaikos to a 2-0 defeat. Ajax maintained two more consecutive victories against Internazionale and Juventus by utilizing “the total football”.

Runner-up: Atletico Madrid (1974); Leeds United (1975); Saint-Etienne (1976) Final score: Bayern 4-0 Atletico (Rematch); Bayern 2-0 Leeds United; Bayern 1-0 Saint-Etienne Host country: Belgium (1974); France (1975); Scotland (1976) The Bayern Munich team was extremely successful with the squad consisting of a number of the German national squad, which won the European Championship in 1972 then the World Cup in 1974. The first victory came through a 4-0 rematch against Atletico Madrid after the first game ended in a 1-1 draw. The following season, Bayern won the match against Paris Leeds United with a 2-0 score line and resulted in the English crowd causing havoc at the stadium. The third victory came against Saint-Etienne who they outscored 1-0.

1976-1982 Winner: Liverpool (1977, 1978, 1981); Nottingham Forest (1979, 1980) Aston Villa (1982) (ENGLAND) Runner-up: Borussia Monchengladbach (1977); Club Brugge (1978); Malmo FF (1979); Hamburg (1980); Real Madrid (1981); Bayern Munich (1982) Final score: Liverpool 3-1 Monchengladbach; Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge; Nottingham 1-0 Malmo; Nottingham 1-0 Hamburg; Liverpool 1-0 Real; Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich Host country: Italy (1977); England (1978); Germany (1979); Spain (1980); France (1981); Netherlands (1982) Liverpool started the English dominance by triumphing over Borussia Monchengladbach, scoring three goals to their opponent’s one goal. It enjoyed another success the following year by beating Club Brugge, the Belgian champions.

However they fell to their English counterparts Nottingham Forest the next season as Forest made a sensational campaign to win the trophy. In addition, Forest defended the trophy in 1980 by beating Hamburg. In 1981, Liverpool secured their third victory by defeating Real Madrid by 1-0. Being the era for English teams to dominate, Aston Villa managed to win 1-0 against Bayern Munich in the 1982 final in Rotterdam. Final score: Juventus 1-0 Liverpool Host country: Belgium The defending champions lost 1-0 to Juventus in the next final. The Juventus excitement was eclipsed by the actions of Liverpool crowd that led to the demise of 39 Juventus fans. This was a dark cloud over English success as a ban of five years was imposed on the English teams and a six-year ban for Liverpool. It marked a big challenge for English cups to contest for the title even upon the end of the ban.

Winners: Steaua Bucuresti (1986) (ROMANIA) ; Porto (1987) (PORTUGAL) ; PSV Eindhoven (1988) (NETHERLANDS) Runners-up: Barcelona (1986); Bayern Munich (1987); Benfica (1988) Final scores: Steaua Bucuresti 0-0 Barcelona (2-0 pen); Porto 2-1 Bayern; PSV 0-0 Benfica (6-5 pen) Host countries: Spain (1986); Austria (1987); West Germany (1988) With the English teams missing out after the Heysel Disaster, the trophy was first lifted by Steaua Bucuresti from Romania after defeating Barcelona through penalties. Helmuth Duckadam, the Steaua keeper, saved four penalties to aid his team to a 2-0 win. Next Porto outweighed Bayern Munich in a thrilling final when Algeria’s Rabah Madjer scored a spectacular back-heel for Porto.

Runner-up: Steaua Bucuresti (1989); Benfica (1990) Final score: AC Milan 4-0 Bucuresti; AC Milan 1-0 Benfica Host country: Spain (1989); Austria (1990) Two decades after their first and only win, AC Milan routed Steaua Bucuresti to a 4-0 win to take the trophy. They defended the trophy a year later and won the final against Benfica by 1-0. The efforts of Arrigo Sacchi were proving to be fruitful for the club as he put up arguably the best defense in the tournament. Winner: Red Star Belgrade (YUGOSLAVIA) Runner-up: Marseille Final score: Red Star Belgrade 0-0 Marseille (5-3 pen) Host country: Italy Red Star Belgrade, Champions of the Yugoslav League, held Marseille to a goalless draw and went on to beat them on penalties. At this time, the 5 year ban on English teams was lifted.

Final score: United 2-1 Bayern Munich Host country: Spain The final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich is obviously one memorable match among the past Champions League finals. Both teams were on the hunt for a treble and Manchester had won the FA Cup and Premier League prior to the final. Bayern took the lead in the sixth minute through a stunning free kick and the Manchester United team struggled to find the net even in the second half. Into the three minutes of stoppage time, United was awarded a corner kick and all the players went forward, including the keeper. Teddy Sheringham got the equalizer in that moment and a second corner, still taken by David Beckham, resulted into the winning goal scored by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Final score: AC Milan 0-0 Juventus (3-2 pen) Host country: England Italy had not performed well in the previous season of the competition but they came back much improved, three Italian teams making it to the semi finals. The 2003 final was AC Milan against Juventus. After a 0-0 tie, Juventus lost 3-2 to AC Milan on penalties.

This was an important one for the Milan captain, Paolo Maldini, as he lifted the trophy exactly forty years after his father had done the same for Milan. In addition, Clarence Seedorf had won the Champions League three times with three different teams, after Ajax (1995) and Real Madrid (1998). Final score: Liverpool 3-3 Milan (3-2 pen) Host country: Turkey The 2005 final was a clash between prominent teams, Milan playing against Liverpool. Milan found the net after 52 seconds, which stands as the fastest goal in Champions league history. Another two goals from Hernan Crespo before half time provided Milan with a comfortable lead. This was later to be ruined by goals from Steven Gerrard, Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso before the sixtieth minute to bring the game to an even 3-3 score line. This is one outstanding comeback in a major and deciding match. The game proceeded to the penalty shootout and Liverpool conquered 3-2 to be victorious for the fifth time.

Question: Which English football club won the European Cup in 1982. beating Bayern Munich, 1-0 in Rotterdam?
Answer: ASTON VILLA