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.

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View Profile Ruud Gullit Ruud Gullit OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He made appearances all around Europe with spells in Holland, Italy and England. Ruud won the Ballon d’or in 1987 and then went onto win Euro 1988 with Holland who he made 66 appearances for. View Profile Roy Keane Former Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and Republic of Ireland player. Keane was known for his no nonsense approach to the game. Roy made over 67 appearances over Republic of Ireland, he had brief spells managing Sunderland and Ipswich Town. Now a coach and pundit. View Profile Ronnie Whelan Ronald Andrew “Ronnie” Whelan is a former Irish association football midfielder, and sometimes defender, who was an integral part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1980s. He was at the club from 1979 until 1994. View Profile Ron Yeats Ronald ‘Ron’ Yeats is a Scottish former footballer.

He was the captain of the first great Liverpool team of the 1960s where he made 358 appearances, he also made appearances for Dundee and Tranmere Rovers. He also won two caps for Scotland. View Profile Ron Harris Ronald Edward Harris, better known as Ron “Chopper” Harris, is a former English footballer who played for Chelsea in the 1960s and 1970s. Ron made over 655 appearances Chelsea which spanned over a 19 year career with the club. View Profile Roger Hunt Roger Hunt, MBE is an English former footballer. Roger made over 404 appearances and scored 245 goals. He was a member of the England team which won the 1966 World Cup. Hunt was capped 34 times for his country. View Profile Robbie Fowler One of the greatest strikers in the English game. Played for Liverpool making 239 appearances and scored 120 goals and England where he went onto make 26 appearances and scored 7 goals.

View Profile Ricky George Richard Stuart George is a former professional footballer who had brief spells at many clubs, where his career spanned out across 13 years. View Profile Ray Wilkins Raymond Colin Wilkins MBE, commonly known as Ray Wilkins, is an English former footballer who played for chelsea at the start of his career where he made 179 appearances, he then went onto manchester united where he made a further 160 appearances, Ray enjoyed his 24 year career where he made 695 appearances and at present he is a television pundit. Most recently, he was assistant manager of Chelsea. View Profile Ray Parlour Raymond “Ray” Parlour is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Combined Counties League Premier Division side Wembley F.C. He won ten caps for his country but did not score any goals. He went onto make 339 appearances for Arsenal F.C. View Profile Ray Houghton Raymond James “Ray” Houghton is a retired football player, Ray enjoyed a career in english footbal that spanned over 21 years where made 580 appearances, and current analyst and commentator with RTÉ Sport.

View Profile Ray Clemence Raymond Neal “Ray” Clemence, MBE is one of English and European football’s most decorated goalkeepers and was part of the Liverpool team of the 1970s. Because of an injury to his left knee Clemence was forced into retirement from international football shortly afterwards with a total of 61 caps View Profile Phil Neal Philip George Neal is a former footballer who made well over 400 appearances for Liverpool which spanned over a nine year career with the club, Neal also had a seven year career with England, winning 50 caps and playing in the 1982 World Cup. View Profile Peter Shilton Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps. He was also the goal keeper who conceeded the famous “Hand Of God” goal. View Profile Peter Reid Peter Reid is an English football manager, pundit and retired player, who is currently without a club since his departure from Plymouth Argyle. Peter made many appearances across English football, most notably Everton where he made 159 appearances for the club.

he then went onto manage numerous clubs including Manchester City and Sunderland where he spent seven years. View Profile Peter Lorimer Peter Patrick Lorimer is a former footballer who played for Leeds United during the late 1960s and early 1970s, their most successful era he made over 700 appearances for Leeds United. View Profile Peter Bonetti Peter Phillip Bonetti is a former football goalkeeper for Chelsea where he made 495 appearances, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. View Profile Peter Beardsley Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE is an English former footballer who played between 1979 and 1999, he is renowned for his two spell spent at Newcastle United where he bacame a fan favourite, he also went onto make 59 appearances. He is currently employed as the Reserve Team manager of Newcastle United. View Profile Peter Beagrie Peter Sidney Beagrie is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and commentator. As a player he was a left-winger in a career that lasted from 1983 to 2006.

View Profile Perry Groves Perry Groves is a former English footballer, known chiefly for his time at Arsenal. He was a fast-paced player who usually played as winger, and occasionally as a striker. View Profile Paul Walsh An English former professional footballer and sports television pundit. shot to fame in the 1980s during spells with Charlton Athletic, Luton Town, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. He also went on to play for Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and Portsmouth. He was capped 4 times by England scoring 1 goals. View Profile Paul Parker Paul Andrew Parker is an English former professional footballer, manager and sports television pundit. Paul made a number of appearances for Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and Manchester United. He was also a crucial player at the 1990 World Cup with England and earned 19 caps. View Profile Paul Merson Paul Charles Merson is an English former professional footballer, manager and current sports television pundit. Paul made 289 appearances and scored 78 goals for Arsenal. He also made 21 appearances for England.

View Profile Paul McGrath Paul McGrath is a retired Irish footballer, who played as a defender from 1981 until 1998. McGrath is widely recognised as one of the greatest players to have ever come out of Ireland. He was capped 83 times, scoring eight goals. View Profile Paul Fletcher A retired English professional footballer who played as a striker. He was formerly the chief executive of Burnley. He also made 293 appearances for Burnley during his playing days. View Profile Pat Jennings Patrick Anthony “Pat” Jennings OBE is a Northern Ireland former football player. He played 119 games for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper. He also made 472 appearances for Tottenham before making the switch to Arsenal where he made a further 237 appearances. View Profile Paddy Crerand Patrick Timothy “Paddy” Crerand is a Scottish-born former footballer of Irish descent. After six years at Celtic he moved to Manchester United where he was a member of teams that won the English League title twice, the FA Cup and European Cup. He also gained 16 international caps for Scotland.

View Profile Ossie Ardiles Osvaldo César Ardiles, often referred to in Britain as Ossie Ardiles, is a football coach, pundit and former midfielder who won the 1978 World Cup as part of the Argentine national team. He made appearances for Tottenham, Paris St Germain, Blackburn Rovers and Queens Park Rangers. he then went onto manage all over the world. View Profile Norman Whiteside A former Northern Ireland international footballer who played in two World Cups. He played both as a midfielder and as a striker. Whiteside began his career at Manchester United, signing professional forms in 1982. View Profile Norman Hunter Norman Hunter is a former English footballer who was a member of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. He was also part of the 1966 FIFA World Cup winning squad, receiving a medal in 2007. View Profile Nobby Stiles Norbert “Nobby” Peter Stiles MBE is a retired English footballer. He was born in Collyhurst, Manchester. Stiles played for England for five years, winning 28 caps and scoring 1 goal.

View Profile Nigel Clough Nigel Howard Clough is an English former footballer and the current manager of Derby County. Playing predominately as a striker, but later in his career was used as a midfielder, Clough was capped by England 14 times in the early 1990s. View Profile Neville Southall Neville Southall MBE is a Welsh former international footballer. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1985. His 92 Welsh caps are a national record, he conceded 126 goals, for an average of 1.34 per match. View Profile Neil Ruddock Neil Ruddock, nicknamed Razor Ruddock is an English former professional footballer, actor and television personality. As a player he played as a central defender from 1986 to 2003. View Profile Mike Summerbee Mike Summerbee is an English former footballer, who played in the successful Manchester City side of the late 1960s and early 1970s. View Profile Mickey Thomas Michael Reginald “Mickey” Thomas is a former football player.

As a Welsh international, he made 51 appearances and scored four goals. View Profile Micky Quinn Michael “Micky” Quinn is a retired English professional footballer. He was predominantly a centre forward during a career in which he scored 228 goals from 515 games in the Football League View Profile Michael Owen Michael James Owen is an English footballer who played for Liverpool where he made 216 appearances and scored 118 goals, he then moved to Real Madrid where he enjoyed one year till he moved back to England to play for Newcastle United, Manchester United and finally Stoke City. He is England’s tenth most-capped player and has scored a national record of 26 competitive goals, with 40 in total from 89 appearances, most recently in 2008. View Profile Matt Le Tissier Matthew Le Tissier is a retired, Guernsey-born, English footballer. Le Tissier spent his entire club career with Southampton where he made 443 appearances and 161 goals and gained eight caps for the England national football team.

View Profile Martin Peters Martin Stanford Peters, MBE is a former football player and manager and a member of the England team which won the 1966 World Cup as well as playing in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He played three more games for England, reaching a total of 67 caps. View Profile Martin Keown Martin Raymond Keown is a semi-professional footballer who currently plays for Wembley FC and a former English footballer who played as a defender from 1984 to 2005 notably in the Premier League for Arsenal where he made over 300 appearances for the club and won nine major trophies. Over 10 years Keown was capped 43 times for England. View Profile Mark Wright Mark Wright is an English football manager, chairman and former England international football player. As a player, he had spells with Liverpool, Derby County, Southampton and Oxford United during the 1980s and 1990s. View Profile Mark Lawrenson Mark Thomas Lawrenson is a former professional footballer, a defender in the Liverpool and Ireland football teams of the 1980s.

View Profile Mark Halsey Mark Halsey is a former professional referee with The Premier League who over came a battle with cancer to return to top flight sport. View Profile Malcolm McDonald A former English footballer nicknamed Supermac, famed for scoring goals for Luton Town where he scored 48 goals in 88 apearances, as well as Newcastle United and Arsenal. View Profile Allan Clarke Former footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England View Profile Alex Stepney Former English football player who was Manchester United’s goalkeeper when they became the first English club to win the European Cup. View Profile Alex McLeish Scottish former professional football player and manager. Played for Aberdeen and Motherwell. Managed Motherwell, Hibernian, Rangers, Scotland, Birmingham City and Aston villa. Alex McLeish is also a member of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. View Profile Alan Smith Alan Smith is an English footballer who plays for Milton Keynes Dons, having signed for them in July 2012 following his release by Newcastle United a few weeks earlier. He also enjoyed a spell at Manchester United.

He has also represented the England national football team, winning 19 caps. View Profile Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team. He is also, currently the leading goal scorer in English Premier League history. View Profile Alan Rough Alan Roderick Rough is a former Scottish international goalkeeper, who won over 50 caps and played in two FIFA World Cups. He also had a long club career, mostly with Partick Thistle and Hibernian. View Profile Duncan McKenzie Duncan McKenzie is an English former footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Mansfield Town, Leeds United, Everton, Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers before enjoying a brief spell in the US. View Profile Alan Kennedy Alan Kennedy was a former Newcastle United, Liverpool FC and Sunderland Footballer. He also applied his trade in Europe in both Denmark and Belgium. View Profile Alan Hansen Alan David Hansen is a Scottish former football player and widely respected BBC television football pundit. He played as a central defender for Partick Thistle, Liverpool and Scotland.

View Profile Alan Curbishley Llewellyn Charles “Alan” Curbishley is an English former football player and manager. He has worked in the FA Premier League in management roles at Charlton Athletic, West Ham United and more recently was a Technical Director for Fulham FC. Alan Brazil Scottish former football player and broadcaster. Footballer for Ipswich, Tottenham, Manchester United, Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers. View Profile Luther Blissett Luther Loide Blissett is a former professional footballer and manager, who had a brief stint at AC Milan before being moved onto Watford where he made 127 appearances. He is currently a first-team coach at Hemel Hempstead Town. View Profile Lou Macari Luigi “Lou” Macari is a Scottish former footballer and football manager of Italian descent. After a promising start to his playing career with Celtic, he moved south of the border in 1973 for £200,000 to sign for Manchester United, where he would spend the bulk of his playing career.

View Profile Lee Sharpe Lee Stuart Sharpe is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and reality television personality, who as a player was predominantly a left winger from 1988 to 2004, he played for Manchester United for eight years making 193 appearances. He won a total of eight caps for England. View Profile Lawrie Sanchez Lawrence Philip “Lawrie” Sanchez is a football manager, and a former player. Sanchez won three international caps for Northern Ireland. View Profile Lawrie McMenemy Lawrie McMenemy MBE is a retired English football coach, best known for his spell as manager of Southampton Football Club who he managed for 12 years. View Profile Kevin Ratcliffe Kevin Ratcliffe is a former Welsh footballer who spent most of his career playing for Everton where he made 348 appearances. View Profile Kevin Keegan Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is an English former footballer who played for several clubs including Liverpool where he won three Football League Division One titles, two UEFA Cups, an FA Cup and a European Cup. Kevin also went to manage many teams from the likes of Newcastle United, Fulham, England and Manchester City before returning to Newcastle United.

View Profile Kevin Davies Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers as a striker making 351 appearances. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009 till he left and joined Preston North End in 2013. View Profile Kenny Sansom Kenneth Graham Sansom is an English former footballer. Until overtaken by Ashley Cole in February 2011, he held the record for the number of caps for an England national football team full back, having appeared 86 times for his country between 1979 and 1988. View Profile Kenny Dalglish Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and manager. In a career spanning 22 years, he played for Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is also regarded as one of the best scottish footballers ever to grace the turf. View Profile Kenny Burns A former Scotland international footballer, most famous for his time with Nottingham Forest, where he played a vital role in their European Cup successes.

View Profile Johnny Giles Michael John “Johnny” Giles is a former association footballer and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. View Profile John Stiles John Stiles is a former professional footballer and the son of 1966 England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles and nephew of Johnny Giles. Stiles made over 150 Football League appearances in total, having played for Leeds United and Doncaster Rovers. View Profile John Motson John Walker Motson OBE, also known as Motty, is an English football commentator on both television and radio. View Profile John Lukic Jovan “John” Lukic is an English former professional footballer of Serbian descent who played as a goalkeeper from 1978 to 2001. who had two long spells at leeds, that spanned over 18 years. View Profile John McGovern John McGovern is a Scottish former association football player and manager. McGovern is most famous for captaining the Nottingham Forest side that won the European Cup twice, under the management of Brian Clough.

View Profile John Hartson John Hartson is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1992 until 2008 notably in the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and the Premier League for Arsenal and West Ham United. View Profile John Greig John Greig MBE is a Scottish former professional football player who, despite his boyhood allegiance to hometown team Heart of Midlothian, spent his entire career in Glasgow with Rangers as a player where he made 498 appearances and went onto manage and director. View Profile John Giles Michael John “Johnny” Giles is a former association footballer and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also a player manager for his national side Republic of Ireland. View Profile John Beresford John Beresford is a former English football player who played as a defender for many clubs, but most noticeably, Newcastle where he made 179 appearances, who is currently a pundit for ITV Tyne Tees and ESPN.

View Profile John Barnes John Barnes was a Jamaican born Englishman who played for teams like Watford & Liverpool where he became an Anfield Legend who played over 70 times for England on the wing, he may be remembered most for the goal which he scored against Brazil in 1984 where he outpaced several defenders to score. you may not know but John did not aqquire his British passport till after the world cup. View Profile Joey Jones Joseph Patrick “Joey” Jones is a former Welsh international football full-back who played for Liverpool, with whom he won the European Cup. View Profile John Aldridge John William Aldridge is a former Republic of Ireland international footballer and football manager. He was a prolific record-breaking striker best known for his productive time with Liverpool in the late 1980s, and for being the first man to have a penalty kick saved in a Wembley FA Cup Final. View Profile Joe Royle Joseph “Joe” Royle is an English football manager. In his club career, he played for Everton, Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the England national team. Royle has managed Oldham Athletic, Everton, Manchester City, and Ipswich Town.

View Profile Joe Corrigan A former football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City, Norwich City and Stoke City as well as the England national team. Who went on later to coach a number of teams in a goalkeeping coach position. View Profile Jimmy Nicholl James Michael “Jimmy” Nicholl is a Canadian-born former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Manchester United. Nicholl won a total of 73 international caps for Northern Ireland, scoring once and is currently assistant manager at Kilmarnock.

Question: Which Englishman was the very first footballer to score a goal for Liverpool in a European Cup Final, the year in question being 1977 ?
Answer: TERRY McDERMOTT