Kid Dynamite 390 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 I never really appreciated how big a win this was for us until I saw some of the teams in the competition that year Panathanaikos Chelsea Rangers Athletic Bilbao Liverpool Juventus Eintracht Frankfurt Real Zaragoza Sporting Lisbon Valencia Feyenoord Lyon Nice Dynamo Zagreb Fiorentina Rapid Bucharest Bologna FC Basel Marseille Metz Salvia Prague Hamburg Standard Liege Leeds Grasshopper Napoli AIK Gothenburg Hannover Athletico Madrid Legia Warsaw 1860 Munich Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asprilla 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 *recelebrates* These are the thoser Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Renton 609 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Doesn't count because the qualification rules according to the mackems. Tbf the older mackems recognise the achievement, the younger ones, not so much..... But yeah, very hard competition and amazing we won it. Before even I was born though...... Edited May 19, 2016 by Renton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 1,451 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 My mate's dad is Ron Guthrie- he's rightly proud of his Fairs Cup winners medal and FA Cup winners medal from when he went to the Dark Side. He was also in Blyth Spartans' FA cup giant-killers team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaddockLad 724 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 My mate's dad is Ron Guthrie- he's rightly proud of his Fairs Cup winners medal and FA Cup winners medal from when he went to the Dark Side. He was also in Blyth Spartans' FA cup giant-killers team. That's a great career Think it was Stevie who mentioned the 4-2 aggregate shoeing (4-nowt first leg @ SJP) we dished out to the Feyenoord side who would win the European Cup itself 12 months later...that was probably our best result outside of the final. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 1,653 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 My mate's dad is Ron Guthrie- he's rightly proud of his Fairs Cup winners medal and FA Cup winners medal from when he went to the Dark Side. He was also in Blyth Spartans' FA cup giant-killers team. He's in a quiz question - supposedly the only bloke to have played in every round (including all the qualifying rounds) of the cup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Fish 285 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 I never really appreciated how big a win this was for us until I saw some of the teams in the competition that year Panathanaikos Chelsea Rangers Athletic Bilbao Liverpool Juventus Eintracht Frankfurt Real Zaragoza Sporting Lisbon Valencia Feyenoord Lyon Nice Dynamo Zagreb Fiorentina Rapid Bucharest Bologna FC Basel Marseille Metz Salvia Prague Hamburg Standard Liege Leeds Grasshopper Napoli AIK Gothenburg Hannover Athletico Madrid Legia Warsaw 1860 Munich Some big teams there, but what were their standards at the time? Genuinely curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kid Dynamite 390 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 I had the full cup run of Spartans programmes from 1978 minus the 1st qualifying round. It finally came up on eBay for the first time in a decade and I missed out on it. Sold the rest in a strop that week Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gemmill 753 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 I had the full cup run of Spartans programmes from 1978 minus the 1st qualifying round. It finally came up on eBay for the first time in a decade and I missed out on it. Sold the rest in a strop that weekIf I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
essembeeofsunderland 140 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 Fairs Cup 1968/69 season. I went to every home game.The only time we played in front of 60,000+ was away to Rangers.75,000. Leeds won the league that season and were beaten home and away by Ujpest Dozsa. Ujpest Dozsa won their league that season and the following 6 seasons. Chelsea finished 5 th that season Liverpool were runners up. Fiorentina won Serie A that season. Feyernoord won the Dutch league that season. Feyernoord won the European Cup the season after. Sporting Lisbon won the Portuguese league the season after. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Fish 285 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 essembee, that was helpful, cheers. I'm scared. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
essembeeofsunderland 140 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 At times I am the man with the facts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gemmill 753 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 At other times you are the man with the questions Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
essembeeofsunderland 140 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 Correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJS 246 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 I read Jackie Milburn's auto-biography a few years ago and he made the point about the Fairs cup that Don Revie spoke about Ujpest after they's knocked Leeds out where he described them as the best team in Europe and predicted they were going to hammer us easily. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rayvin 513 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 essembee, that was helpful, cheers. I'm scared. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monkeys Fist 1,451 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 At times I am the man with the facts At other times you are the man with the questionsHe is the StorytellerIn Russia he is Ivan In Sweden he is Bjorn...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howmanheyman 1,261 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 In Germany I'm Johann, In England I am john. On TT I am Essembee On Wearside I'm royalty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
essembeeofsunderland 140 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 Recently on rtg they have admitted visiting this site so i know they will follow my posts for the truth they would rather not read but feel they have to.Unfortunately being blasted out the water isn't something they want to experience.Come makems.Come and answer my questions.It's good to talk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kid Dynamite 390 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 They've admitted to visiting this site but you must be permanently fucking camped out on there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
essembeeofsunderland 140 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 I'm too busy educating you lot to spend much time educating those morons on rtg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howay 1,030 Report post Posted May 19, 2016 That would be a full time job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McFaul 16 Report post Posted May 20, 2016 It was accepted by most people that winning the Fairs/UEFA Cup was more difficult than winning the EC for loads of reasons. Nottingham Forest beat MIGHTY MALMO to win it one year. It all changed in the early 90's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex 1,653 Report post Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) It was accepted by most people that winning the Fairs/UEFA Cup was more difficult than winning the EC for loads of reasons. Nottingham Forest beat MIGHTY MALMO to win it one year. It all changed in the early 90's. With the caveat that you had to be your nation's title winners (or winners of the previous year's competition) to get into it. We were nowhere near good enough to win the league when we won the Fairs Cup. It was still a brilliant achievement though. Your argument holds water however. The Uefa Cup in its old incarnation was the hardest European competition to win too before the European Cup expansion/Champions League. The entry criteria can't be ignored at the same time. Edited May 20, 2016 by Alex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
