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On This Day in 1961 - European Glory!


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Anyone there for this night of European football at Hillsborough - would love to hear if someone  was and could recall the game & in particular the atmosphere?  I imagine pretty special?  Top marks if you were at this and our last against Kaiserslauten! (InterToto dosen't count !)

 

#OnThisDay in 1961 - the famous Wednesday club of Sheffield brought European football to the City of #Sheffield for the 1st time beating #OlympiqueLyons 5-2 on the night & 7-6 on aggregate. Goals
John Fantham 2, Colin Dobson, Billy Griffin & Tom McAnearney @winghalf6 #SWFC

 

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Yes was there. Just can’t remember much about it unfortunately. All I can remember was the novelty of seeing foreign players at Hillsborough.

In those days you just expected to beat anybody that turned up.

Fantham was my first hero. What a player.

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15 minutes ago, Ibbo48 said:

Yes was there. Just can’t remember much about it unfortunately. All I can remember was the novelty of seeing foreign players at Hillsborough.

In those days you just expected to beat anybody that turned up.

Fantham was my first hero. What a player.

 

You are not alone Ibbo! :-)

 

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8 minutes ago, daveyboy66 said:

That was my first European experience...I thought that we'd always be playing in Europe at 8 yrs old lol 

Me too davey.

Incidentally, dunsby, talking of my hero Fantham, have you got the iconic picture of an airborne JF scoring at Leppings Lane end in your extensive archive?

I had it on my bedroom wall and I’d love to see it again.

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Not that one, though I had that one as well.

Its a close up of just him. He’s just shot with his right foot and he’s totally airborne. I think he was wearing the shirt with stripes with white sleeves ?

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8 minutes ago, Ibbo48 said:

Not that one, though I had that one as well.

Its a close up of just him. He’s just shot with his right foot and he’s totally airborne. I think he was wearing the shirt with stripes with white sleeves ?

 

This one? :-)

 

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50 minutes ago, sw1867 said:

 

 

Dunsby - While we are doing requests. Do you have a photo of the away end at Burnley. Last game of the 2002 / 2003 season when we were already relegated and won 7-2?

That may be beyone me I am afraid :-)

 

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