When you’re winning games, you don’t make changes. Shankly must have come to our hotel or something, and we took him to the game. Liverpool v Nottingham Forest official programme 27/09/1978 European Cup, Nottingham Edition, in very good condition, 4 pages. Ajax v Nottingham Forest The other semi-final turned out to be one of the all-time classic European Cup ties. Forest famously went 42 games without defeat between November 1977 and December 1978 – a record at the time. "So when we scored again, cocky young thing that I was, I went up to him and said: 'Will two be enough then?' in European football, http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1979/10/06/pagina-30/1051919/pdf.html, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52970612, "When Nottingham Forest retained the European Cup 40 years ago", "Aston Villa i Nottingham Forest, dva europska prvaka u 2. ligi", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1980_European_Cup_Final&oldid=977065181, International club association football competitions hosted by Spain, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 September 2020, at 18:31.
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Liverpool 1978 European Cup - YouTube "We thought we'd be going to Italy or Spain, somewhere a bit exotic," Birtles says.
His team won the Champions League last season and look to be running away with the Premier League title race this time around.
And I always think: that's us.
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Clough instilled a belief in his players that they were the best in the world and it paid dividends during a trophy-laden period for the Reds. Both Garry Birtles and Robertson missed good chances in the second half, but it did not matter, as Malmö never looked likely to score. "I enjoy watching the games, but with English teams meeting each other so often it's becoming a bit predictable. Partly because it wasn't much of a trip and partly because they were such a fantastic team we thought we were bound to lose. When that happened, with Liverpool and Nottingham Forest paired without seeding in the first round of the 1978-79 competition, it was a shock to … In a frank and open discussion with the national newspaper, he was put to task on discussing the modern-day game and a comparison between Clough and Klopp quickly emerged. Shilton’s comparison is interesting but with Liverpool on course for an invincible season, it’s easy to see where it comes from. Back in the days of the old European Cup it was almost impossible for two English clubs to meet, as the only way it could come about was for one team to qualify as holders and another to enter as champions. "Deep down we were scared," Birtles says. ", According to Kenny Dalglish, who generously acknowledges that Forest left Liverpool looking like the European novices, the holders would have been better accepting a 1-0 defeat and trying to overcome the deficit at Anfield.
"It's like Barnsley doing it. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
He also collected 125 England caps during a glittering career.
Clough was a born winner and Shilton is right to use Klopp as an example of the modern-day equivalent. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two-time champions Liverpool in the first round.
In the 21st minute, John Robertson squeezed a shot past Hamburg keeper Rudi Kargus for the only goal of the game,[2] and Forest then defended solidly,[3] to give Nottingham Forest back-to-back European Cup titles.
Therefore, the first game that Francis was eligible for was the final itself and, with Martin O'Neill injured and Archie Gemmill not selected by Clough, Francis was picked to play his first ever European club game, albeit out on the right wing. Just two years earlier, Forest had been in English football's second tier, and yet they now found themselves at the zenith of European club football. Nottingham Forest would retain their title the following year. Lee is a Digital Football Journalist based in Nottinghamshire. Nottingham Forest fan and Football League expert.
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