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by **cheesecakery** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:21 pm

European Cup Final,1977

Liverpool 2 Borussia Moenchengladbach 1

In 1976-77 Liverpool were embarking on their 19th successive season in European football.The UEFA Cup had been won twice,the final of the Cup Winners Cup had been lost,but the record in the major competition,the European Cup,was disappointing.After the semi-final appearance in 1964-65,we had got no further than the second round in two subsequent efforts.By 1977 the Kop wanted a win to set the seal on Liverpool's greatness.
Liverpool sought an amazing treble that season.The League Championship was safely gathered in.But 4 days before the European Cup Final,the FA Cup Final was lost,Manchester United brilliant display to trounce 2-1.The side had to pick itself up for Rome,and the clash with German Champions Borussia Moenchengladbach.
They did their work well.Always looking dangerous,Liverpool struck in the 27th minute.Ian 'The Cat' Callaghan fed Steve Heighway and moved outside him as Heighway cut in on one of his penetrating runs.As Kevin Keegan moved left,taking Berti Fox with him,Terry Dermott sped towards the area in the inside-right position.Heighway's pass was perfectly weighted into his path,and Terry stroked it first time into the far corner for a superb goal and a well deserved half-time lead.
Six minutes after the interval,Phil Neal and Jimmy Chase muddled and Chase passed staight to Allan Simonsen,the brilliant Danish winger,who moved forward and scored with a tremendous cross-shot.Five minutes later Stielike was thwarted by a brilliant save from Clemence as he dashed of his line.We all thought this was like the FA Cup Final all over again,with Liverpool failing to convert steady pressure into goals and know falling for the sucker punch.
But the 65th minute arrived.Heighway took a corner on the left,a red-shirted player leapt forward,like a dolphin,and smacked the ball home with an unstoppable volley.We all went crazy.To everybody's surprise it turned out to be Phil Thompson,playing because of injury to Tommy Phall,in what he announced as his last match (he later changed his mind).
Liverpool were now on top,and when Keegan,who played brilliantly throughout,went nipping through the middle with 2 minutes left to be tripped by Berti Fox ,Phil Neal made no mistake with the penalty.Emlyn Hughes held the trophy aloft and the team paraded in front of the 1,790 crowd,nearly half of whom had come from Liverpool.It was the best final for years,and the last,until 1984,to produce more than one goal.What a game,what a night!

by **leothelion** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:17 am

OH HAPPY DAYS WHAT HAPPENED

by **supersub** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:59 pm

cheesey on acid again.

by **HOMELEIGHKOP** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:38 pm

those were the days

by **Dalglish** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:49 pm

Hmmmm it was 3-1 cheese cakery !!!!!!!!!

I watched the game ona B&W TV in my grans next door neighbours house:p

Lifting oureslves up from the heartbreak of the FA Cup final the Saturday before and lifting the European Cup for the first time is truly one of the gretest nights in LFC's history.

Personally the best game I've personally witnessed was the UEFA Cup Final In Dortmund in 2001, I was there and you couldn't make it up. Defence none existant, Gary Mac immense, a Wonderful goal from Robbie and the fans and flags. I nearly puked at 90 mins so emotionally wrung out I was.

Walk On........

by **azriahmad** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 12:28 pm

Cheesey, just as Dalglish pointed out, the score was Liverpool 3, Moenchangladbach 1 with Tommy Smith scoring from the header off the corner.
Our midfielder was Jimmy Case not Jimmy Chase.
Great moment.
One of the greatest goal has to be Kenny Dalglish's goal against Bruges the following year's European cup final at Wembley where he created and scored a world class goal on his own to seal the win.

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