All posts tagged "European Cup"

When Di Stefano and Puskas made Real Madrid the greatest side in Europe

The introduction of the European Cup in 1955 revolutionised football and the competition, in it’s current guise...
Spotlight Season: The Basque conquest of La Liga begins – 1980/81

Background At the start of the 1980’s, Spain was a country that was experiencing huge economic and...
When the nastiest rivalry in Spain was between Barcelona and Athletic

This is an exclusive extract offered to El Centrocampista by the collective of writers at The...
Spotlight Season: Barça and ‘el Dream Team’ finally land the Holy Grail – 1991-92

FCBarcelona.com Background Johan Cruyff and his Barcelona team could have been forgiven for focussing on their European...