Showing posts with label juventus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label juventus. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

UEFA Europa League - FC Basel




There may not be an archive of clips of FC Basel but their old stadium - the St Jakob - was a regular venue for UEFA Cup Winners Cup finals and even hosted matches during the 1954 World Cup.





1984 - Juventus beat Porto 2-1 in the Cup Winners Cup final. The St Jakob goal nets were hung as skinny Continental D's complete with ground supports (check out York City for similar).



1979 - Barcelona edge out Fortuna Dusseldorf by the odd goal in 7, all scored into a rather more traditional set of Continental D's.



1975 - Dynamo Kyiv rattle three past Ferencvaros into St Jakob's sturdy A-frames.



1969 - the sides are Slovan Bratislava and Barcelona, but the A-frames are the same.



FC Basel hosted 6 matches during the 1954 World Cup. They've got sloping A-frames like Tottenham Hotspur. One of the 6 games is a group game that foreshadowed the eventual final - though not that final's result - Hungary beat West Germany 8-3.



Bonus feature - want to see the nets at the 1954 World Cup final? Check out those ground supports!





Tuesday, November 6, 2012

UEFA Champions League - Juventus FC






Juventus are commonly known as La Vecchia Signora, the Old Lady.

Check out theses curves at the old Stadio Comunale.


Shouldn't  Juve be named la vecchia signora con le gambe curve?


Saturday, February 26, 2011

Manchester City


Manchester City won the League Cup in 1975/76 and finished the season at Maine Road with the old stanchions and light blue nets.



Then, for the UEFA Cup in 76/77 - after Panenka's penalty and Euro '76 - they kept the light blue nets but ditched the stanchions for groovy Continental D's.