Scottish Football Clubs in Europe - Aberdeen F.C. in Europe, Rangers F.C. in Europe, Celtic F.C. in Europe, Hibernian F.C. in Europe (Paperback)

Chapters: Aberdeen F.c. in Europe, Rangers F.c. in Europe, Celtic F.c. in Europe, Hibernian F.c. in Europe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Aberdeen played their first official match in competitive European football in early September, 1967. Aberdeen played their first official match in competitive European football in early September, 1967. This was a European Cup Winners' Cup first round game against KR Reykjavik of Iceland. The match ended in a 100 victory for Aberdeen in front of a packed Pittodrie. Among the scorers were Frank Munro, Jim Storrie and Jimmy Smith who both grabbed two goals each. The return leg saw Aberdeen continue their fine European debut, in Reykjavik. The Dons ran out 41 winners and won the tie 141 on aggregate. In the following round, Aberdeen were knocked out by Belgian club Standard Liege. Aberdeen lost 03 in Lige, but won the second leg 20 at Pittodrie, but it was not enough, as Aberdeen were knocked out of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1968, two goals from Dave Robb and Harry Melrose saw off Bulgarian club Slavia Sofia in the Fairs Cup. A capacity crowd saw Aberdeen beat Spanish giants Real Zaragoza 21, however Aberdeen were given a real lesson by Zaragoza, as they scored 3 goals in the return leg, to knock Aberdeen out in the second round. Aberdeen had the distinction of being the very first team to be knocked out of a European competition in a penalty shoot-out during the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup of 197071, following a 44 two legged aggregate scoreline against Hungarian team Honvd, the match had to be decided by a penalty shoot-out, the very first time this had happened in European football. Aberdeen lost by five kicks to four in Budapest. Billy McNeil's only European game as manager of Abe...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=17594659