Soccer Nostalgia: February 2024

Liverpool Matches during the Champions Cup, 1976/77 Season:

September 14, 1976, Liverpool, Liverpool FC (England) 2- Crusaders Football Club-Belfast (Northern Ireland) 0 (Phil Neal 18 pen, John Toshack 64)

September 28, 1976, Belfast, Crusaders Football Club-Belfast (Northern Ireland)

0-Liverpool FC (England) 5 (Kevin Keegan 34, David Johnson 81, 90, Terry McDermott 84, Steve Heighway 87)

October 20, 1976, Trabzon, Trabzonspor Kulübü (Turkey) 1- Liverpool FC (England) 1 (Cemil Usta 63 pen)

November 3, 1976, Liverpool, Liverpool FC (England) 3- Trabzonspor Kulübü (Turkey) 0 (Steve Heighway 8, David Johnson 10, Kevin Keegan 19)

March 2, 1977, Saint Etienne, Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire (France) 1- Liverpool Football Club (England) 0 (Dominique Bathenay 78)

March 16, 1977, Liverpool, Liverpool FC (England) 3- Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire (France) 1 (Kevin Keegan 2, Ray Kennedy 59, David Fairclough 84 / Dominique Bathenay 50)

April 6, 1977, Zürich, Fußball Club Zürich (Switzerland) 1-Liverpool Football Club (England) 3 (Peter Risi 6 pen / Phil Neal 14, 67 pen, Steve Heighway 48)

April 20, 1977, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club (England) 3-Fußball Club Zürich (Switzerland) 0 (Jimmy Case 33, 79, Kevin Keegan 83)

May 25, 1977, Roma, Italy, Liverpool FC (England) 3- Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach (West Germany) 1 (Terry McDermott 28, Tommy Smith 65, Phil Neal 83 pen / Allan Simonsen 51)

Date: September 14, 1976

Competition: Champions Cup- First Round, First Leg

Result: Liverpool Football Club (England) 2- Crusaders Football Club-Belfast (Northern Ireland) 0

Venue: Liverpool- Anfield

Attendance: 22,242

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: 19:30

Goalscorers:

(Liverpool): Phil Neal 18 pen, John Toshack 64

(Crusaders): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (18^th minute, Liverpool): -

2:0 (64^th minute, Liverpool): -

Lineups:

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3-Joey Jones (Wales), 4-Tommy Smith, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7-Kevin Keegan, 8-David Johnson, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland), 10-John Toshack (Wales), 11-Ian Callaghan

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

16-Peter McDonnell, 12-Jimmy Case, 13-David Fairclough, 14-Terry McDermott, 15-Brian Kettle

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: -Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

Crusaders FC:

Roy McDonald, Robert Strain, Geoff Gorman Walter McFarland, Bob Gillespie, John McPolin, George Lennox, Ronnie McAteer, Paul Kirk, Drew Cooke, George McCann

Coach: William Johnston

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: -Shirts, - Shorts, - Socks

Date: September 28, 1976

Competition: Champions Cup- First Round, Second Leg

Result: Crusaders Football Club-Belfast (Northern Ireland) 0-Liverpool Football Club (England) 5

Venue: Belfast- Seaview

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: 16:00

Goalscorers:

(Crusaders): None

(Liverpool): Kevin Keegan 34, David Johnson 81, 90, Terry McDermott 84, Steve Heighway 87

Summary of goals:

0:1 (34^th minute, Liverpool): David Johnson’s cross from the right side was knocked in by Keegan.

0:2 (81^st minute, Liverpool): Roy McDonald parried a long-range shot, David Johnson knocked in the rebound.

0:3 (84^th minute, Liverpool): Terry McDermott scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

0:4 (87^th minute, Liverpool): David Johnson’s pass from the right side was knocked in by Heighway.

0:5 (90^th minute, Liverpool): Neal’s corner kick (or cross) from the right side was headed in by David Johnson.

Lineups:

Crusaders FC:

Roy McDonald, Robert Strain, Geoff Gorman, Walter McFarland, Bob Gillespie, John McPolin, George Lennox (Robert McQuillan 68), Ronnie McAteer, Paul Kirk, Drew Cooke, George McCann (Terry Collins 63)

Coach: William Johnston

Booked: Ronnie McAteer 60

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Black Shorts, White Socks

Liverpool:

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

16-Peter McDonnell, 12-Phil Thompson, 13-David Fairclough, 14-Alan Waddle

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Date: October 20, 1976

Competition: Champions Cup- Second Round, First Leg

Result: Trabzonspor Kulübü (Turkey) 1- Liverpool Football Club (England) 0

Venue: Trabzon-Hüseyin Avni Aker

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Trabzonspor): Cemil Usta 63 pen

(Liverpool): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (63^rd minute, Trabzonspor): Cemil Usta scored from a penalty kick.

Lineups:

Trabzonspor Kulübü:

Senol Günes, Turgay Semercioglu, Necasti Özcaglayan, Kadir Özcan, Cemil Usta, Ali Yavuz (Engin Cinar 68), Bekir Barcin, Hüseyin Tok, Ali Kemal Denizci, Necmi Perekli, Ahmet Ceylan

Coach: Ahmet Suat Özyazici

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Burgundy Red Shirts, White Shorts, Burgundy Red Socks

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Tommy Smith. 3-Joey Jones (Wales), 4-Phil Thompson, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7-Kevin Keegan, 8-Terry McDermott, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland) (14-David Fairclough 75), 10-John Toshack (Wales) (12-David Johnson 72), 11-Ian Callaghan

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

13-Peter McDonnell, 15-Jimmy Case, 16-Brian Kettle

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Date: November 3, 1976

Competition: Champions Cup- Second Round, Second Leg

Result: Liverpool Football Club (England) 3- Trabzonspor Kulübü (Turkey) 0

Venue: Liverpool- Anfield

Attendance: 42,275

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: 19:30

Goalscorers:

(Liverpool): Steve Heighway 8, David Johnson 10, Kevin Keegan 19

(Trabzonspor): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (8^th minute, Liverpool): Keegan’s cross from the right side was struck in by Heighway.

2:0 (10^th minute, Liverpool): Heighway’s shot from the left side, struck a defender and bounced in the path of David Johnson who scored.

3:0 (19^th minute, Liverpool): Callaghan’s cross from the right side was headed in by Keegan.

Lineups:

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3-Joey Jones (Wales), 4-Phil Thompson, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7-Kevin Keegan, 8-Terry McDermott, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland), 10-David Johnson, 11-Ian Callaghan

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

16-Peter McDonnell, 12-David Fairclough, 13-John Toshack (Wales), 14-Jimmy Case, 15-Brian Kettle

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Trabzonspor Kulübü:

Senol Günes, Turgay Semercioglu, Necasti Özcaglayan, Bekir Barcin, Cemil Usta

Hüseyin Tok (Mehmet Cemil Altin 46), Ali Yavuz, Engin Cinar, Ali Kemal Denizci, Necmi Perekli, Ahmet Ceylan

Coach: Ahmet Suat Özyazici

Sent Off: Mehmet Cemil Altin 86

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: -

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Sky Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Sky Blue Socks

Date: March 2, 1977

Competition: Champions Cup-Quarter Finals, First Leg

Result: Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire (France) 1- Liverpool Football Club (England) 0

Venue: Saint Etienne- Stade Geoffroy Guichard

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(AS Saint Etienne): Dominique Bathenay 78

(Liverpool): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (78^th minute, Saint Etienne): Jean-Michel Larqué’s corner kick from the left side was headed across to the right, Janvion volleyed the ball across and Bathenay struck it in.

Lineups:

AS Saint Etienne:

1-Yvan Curkovic (Yugoslavia), 2-Gerard Janvion, 3-Gerard Farison, 4-Oswaldo Piazza (Argentina), 5-Christian Lopez, 6-Dominique Bathenay, 7-Dominique Rocheteau, 8-Jean-Michel Larqué, 9-Jacques Santini, 10-Christian Synaeghel, 11-Patrick Revelli

Coach: Robert Herbin

Booked: Oswaldo Piazza 77

Team Captain: Jean-Michel Larqué

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

Note:

1-After this booking, Oswaldo Piazza suspended for the second leg.

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3-Joey Jones (Wales), 4-Phil Thompson, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7-Terry McDermott, 8-Jimmy Case, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland), 10-John Benjamin Toshak (Wales) (15-Tommy Smith 80), 11-Ian Callaghan

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

16-Peter McDonnell, 12-David Fairclough, 15-David Johnson

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Note:

1-In another source, Tommy Smith is number 14 instead of 15 and David Johnson is number 15, to be verified.

2-For more detail, see:

https://soccernostalgia.blogspot.com/2012/11/memorable-european-confrontations-part.html

Photo From: L’Année du Football 1977

(March 2, 1977, Champions Cup, Saint Etienne 1-Liverpool 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 15, March 1977

(March 2, 1977, Champions Cup, Saint Etienne 1-Liverpool 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 15, March 1977

(March 2, 1977, Champions Cup, Saint Etienne 1-Liverpool 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 15, March 1977

(March 2, 1977, Champions Cup, Saint Etienne 1-Liverpool 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 15, March 1977

(March 2, 1977, Champions Cup, Saint Etienne 1-Liverpool 0)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 15, March 1977

(March 2, 1977, Champions Cup, Saint Etienne 1-Liverpool 0)

Date: March 16, 1977

Competition: Champions Cup-Quarter Finals, Second Leg

Result: Liverpool Football Club (England) 3-Association Sportive de Saint-Etienne Loire (France) 1

Venue: Liverpool-Anfield Road

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Charles George Rainier Corver (Holland)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Liverpool): Kevin Keegan 2, Ray Kennedy 59, David Fairclough 84

(AS Saint Etienne): Dominique Bathenay 50

Summary of goals:

1:0 (2^nd minute, Liverpool): On the left side, Keegan sent a long cross/shot that was chipped over Curkovic.

1:1 (50^th minute, Saint Etienne): Bathenay scored with a long-range shot from outside of the box.

2:1 (59^th minute, Liverpool): From the middle, Neal sent a ball inside the box, Toshack shielded it in the path of Kennedy who shot past Curkovic.

3:1 (84^th minute, Liverpool): From near the middle of the field on the left side, Kennedy lobbed a long ball in the path of Fairclough who advanced to score.

Lineups:

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3-Joey Jones (Wales), 4-Tommy Smith, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7-Kevin Keegan, 8- Jimmy Case, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland), 10-John Benjamin Toshack (Wales) (12-David Fairclough 74), 11-Ian Callaghan

Coach: Bob Paisley

Booked: John Benjamin Toshack 15

Other Substitutes:

16-Peter McDonnell, 13-Terry McDermott, 14-David Johnson, 15-Brian Kettle

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

AS Saint Etienne:

1-Yvan Curkovic (Yugoslavia), 2-Gerard Janvion, 3-Gerard Farison, 4-Alain Merchadier (12-Hervé Revelli 74), 5-Christian Lopez, 6-Dominique Bathenay, 7-Dominique Rocheteau, 8-Jean-Michel Larqué, 9-Jacques Santini,10-Christian Synaeghel, 11-Patrick Revelli

Coach: Robert Herbin

Team Captain: Jean-Michel Larqué

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Le Coq Sportif

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, White Shorts, Green Socks

Note:

1-Dominique Rocheteau scored a goal in the 15^th minute that was disallowed for offside.

Photo From: L’Année du Football 1977

(March 16, 1977, Champions Cup, Liverpool 3- Saint Etienne 1)

Photo From: L’Année du Football 1977

(March 16, 1977, Champions Cup, Liverpool 3- Saint Etienne 1)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 16, April 1977

(March 16, 1977, Champions Cup, Liverpool 3- Saint Etienne 1)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 16, April 1977

(March 16, 1977, Champions Cup, Liverpool 3- Saint Etienne 1)

Date: April 6, 1977

Competition: Champions Cup- Semifinals, First Leg

Result: Fußball Club Zürich (Switzerland) 1-Liverpool Football Club (England) 3

Venue: Zürich-Letzigrund

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(FC Zürich): Peter Risi 6 pen

(Liverpool): Phil Neal 14, 67 pen, Steve Heighway 48

Summary of goals:

1:0 (6^th minute, FC Zürich): Tommy Smith fouled Alfred Scheiwiler in the box. Risi scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

1:1 (14^th minute, Liverpool): Kennedy’s free kick from the left side reached Neal on the far post, who controlled and then shot.

1:2 (48^th minute, Liverpool): On the left side, McDermott passed across to Heighway who advanced to score.

1:3 (67^th minute, Liverpool): Max Heer fouled Heighway in the box. Neal scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

FC Zürich:

Karl Grob, Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Max Heer, Hilmar Zigerlig, Pius Fischbach, Ernst Rutschmann (Urs Dickenmann 46), Jakob Kuhn, René Botteron, Hansjörg Weller (Georg Aliesch 58), Peter Risi, Alfred Scheiwiler

Coach: Friedhelm Konietzka (West Germany)

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3-Joey Jones (Wales), 4-Tommy Smith, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7-Kevin Keegan, 8-Jimmy Case, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland), 10-David Fairclough, 11-Terry McDermott

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

16-Peter McDonnell, 12-Sammy Lee, 13-David Johnson, 14-Brian Kettle, 15-Alan Waddle

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Photo From: Mondial, Old Series, Issue 3, April 1977

(April 6, 1977, Champions Cup, FC Zürich 1-Liverpool 3)

Photo From: Mondial, Old Series, Issue 3, April 1977

(April 6, 1977, Champions Cup, FC Zürich 1-Liverpool 3)

Photo From: Mondial, Old Series, Issue 4, May 1977

(April 6, 1977, Champions Cup, FC Zürich 1-Liverpool 3)

Photo From: Onze, Issue 16, April 1977

(April 6, 1977, Champions Cup, FC Zürich 1-Liverpool 3)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1618, April 12, 1977

(April 6, 1977, Champions Cup, FC Zürich 1-Liverpool 3)

Date: April 20, 1977

Competition: Champions Cup- Semifinals, Second Leg

Result: Liverpool Football Club (England) 3-Fußball Club Zürich (Switzerland) 0

Venue: Liverpool- Anfield

Attendance: 50,611

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: 19:30

Goalscorers:

(Liverpool): Jimmy Case 33, 79, Kevin Keegan 83

(FC Zürich): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (33^rd minute, Liverpool): -

2:0 (79^th minute, Liverpool): Case scored from a free kick.

3:0 (83^rd minute, Liverpool): Kennedy’s long cross from the left siude was headed by Waddle, it struck the cross bar and Keegan headed in the rebound.

Lineups:

Liverpool:

1-Ray Clemence, 2-Phil Neal, 3-Joey Jones (Wales),4-Tommy Smith, 5-Ray Kennedy, 6-Emlyn Hughes, 7-Kevin Keegan, 8-Jimmy Case, 9-Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland) (16-Alan Waddle 70), 10-Terry McDermott, 11-David Johnson

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

13-Peter McDonnell, 12-David Fairclough, 14-Brian Kettle, 15-Sammy Lee

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

FC Zürich:

Karl Grob, Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Max Heer, Hilmar Zigerlig, Pius Fischbach, Jakob Kuhn, Hansjörg Weller, René Botteron, Pirmin Stierli, Franco Cucinotta, Peter Risi

Coach: Friedhelm Konietzka (West Germany)

Team Captain: -

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: Onze, Issue 17, May 1977

(April 20, 1977, Champions Cup, Liverpool 3-FC Zürich 0)

Date: May 25, 1977

Competition: Champions Cup- Final

Result: Liverpool Football Club (England) 3- Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach (West Germany) 1

Venue: Roma-Stadio Olimpico, Italy

Attendance: 52,078

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Linesmen: -

Kick-off time: -

Goalscorers:

(Liverpool): Terry McDermott 28, Tommy Smith 65, Phil Neal 83 pen

(Borussia Mönchengladbach): Allan Simonsen 51

Summary of goals:

1:0 (28^th minute, Liverpool): On the right side, Heighway sent McDermott through and he shot past Kneib.

1:1 (51^st minute, Borussia Mönchengladbach): Jimmy Case lost the ball on the left side and Simonsen picked it and advanced to score from a narrow angle.

2:1 (65^th minute, Liverpool): Steve Heighway’s corner kick from the left side was headed in by Smith.

3:1 (83^rd minute, Liverpool): Vogts fouled Keegan in the box. Neal scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

Liverpool:

1- Ray Clemence, 2- Phil Neal, 3- Joey Jones (Wales), 4- Tommy Smith, 5- Ray Kennedy, 6- Emlyn Hughes, 7- Kevin Keegan, 8- Jimmy Case, 9- Steve Heighway (Republic of Ireland), 10- Ian Callaghan, 11- Terry McDermott

Coach: Bob Paisley

Other Substitutes:

12- David Fairclough, 13- Peter McDonnell, 14- David Johnson, 15- Alan Waddle, 16- Alec Lindsay

Team Captain: Emlyn Hughes

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Umbro

Shirt Sponsor: None

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Borussia Mönchengladbach:

1- Wolfgang Kneib, 2-Berti Vogts, 3-Hans Klinkhammer, 4-Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp, 5-Rainer Bonhof, 6-Horst Wohlers (15-Wilfried Hannes 79), 7-Allan Simonsen (Denmark), 8-Herbert Wimmer (12-Christian Kulik 24), 9-Uli Stielike, 10-Frank Schäffer. 11-Jupp Heynckes

Coach: Udo Lattek

Booked: Uli Stielike 86

Team Captain: Berti Vogts

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Shirt Sponsor: No sponsor on kits for the final (but normally Erdgas)

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks