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One for the Older Bears.
We often recall our European exploits from 1993, but what is often overlooked is the 1960 campaign, possibly because of bad taste in the mouth after the European Cup Semi Final against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Was it as much of a missed opportunity as it seems? What exactly went wrong? Were we just behind the times tactically compared to what was happening on the continent?
I have often wondered, if we had gotten through against Frankfurt; with the Final being played in Hampden could we have laid a glove on that Madrid team with home advantage and 130,000 Bears roaring behind us?
In a one off game on home soil you would have to had given us shout of lifting the European Cup in those circumstances.
We often recall our European exploits from 1993, but what is often overlooked is the 1960 campaign, possibly because of bad taste in the mouth after the European Cup Semi Final against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Was it as much of a missed opportunity as it seems? What exactly went wrong? Were we just behind the times tactically compared to what was happening on the continent?
I have often wondered, if we had gotten through against Frankfurt; with the Final being played in Hampden could we have laid a glove on that Madrid team with home advantage and 130,000 Bears roaring behind us?
In a one off game on home soil you would have to had given us shout of lifting the European Cup in those circumstances.