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I got 16....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50464773

14.  :-[

 TBF.... that's easy.

 Marseille is an odd one though as I thought the'd been stripped of their win because of Tapie, but they still crop up in lists like this. Has it changed again?

 Answering my own question, apparently they were never stripped of the title.... I must have imagined that.

I got full marks.

I thought Marseille were stripped of everything *but* the European Cup. Not 100% on that.

I only got 15

Forgot bloody Ajax!

16. I forgot Liverpool 🤭

Who are they?

 More fun.... without recourse to google, name the 19 clubs who've reached a final but never won.

Just off the top my head.

Tottenham
Valencia
Monaco
Eintracht Frankfurt
Bayer Leverkusen
Atletico Madrid
Malmo
SV Hamburg
AS Roma

8/9 Hamburg won it as well as losing

Extension task. Which ten cities have had two or more semi finalists?

Good question. Name the 4 cities to have had finalists is an old chestnut.... everybody gets 3 the 4th more difficult.

So those 4, and I'll not name until the first part is done if anybody wants a crack at it.   Manchester must be a 5th by now, whcih leaves 5.

I'l punt Turin, Rome, Moscow, Athens, Glasgow

Saint Etienne

THat's 9.

Madrid, Lisbon

Arsenal??

10

Leeds

11

Stade de Reims

12

Moechengladbach (sp).

13

Good try. Not Athens or Moscow. Only one Italian city and you’ve not mentioned it. There are only two countries which have 2 cities on the list. England and one other surprising one.

Milan

Yep.

Was there a Greek team in the 70's

Panathinaikos in the 80’s and 90’s but not enough to mean two teams from one city.

Let's firm this up a bit... the 4 2 city finalists .... London, Milan, Madrid, Belgrade,  then Manchester and Glasgow.  So 4 to get?

Lisbon has had two semi finalists?

Benfica (obv) and (possibly) Sporting.  Just a guess for a quiz.  Could Google but we have Reg... ;)

It's possible, I'm puzzling on the Italian city, which isn't Rome or Turin to join Milan.   Could possibly be Genoa, but although Samp have done a final, can never rememeber Genoa being in a semi.  I'm ruling out Verona, as don't either Hellas or the Flying Donkeys.

I suppose the surprise might be Praha, my boys went to see Slavia recently. A semi appearnace doubtful, but perhaps the legendary Dukla might have, and still leaves Sparta.  Talking of Spartas, maybe Sparta Rotterdam, as Feyenoord are a winner.

I’m getting confused myself now! So here’s what we seem to have got so far, in order of when cities achieved the feat of having had two semi finalists.
1. Madrid (Real, Athletico)
2. Milan (A.C, Inter)
3. ?
4. Glasgow (Celtic, Rangers)
5. ?
6. ?
7. ?
8. Prague (Dukla, Sparta)
9. London (Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal)
10. Manchester (Untd, City)

Incidentally, there isn’t another Italian city.

Bucharest? Steua (sp) and Dinamo?

 Belgrade - Red Star and Partizan?

Also possibly Budapest - Ferencvaros and Ujpest  (apologies if my spelling is wrong) ?

Correct city but one of the teams is wrong.

Honved?

Nope.

I've said Belgrade... they're a 2 finalist city.

Ok, so we’ve got...
1. Madrid (Real, Athletico)
2. Milan (A.C, Inter)
3. Belgrade (Red Star, Partisan)
4. Glasgow (Celtic, Rangers)
5. Budapest (?, Ujpest)
6. ?
7. Bucharest (Steaua, Dinamo)
8. Prague (Dukla, Sparta)
9. London (Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal)
10. Manchester (Untd, City)

MTK Budapest - at the time (1955) known as Vörös Lobogó SE and Ujpest Dozsa...?

What about Istanbul - two from Fenerbache, Besiktas and Galatasaray?

Kiev or Moscow?

 Warsaw might be another possibility, but can't think of another who been in a semi besides Legia.

I initially thought Istanbul but wasn't sure. However I used to spend some time in Switzerland with a friend so I'm plumping for Zurich (Grasshoppers & FC)

I’ll give you other team from Budapest as I had never heard of them myself. Vasas.
Cryptic clue for the final city. They had their cake and ate it with this achievement!

Eccles?
Dundee?

Amazingly it is Dundee.  Wouldn't have got it without the clue

Here’s the article. It was in The Sun...so it must be true.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/football/1146053/manchester-becomes-tenth-city-to-have-two-teams-play-in-champions-league-semi-finals-joining-london-madrid-milan-and-dundee/

Would Malpas have been involved in the United semi?

Both Malpas and Sturrock were in the DU side that season, so would have played unless injured.

Pretty staggering that a team like Dundee United would get to the semis of a European Competition, Dundee even more so! Dundee isn’t exactly a big city either.

Yes, but made it more interesting.  Dundee is not only famous for cake but marmalade, never been a great fan.

However am grateful to the Keiller family, for producing the wealth that allowed Alexander to buy Avebury and preserve (I miss Nev) what's left.