Chelsea vs Shamrock Rovers: The Busby Babes, scaring Bayern and Kane’s first Spurs goal – Rovers’ Euro odyssey
In the following years, Rangers regularly participated in continental competitions, and won the European Cup for the seventh time in the 1966-67 Cup Winners’ Cup, when they defeated Luxembourg Spora 4-1 at home and away, and the giants Bayern Munich and their proud trio: Gerd Müller, Sepp Maier and Franz Beckenbauer.
Led by Liam Tuohy, who played against Manchester United nine years ago, Rangers drew 1-1 in Dublin before coming back from 2-2 down in Munich. Tied 2-2. Half the teams advance on away goals.
However, Muller’s 86th-minute goal denied them a historic victory, with Germany going on to win the game.
Games against Celtic and Juventus, as well as a friendly against Real Madrid Cristiano’s Ronaldo wears white jersey for first timeprovided many more unforgettable moments over the years.
Most recently, the reward for becoming the first Irish team to reach the Europa League group stages in 2011-12 was a match against Chelsea’s London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur.
Goalkeeper Richard Brush had been sidelined from football with a wrist injury at his former club Sligo Rovers when he got the call to join the Hoops European side.
“I went from having no club to being thrown into Shamrock Rovers at that stage in the title race and Champions League qualifying. I went from having no club straight into this huge competition,” he said.
“It was going into the unknown after a long injury and then being thrown into what was the biggest achievement in Irish football at the time.
“I remember everyone was texting and saying, ‘Are you kidding us, we have Spurs?’ It meant a lot to us.”
In his first competitive match against English opponents since their visit to Old Trafford 54 years ago, Brash was in fine form, blocking shots from Jermaine Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko before Stephen Rice Giving the visitors a shocking lead.
However, Tottenham Three-goal reversal Within six minutes of the second half.
Dublin’s return game simpler for star-studded Premier League The side that wins 4-0 But Bruce, who was Joe Hart’s understudy at Shrewsbury Town, gained an unusual reputation after conceding the first of Harry Kane’s record 280 goals for Spurs.
“His first goal, obviously it was a big thing for him,” Brash said.
“As silly as it sounds, it’s a memory for me too. It was his first goal and then going on to have the career he had, it’s nice to be remembered in some weird way.”
