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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Matthew Lindsay

How a crooked referee denied the Dundee team rated ‘better than the Lisbon Lions’ a shot at European Cup glory

Dundee return from their European Cup match against Sporting Lisbon in 1962. Photograph reprinted by kind permission of DC Thomson

CELTIC supporters are rightly proud of the fact the Parkhead club were the first British winners of the European Cup back in 1967.

Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest may well have achieved the feat since and the Stamford Bridge, Anfield, Old Trafford and City Ground outfits might have prevailed on more than one occasion.

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