19-05-2025
Ten memorable European ties between English opponents
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur meet in the Europa League final on Wednesday in the latest all-English clash to grace the European stage. Here, Bill Edgar looks back at previous matches gone by.
Tottenham had become the first English winners of a European trophy the previous season, lifting the Cup Winners' Cup, and here they played in the first meeting in European competition between two English sides — the same pair who will meet in this week's Europa League final. The first leg, postponed for a week because of fog, drew 57,000 to White Hart Lane and was decided by late goals from Dave Mackay and Terry Dyson. But Mackay broke his leg six minutes into the second match, reducing his team to ten men
