Late Tackle

UNEXPECTED EUROPEAN HOSTS

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
3 February 2025

SAM TODD LOOKS AT THE SELECT GROUP OF ENGLISH GROUNDS WHICH HAVE BEEN HOME TO EUROPEAN FOOTBALL BUT NOT A DOMESTIC TOP- FLIGHT FIXTURE…

Take that: Stuart Pearson, fourth from left, gives Manchester United the lead against St Etienne at Home Park

Plymouth Argyle: Home Park The first entry into this select club came on October 5, 1977, when Manchester United took on Saint-Etienne in a Cup Winners’ Cup first round tie at Plymouth Argyle’s Home Park.
The second leg between the FA Cup holders and the French team was relocated due to fist-fights and bottle-throwing -...

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