21st October 1970 ECWC Cardiff v Nantes

[Forest Green Bluebird]

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[Former Labour leader]

I was there too. Will see if I've still got program.

[Wales-Bales]

5-1

[Bobby Dandruff]

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I always liked the photo that they used on these programmes largely because of the huge expanse of sky that dominates the picture, for no reason at all!

[Forest Green Bluebird]

I was there too. Will see if I've still got program.

"Those were the days my friend ..."

[Joe Gillis]

5-1

I was there, I thought it was 4-1

[Vindec]

I was there. During the warm up the Nantes players were showing incredible ball skills and I thought we would be in for a tough game. In the event they were easily knocked off the ball and we won comfortably. I can't recall much else other than it was a very comfortable win.

[Forest Green Bluebird]

I was there, I thought it was 4-1

30 Sep 1970 Nantes v Cardiff City W 1-2 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup

21 Oct 1970 Cardiff City v Nantes W 5-1 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup

[cardiff55]

I think that's the best cover ever on a City programme, the phot taken in the previous season 69/70. I was there that night too, quite an easy win.

[Wales-Bales]

I think that's the best cover ever on a City programme, the phot taken in the previous season 69/70. I was there that night too, quite an easy win.
Is that Toshack (10) and Clark next to the keeper?

[billy.ronson]

Is that Toshack (10) and Clark next to the keeper?

That was my first season “down the City “ ! I used to have that programme and many more once upon a time.

Feeling nostalgic remembering back to ECWC games under the Ninian Park floodlights....

[the other bob wilson]

I think that's the best cover ever on a City programme, the phot taken in the previous season 69/70. I was there that night too, quite an easy win.

Having a colour photo in a programme was a rare thing back in those days - Coventry used to have some in their ground breaking "match day magazine", but there weren't too many others.

At Saturday's match, I was told that my long held belief that the last goal John Toshack scored for us came in the Hull match where he scored a hat trick was wrong - in fact, it was in the second leg against Nantes.

[Harry Monk]

"Those were the days my friend ..."

I thought they'd never end

[Enoch Mort]

I was there too. One of my favourite City players of all time, Ian Gibson, got on the spreadsheet. We got Real Madrid in the draw for the next round leading to even greater memories.

[Joe Gillis]

30 Sep 1970 Nantes v Cardiff City W 1-2 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup

21 Oct 1970 Cardiff City v Nantes W 5-1 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup

Well slap my arse and call me Sally.
I was convinced it was 4-1.
I'm getting old.

[Nemo]

Having a colour photo in a programme was a rare thing back in those days - Coventry used to have some in their ground breaking "match day magazine", but there weren't too many others.

At Saturday's match, I was told that my long held belief that the last goal John Toshack scored for us came in the Hull match where he scored a hat trick was wrong - in fact, it was in the second leg against Nantes.

You were not wrong Bob. The Hull match was on 31st October, ten days after the Nantes match.

[Nemo]

You were not wrong Bob. The Hull match was on 31st October, ten days after the Nantes match.

OOps! The second leg with Nantes was after the Hull match and before Tosh left. Looks as if we were both wrong!

[mazadona10]

I was there too. One of my favourite City players of all time, Ian Gibson, got on the spreadsheet. We got Real Madrid in the draw for the next round leading to even greater memories.

Massive excel fan even back then

[Dodderyoldfart]

Scorers: Toshack 2, Gibson, Peter King and Leighton Phillips who came on as a substitute. As neon says Hull game was 10 days later on 31 October. Until I looked at my programmes for that season I didn’t realise how badly we started at home (first six games W1 D4 L1).
This was the second season for us to have a colour photo on front page.

[the other bob wilson]

Frank Parsons was in goal for our first five home matches that season.

[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

Massive excel fan even back then

:hehe:

[BINGE THINKING]

Here are the match details for those two games against Nantes;

21/10/70 City 5 Nantes 1 (ECWC R2 1st leg)

CITY: Eadie, Carver, Bell; Sutton, Murray, Harris; Gibson, Clark (sub Phillips 78'), Woodruff, Toshack, King.

NANTES: Fouche; Lemerre, De Michelle; Osman, Rio, Michaelsen; Blanchet, Michel, Kervarrec, Gondet, Pech (sub Audiger 67')

Scorers: City - Toshack 9', 38', Gibson 10', King 76', Phillips 80',

Nantes - Gondet 1'

4/11/70 Nantes 1 City 2 (ECWC R2 2nd leg)

NANTES: Fouche; Lemerre, De Michelle; Rio, Gardon, Michaelson; Michel, Blanchet, Kevarrac, Pech(sub Albalajedo 70) Audiger.

CITY: Eadie; Carver, Bell; Sutton, Murray, Harris; Gibson, Woodruff, Phillips (sub Clark 62), Toshack, King.

Scorers: Nantes - Blanchet 83' City - Toshack 12', Clark 76'

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Having a colour photo in a programme was a rare thing back in those days - Coventry used to have some in their ground breaking "match day magazine", but there weren't too many others.

At Saturday's match, I was told that my long held belief that the last goal John Toshack scored for us came in the Hull match where he scored a hat trick was wrong - in fact, it was in the second leg against Nantes.

Due to the leadership of Jimmy Hill Coventry were way ahead of the game in so many ways. I used to watch them occasionally in the 70's as my father came from Coventry - and I distinctly remember the paper tea/coffee cups embalzoned with the club crest on a sky blue background. I think that the ground was also adorned in appropriate colour paint, way before other teams were.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Who remembers the only opposition I can remember that played in the colour..............brown?


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[Bobby Dandruff]

Massive excel fan even back then


I think that he may have even scored 1-2-3....

:facepalm:

[Wales-Bales]

I thought they'd never end
Unfortunately they did :frown:

[Joe Gillis]

Who remembers the only opposition I can remember that played in the colour..............brown?


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Mjondalen

[Joe Gillis]

Mjondalen

Balls, I thought I'd won the prize, I didn't see you'd already given the answer away

[BINGE THINKING]

[QUOTE=Taunton Blue Genie;4949033]Who remembers the only opposition I can remember that played in the colour..............brown?

I'm pretty sure that York City played in brown when we met them in the FA Cup in 69/70 and again in the league in 74/75 when for some reason we wore an all yellow strip despite being at home.

[Forest Green Bluebird]

I thought they'd never end

"We took the Stretford end, we took the Kop, ..."

[Forest Green Bluebird]

Well slap my arse and call me Sally.
I was convinced it was 4-1.
I'm getting old.

I'm not in to that sort of stuff.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Mjondalen

Wow, you can read the team's name on the programme :facepalm:

[Taunton Blue Genie]

[QUOTE=Taunton Blue Genie;4949033]Who remembers the only opposition I can remember that played in the colour..............brown?

I'm pretty sure that York City played in brown when we met them in the FA Cup in 69/70 and again in the league in 74/75 when for some reason we wore an all yellow strip despite being at home.

You may be right! I had a very disciplinarian father and didn't the home game go into extra time (resulting in a 3-1 win for City), which resulted in a bit of a tolchocking when I got home late.

[life on mars]

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I was there, enjoyed every minute of that thrashing. Distinctly remember Toshack goals and I'm sure that was the game that Toshack went up for the ball , sort of barged the keeper, ball spilled
and the goal was allowed,lol.

Oooooh I loved those European night games.

[BINGE THINKING]

[QUOTE=BINGE THINKING;4949081]

You may be right! I had a very disciplinarian father and didn't the home game go into extra time (resulting in a 3-1 win for City), which resulted in a bit of a tolchocking when I got home late.

The Cup replay in 69/70 did go to extra time so you may well have had a 'tolchocking', however it finished 1-1 and we had to play a 2nd replay at St Andrews a few days later which we lost 1-3.

[Joe Gillis]

Wow, you can read the team's name on the programme :facepalm:

I didn't read that far down the page smart arse

[BLUEAWAY]

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European football on a Wednesday night.
They were great nights, playing against clubs many of us had never heard of.
We were so lucky that the Welsh Cup existed and we could play in it.
I was almost certainly at this match. I don’t have the recall that some fans appear to have☹️