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DUNDEE FC: A European Cup run for the ages

Think of Scottish football teams, I dare you. You’d go Celtic, Rangers then you’d be forced to go to an Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs. But let’s not forget about Dundee. And then you’d probably think of the Dundee United team of the 1980’s that did so well in Europe. But no, we’re not doing them today: we’re covering the Original Lisbon Lions of DUNDEE FC: a pioneer for Scottish football. 00:00 – Introduction 00:25 – A History of Dundee F.C. 02:40 – The Original Lisbon Lions 17:10 – Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 min

PARTIZAN BELGRADE: The Pioneers of football in Eastern Europe

Before Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade there was another team flying the flag for Eastern European in the European Cup. Whilst they might be the less famous Belgrade team, it was in fact Partizan Belgrade who became the first European Cup finalist to hail from the East in an antidote to the rampant success that came from Madrid, Lisbon and Milan. This is how they did it. 00:00 – Introduction 00:30 – History 04:30 – Eternal 12:45 – Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 min

LOBANOVSKYI: The man who changed football in Ukraine

We owe quite a lot of how modern football is played down to one man. The pressing, the energy, the fitness, the team ethic: everything your favour managers here in the mid-20’s espouse, the majority of which we can thank a long forgotten Ukrainian by the name of Valeriy Lobanovskyi. This is the story of the man that not only changed football in Ukraine but the world over. 00:00 – Introduction 00:30 – 1975 08:10 – 1986 12:10 – 1988 15:25 – 1999 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 min

The Eastern European European Champions

The top table of European football is a closed shop now, we all know that. Getting your hands on the big-eared Champions League trophy is only the preserve of teams from the Big 5 European leagues that aren’t from France. It wasn’t always this way. This video charters the rise of the two teams who won the trophy from Eastern Europe: Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade. 00:00 – Introduction 00:25 – 1986: Steaua Bucharest 11:55 – 1991: Red Star Belgrade 19:50 – Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 min

Best in the World: Wolves under Stan Cullis

Wolverhampton Wanderers fans need some good news after this year. Unfortunately, I can’t give you anything but sheer nostalgia. In this Issue of videos about some of European football’s greatest ever teams, we couldn’t ignore Wolves under the management of Stan Cullis. Perhaps the most influential European football team ever. 00:00 – Introduction 00:20 – A History 05:20 – Best in the World 19:25 – A Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 min

LOCO LEEDS: How Leeds United got back under Bielsa

Don Revie had made Leeds United the best football team in the country in the 1960s and 70s. Upon his departure, Leeds had ‘done a Leeds’ multiple times since and after numerous financial disasters they were a generation out of the top flight. They needed somebody to come along and pick them out of the mire. So, they went Loco and it got back to the Premier League. 00:00 – Introduction 00:25 – Since Revie 07:00 – Loco Leeds 24:55 – The Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 min

DIRTY LEEDS: When Leeds United were the best in England

Don Revie built the foundations of Leeds United. They were back in the big time, they’d got their first shot across the bow with a title challenge and an FA Cup final and now they’d built up a reputation. Dirty Leeds were here, and they just might have been the best team in England. 00:00 – Introduction 00:25 – Back in the Big Time 09:05 – European Endeavour 25:15 – Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

26 min

BIRTH OF LEEDS: How Don Revie made Leeds United

Regardless of where they might lie in the English football pyramid: Leeds United are a big football club. This is the objective truth no matter your club allegiances in the year of 2024. Rewind 70 years they were nothing. They weren’t even as good as Huddersfield Town and even Bradford City had won an FA Cup. And that’s in their West Yorkshire boundaries. Then Don Revie turned up: This is the BIRTH OF LEEDS. 00:00 – Introduction 00:30 – The History 03:15 – The Making of Leeds 21:25 – The Legacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Sport Social Podcast Network
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Jake Doyle
Years active
2024 - 2024
Episodes
43
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