Quote Originally Posted by Richard Head View Post
Good to see the old sob story about the European ban stopping Everton winning the European Cup is still going strong after all these years. I think you might be re writing history mate with the 'Everton had a great team in the eighties' statement. They briefly emerged from Liverpool's shadow, had a couple of good seasons only for the pressure to get to Howard Kendall, he legged it and it all went downhill quick style. They have rarely needed the key to their trophy cabinet since.
that's a bit harsh Richard. Mid eighties they had great team until Kevin Radcliffe got injured. Had they been able to play in Europe I'm sure they would have done well. The ban was harsh on the English clubs, I think it was because the English clubs were dominating Europe at that time. I bet the call for the ban was loudest from that shower real Madrid, who were worried your lot would pass them in European cups and I wouldn't have been surprised if they did. Strange the national team wasn't banned, probably because they were shit. They never banned the Dutch....a scary place to go at that time.