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European Cup
History of Great Britain
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| | 1967 | Stein, John "Jock" | |
| Lisbon Guides Celtic to victory in the final of the European Cup against previous champions and Italian giants Inter Milan |
| Lisbon Shankly famously tells Stein "John, you're immortal now" |
| Lisbon Stein becomes the first man not only to guide a Scottish club to champions of Europe, but also the first to achieve this honour with a British club |
| Lisbon "We did it by playing football. Pure, beautiful, inventive football" |
| Lisbon Won with a team all born within 30 miles of Glasgow |
| 1968 | Best, George | |
| Best becomes a European Cup winner after scoring in the final against Benfica, United won 4-1 and Best is later crowned European Footballer of the Year and Football Writers' Association Player of the Year |
| 1968 | Charlton, Bobby | |
| Captains the Manchester United team that wins the European Cup, scoring two goals in the final to help his team be the first English side to win the competition |
| 1977 | Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
| Keegan is instrumental in Liverpool's charge towards a double of League championship and European Cup |
| 1980 | Clough, Brian | |
| Clough guides Forest to a second successive European Cup after victory over Kevin Keegan's Hamburg |
| 1982 | Barton, Tony | |
| Rotterdam Ron Saunders is replaced by his softly-spoken assistant manager Tony Barton who guides them to 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup final in Rotterdam |
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