1977 European Super Cup

1977 European Super Cup Hamburger SV FRG 30px 1 Liverpool ENG 30px 7 on aggregate First leg 1 1 22 November 1977 Volksparkstadion Hamburg António Garrido (Portugal) 16,000 Second leg 0 6 6 December 1977 Anfield Liverpool Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) 34,931 1976 1978 The 1977 European Super Cup was an association football match played over two-legs between German team Hamburger SV and English team Liverpool. The first leg was played at the Volksparkstadion, Hamburg on 22 November 1977 and the second leg was played on 6 December 1977 at Anfield, Liverpool. The match was for the European Super Cup, an annual contest between the winners of the European Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. Both teams were appearing in the competition for the first time. The teams qualified for the competition by winning the European Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. Hamburg won the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup beating Belgian team Anderlecht 2–0 in the final. Liverpool qualified by winning the 1976–77 European Cup. They beat German team Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 in the final. Watched by a crowd of 16,000 at the Volksparkstadion, Hamburg took the lead in the first half of the first leg when Ferdinand Keller scored. A David Fairclough goal in the second half levelled the match at 1–1, which remained the score when the match finished. A crowd of 34,391 saw Liverpool take the lead in the second leg when Phil Thompson scored in the 21st minute. A hat-trick from Terry McDermott and a goal each from Kenny Dalglish and Fairclough secured a 6–0 win for Liverpool. Thus, Liverpool won 7–1 on aggregate to win their first European Super Cup. Background thumb|upright|Kevin Keegan (pictured managing Newcastle United in 2008) had joined Hamburger SV from Liverpool at the start of the season. The European Super Cup was founded in the early 1970s, as a means to determine the best team in Europe and serve as a challenge to Ajax, the strongest club side of its day.https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/ Club competition winners do battle UEFA 24 November 2015 The proposal by Dutch journalist Anton Witkamp, a football match between the holders of the European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup, failed to receive UEFA's backing, given the recent Cup Winners' Cup winners Rangers had been banned from European competition.In 1972, Rangers was banned from European competition for two years after fans clashed with Spanish police while celebrating the club's victory over Dynamo Moscow in the European Cup Winners' Cup Final. The ban was later reduced to one year on appeal.Jonathan Wilson The behaviour of the Scottish fans was shocking and ugly https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2008/may/13/thebehaviourofthescottish The Observer London 13 May 2008 24 November 2015 "n" Witkamp nonetheless proceeded with his vision, a two-legged match played between Ajax and Rangers in January 1973. The competition was endorsed and recognised by UEFA a year later. Liverpool qualified for the Super Cup as winners of the 1976–77 European Cup. They had beaten German team Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 in the final to win the European Cup for the first time.https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/may/23/liverpool-great-european-cup-teams The great European Cup teams: Liverpool 1977–84 The Guardian London 23 May 2013 3 June 2015 Paul Wilson It was Liverpool's first appearance in the Super Cup. Hamburger SV had qualified for the competition as winners of the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup. A 2–0 victory against Anderlecht ensured they won the European Cup Winners' Cup for the first time.http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1976/intro.html 1976/77: Hamburg end Anderlecht's dream UEFA 1 June 1977 3 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100503062902/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1976/intro.html 3 May 2010 Hamburg were also appearing in their first Super Cup match.https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sup.html European Super Cup 5 September 2019 23 May 2020 Karel RSSSF Stokkermans Both teams were midway through their respective domestic campaigns at the time of the matches. Liverpool's last game before the first leg was against Bristol City, which they drew 1–1. This result left Liverpool sixth in the 1977–78 Football League.http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1000 Liverpool 1–1 Bristol City LFC History 3 June 2015 Hamburg played Borussia Dortmund in the 1977–78 Bundesliga in their last match before the first leg, which they lost 2–1.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duit78.html Germany 1977/78 1 April 2001 3 June 2015 Gwidon RSSSF Naskrent A subplot to the matches was that Hamburg striker Kevin Keegan, would be playing against the club that he left the previous season. Keegan joined Hamburg for £500,000 following Liverpool's European Cup success.https://www.theguardian.com/football/these-football-times/2014/dec/03/kevin-keegan-hamburg-liverpool-ballon-dor-bundesliga When Kevin Keegan went to Hamburg The Guardian London 3 December 2014 3 June 2014 Luke Ginnell Kelly 1988 128 Keegan was confident in Hamburg's chances going into the match: "We're beginning to run into form, Liverpool, on the other hand, are tired physically and mentally. People don't realise they are only human. I would probably have lost the edge if I had stayed."https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/nov/28/golden-goal-terry-mcdermott-liverpool-aberdeen Golden goal: Terry McDermott for Liverpool v Aberdeen (1980) The Guardian 28 November 2014 17 May 2020 Scott Murray First leg Summary Neither side created many chances in what Patrick Barclay, writing in The Guardian described as "a banal, unadventurous first half."Not so super The Guardian 23 November 1977 Patrick Barclay Liverpool had chances to score through Jimmy Case, Ray Kennedy and David Fairclough but they were unable to convert them.Nothing super about it, boys Daily Mirror 23 November 1977 Derek Wallis Ferdinand Keller was unable to convert a headed chance into goal, but he did score in the 29th minute. Klaus Zaczyk passed to Keller whose shot went beyond Liverpool goalkeeper, Ray Clemence, to give Hamburg a 1–0 lead. Three minutes later, Joey Jones was replaced by Tommy Smith after he picked up a thigh injury from attempting a long-range shot. The first chance of the second half fell to Fairclough when he was put through on the left hand side of the pitch but he was unable to score. Following this, midfielder Jimmy Case was replaced by striker David Johnson in the 58th minute. Hamburg made two substitutions in the 63rd and 64th minutes with Andreas Karow and Horst Bertl replacing Manfred Kaltz and Felix Magath respectively.https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1001 Hamburg 1–1 Liverpool LFC History 17 May 2020 A minute later, Liverpool had equalised. Bertl's first touch of the ball was a header from a cross by Kenny Dalglish, which caught out Hamburg goalkeeper, Jürgen Stars, and allowed Fairclough to head the ball into Hamburg goal and level the match at 1–1. Barclay stated the goal "roused Hamburg to their most animated spell" with Clemence saving a shot by Arno Steffenhagen. Stars stopped a chance from Dalglish, and Johnson was unable to convert Dalglish's cross from 5 yd m as his shot went over the crossbar. After the game, Liverpool manager, Bob Paisley, was satisfied with the result: "In the end, I was quite pleased. It was an encouraging performance. But I do not rate Hamburg and I did not rate them when we played them in August in a pre-season friendly." Keegan was not so positive about Hamburg's performance: "We were pathetic. The last two weeks we have played well but we were terrible tonight. Liverpool played quite well and got better as the game went on. I have mixed feelings about my return to Anfield now. If we had a 5–0 lead I would have loved it. I am still looking forward to it, but not so much."A cloud over silver lining Daily Mirror 23 November 1977 Derek Wallis Details 22 November 1977 19:30 CET Hamburger SV FRG 1–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/53334/ ENG Liverpool Keller 29 Fairclough 65 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg 16,000 António Garrido (Portugal) _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _hsv7778 _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _whitetop 2B86C5 2B86C5 2B86C5 FFFFFF 2B86C5 Hamburger SV _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool GK 1 FRG Jürgen StarsDF 2 FRG Hans-Jürgen Ripp DF 3 YUG Ivan BuljanMF 4 FRG Caspar MemeringMF 5 FRG Kurt EiglDF 6FRG Manfred Kaltz 63FW 7ENG Kevin KeeganFW 8FRG Ferdinand KellerMF 9 FRG Klaus ZaczykMF 10 FRG Felix Magath 64MF 11 FRG Arno SteffenhagenSubstitutes:DF 12FRG Andreas Karow 63MF 14FRG Horst Bertl 64Manager:TUR Özcan Arkoç GK 1 ENG Ray ClemenceRB 2 ENG Phil Neal LB 3 WAL Joey Jones 33CB 4 ENG Phil ThompsonLM 5 ENG Ray KennedyCB 6 ENG Emlyn Hughes (c)CF 7 SCO Kenny Dalglish CM 8 ENG Jimmy Case 58RM 9 IRL Steve HeighwayCF 10ENG David FaircloughCM 11ENG Ian CallaghanSubstitutes: DF 12 ENG Tommy Smith 33FW 13 ENG David Johnson 58MF 14 ENG Terry McDermottFW 15 WAL John ToshackGK 16 ENG Peter McDonnellManager: ENG Bob Paisley Second leg Summary thumb|upright|Kenny Dalglish scored Liverpool's sixth goal in the second leg. Liverpool opened the scoring to the match in the 21st minute when, following a corner by Steve Heighway, the ball fell to Phil Thompson whose shot went in off the post to give Liverpool the lead.It's that old Anfield magic! Daily Mirror 7 December 1977 Derek Wallis Liverpool extended their lead in the 40th minute when Terry McDermott chested down a pass by Kennedy and scored from the right-hand side of the penalty area. Heighway was replaced by Johnson at the start of the second half, and ten minutes later Liverpool had scored a third. McDermott scored again as he intercepted the ball and ran down the right-hand side of the pitch before his shot went into the top-right corner of the Hamburg goal. A minute later, McDermott scored his third and Liverpool's fourth off the match after he received a pass from Kennedy down the left-hand side of the pitch. McDermott became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Super Cup.https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/history/1977/ 1977 Super Cup: McDermott treble lifts Liverpool UEFA 17 May 2020 Liverpool added a further two goals in the final minutes as Fairclough scored with a header and Dalglish scored a sixth goal two minutes later. Liverpool won the match 6–0 and a 7–1 aggregate victory meant they won their first European Super Cup.Pead 1986 255 Details 6 December 1977 19:30 GMT Liverpool ENG 6–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/match/53335/ FRG Hamburger SV Thompson 21McDermott 40 55 56Fairclough 86Dalglish 88 Anfield, Liverpool 34,931https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1005 Liverpool 6–0 Hamburg SV LFChistory 17 May 2020 Ulf Eriksson (Sweden) _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _hsv7778 _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _whitetop 2B86C5 2B86C5 2B86C5 FFFFFF 2B86C5 Hamburger SV GK 1 ENG Ray ClemenceRB 2 ENG Phil Neal LB 3 ENG Tommy SmithCB 4 ENG Phil ThompsonLM 5 ENG Ray KennedyCB 6 ENG Emlyn Hughes (c)CF 7 SCO Kenny Dalglish CM 8 ENG Terry McDermottRM 9 IRL Steve Heighway 46CF 10ENG David FaircloughCM 11ENG Jimmy CaseSubstitutes: FW 12 ENG David Johnson 46FW 13 WAL John ToshackDF 14 SCO Alan HansenDF 15 WAL Joey JonesGK 16 ENG Peter McDonnellManager: ENG Bob Paisley GK 1 FRG Rudi KargusDF 2 FRG Hans-Jürgen RippDF 3 FRG Peter Nogly (c)MF 4 FRG Horst BertlDF 5 FRG Peter HidienDF 6 FRG Manfred KaltzFW 7 ENG Kevin KeeganFW 8 FRG Ferdinand Keller 69MF 9 FRG Klaus Zaczyk 69MF 10 FRG Felix Magath FW 11 FRG Georg VolkertSubstitutes:DF 12 FRG Andreas KarowMF 13 FRG Kurt Eigl 69MF 14 FRG Arno Steffenhagen 69GK 15 FRG Jürgen StarsManager:TUR Özcan Arkoç Man of the Match: Terry McDermott (Liverpool)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/08/14/heroes-humblings-story-english-clubs-uefa-super-cup/ Heroes and humblings: The story of English clubs in the Uefa Super Cup The Daily Telegraph 14 August 2019 17 May 2020 Adam Hurrey Post-match Keegan praised his former team after the second leg: "I'd heard Liverpool hadn't been doing too well but from where I was stood watching there didn't seem to be much wrong with them, there were no cracks and they look as strong, if not stronger, than they ever were."Wilson Murray 2013 193 McDermott was adamant that his performance in the second leg was a turning point in his Liverpool career: "Someone was injured, I think it may have been Ian Callaghan. I was moved in rather than be out wide on the right. I scored a hat-trick and I always remember John Toshack saying: 'That's your position'. I got the confidence from John Toshack saying a thing like that. He probably won't remember, but I do." Following the Super Cup, Liverpool were still competing in the 1977–78 European Cup. They reached the final where they faced Club Brugge, a match they won 1–0 to retain the title they had won the previous season.Wilson Murray 2013 194–195 They were unable to win the 1977–78 First Division finishing second, seven points behind eventual winners Nottingham Forest.Liversedge 1991 216 Hamburg were eliminated in the second round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup by eventual winners, Anderlecht of Belgium.https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197778.html Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 4 June 2015 17 May 2020 James M. RSSSF Ross They finished the 1977–78 Bundesliga in tenth, fourteen points behind winners, 1. FC Köln. Notes n See also 1977–78 European Cup 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season Liverpool F.C. in international football References Bibliography Kelly Stephen F. You'll Never Walk Alone Queen Anne Press London 1988 0-356-19594-5 Liversedge Stan Liverpool: The Official Centenary History, 1892–1992 Hamlyn Publishing Group London 1991 0-600-57308-7 Pead Brian Liverpool: A Complete Record Breedon Books Derby 1986 0-907969-15-1 Wilson Jonathan Murray Scott The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches Orion London 2013 978-1-4091-2692-8 External links https://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/ 1977 European Super Cup at UEFA.com Summary from RSSSF Category:1977–78 in European men's continental football 1977 Super Cup 1977 Super Cup 1977 1977 1977 Category:1977–78 in German football Category:1977–78 in English men's football Category:November 1977 sports events in Europe Category:December 1977 sports events in Europe Category:Football competitions in Hamburg Category:1970s in Hamburg Category:1970s in Liverpool Category:Football matches in Liverpool Category:England–Germany football rivalry Category:United Kingdom–West Germany relations