They were something like 44-1 rank outsiders. The finals was played in Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece. "There is a beautiful irony about Hay's comments. The 1970–71 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos. McNeill called heads, it landed on heads. In a matter of a few seconds, referee Concetto lo Bello blows the final whistle, confirming Feyenoord as European Cup winners for the first time - and Celtic as European Cup final losers for the first time. Leagues, cups, the lot. Eddie Gray collects the ball in the centre circle and immediately sets his sights on Chelsea’s goal. It was my privilege to play with and get to know those Celtic boys, to say I was a player under Jock Stein. "You should never go into a game and think it's going to be easy, especially a European Cup final," he said. But back in 1970, Jennings kept his whistle from his lips and cards firmly in his pocket.Further seemingly clear offences came and went without punishment - Billy Bremner sent spinning from the field by Peter Houseman, Hunter and McCreadie coming to blows, a foot left in by Clarke.As renowned Observer journalist Hugh McIlvanney wrote afterwards: “At times, it appeared that Mr Jennings would give a free-kick only on production of a death certificate.”Harris would more or less finish the job on Gray before the first half was out, catching the winger on the back of his left knee, leaving him with an injury that restricted him for the remainder of the game and crucially robbed Leeds of arguably their most talented attacking player.Ever the hatchet man, Harris would attempt to do the same to Gray’s left-wing colleague Terry Cooper in the second half but succeeded only in tearing right through his shorts.Years later, Gray was enjoying himself at a black-tie dinner when Harris tapped him on the shoulder, put his hand out and, with a grin, asked: "Can I have my studs back? In the years that followed the triumph of '67, Celtic's domestic form had been impeccable, winning successive league titles and cups. "The rivalry was there because Leeds had a name, a reputation as being dirty,” said Bonetti, in an In his autobiography, Leeds midfielder Johnny Giles attests to “a special sort of animosity” between the teams.“I had that bit of ‘previous’ with Eddie McCreadie,” added Giles. The 1970–71 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in a replay against Real Madrid.Defending champions Manchester City were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals, only the second ever tie in the competition between two clubs from the same country. Perhaps the most revealing comment belongs to Leeds’ Paul Madeley: “It was just the way the game was played back then.”How to get involved in just about any sport or activity The pandemonium spills over on to the pitch, photographers encroach the penalty area and surround Kindvall.

"I cherish it even though we lost," he states emphatically. And Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris had made a name for himself.”Chelsea striker Ian Hutchinson put it more simply: “We hated them and they hated us.” Leeds still carried lasting scars from their 1967 FA Cup semi-final defeat by the Blues, in which they felt they had a perfectly good Peter Lorimer free-kick ruled out.In the 1969-70 season alone they faced each other six times, with Leeds winning both league games, including a 5-2 win at Stamford Bridge, and the Blues coming out on top over two games in a League Cup third-round tie.There were also individual scores to be settled, with one of the freshest that between Webb and Gray. "It was done in the referee's room. '"Had Stein been speaking honestly immediately after the match, he probably would have told his players that they had missed out on a gilt-edged chance to seal their names in European history once more, and that they only had themselves to blame.Despite the disappointment, keeper Williams looks back on that night in Milan with fond memories.

Bang.It takes all of two minutes for the 1970 FA Cup final replay to live up to its billing as a game best avoided by the faint of heart.It is a match that has gone down in football folklore as a meeting of pure malice between a defeated Leeds United side renowned for having the muscle to match their magnificence and a victorious Chelsea team with flashiness and ferocity in equal measure. "In the quarter-finals, Celtic beat Fiorentina 3-1 to set-up an all-British semi-final. "Leeds had a very good team and they were doing extremely well down in England. The 1970 European Cup Final was a football match held at the San Siro, Milan, on 6 May 1970, that saw Feyenoord of the Netherlands defeat Celtic of Scotland 2–1 after extra time. "If Harris’ reputation preceded him, so too did the man at the heart of the Leeds defence, Norman Hunter.It would be two more years before the infamous banner that read ‘Norman Bites Yer Legs’ would be held aloft by Leeds fans at the 1972 FA Cup final, but his uncompromising style was well-publicised.His first touch in the 1970 replay - a throw-in - is conducted to a chorus of boos from the Chelsea fans. With the scores level after extra-time, how do you decide who goes through to the quarter-finals?