Liverpool in Europe - 1978/79 Super Cup Final

Round:

FINAL, 1st Leg

Stadium:

Emile Verse Stadion

Date:

Monday, 4th December 1978

Attendance:

22,300

Time:

20:00 (local time)

Referee:

Karoly Palotai

Coach:

Raymond Goethals

Coach:

Bob Paisley

VALIDATED

RSC ANDERLECHT

LIVERPOOL

Nico De Bree

Ray Clemence

Francois Van der Elst

38 2:1

Phil Neal

Hugo Broos

Alan Kennedy

Johnny Dusbaba

Emlyn Hughes (C)

Jean Thissen

Ray Kennedy

Frank Vercauteren

17 1:0

Alan Hansen

Benny Nielsen

Kenny Dalglish

Rudd Geels

Jimmy Case

27 1:1

Arie Haan

David Johnson

10.

Ludo Coeck

10.

Terry McDermott

11.

Robbie Rensenbrink (C)

87 3:1

11.

Graeme Souness

Steve Ogrizovic

12.

Steve Heighway

Johnson 54

14.

David Fairclough

15.

Sammy Lee

16.

Brian Kettle

Newspaper retrieved from the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) With thanks to The British Library Board and Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved.

Emile Verse Stadion, Brussels, Belgium

1978 European Cup Winners

Photograph courtesy of Jim Clarke

Official programme. 36 pages.

Official team sheet.

Official Anderlecht club newspaper, dated 1st December 1978, previews the match.

Image courtesy of Robbert Goijaarts

Image courtesy of Steve White

Articles retrieved from the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) With thanks to The British Library Board and Reach PLC. Digitised by Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited. All rights reserved.

FORM GUIDE

The magician would have turned 1⃣0⃣0⃣ today

Raymond Goethals, trainer extraordinaire, Brussels (city and dialect) icon

🏆🏆 European Super Cups with Anderlecht (beating Bayern and Liverpool)

Raymundo, Raymond la science, Tuveneir 🍻 sur ta bakkes! pic.twitter.com/lGxppcmrFC
— 🇺🇦⚒️🇧🇪Axel | SpikeyBXL | Слава Україні! (@AxelDeMil) October 7, 2021

Anderlecht away 1978 Super Cup #LFCinEurope pic.twitter.com/hjrdpUGeHK
— Reds In Europe (@RedsInEurope) April 8, 2014

On this day in 1978.
Liverpool lost 3-1 against Anderlecht in the first-leg of the European Super Cup. Franky Vercauteren, Francois van der Elst and Robbie Rensenbrink scoring the goals for the Belgians. Jimmy Case scored Liverpool's goal. 35,000 was the attendance. pic.twitter.com/5pCwYkGm8S
— liverpoolprogrammes (@lfcprogrammes1) December 4, 2018

New blog post on the 1978 UEFA Super Cup between Anderlecht and Liverpoolhttps://t.co/7FIDlKI2ix @1888Letter @brazilegend10 #Anderlecht #Liverpoolfc pic.twitter.com/2V7DgwbqDc
— shahan petrossian (@sp1873) January 13, 2020

Photographs from Liverpool programme

Image courtesy of Mark Tweddle

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On the following Saturday, Liverpool won 2:0 against Nottingham Forest at Anfield. A goal in each half from Terry McDermott - the first a penalty - gave Liverpool the victory against one of their main league rivals. The result left Liverpool in 1st place in the First Division on 31 points after 19 matches; 2 points ahead of second placed Everton.

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