Tournaments
The competitions and the finals that fix themselves in memory, the European Cup and Champions League, the continental championships, and the matches people can still describe decades later.
Part of Football
18 moments in this segment.
- - The 1957 Cup final at Wembley. British Movietone newsreel of the FA Cup final between Aston Villa and Manchester United in May 1957, from the crowds arriving at Wembley and the teams in the dressing room to the presentation. Matt Busby's young United side were chasing the double and lost the final.
- - Colour film of the 1960 European Cup final. Amateur cine footage of Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt at Hampden Park, shot from the stands by a spectator and described by the uploader as one of the very few colour records of the match. Its grain and vantage point make it a rare eyewitness view of the Di Stefano and Puskas side at its peak.
- - Real Madrid 7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt, 1960 European Cup Final. Extended broadcast highlights of the European Cup final played at Hampden Park in Glasgow on 18 May 1960, which gave Real Madrid a fifth consecutive title in the competition. Puskas scored four and Di Stefano three in a match that did much to sell the young European Cup to a wider public.
- - England against West Germany, 1966. British Pathe coverage of the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley, including Geoff Hurst's hat-trick and the disputed third goal. The fullest period record here of the only World Cup final England have played in.
- - The 1966 World Cup, One Week In. A BBC studio programme broadcast during the 1966 World Cup in England, in which David Coleman reviews the first week of a tournament that had been widely doubted beforehand. Early attendance and television figures are discussed as the competition finds its audience.
- - Manchester United win the European Cup, 1968. British Pathe film of the 1968 European Cup final at Wembley, where Manchester United beat Benfica to become the first English club to win the trophy. It came a decade after the Munich crash, with Bobby Charlton and Matt Busby both survivors of it.
- - Ajax win their first European Cup. Club footage of the 1971 European Cup final against Panathinaikos, which Ajax won 2-0, followed by the players' return to Amsterdam. It marks the start of the run that made the club the dominant side in Europe.
- - Ajax against Internazionale in the 1972 European Cup final. Footage of the 1971/72 European Cup final in Rotterdam, where Ajax beat Internazionale 2-0 with both goals scored by Johan Cruyff. The tie is often read as the moment the Dutch attacking model overcame the Italian defensive one.
- - The 1999 Champions League final. Highlights of the 1999 final at the Camp Nou, where Manchester United beat Bayern Munich 2-1 with both goals arriving in stoppage time. The finish is the reason the match is still used as shorthand for a late comeback.
- - Manchester United against Bayern Munich, 1999. Highlights of the 1999 Champions League final in Barcelona, where Manchester United were losing into stoppage time and scored twice to win it. The comeback completed a treble season and remains the most quoted finish in the competition's history.
- - Zidane's volley in the 2002 final. The goal Zinedine Zidane scored for Real Madrid against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 European Cup final, shown with its build-up. It remains among the most replayed strikes in the competition's history.
- - Zidane's volley in the 2002 final. Zinedine Zidane's left-foot volley against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 Champions League final at Hampden Park, the goal that won Real Madrid a ninth European Cup. Shown here from the club's own archive.
- - Ajax on the way to the 1973 European Cup. The goals from Ajax's run to the 1972-73 European Cup, past CSKA Sofia, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Juventus, with Johan Cruyff and Arie Haan the leading scorers. It was the third straight European title for the Ajax side that made Total Football famous.
- - Ajax on the way to the 1972 European Cup. The goals from Ajax's 1971-72 European Cup campaign, through Dynamo Dresden, Marseille, Arsenal, Benfica and Internazionale, with Cruyff the leading scorer. The second of the club's three consecutive European titles.
- - Goal-line technology and the 1966 final. A broadcast segment applying modern goal-line technology to the disputed England goal in the 1966 World Cup final. It shows how a decision argued over for decades looks when put through today's measuring tools.
- - Manchester United Players Recall the 1999 Champions League Final. Players from the Manchester United side of 1999 describe the closing minutes of the Champions League final against Bayern Munich, when two stoppage-time goals turned the match and completed the club's treble. The interviews were recorded long afterwards.
- - The 2000 Africa Cup of Nations Final. The story of the final of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations, co-hosted by Nigeria and Ghana, in which Cameroon beat Nigeria on penalties in Lagos after a 2-2 draw. The video covers the disputed decisions and the atmosphere around a final played in front of a home crowd.
- - The 1950 World Cup and the Maracana Final. The story of the first World Cup after the Second World War, staged in Brazil around the newly built Maracana, and of the deciding match on 16 July 1950 that Uruguay won. It looks at what the defeat meant for Brazilian football and how long the memory lasted.
