Watching Liverpool make life difficult for themselves in Europe last night took me back to September 18th 1991, five years after the Heysel disaster (1985), when the UEFA ban on English clubs playing in European competitions for five years was served with the extra year added especially for Liverpool FC.
On that day in 1991, Liverpool drew Kuusysi Lahti from Finland in the UEFA Cup 1st Round and won 6-1. They took their feet off the gas in the return leg losing 0-1. Founded in 1934 the club was originally known as Lahden Pallo Miehet-the Lahti Ball men. In 1969 the word Kuusysi was introduced into the club's name, meaning "69". So now you know! By 1996 the club was known as FC Lahti.
http://footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/European/Europeanappearances.htm#Liverpool
In the 4th Round they lost to Genoa.
On this day in 1990, Dundee United met Fimleikafelag Hafnarfjaroar from Iceland in the UEFA Cup 1st Round and attracted a huge crowd of 263. They won the tie over two legs 3-1 and 2-2 and then lost to Vitesse 0-5 in the next round. The Icelandic club was originally a gymnastics club founded in 1929.
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