May 15th 1963 in The Feijenoord Stadium, Rotterdam was the day when Tottenham Hotspur beat Athletico Madrid 5-1 in the Final of the European Cup Winners' Cup.Jimmy Greaves scored 2, Terry Dyson 2 and Johnny White. Spurs were 2-0 up at half time but Athletico scored a penalty just after half time and threatened to catch up but Spurs rallied.
I bought the programme; it might be worth a few bob by now; it's 57 years old.
Spurs got to the final playing only three rounds, by beating:
Glasgow Rangers 5-2 (h) and 3-2 (a), then Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 0-2 (a) 6-2 (h).
and in the semi-finals OFK Beograd (Serbia) 2-1 and 3-1 (h)
Athletico beat Hibernians (Malta), Botev Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Numberg (German).
SPURS TEAM: Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Maurice Norman, Ron Henry, Dave MacKay, Danny Blanchflower, Terry Dyson, Cliff Jones, John White, Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Smith.
Athletico Madrid. nick named "Los Colchoneros", The Mattress Makers, adopted the red and white striped of bed mattresses common in the city in those days.
Here's a link to "nick name" site:
https://www.liveabout.com/soccer-club-nicknames-meanings-3557692
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