Liverpool in Europe, Part 1

How Shankly Laid the Foundations for European Royalty

Six times.

(Though none of them under Shankly.)

3 UEFA Cups

(One of them under Shankly).

Ten Big Ears finals - won 6, lost 4.

Beaten finalists in two other cups, the European Cup Winners’ Cup and the Europa League.

(One of them under Shankly).

Plus a few European Super Cups knocking around the place.

As the flag says, European Royalty.

Yet, although the European Cup itself actually began in 1955-1956, with early Real Madrid domination, winning the first five, Liverpool’s European adventure didn’t begin until August 17th 1964, in a real football outpost, the moonscape of Iceland. European football would come to almost define the club in years to come.

We beat Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur 5-0 by the way, then 6-1 in the home leg. Tougher tests were sure to follow.

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