servodude wrote:CryptoPlankton wrote:
If we are being pedantic (and it seems we are) then you'd expect someone who works in the football industry to know that it was perfectly possible to win the old European Cup without being the previous league title winners, and also losing games on the way. Just one example would be Nottingham Forest in 1980. They qualified as reigning European champions but were runners-up to Liverpool in the league the previous season. On the way to the final, they lost games to both Dynamo Berlin and Ajax, ultimately winning on aggregate in each case.
Sometimes, when it's obvious what someone means, it can be more conducive to friendly discussion if we just let it go, don't you think?
one example?!
The old "Which team have won the European Cup more times than their national league?" question was a pub quiz staple
- has there been another?
A slightly different question!
But, if you like your quizzes, then four other teams that won the European Cup without winning their league the year before were:
Real Madrid (1960)
Ajax (1972)
Bayern Munich (1976)
AC Milan (1990)
