A passport to glory

By Neil LeighOn 29 April 1970, City won the European Cup Winners Cup by defeating Gornik Zabrze 2–1 thanks to goals by Neil Young and Francis Lee. We are resurfacing a feature we originally published in 2020 as we spoke to Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison’s Lions of Vienna.. . .

“You’ve proved yourself in England – but if you want to be classed as a top team, you’ve now got to win in Europe.”

That was the audacious gauntlet thrown down to Manchester City by visionary coach Malcolm Allison in the autumn of 1969.

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