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Champions League Finalists No Longer in the Top Flight
Since the inception of the European Cup, later turning into the Champions League, 39 clubs have appeared in at least one final. Four of these clubs are no longer in their country’s top flight:
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Match Highlights – Nottingham Forest vs West Ham
It was difficult to understand why the referee kept adding minutes to injury time while Nottingham Forest were tearing West Ham to shreds in the biggest upset of the FA Cup third round mostly because of the 5-0 win, and not the disparity between the leagues, as Djamel Abdoun and Jamie Paterson put on quite a performance.
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Bayern Munich – History Says They’ll Win the 2013 Champions League
Looking to the past to learn about the future isn’t the worst way to try and cast a prediction, and even if the sample size isn’t that big, putting Bayern Munich on a pedestal and declaring them the favorites to win the Champions League this season isn’t so far fetched, especially because of their win on an English ground.
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We Used to Be Great – Four Clubs With Great History but a Not so Great Present
Four clubs that used to enjoy domestic and continental success but are far from it these days.