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FROM THE EDITOR

ay 18 1960 is a critical date in the history of football. It was the night that Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 to win a record fifth successive European Cup. A crowd of 127,000 was at Hampden Park in Glasgow to witness Alfredo Di Stefano, Ferenc Puskas, Francisco Gento and the rest beat an Eintracht side that had thrashed Rangers 12-4 on aggregate in the semi-final. Many more

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