When English Football Ruled Europe
When English Football Ruled Europe is a two-part documentary series that focuses on the glory years between 1977 and 1984 when English football dominated the European Cup. In that time, three clubs - Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa - lifted European club football's most prized trophy seven times, and this series speaks to the stars of those teams to find out the inside stories behind those triumphs, and how some of the most colourful characters in the game masterminded their clubs' victories.
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- First Aired on
Mar 29, 2018
- Popularity: 0.1963
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- Networks
- (GB)
- Status: Returning Series
In Production
1 seaons till Mar 30, 2018
Last episode: Episode 2 - 1981-1984
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 2 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 1 - 1977-1980 min
Part one covers Bob Paisley's Liverpool, who sealed their first win in the competition in 1977 and retained the trophy the next year. Then the mantle passed to Nottingham Forest who, inspired by the charismatic Brian Clough, dumped Liverpool out of the competition and shocked everyone by going on to win consecutive trophies themselves.
Episode 2Episode 2 - 1981-1984 min
The second part focuses on the break-up of Brian Clough's hugely successful Nottingham Forest, the re-emergence of Liverpool who lifted their third and fourth European Cups in 1981 and 1984 and the incredible story of Aston Villa who upset all the odds to claim their one and only win in in 1982.