1977 European Super Cup

Football match

1977 European Super Cup | Hamburger SV | Liverpool

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1 | 7
on aggregate
First leg
| Hamburger SV | Liverpool

|

1 | 1
Date| 22 November 1977
Venue| Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Referee| António Garrido (Portugal)
Attendance| 16,000
Second leg
| Liverpool | Hamburger SV

|

6 | 0
Date| 6 December 1977
Venue| Anfield, Liverpool
Referee| Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
Attendance| 34,931

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The 1977 European Super Cup was an association football match played over two-legs between German team Hamburger SV and English team Liverpool. The first leg was played at the Volksparkstadion, Hamburg on 22 November 1977 and the second leg was played on 6 December 1977 at Anfield, Liverpool. The match was for the European Super Cup, an annual contest between the winners of the European Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. Both teams were appearing in the competition for the first time.

The teams qualified for the competition by winning the European Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. Hamburg won the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup beating Belgian team Anderlecht 2–0 in the final. Liverpool qualified by winning the 1976–77 European Cup. They beat German team Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 in the final.

Watched by a crowd of 16,000 at the Volksparkstadion, Hamburg took the lead in the first half of the first leg when Ferdinand Keller scored. A David Fairclough goal in the second half levelled the match at 1–1, which remained the score when the match finished. A crowd of 34,391 saw Liverpool take the lead in the second leg when Phil Thompson scored in the 21st minute. A hat-trick from Terry McDermott and a goal each from Kenny Dalglish and Fairclough secured a 6–0 win for Liverpool. Thus, Liverpool won 7–1 on aggregate to win their first European Super Cup.

## Background

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Kevin Keegan (pictured managing Newcastle United in 2008) had joined Hamburger SV from Liverpool at the start of the season.

The European Super Cup was founded in the early 1970s, as a means to determine the best team in Europe and serve as a challenge to Ajax, the strongest club side of its day.[1] The proposal by Dutch journalist Anton Witkamp, a football match between the holders of the European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup, failed to receive UEFA's backing,[1] given the recent Cup Winners' Cup winners Rangers had been banned from European competition.[n 1] Witkamp nonetheless proceeded with his vision, a two-legged match played between Ajax and Rangers in January 1973.[1] The competition was endorsed and recognised by UEFA a year later.[1]

Liverpool qualified for the Super Cup as winners of the 1976–77 European Cup. They had beaten German team Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 in the final to win the European Cup for the first time.[3] It was Liverpool's first appearance in the Super Cup. Hamburger SV had qualified for the competition as winners of the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup. A 2–0 victory against Anderlecht ensured they won the European Cup Winners' Cup for the first time.[4] Hamburg were also appearing in their first Super Cup match.[5]

Both teams were midway through their respective domestic campaigns at the time of the matches. Liverpool's last game before the first leg was against Bristol City, which they drew 1–1. This result left Liverpool sixth in the 1977–78 Football League.[6] Hamburg played Borussia Dortmund in the 1977–78 Bundesliga in their last match before the first leg, which they lost 2–1.[7] A subplot to the matches was that Hamburg striker Kevin Keegan, would be playing against the club that he left the previous season. Keegan joined Hamburg for £500,000 following Liverpool's European Cup success.[8][9] Keegan was confident in Hamburg's chances going into the match: "We're beginning to run into form, Liverpool, on the other hand, are tired physically and mentally. People don't realise they are only human. I would probably have lost the edge if I had stayed."[10]

## First leg

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### Summary

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Neither side created many chances in what Patrick Barclay, writing in The Guardian described as "a banal, unadventurous first half."[11] Liverpool had chances to score through Jimmy Case, Ray Kennedy and David Fairclough but they were unable to convert them.[12] Ferdinand Keller was unable to convert a headed chance into goal, but he did score in the 29th minute.[11] Klaus Zaczyk passed to Keller whose shot went beyond Liverpool goalkeeper, Ray Clemence, to give Hamburg a 1–0 lead.[12] Three minutes later, Joey Jones was replaced by Tommy Smith after he picked up a thigh injury from attempting a long-range shot.[11]

The first chance of the second half fell to Fairclough when he was put through on the left hand side of the pitch but he was unable to score.[12] Following this, midfielder Jimmy Case was replaced by striker David Johnson in the 58th minute.[11] Hamburg made two substitutions in the 63rd and 64th minutes with Andreas Karow and Horst Bertl replacing Manfred Kaltz and Felix Magath respectively.[13] A minute later, Liverpool had equalised. Bertl's first touch of the ball was a header from a cross by Kenny Dalglish, which caught out Hamburg goalkeeper, Jürgen Stars, and allowed Fairclough to head the ball into Hamburg goal and level the match at 1–1.[12] Barclay stated the goal "roused Hamburg to their most animated spell" with Clemence saving a shot by Arno Steffenhagen.[11] Stars stopped a chance from Dalglish,[12] and Johnson was unable to convert Dalglish's cross from 5 yards (4.6 m) as his shot went over the crossbar.[11] After the game, Liverpool manager, Bob Paisley, was satisfied with the result: "In the end, I was quite pleased. It was an encouraging performance. But I do not rate Hamburg and I did not rate them when we played them in August in a pre-season friendly." Keegan was not so positive about Hamburg's performance: "We were pathetic. The last two weeks we have played well but we were terrible tonight. Liverpool played quite well and got better as the game went on. I have mixed feelings about my return to Anfield now. If we had a 5–0 lead I would have loved it. I am still looking forward to it, but not so much."[14]

### Details

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22 November 1977

19:30 CET

Hamburger SV | 1–1|  Liverpool

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Keller 29' | Report | Fairclough 65'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 16,000[13]

Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)[13]

Hamburger SV

Liverpool

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 |  Jürgen Stars
DF | 2 |  Manfred Kaltz |  |  63'
DF | 3 |  Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF | 4 |  Ivan Buljan
MF | 5 |  Kurt Eigl
MF | 6 |  Klaus Zaczyk
MF | 7 |  Caspar Memering
MF | 8 |  Felix Magath |  |  64'
FW | 9 |  Kevin Keegan
FW | 10 |  Ferdinand Keller
MF | 11 |  Arno Steffenhagen
Substitutes:
DF |  |  Andreas Karow |  |  63'
MF |  |  Horst Bertl |  |  64'
Manager:
Özcan Arkoç
|  |  |

|

GK | 1 |  Ray Clemence
RB | 2 |  Phil Neal
LB | 3 |  Joey Jones |  |  33'
CB | 4 |  Phil Thompson
LM | 5 |  Ray Kennedy
CB | 6 |  Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF | 7 |  Kenny Dalglish
CM | 8 |  Jimmy Case |  |  58'
RM | 9 |  Steve Heighway
CF | 10 |  David Fairclough
CM | 11 |  Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
DF | 12 |  Tommy Smith |  |  33'
FW | 13 |  David Johnson |  |  58'
MF | 14 |  Terry McDermott
FW | 15 |  John Toshack
GK | 16 |  Peter McDonnell
Manager:
Bob Paisley

## Second leg

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### Summary

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Kenny Dalglish scored Liverpool's sixth goal in the second leg.

Liverpool opened the scoring to the match in the 21st minute when, following a corner by Steve Heighway, the ball fell to Phil Thompson whose shot went in off the post to give Liverpool the lead.[15] Liverpool extended their lead in the 40th minute when Terry McDermott chested down a pass by Kennedy and scored from the right-hand side of the penalty area.[10] Heighway was replaced by Johnson at the start of the second half,[15] and ten minutes later Liverpool had scored a third. McDermott scored again as he intercepted the ball and ran down the right-hand side of the pitch before his shot went into the top-right corner of the Hamburg goal.[10] A minute later, McDermott scored his third and Liverpool's fourth off the match after he received a pass from Kennedy down the left-hand side of the pitch.[10] McDermott became the first player to score a hat-trick in the Super Cup.[16] Liverpool added a further two goals in the final minutes as Fairclough scored with a header and Dalglish scored a sixth goal two minutes later.[12] Liverpool won the match 6–0 and a 7–1 aggregate victory meant they won their first European Super Cup.[17]

### Details

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6 December 1977

19:30 GMT

Liverpool | 6–0|  Hamburger SV

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Thompson 21'
McDermott 40', 55', 56'
Fairclough 86'
Dalglish 88' | Report |

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 34,931[18]

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)[18]

Liverpool

Hamburger SV

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|  |

|

GK | 1 |  Ray Clemence
RB | 2 |  Phil Neal
LB | 3 |  Tommy Smith
CB | 4 |  Phil Thompson
LM | 5 |  Ray Kennedy
CB | 6 |  Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF | 7 |  Kenny Dalglish
CM | 8 |  Terry McDermott
RM | 9 |  Steve Heighway |  |  46'
CF | 10 |  David Fairclough
CM | 11 |  Jimmy Case
Substitutes:
FW | 12 |  David Johnson |  |  46'
FW | 13 |  John Toshack
DF | 14 |  Alan Hansen
DF | 15 |  Joey Jones
GK | 16 |  Peter McDonnell
Manager:
Bob Paisley
|  |  |

|

GK | 1 |  Rudi Kargus
DF | 2 |  Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF | 3 |  Peter Nogly (c)
MF | 4 |  Horst Bertl
DF | 5 |  Peter Hidien
DF | 6 |  Manfred Kaltz
FW | 7 |  Kevin Keegan
FW | 8 |  Ferdinand Keller |  |  69'
MF | 9 |  Klaus Zaczyk |  |  69'
MF | 10 |  Felix Magath
FW | 11 |  Georg Volkert
Substitutes:
DF | 12 |  Andreas Karow
MF | 13 |  Kurt Eigl |  |  69'
MF | 14 |  Arno Steffenhagen |  |  69'
GK | 15 |  Jürgen Stars
Manager:
Özcan Arkoç

Man of the Match:
Terry McDermott (Liverpool)[19]

## Post-match

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Keegan praised his former team after the second leg: "I'd heard Liverpool hadn't been doing too well but from where I was stood watching there didn't seem to be much wrong with them, there were no cracks and they look as strong, if not stronger, than they ever were."[20] McDermott was adamant that his performance in the second leg was a turning point in his Liverpool career: "Someone was injured, I think it may have been Ian Callaghan. I was moved in rather than be out wide on the right. I scored a hat-trick and I always remember John Toshack saying: 'That's your position'. I got the confidence from John Toshack saying a thing like that. He probably won't remember, but I do."[18]

Following the Super Cup, Liverpool were still competing in the 1977–78 European Cup. They reached the final where they faced Club Brugge, a match they won 1–0 to retain the title they had won the previous season.[21] They were unable to win the 1977–78 First Division finishing second, seven points behind eventual winners Nottingham Forest.[22]

Hamburg were eliminated in the second round of the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup by eventual winners, Anderlecht of Belgium.[23] They finished the 1977–78 Bundesliga in tenth, fourteen points behind winners, 1\. FC Köln.[7]

## Notes

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1. ^ In 1972, Rangers was banned from European competition for two years after fans clashed with Spanish police while celebrating the club's victory over Dynamo Moscow in the European Cup Winners' Cup Final. The ban was later reduced to one year on appeal.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Club competition winners do battle". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
2. ^ Wilson, Jonathan (13 May 2008). "The behaviour of the Scottish fans was shocking and ugly". The Observer. London. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
3. ^ Wilson, Paul (23 May 2013). "The great European Cup teams: Liverpool 1977–84". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
4. ^ "1976/77: Hamburg end Anderlecht's dream". UEFA. 1 June 1977. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
5. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (5 September 2019). "European Super Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
6. ^ "Liverpool 1–1 Bristol City". LFC History. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
7. ^ a b Naskrent, Gwidon (1 April 2001). "Germany 1977/78". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
8. ^ Ginnell, Luke (3 December 2014). "When Kevin Keegan went to Hamburg". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
9. ^ Kelly (1988, p. 128)
10. ^ a b c d Murray, Scott (28 November 2014). "Golden goal: Terry McDermott for Liverpool v Aberdeen (1980)". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
11. ^ a b c d e f Barclay, Patrick (23 November 1977). "Not so super". The Guardian.
12. ^ a b c d e f Wallis, Derek (23 November 1977). "Nothing super about it, boys". Daily Mirror.
13. ^ a b c "Hamburg 1–1 Liverpool". LFC History. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
14. ^ Wallis, Derek (23 November 1977). "A cloud over silver lining". Daily Mirror.
15. ^ a b Wallis, Derek (7 December 1977). "It's that old Anfield magic!". Daily Mirror.
16. ^ "1977 Super Cup: McDermott treble lifts Liverpool". UEFA. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
17. ^ Pead (1986, p. 255)
18. ^ a b c "Liverpool 6–0 Hamburg SV". LFChistory. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
19. ^ Hurrey, Adam (14 August 2019). "Heroes and humblings: The story of English clubs in the Uefa Super Cup". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
20. ^ Wilson & Murray (2013, p. 193)
21. ^ Wilson & Murray (2013, pp. 194–195)
22. ^ Liversedge (1991, p. 216)
23. ^ Ross, James M. (4 June 2015). "Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

## Bibliography

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* Kelly, Stephen F. (1988). You'll Never Walk Alone. London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-19594-5.
* Liversedge, Stan (1991). Liverpool: The Official Centenary History, 1892–1992. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group. ISBN 0-600-57308-7.
* Pead, Brian (1986). Liverpool: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-15-1.
* Wilson, Jonathan; Murray, Scott (2013). The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches. London: Orion. ISBN 978-1-4091-2692-8.

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