Turning to the Gasroom knowledge base for some research here... Clubs who played European football while outside the top flight. Any anoraks got any advance on these I've got so far? Welsh clubs got very lucky that the Cup Winners' Cup was a thing and that they were allowed to qualify even if playing in the English pyramid.
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Turning to the Gasroom knowledge base for some research here... Clubs who played European football while outside the top flight. Any anoraks got any advance on these I've got so far? Welsh clubs got very lucky that the Cup Winners' Cup was a thing and that they were allowed to qualify even if playing in the English pyramid.
Birmingham
Wigan
Millwall
Sunderland
Southampton
West Ham
Cardiff
Newport
Wrexham
Swansea
Bangor City
Merthyr Tydfil
Alemannia Aachen (Germany)
Hannover 96 (Germany)
Guingamp (France)
West Auckland Town (1909, 1911).
Interesting! I hadn't gone back beyond UEFA era yet.
I mean, strictly speaking, Wycombe played in Europe
Down a bit of a rabbit hole now. Some interesting stuff here https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/e6mxwu/teams_from_outside_of_their_nations_top_tiers/?rdt=39696
Shrewsbury Wrexham later tonight,
Almost counts as a Wycombe game.
On Sky?
Could be a decent watch. Well, as long as it's a Gaz masterclass.
Yes. Sky Sports Main Event
Shrewsbury and Wrexham really don't like each other, too. Come on GA!
Lovely, will have that on a 2nd screen as a minimum.
Come on Gaz give those Hollywood lot a good thrashing.
Not McClean's biggest fan, but liked his reaction to a bit of Shrewsbury fan abuse with a smile.
On a more annoying note, they've still not found a better way to make that 2nd bloody touchline less visible!
GET IN!
Super tactics from Gaz so far. What a finish!
BOOM
What a goal!
"I told you we'd stay up @Shev " on his t shirt too!
Haha. I'd be delighted! Head v heart and all that.
Never liked Marquis -until now😉
1-1
Shrewsbury fella didn't even try and jump there.
Always liked Marquis :)
Utterly woeful defending giving that pen away.
And Marquis scaring us for a second before doing the right thing.
Fantastic urgency by Shrewsbury.
Like an old battling Wycombe performance under GA this. Great to watch
He really has Wycombe-ized them.
Vintage Ainsworth this. I miss him so much.
Also wouldn't mind a keeper who commands his area like Blackman.
Loved the commitment of Ainsworth’s era, but not the style of play
Loved the football of Bloomfield, and the success his style had enjoyed this season until he left
Had he stayed, would Blooms have been our most successful manager? I suspect he may well have
Let's wait until the Wrexham witching hour has passed before getting too excited. They usually pull something flukey out of their...er...hat.
Lloyd reminds me a lot of Alex Samuel. Never stops running. Perfect for Gaz