Sad News and not one for you ‘kids’ on here. Gento died today, great player and remember him against Eintract Frankfurt 1963 @Ibrox. . Must be one of the best European Cup Finals ever 7-3.
My dad was at Hampden for the European Cup final between Real and Eintracht in 1960 and raved about Gento. He took me to Stamford Bridge to watch a Great Britain against Europe legends game in 1972. We basically only went to see Gento (and Puskas) but there's some top names in these lineups - if you'd asked me if I ever saw Billy Wright play, or Ernst Happel I'd have said 'before my time' - looking back at the line ups apparently not!
Teams were:
The GB line-up was:
Jack Kelsey, George Cohen, Jimmy Armfield, Danny Blanchflower (Jimmy Hill), Billy Wright (Mel Hopkins), Pat Crerand, Dave Sexton, Bryan Douglas, John Charles, Johnny Haynes, Frank Blunstone.
Scorers: Charles 3, Haynes.
Europe team:
Gyula Grosics; Dezso Novak, Branko Zebec, Kalman Meszoly, Willi Schulz, Ernst Happel (Bennie Muller), Ferenc Sipos, Sandor Matrai, Juste Fontaine, Ferenc Puskas, Francesco Gento.
Scorers: Meszoly, Puskas, Muller, Happel, Gento.