Aberdeen F.C. in European football The 1972–73 UEFA Cup saw Aberdeen drawn with Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany. Aberdeen went down 2–3 at Pittodrie, and lost the second leg 3–6, going out of the competition with a 5–9 aggregate score. The following year, after knocking out Finn Harps of Ireland, Aberdeen were drawn against English opposition for the first time in European competition. Aberdeen drew 1–1 at home to Tottenham Hotspur, but were beaten 1–4 at White Hart Lane in the second leg. Aberdeen failed to qualify for European football between 1974 and 1977. Aberdeen's first European tie for four years came against Belgian club
Barnes Football Club Barnes Football Club Barnes Football Club was an association football club of great importance in the development of the game in the nineteenth century. According to most sources, Barnes Football Club was founded in 1862 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, who became the club's first Captain. The first known rules of the club, dating from 1862, ban running with the ball and "holding" or "hacking" an opponent. They specify that the "place for play" should be Barnes Green, and that the "balls and other property of the club" should be kept at the "White Hart" public house. Barnes FC's earliest recorded