Saints in Europe. No, not a myth, we really did have nights in Europe. Briefly, but we were there.
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Remember the days at season's end when the promise of European football beckoned for the following year ?
No ? That's okay I can barely recall it either.
So before my memory fades entirely here are the details of those memorable and occasionally embarrassing nights for Saints Abroad ! | Date | Stage | Opponents | Venue | Score | Scorers | Attendance | | 15/9/71 | 1st Round 1st Leg | Atletico Bilbao | Dell | 2-1 | Channon, Jenkins | 21 600 | | 29/9/71 | 1st Round 2nd Leg | Atletico Bilbao | | 0-2 | | 45 000 | | 16/9/81 | 1st Round 1st Leg | Limerick United | | 3-0 | Moran 2, Armstrong | 10 000 | | 29/9/81 | 1st Round 2nd Leg | Limerick United | Dell | 1-1 | Keegan | 12 841 | | 21/10/81 | 2nd Round 1st Leg | Sporting Lisbon | Dell | 2-4 | Keegan (pen), Channon | 18 573 | | 4/11/81 | 2nd Round 2nd Leg | Sporting Lisbon | | 0-0 | | 50 000 | | 15/9/82 | 1st Round 1st Leg | Norrkoeping | Dell | 2-2 | Williams, Wright | 10 155 | | 29/9/82 | 1st Round 2nd Leg | Norrkoeping | | 0-0 | | 10 252 | | 19/9/84 | 1st Round 1st Leg | Hamburg | Dell | 0-0 | | 19 178 | | 3/10/84 | 1st Round 2nd Leg | Hamburg | | 0-2 | | 27 000 | | 24/9/03 | 1st Round 1st Leg | Steaua Bucuresti | St Mary's | 1-1 | Phillips | 30 557 | | 15/10/03 | 1st Round 2nd Leg | Steaua Bucuresti | Ghencea Stadium | 0-1 | | 28 000 |
| Date | Stage | Opponents | Venue | Score | Scorers | Attendance | | 15/9/76 | 1st Round 1st Leg | Marseille | Dell | 4-0 | Waldron, Channon, Osgood,
McCalliog | 19 150 | | 29/9/76 | 1st Round 2nd Leg | Marseille | | 1-2 | Peach | 25 000 | | 20/10/76 | 2nd Round 1st Leg | Carrick Rangers | | 5-2 | Stokes, Channon 2,
McCalliog, Waldron | 8 000 | | 3/11/76 | 2nd Round 2nd Leg | Carrick Rangers | Dell | 4-1 | Williams, Hayes 2 , Stokes | 15 130 | | 2/3/77 | Quarter Final 1st leg | Anderlecht | | 0-2 | | 33 500 | | 16/3/77 | Quarter Final 2nd leg | Anderlecht | Dell | 2-1 | Peach (pen) McDougall | 24 337 |
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