Thirty eight years ago Barcelona’s Terry Venables, Gary Lineker, Mark Hughes and co were taught a tangerine lesson on the Nou Camp turf.
Jim McLean’s Dundee United didn’t travel light, as they carried a 1-0 advantage from the first leg of their Uefa Cup quarter-final, thanks to Kevin Gallacher’s astonishing early goal at Tannadice.
This was a Barca side who had been just a penalty shootout away from winning the previous season’s European Cup.
As expected from a team peppered with Spain internationals, as well as the two Britons up top, they hit back at home in the first half through Ramon Caldere.
Keep the heid, don’t panic.
As the clock ticked down closer towards the 90, the hardy band of United supporters in the far-from-full Nou Camp could be heard biting their nails.
Then, John Clark tucked the ball into the back of the net. Again, as expected, a Barca onslaught arrived.
Until Ian Ferguson poked in another four minutes later to start the party.
Yet another incredible European challenge checked off. The reward? Another to add to the pile.
Borussia Monchengladbach were seen to though, and United’s place in the final was sealed.
And that’s where the story ends, right? Gothenburg never happened…
