The Fiver | The West Ham of 2022 will hope history augurs well against Frankfurt

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Eintracht Frankfurt already have one European trophy to their name. They won Euro Vase back in 1980, on away goals, in a two-legged final against Borussia Mönchengladbach, but while The Fiver isn’t knocking it in terms of achievement, on these shores, and in plenty of other areas outside the old Bundesrepublik Deutschland we’ll be bound, that’s not what they’re principally known for. And what they’re principally known for is, having the temerity to take the lead in the 1960 Big (né Li’l) Cup final at Hampden against Real Madrid, who then went on to roll seven goals past the hilariously static Eintracht keeper and Antony Gormley muse Egon Loy. Ach Richard Kress! Was hast du getan! Du hast den Käfig der Bestie erschüttert!

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