1975 European Cup Final second English club to reach the final after Manchester United in 1968 and the second team in history to reach the finals of all three European cup competitions after FC Barcelona, the game was the climax of the 'Glory Years' of the team built by former manager Don Revie. Amongst the stars of the team were the Scottish internationals Billy Bremner and Peter Lorimer. Leeds United, incidentally also had a poor season domestically. The experienced, but now ageing team had finished only 9th in the 1974–75 Football League. This would be the club's last appearance in a major cup final
Celtic F.C. in European football and they became the first British club to participate in European club competition. Rangers took part in the tournament the following season as champions of Scotland. The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was also established at the same time, and in 1960 Hibernian became the first Scottish club to participate, eliminating Barcelona en route to the semi-final, where they lost to Roma. The 1960–61 season was also the inaugural year of the European Cup Winners' Cup, with Rangers reaching the final. They were comfortably beaten over two legs by Fiorentina, but were still the first British club to reach a UEFA sanctioned