Topic: Auxerre UEFA Cup 1991

[mikeb58]

An old poem I dug out...more of the same tonight please!!

Auxerre  UEFA Cup 1991

November the 6th 1991, the city was alight with fireworks the night before.
Liverpool now played Auxerre in the UEFA Cup, looking for a perfect 3-0 score.
We were 2-0 down from the first leg, and not given much of a chance by all.
But once again when the team needed us most, the Kop was on hand to answer
their call.

The Kop was full of die hards that night, looked  like only the loyal reds turned up.
The ground itself was half empty, as it looked like a lost cause in the UEFA Cup.
But the reds that turned up that night were fantastic, right from the very start.
If Liverpool were to turn this game around, then the Kop was going to play its part.

We got off to a great start, Mike Marsh scored a cracker at the Anny Road end.
But we still had lots to do, as the French team set up to stubbornly defend.
But we scored another before half time, Jan Molby scored it from the penalty spot.
It may have been 24 hours after bonfire night, but the kop was now smokin’ hot!

The second half was all Liverpool, the kop goal was under constant siege and attack.
But Auxerre held on with great determination, but how long could they hold us back!
Then as the game neared its end, Mark Walters was put through on goal.
And his low shot beat the keeper, and into the back of the kop net the ball did roll.

The Kop exploded with madness and delirium, the sort of celebrations I had very
rarely seen
We had won a brilliant game 3-0, as the Kop helped keep alive Liverpool’s UEFA Cup
dream.

[Spongebob Redpants]

I was out of the country for this game , but watched a recording of it when I got back .

The Kop was immense that night , and proved the old maxim that it's more about quality than quantity .

[welshred1976]

one skill walters

[ABZ Rover]

Shit, was it that long ago!!  Still got a scarf I swapped with one of their supporters as we were leaving the ground.

Great poem and a fantastic night.

[TepidT2O]

Blimey



I went to this, I remember almost nothing of it.

Didn't we meet genoa next?

[KiNki]

Great game. Only about 20k there but they more than made up for the 20k who stayed away.  I took my mate from school and well he'd never experienced anything like it. Kop at full voice, non stop. Worse still in the programme the following week, there was his mug shot, in the middle of the kop as a permanent reminder while I was cropped from the scene.

[Red_Mist]

Probably my favourite night on the old standing Kop. The celebrations for the winner were like an explosion...one of the longest and maddest I've ever had the pleasure to be in the middle of. Couldn't believe the low attendance figure afterwards...okay, the stands were a bit sparse but The Kop was absolutely wedged. Everyone seemed to be about the same age as me at the time, late teens /early twenties. There was something a bit feral about the atmosphere. Raw and deafening. Fuckin brilliant. It was our St.Etienne (with about 35,000 less fans!!)

[Romford_Red]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csKcsDrX73U

[oojason]

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Liverpool 3 - 0 Auxerre


1991/92 UEFA Cup: 2nd Round - 2nd leg. Liverpool lost the 1st leg 2-0. Wednesday 6th November, 1991 - a 7.10pm kick off...







LFC XI: Grobbelaar, Marsh, Ablett, Tanner, Burrows, McMahon, Molby, Houghton, Walters, McManaman, Rush.
Subs: Holcroft, Harkness, B Jones, Redknapp. (Liverpool only named 4 subs due to injuries)

Auxerre XI: Martini, Kaczmarek, Prunier, Roche, Mahe, Guerriero, Cocard, Dutiel, Kovacs, Ferreri, Vahirua.
Subs: Charbonnier, Goma, Mazzolini, Otokore, Deniaud.



LFCHistory.net Match Info Page: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1810

LFCInEurope.com Match Info Page: www.lfcineurope.com/9192-2.html

(this was back in the days when the UEFA Cup was a straight knockout cup competition - no Group Stages...)


RAWK 'Auxerre UEFA Cup 1991' thread: www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=303793

Wikipedia page for Liverpool's 1991/92 season: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Liverpool_F.C._season





Liverpool had lost the 1st leg 2-0 - 3 minute highlights...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/LlMLQPLC3IY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/LlMLQPLC3IY</a>

^ LFCHistory.net Match Info Page: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1806












Match Highlights...



'Liverpool vs AJ Auxerre - 1991' - 8 mins:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/rMJK7uHvqYs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/rMJK7uHvqYs</a>



'Liverpool 3 Auxerre 0 1991' (full match):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/iK-CGFzMTFM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/iK-CGFzMTFM</a>



'Liverpool 3 Auxerre 0 1991' (full match; French comms):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/aTu0OQH_v6o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/aTu0OQH_v6o</a>



'3 minute highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/RZUWhOM6G6A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/RZUWhOM6G6A</a>



'4 minute highlights':-

www.dailymotion.com/video/x5c1s3b



'4 minute highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/csKcsDrX73U" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/csKcsDrX73U</a>



'2 minute highlights':-

https://twitter.com/TOTKHQ/status/870726965199818752



'Mark Walters goes through to score to make it 3-0 vs Auxerre' ("Walters... ... ... scores!"):-

https://twitter.com/goals_lfc/status/1057915451160829952



'5 minute highlights' (with quality Liverpool themed intro; followed by Des, Hansen and Jimmy):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/jUy5xJIdKWE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/jUy5xJIdKWE</a>














Match Reports & Info:-


LFCInEurope.com Match Report: http://www.lfcineurope.com/9192-2.html

Marsh calls on spirit of Auxerre '91:  www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/130169-marsh-calls-on-spirit-of-auxerre-91

'Everybody had written us off': www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-forgotten-night-anfield-22078446

Mike Marsh recalls LFC's epic 1991 fightback against Auxerre: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/anfield-half-empty-what-noise-3322952

UEFA Match Info page: www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/4705--liverpool-vs-auxerre

FootballDB Match Info & Stats page: www.footballdatabase.eu/en/match/summary/1046923-liverpool-auxerre

Mark Walters 83rd Minute Strike: www.thisisanfield.com/2009/07/no-85-mark-walters-83rd-minute-strike

Liverpool's 11 greatest European nights at Anfield: www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/15/liverpool-11-greatest-ever-european-nights-at-anfield/uefa-cup-2nd-round-2nd-leg-liverpool-3-v-auxerre-0liverpools-jan

Top 5 UEFA Cup nights at Anfield: www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/02/top-5-uefa-cup-nights-anfield

Tony Barrett - Top five Liverpool comebacks in Europe: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/top-five-liverpool-comebacks-in-european-competition-g7523zr36

Reliving 12 Great European Nights at Anfield: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2198093-reliving-12-great-european-nights-at-anfield

The game of my life - Jamie Redknapp: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1810


^ more match reports for this match can be found at the superb - www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1810





















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• A mini-index of RAWK's 'Liverpool Audio / Video thread' content info for years gone by, recent times, Season Reviews, Cup Final victories - Domestic, European, and World, etc:-


www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=345769.msg17787576#msg17787576 & www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=112969.0





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In the previous round of the UEFA Cup - our 1st match in European competition since 1985 - Liverpool played Finnish side Kuusysi Lahti...



Liverpool 6 - 1 Kuusysi Lahti : 1991/92 UEFA Cup - 1st Round, 1st Leg : Wednesday 18th September, 1991 - a 7.15pm kick off.






Liverpool XI: Hooper, Ablett, Tanner, Nicol, Burrows, Houghton, Marsh, McMahon, McManaman, Saunders, Rush.
Subs: Harkness, Redknapp, Hutchison, Walters, Carter.

Kuusysi XI: Rövio, Remes, Saastamoinen, Järvinen, Jäntti, Viljanen, Lehtinen, Rinne, Kinnunen, Belfield, Annunen.
Subs: Vehkakoski, Glusakov, Bantanen, Mosturi, Korhonen.



LFCHistory.net Match Info page: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1798

LFCInEurope.com Match Info page: www.lfcineurope.com/9192-1B.html

Kuusysi club info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Kuusysi & www.fckuusysi.fi & https://twitter.com/fckuusysi & www.facebook.com/fckuusysi



Match Highlights...


8 minutes...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/5pkjThs2lds" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/5pkjThs2lds</a>



3 minutes...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/MOBo68qzUr0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/MOBo68qzUr0</a>



2 minutes...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/J8NQMEpBxEU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/J8NQMEpBxEU</a>

^ probably the best shirt sponsor worn by an opposing side at Anfield ever...





The 2nd leg, played on Wednesday 2nd October 1991, saw Kuusysi Lahti win 1-0...


70 second highlights...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/wyQKwJLVUpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/wyQKwJLVUpg</a>


LFCHistory.net Match Info page: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/1802

LFCInEurope.com Match Info page: www.lfcineurope.com/9192-1.html





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Spartak Vladikavkaz 1 - 2 Liverpool : 1995/96 UEFA Cup - 1st Round, 1st leg : Tuesday 12th September, 1995 - a 5.30pm kick off.





Vladikavkaz XI: Khapov, Kornienko, Pagaev, Shelia, Tetradze, Dzhioev, Tedeev, Yanovski, Kasymov, Kanishchev, Suleymanov.
Subs: Timofeyev, Derkach, Kornilenko, ? & ?.

Liverpool XI: James, Jones, Babb, Ruddock, Wright, Harkness, Redknapp, Thomas, Barnes, McManaman, Collymore.
Subs: Warner, Matteo, Kennedy, Clough, Fowler.


LFCHistory.net Match Info page: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/2021

LFCInEurope.com Match Info page: http://lfcineurope.com/9596-1B.html (a treasure trove of content for this match)



Match Highlights...


'4 minute highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/XDlQgbr30fs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/XDlQgbr30fs</a>



'3 minute highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/BB4gJ_YfUT0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/BB4gJ_YfUT0</a>



'1 minute highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/yECzHnO9F0k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/yECzHnO9F0k</a>





Liverpool 0 - 0 Spartak Vladikavkaz : 1995/96 UEFA Cup - 1st Round, 2nd leg : Tuesday 26th September, 1995 - 8pm kick off.





Liverpool XI: James, Jones, Ruddock, Wright, Babb, Harkness, Thomas, Redknapp, Barnes, McManaman, Fowler.
Subs: Warner, Scales, Kennedy, Clough, Rush.

Vladikavkaz XI: Khapov, Kornienko, Pagaev, Shelia, Tetradze, Dzhioev, Tedeev, Yanovski, Kasymov, Kanishchev, Suleymanov.
Subs: Timofeyev, Derkach, ?, ?, & ?.


LFCHistory.net Match Info page: www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/2025

LFCInEurope.com Match Info page: http://lfcineurope.com/9596-1.html



Match Highlights...


'2 minute highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/UW1CR6xFDiY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/UW1CR6xFDiY</a>



'2 minute highlights':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/pR9Yv9mZlJo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/pR9Yv9mZlJo</a>

[TepidT2O]

First big European night I can really remember well

[jeremyh94]

Was it not also on this epic night that MUFC were knocked out of Europe by, er, Rotor Volgograd?

[meady1981]

Ahhhhhhhh this takes me back. That Davewaller YouTube fellas also been uploading the 92 FA cup run game by game which has been flooding me with nostalgia. Was 10 then so everything seemed great. Looking back we were fucking garbage really. Meant a lot to me though.

[number 168]

Ahhhhhhhh this takes me back. That Davewaller YouTube fellas also been uploading the 92 FA cup run game by game which has been flooding me with nostalgia. Was 10 then so everything seemed great. Looking back we were fucking garbage really. Meant a lot to me though.

I was in the Kop for St Etienne and the Main Stand for Chelsea both incredible nights but Auxerre was oddly up there. It was after the ban, two goals down and a team that was nowhere near the quality we had come to expect. Yet the Kop was loud, the players seemed so fired up and it was a seemingly lost cause. The never say die attribute that was a feature of the club was still there and it was marvellous to say that I was one of the few. I suppose it's nights like that that made me despise Rodgers surrendering at the Bernabeu and the pride I had in the lads that went out there and fought for the shirt. Lucas was everything that night that Rodgers wasn't.

[Crosby Nick]

Was it not also on this epic night that MUFC were knocked out of Europe by, er, Rotor Volgograd?

No, that was around the time we played Spartak Vladikavkaz (what a name!). Think they got battered by Atletico Madrid though (Paolo Futre maybe).

[Lotus Eater]

I was on the Kop that night, I remember the whistling for the final whistle was so loud it hurt my ears

[jeremyh94]

No, that was around the time we played Spartak Vladikavkaz (what a name!). Think they got battered by Atletico Madrid though (Paolo Futre maybe).

Checked, you are right. Atletico had won 3-0 in first leg, second leg was 1-1 at Old Trafford. A result that topped off a great night!

[Red_Mist]

I was on the Kop that night, I remember the whistling for the final whistle was so loud it hurt my ears

Haha! The whole night gave me permanent ear damage I think. Incredible atmosphere from (an hour before the) start to (well after the) finish.

My mate is still gutted he never went. It was about an hour’s walk to the ground from where we lived (we always walked so for some reason he didn’t think about a cab or bus) and it was absolutely pissing down. He had a bad cold/ man flu and felt rough with it, so decided to give it a miss. Everyone on the Kop was drenched, so once it had filled up you got that rising steam that sometimes happened. Definitely the wildest goal celebration I’ve ever experienced when Walters slotted home. Maybe Owen’s second at Cardiff ten years later, but I was drunk for that one so Auxerre is still more memorable despite being longer ago.

[Red_Mist]

Just watched the pre-match bbc footage and the start of the game (thanks Jason!). The ref’s fannying about waiting until the exact right time to blow his whistle and the Kop’s going mad with frustration

The definition of a cacophony.

[Tony19:6]

I remember this match for 2 reasons

1) I was on the Kop that night and remember the rain dripping down from the Kop roof (sweat)
2) Arm wrestling Nicky Tanner in the Beehive the night after (he won), when all the players came in to relax...interesting night that one.

Am sure I was talking to Rob Jones that night, had he signed at that point or was I too pishted