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I was 15 at the time and cried my eyes out at the injustice of the defeat. Leeds were robbed. Lorimer scored a legitimate goal Clarke was brought down. Leeds were the best team in Europe at the time.

As a Celtic supporter my father told me that Leeds were the greatest side he had ever seen so for Celtic to beat them in 1970 was as great an achievement as us winning the European cup in 1967.

Leeds Utd were a great team and deserved to win. Different class. The whole game was robbed and the goal that was disallowed was a total disgrace.

Not a Leeds fan but the injustice is their for all too see in this match. The Referee might well have wore a Red shirt on the night. Absolutely nothing wrong with Lorrimers goal, and a stonewall penalty for the Beckenbauer foul on Clarke not given. Oh thank God for VAR now, long overdue I'd say.

Im a Bayern fan and undoubtedly Leeds were robbed. Clarke was tripped by Beckenbauer for a penalty, and Lorimers goal was perfect and legit. Mind you Yorath and Gray should have been red carded for a) breaking Anderssons leg and b) ending Uli Hoeness' playing career with another "wood-cutter" challenge, but in those days I think you only got a red card if you decapitated a player intentionally or shot them with a gun.

A lot of bribes & dodgy decisions in the history of important football matches, these being just another glaring example. Disgraceful.

That ref must have been on a hell of a pay day to make sure Bayern won, biggest injustice of all time on a football pitch

Bayern were a great team but Leeds were the moral champions of Europe in 1975

One thing is for certain Leeds were robbed in 1973 in the cup winners cup final against AS Milan as the ref was later shown to have a history of bribery. There was a lot of it in those days. Forest in the semi final of the UEFA CUP in 1984, for example, for the same reason.

When Bayern player says it's a goal ! Sort of says it all

I was there, Paris, back in May 1975 as a fanatical sixteen year old Leeds United supporter. Leeds were robbed. No if's or buts.......Fact.

feel sorry for leeds, were do they find these refs , obvious penalty, what a goal by lorimer,.

The Leeds fans still chant 'Champions Of Europe' to this day,and probably it will go on......and it stems from this match.If you see the match you will see Bayern captain FB had the referee in his pocket.Funny how he was looked up to by many as a gentleman and distinguished footballer,however he has been investigated regarding irregular activity relating to World Cup dealings and decisions...oh and by the way he took Alan Clarke's legs away..PENALTY all day long...Frank Baconburger cheat during his career and in his retirement.

Ok it was a goal but notice how the English fans never mention that Yorath should have been sent off after only two minutes for a horrible, disgusting tackle on Björn Andersson that basically ended his career , would Leeds playing with 10 men even have got those later chances .

It was a clear penalty. And the Leed's goal, it was a legitimate goal. I didnt know how the referee saw the opposite. My humble conclusion, Leeds was robbed. No doubt about it. Period.

How was that not a goal though this makes me mad

I have always felt this match wasn't fair. The Clarke 'penalty' should have been awarded. Also, the Lorimer 'goal' looked good. The ref may have been biased but we'll never know now. Seemed an injustice the whole thing.

There were loads of bungs and crookedness in those days, in all the European leagues. This game was a blatent example.

An amazing statement from Zobel, that you can't go on fretting when referees' decisions go against you. He should tell that to the Germans - millions of them - who 52 years later are still banging on about Hurst's second goal in the 1966 World Cup Final.

Two stonewall penalties that Beckenbauer got away with against English teams in major games from the 1970s. The foul on Clarke vs Leeds here and on Colin Bell against England in the 1970 World Cup quarter-final. Yes I know, Der Kaiser was a great player and I really should let it go!

what a goal it would have been if it had counted, poor lorimer he scored so many important and brilliant goals for leeds, but his career comes down to this. If it had counted there would be a 10ft statue of him in that pose outside er today

It is now accepted that this match was rigged and the referee was paid off. Too many results in Europe during the 1960s and 1970s were "fixed" and all too often it was English teams that paid the price particularly against Italian and Spanish teams. It is about time that some of these wins were reviewed and teams stripped of their titles. On an international footing then Argentina should also be stripped of their 1978 World Cup win as it has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that the Argentine Junta paid the Peruvian Government to have their team concede the 5 goals required to eliminate Brazil and allow Argentina to progress beyond the group stage.

I was there. Refereeing was bad, but the behaviour of the Leeds fans, for hours before the game as well as after losing, was even worse. Yobs even attacking German fathers and young sons they’d brought to the match. French CRS (police) before the game just set up a 50m cordon around the stadium and watched it happen. Many Leeds supporters were smashed out of their minds, been drinking all night, or since the early morning ferry over. I actually apologised to some of the German fans there. Was ashamed to be English.

We all going to ignore the fact a Leeds player broke a mans leg in the 2nd minute? Robbed my arse!

The amount of people that say they were at these games, stadium s must’ve have been stadiums that held 500,000 back in the 60s and 70s

As an Everton fan I can deeply sympathise cause we were robbed of our chance as well. Unfortunately, I don’t think we’ll ever have our chance again. Heartbreaking really.

As a 13 year old watching the game I quickly came to the conclusion that something was terribly wrong. I always think of Leeds in the same vein as the 1974 Holland squad, gifted sides who were robbed either by the ref or their own naivety in what was back then 'a game of cards'.

Leeds was in luck, when Terry Yorath get not a red card for his leg-breaking-foul against Andersson. This offside-goal has a story, which is not told in the video: Just before there was a cleary offside-situation which were not given, allthough everyone was suprised espaccially Billy Bremner who stands very lonely in front of the Bayern goalkeeper. This Scene had the referee is his mind, when he decided offside against Lorimer, I suppose. In the end it was a great victory of cleverness and tactical discipline!

That foul on Andersson. They ain't called dirty Leeds for nothing.

I remember this game. I was 14 years old. Leeds was far better team that day but referee was fucking crook.

We were robbed. We’re the Champions of Europe

If a player was in an offside position, anywhere on the pitch, free kicks were given. It actually happened from goal kicks at times when sides would stand on the half way line and hope someone would go too early. By the law at the time Bremner was offside. The Clarke penalty was a pen, but only on replays it showed Beckenbauer played the man not the ball. Ref gave the corner. Yet to see one Leeds fan admit Yorath should have been sent off for his leg break tackle in second minute. Very well disguised over the top tackle, which was a sending off even then. Would Leeds have been up for 88 minutes with 10 men ?

Rotten ref same as roma v dundee united in a european final. Says it all back then.

This by far is the biggest robbery in football history, im surprised people arent still talking about this today

I've seen this game so many time, and its still hard to accept,Leeds were robbed, and I can never forgive the referee for his diabolical attempt at officiating this very important match.Clear Penalty for Sniffer Clarke, and Hot shot Lorimer's goal was certainly not off side.

Wow never seen this before bloody joke how was that not a goal

Esse time do Bayern não foi páreo a Máquina Tricolor que, comandada por Rivelino, vencera o Bayern no Maracanã, no dia 10 de Junho de 1975.

Well if the foul on Clarke would have been awarded and Lorimars offside goal disallowed, it would be 2 nil , they would been Champions, but there was a crooked referee unfortunately.

there was also the Beckenbauer hand ball in the area.

As well as the poor refereeing, I remember this game for Jimmy Armfield not sending on Duncan McKenzie to try and turn the game.

Leeds was so great and so much better than Bayern .

This was the end of Leeds Untied between 1965 and 1975 they won more games than any other English club side, in a country that was world champions and had great players like Moore Best Banks Bremner, Greaves and Charlton the only cup they did not win was this one!!

Omg, the goal from leeds was absolutely clear and legal. This game was robbed and a shame for uefa and european officials.

Bremner was in an offside position at the moment that Lorimer struck his shot. Back then the offside rule was strictly applied. Bremner was in the six yard box and between the posts. The ruling would have been that he was seeking to gain an advantage, which indeed he was. Virtually all offsides back then were given for that reason. Not interfering with play would only have been a consideration if a player was lying injured out on the wing, which was rare. Otherwise the interpretation was, if a player was clearly trying to take part in an attack and strayed into an offside position at the moment the ball was played, the flag went up automatically. In those days the ONLY controversy concerned the question of whether the player was indeed in an offside position. Not whether he touched the ball, or even attempted to do so. Whether he was in the goalkeeper's eye line or not was not considered relevant or would have even crossed anyone's mind. If he was in an offside position, for example an attacker at the far post was offside when his onside team mate nodded the ball into the net at the near post, up went the flag and the whistle was blown. No goal.End of story. Some people here have been confused by the repeated tinkering with the offside law over the past thirty years, and have forgotten just how simply and somewhat puritannically the rule was applied for the great majority of football history. You may not agree with it, and believe that the changes that have been made are for the better, but this match took place BEFORE those changes were made. The decision of the officials was completely in line with the rules as they were then applied. The penalty is another story!

Leeds were clearly robbed.

I thought the even worse decision was not calling the foul on Allan Clarke inside the box.

This was bias against Leeds, but 1973 ECWC final was total robbery.

Is there some reason there's no decent footage of this match or extended highlights? Surely the entire match was shown live on BBC. What happened to the tape? Billy Bremner was obviously not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage. Incompetent and biased refereeing. What's new?

I was at this game. Plenty of trouble before and after the game.

How is offside given for that? Who is actually offside?

On what planet was lorimers goal offside? No one in the passes before were offside either and a munich player headed back to lorimer

Super leeds branded a dirty team but boy could they play and that comes from a spurs fan .Robbed of the European cup winners cup robbed of the leauge remember WBA and european cup.Hope they come back to premier leauge.

Ah, robbed!

Hello! the Ref was found Guilty of taking a bribe and banned for life so how did Bayern still kept that game?

Penalty claim and well deserved . 1-0. Then the lorrimer goal 2-0. Game over. Don't understand how Bayern can ever stake a claim to be a stronger side. sorry I forgot about the cheating referee. I guess that would make a difference.

How is that goal disallowed???

Shocking challenge by Terry Yorath on Bjorn Andersson. Andersson barely played again after that assault. Leeds should have been a man down after two minutes.

Beckbauer admitted to Peter that his goal was legal and leeds were the better team

Who are the three German players interviewed? Presume Rainer Zobel is the first to appear

Leeds won that game hands down, the ref was a few years later found guilty of match fixing and banned which just goes to show what we already knew THIS MATCH WAS FIXED .

Well Bayern certainly got an English curse on them after this...losing to Aston Villa 1982, Man U 1999, Chelsea 2012. And in every game Bayern were the better team but found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

That tackle by Yorath was horrendous.

If the ref had been up to it, Leeds would have been flush... with red cards.

Most disgusting game of football ever seen

Horrific tackle by Terry Yorath on Bjorn Anderson.

Bremner wasn't really interfering with play re offside.

I'm sure in years to come it will come out that there was bribery and corruption in this match, just as the European Cup Winners Cup was fixed in 1973. Unfortunately neither result will change but it is common knowledge that Leeds were robbed on both occasions...

Yes it was clearly a goal. No one was offside.

The first time I ever witnessed a "fix" in football, truly scandalouus. Everton fan

Oh course Leeds scored and Leeds were also the better team....Bayern as a European great have influence on and off the field and consequently the referee didn't give a definite penalty either .....bent UEFA ?.....definitely

Ref was well.... we all know! End of. However this wasn't uncommon back then. Leeds were similarly done in CWC final too by bribed ref. Clough's Forest faced similar issue twice if I recall. The results should be reviewed & overturned.

1. Look at the position of the referee when Beckenbauer fowled Clarke. 2. Lorimer's "goal." = The game was clearly BOUGHT beforehand. Would not be surprised if there had been an English third party involved in the bribery either !

I've been a Leeds fan since 1970 which means I know how offside was refereed back then. It was commonplace for someone in Bremner's position to be given as offside. It was also commonplace not to give it as offside. It was very arbitrary at the time. Bayern were lucky winners in 1975 and even luckier the following year when their 1-0 win against St Etienne should really have finished 1-4 or 1-5.

Leeds United Europeon champions 1975.

Never liked that Leeds team but they were robbed out of the game. Penalty on Clarke and superb goal by Lorimer. Was that ref bribed ??????

Corrupt krauts. I wasnt born, but I will carry on this incredulous sense of injustice and sing loudly. 'We are the champions. Champions of Europe'.

I was there proud to be leeds. £22 return on train and ferry. Never told my mrs i was going .just couldnt miss this game.i phoned the mrs up from paris.no mobiles bk then.she said.were are you your dinners gone cold.im in paris love sorry.such was the love for leeds united.and yes we was robbed.from bk then to the present.the football ellite .hated leeds.but WE DONT GIVE A FK.ALAW MOT

Un grand match à Paris en 1975 . Je me souviens très bien de la partialité de l'arbitre français KITABDJIAN . Un nom que je n'oublierai jamais . Il n'avait pas signé un penalty indiscutable sur Alan Clarke fauché par Beckenbauer . Il n'a pas validé le but de Lorimer . Le lendemain , les Hooligans de Leeds United avait caillassé par vengeance les magasins de Paris et les centres commerciaux .

Leeds got buggered sans lube.

I never knew Eddie Grey spoke German!

But where is Leeds United now? Why couldn´t they keep on going like Liverpool or Manchester United? Or Bayern? they had a fantastic Team and all of a sudden Leeds disappeared from the international scenery. Why?

Great strike by Lorimer deserved better than to be controversially disallowed also looked a penalty kick to me but that's corruption for you .

Till 1982,Bayern never lost a final ! Some of their victories were well deserved,some other...not quite, in Germany there is the term of "Bayern Dusel" for it. But then finally... In '82 against Aston Villa In '87 Porto A N D '99 against ManU in Barcelona, plus '12 Chelsea. Bayern got its share of losing,their bitterness of defeat. Destiny restored the balance of fortune and misfortune.

The referee was bent . He wasn't even good at cheating it was obvious something was going on. Lorimers goal should have stood and Beckenbauer flannened Clarke in the box and gave us a corner! Scandalous

18 yrs old and I was there... Big injustice, The 'Clarke tackle' must go down, (along with many others) as the biggest injustice in football history.. the ref had a 100% view, scandalous. The Lorimer Goal, Offside was "marginal"... and impossible for the linesman to see if he was watching the ball! HOWEVER in 1975 ... You had to be "interfering with play" to be offside.... So again Scandalous. However, we are Still LEEDS, we are still BIG, We still FOLLOW the Whites "Untill the World Stops Going Round". MOT ALAW

The Germans perspective, total rubbish. WE WERE ROBBED. LUFC, the greatest club never to win the European Cup.

The ref was given a sweetener by BM, everyone knows this.

This injustice is still a festering sore in English football. Leeds are desperately needed back in the Premier League so that they can, one season, get into the Champions League and nail these cheating bastards once and for all!

If there was any justice, the history books must be changed, The only English team to win a cup final, and the losing team was awarded the cup, I wonder how bad the Bayern players must have felt when they was interviewed by the press as champions, shameful does not tell the full story

There were a number of British athletes retrospectively awarded medals when it was proved certain countries had been involved in state-acknowledged doping of their athletes. Why not Leeds Utd for this? If it was proved the officials had been bribed then so be it. I think both UEFA & FIFA appeared to take great pleasure in causing British teams this much pain over the years. I'm a Spurs fan first, but I always wanted British teams to do well, in the right manner, in European and World Football.

As an United fan i feel bad for leeds

Easy for Bayern players to say just get on with it when you've got bent reffing on your side

last week I saw a documentary on bobby Charlton at 80 an English football legend and a totally honest genuine world class footballer I saw Franz beckenbauer on it and immediately my thoughts turned to this game a dirty fucking cheat who knew what he was doing and was prepared to win at all costs also if you watch when the penalty's awarded in the world cup final the previous year clearly demonstrating with Jack Taylor as he pointed to the spot this 1 and Allan Clarke's should have been a penalty 2 blatant penalties and I don't know how people can praise beckenbauer as a great footballer when all along he was a cheat who bent the rules

It was a goal; 100%

I dont get why uefa did nothing about this, at least replay the match or give leeds the trophy automatically

All these years later still sickens a Leeds supporter.

Robbed! and in 73 its the same with refs n teams we play nowadays, wish we d won that and cup winners in 73 would shut the haters up a bit nowadays, between 66~75 lufc ~two 1st div titles, 5 x runners up, f.a cup 72, runners up x3, charity shield 69,92. 5 european finals , 2 we won( fair cities cup) the cup b4 the cup winners cup, cup winners cup final 73 (robbed again ref was banned for corruption), europn cup semi final 70 against celtic record crowd 130k but they say was more like 200k, 2001 n 2004 champs league n uefa cup semi finals, sum team us n haters wanna do sum research b4 they start bumpin their gums. ups n downs 38k plus home attendances in league 1, 3rd bottom with 3 pts think it was n still sell out against watford, look at the scum couldnt even sell out a manc darby coz they were doin bad. were real n Amazin! fans n club we r leeds forever! and proud ov it!🙂👍💛🤍💙

I'm not a Leeds fan but like my team Arsenal in 2006 I thought that Leeds were robbed

I have nothing to do with Leeds but that ref looked well dodgy.And apparently Jimmy Armfield wasn't really bothered. But there were all sorts of stories about Leeds as well.