Fairs Cup · First round, first leg · 1968/69

Athletic v Liverpool, 18 September 1968

18 September 1968

Other leg

02.10.1968 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, First round

Form before this match

  • Flag Athletic
    1. Win · 11.10.1967 · Fairs Cup, First round · 1967/68 · Frem (home) 3–2

    2. Win · 29.11.1967 · Fairs Cup, Second round · 1967/68 · Bordeaux (away) 3–1

    3. Win · 06.12.1967 · Fairs Cup, Second round · 1967/68 · Bordeaux (home) 1–0

    4. Loss · 26.03.1968 · Fairs Cup, Quarter-finals · 1967/68 · Ferencváros (away) 1–2

    5. Loss · 09.04.1968 · Fairs Cup, Quarter-finals · 1967/68 · Ferencváros (home) 1–2

  • Flag Liverpool
    1. Win · 11.10.1967 · Fairs Cup, First round · 1967/68 · Malmö (home) 2–1

    2. Win · 29.11.1967 · Fairs Cup, Second round · 1967/68 · 1860 München (home) 8–0

    3. Loss · 06.12.1967 · Fairs Cup, Second round · 1967/68 · 1860 München (away) 1–2

    4. Loss · 20.12.1967 · Fairs Cup, Third round · 1967/68 · Ferencváros (away) 0–1

    5. Loss · 10.01.1968 · Fairs Cup, Third round · 1967/68 · Ferencváros (home) 0–1

Head-to-head before this match

The first-ever meeting of these clubs in European competitions.

Athletic against clubs from England

2 matches before this one

Liverpool against clubs from Spain

Liverpool hadn't played clubs from Spain before.