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Thirty years on from battling with Emilio Butragueno at the top of the La Liga scoring charts to joining Tranmere Rovers in the old English Second Division, how John Aldridge’s heartbreaking Liverpool departure led to a new chapter in his life.
1. Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea - May 1971 The two sides walk out for the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1971 | Keystone/Getty Images Neither side's current managers had been born the first time Chelsea and Real Madrid met. The two clubs faced each other on 19 May 1971 in the final of the Cup Winners' Cup. Chelsea felt confident of victory against an ageing Real Madrid squad, and were boosted in the 57th minute as Peter Osgood put his side 1-0 in front. Chelsea spirits were crushed, however, in the final minute of the 90 as Ignacio Zoco pounced on a defensive mistake to equalise and take the...