The Story Of The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Story Of The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is often considered the predecessor to the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League). The competition was the idea of FIFA vice-president and executive committee member Ernst Thommen, Italian Football Federation president and FIFA executive committee member Ottorino Barassi, and the English Football Association general secretary and president of FIFA from 1961 to 1974, Stanley Rous.

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Intro - 00:00
Start of the ICFT - 00:58
The first finals - 01:47
Demise of the ICFT - 04:20
Records - 05:50
Outro - 06:30

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