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KEVIN QUIGAGNE RECALLS WHEN ST ETIENNE SPARKLED ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE...

Party time: St Etienne savour reaching the European Cup final

IWAS ten, and growing up near Paris, when Saint-Etienne embarked on an epic European Cup run that captured the hearts of a nation. The fortunes of French football had waxed and waned since the 1950s, and in 1975 they were at a low ebb.
The national team had largely been treading water since the swashbuckling odyssey of the 1958 World Cup (humbled in the semi-final by a formidable Brazil), and the last time a club had consistently shone in Europe ...

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