BLETHER: Surprise surprise, Benfica followed Real Madrid to win European Cup

BwB continues give a sample from the Readers’ Queries file in the old Sporting Post.

SP Query — On December 24, 1988, ‘Stan’ asked: Who was the first club outside Spain or Italy to win the European Cup? I’ve bet that it was a German club.

SP answer — You lose, Stan.

Portugal’s Benfica lifted the trophy in 1960-61 after five years of Real Madrid domination.

*Some statistics may have been altered or updated after being originally published in The Sporting Post queries section.