Arsenal v Parma - Cup Winners Cup (1994) - Live Footage
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2008
- I was very fortunate to catch this game on ESPN Classic the other day, and had to record it to keep, and to get on RUclips. I remember this game like it was yesterday (I was 12 years old at the time) and it is the only silverware I've seen Arsenal pick up in Europe... sadly :(
Parma, as you will see from this footage, had the majority of the chances, but we won with Alan Smith's legendary strike in the 20th minute and that's all that matters!
I completely forgot Zola and Asprilla played for Parma then too :) 
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One of the most underrated wins in Europe for an English club. Great night.
I agree parma.were p
Much stronger that year
well said, George Graham genius plus phenomenal character from that back five - one of the best Brit wins in Europe ever...
I totally agree. To withstand that all that relentless pressure from a Parma team - that won the same trophy the previous season and would then go on to win the UEFA Cup the following year - really does takes some doing.
hahahaha....are you stupid or not?....Parma dominated that match....and the equalizer goal in the 90th minute was totally regular...but that stupid ref gave it very wrongly offside......watch it carefully,...the player who stops the ball with his chest and goes towards the keeper is in a very regular position..........and it's funny how the english commentators said "it was a brilliant decision from the ref" 🤣🤣🤣...totally fraud from ref.
@@dazpearce2096 gg was a far better tacticien and on the whole a better manager than aw.
This is the famous four’s finest hour. Best defensive performance in Arsenal history. Brian Moore fucking great commentary too
God those fancy names of Parma were scary to face. Back then Serie A stood alone as the best league in Europe by a country mile!!
How much has changed !!
Aye. It has. Just think about Parma itself: it used to be a wee bit like, say, Watford, a club which had always spent its years in the second or third division... then hyper-thief Callisto Tanzi of Parmalat bought it, brought it up in 'Serie A' at the very beginning of the '90s and transformed it into a top club... same thing that happened to Lazio, another club that had always slipped between Serie A and B, all of a sudden they became a top team under mega-thief Srgio Cragnotti...
After naming these two minor clubs it is very easy to understand why Italian clubs in the '90s were so strong: they were owned by corrupted people, that's it. Berlusconi, well, we all know who this guy is and how he managed to avoid trials and sentences... the club he had bought, AC Milan (though he was an Inter fan), became the strongest in Europe for years... almost reaching the stereotypical Italian powerful club, Juve, one that had always been run by Italy's true reigning dynasty, the Agnelli and their whole lot = Fiat/Ferrari/Juventus... Inter Milan were a bit less lucky than their usual 'partners in crime' (Inter Milan has always been run or at least controlled by Italian oil tycoons), their team was not as good as the ones I've just mentioned, they finally made it in the 00s and I can assure you they stole matches like any other 'powerful club' and most of all Inter was awarded of a league title after Juve and Milan had been penalised for their involvement in the 'Calciopoli' scandal... no-one knows yet why the 2004-2005 league title was never awarded to any club whereas the following one was given to Inter... or maybe we do know it, they were the 'next in line' in terms of political power...
Naw, lads, you canNOT rise to superstardom if you don't know or just can't steal and corrupt referees.
Ask the Spaniards and they'll tell you what they know about Real Madrid, for instance...
Liverpool was also blessed by referees in foreign competitions in the '80s...
Gianmaria Framarin yes
Arsenal had such a brilliant defensive unit with seaman dixon adams bould/keown winterburn when we scored the games were more or less over that's why 1nil to the arsenal was the big thing back then we would score and shut up shop it used to be such a big physiological thing for other teams they knew how hard it would be to score against arsenal then
Zola was in that game he cost chelsea £4.5 million bargain looking back now bergkamp cost us £7 million from inter milan bargain that was the only good thing Bruce rioch did at arsenal
I was there - still got the ticket on my board :-)
Same, such fond memories
Should SELL IT!!.
GoonerKIRK. No
I got my ticket stub signed by Alan Smith and a pennant of that game i brought out side the stadium signed by Smith as well
Georgie Grahams magic! he wears a magic hat, and when he saw the cup-winners cup, he said i'm having that.. ohhhhhh! *repeat*
Love that. One George Graham
........and people said we were nothing before Wenger came
Amen.
@@bakaweiner6956 amen
Shirosaki Ayumu Well.... he was a foreign manager
@@bakaweiner6956 he built the invincible defence, that included an academy product 👍
No one says that Farhan
What a goal. He had a very small window to get that shot off as he was being closed down, not only that but he managed to place it with precision and power. Lets not forget he had to bring it down too.
Top class.
I wish Arsenal had defenders like that today.
😂 😂
Hey bro you maybe have you wish!
Not knocking Wenger BUT it was thanks to the defence that Graham installed that Wenger had much of the success he enjoyed. You only have to see that after the famous back four started retiring, the success and silverware Wenger collected reduced.
@@FishOnTwoWheelsWenger was a fraud who was eventually found out.
We finally do nowadays under Arteta. Wenger neglected the defence for years.
My dad took my brother across on the ferry. They spend 2 days in Copenhagen. Didn’t have anywhere to stay so slept in a park. Had a great time and my brother who was 14 at the time still talks about it today. Our dad died in 2018 but he always treated us to fantastic days out at football
Brian Moore was a hell of a commentator. Loved him.
What memories!! Back when I was a child and all (three!) european cups were amazing competitions: really miss the "magic" of that period. ps: respect for the Gunners, but I'm from (and for) Parma and even after all these years this video makes me a little bit sad. We had a great team anyway. ;)
Great team. But if you're honest benfica we're robbed in the semi finals against you
The Cup Winners Cup was the C2 the second biggest trophy in Europe after the European Cup/Champions League/C1.
It merged with the Uefa Cup also known as C3 (third cup) to become the Europa League.
You are right all 3 of them were major back then.
Remember before the European Cup was re-branded as the Champions League only teams who have won their domestic league in Europe could participate in the competition.
It means United's treble winners 99' would not have participated in the tournament as Arsenal did the double and had the right to claim the only spot available for England.
Same goes for Liverpool 2005 and 2019 and for Chelsea 2012.
In England only Man Utd won it the correct way in 2008 by winning the league the previous season.
As you can guess if we had the old European Cup a lot of teams wouldn't have the same numbers today like Real Madrid with only 9 trophies instead of 13.
The Champions League is a joke
@@kingkenzokwansa I agree as it doesn't correspond with the name calling it the 'Champions League' as its no longer only for the champions, however, it is now a much stronger competition than the period when it was only for the champions. Slots are now allocated in view of UEFA coefficient rankings. For example the fourth placed team in one nation's domestic league is appropriately considered more stronger than the champion of a league lower ranked in the coefficient.
@@rauoool80s23 the coefficient rank is just another way to say the richer leagues or clubs.
Uefa is synonymous with fraud
I am English, but never had Sky TV and so I only ever saw highlights of English league games growing up. I was becoming more interested in football as I matured and so, when I discovered Italian football on Channel 4 in early 1993, I was hooked and became a big fan of Italian football. Live matches from this warmer European neighbour every week, teams of which I knew little beyond their famous names (the Milan clubs, Napoli, Juve, Samp etc.), it was great. Parma were the exciting upstarts in Serie A, coming out of nowhere at the start of the decade and threatening (but never quite managing) to challenge for Lo Scudetto. My school friends teased me about the Italian game being overly defensive and negative, so when Arsenal played in such a defensive manner- essentially catenaccio- I felt pretty miffed! Football commentators often criticised the Italians for being negative too, so for an English team to overcome the more attack-minded Parma in this manner annoyed me a bit. Where was the acknowledgement of the stereotypical roles being reversed?! That's how I felt at the time :)
Do not worry Arsenal fans, the flag is up
The flag should have stayed down. Arsenal were lucky that night but it was a dogged performance. I wonder if Parma underestimated the gunners that night?
@@cameronianwells1839 It was a poor performance from out offense, but this was the best defensive performance I've seen ever in an Arsenal shirt
@@cameronianwells1839 Then the commentator says brilliant decision! Had me thinking has the offside rule changed over the years haha. He was so clearly onside!
@@deanedgar842 The Parma player who was offside cut off Winterburn's options.
@@cameronianwells1839 The Parma player who was offside cut off Winterburn's options.
Loved Brian Moore's commentary
i was about 10 when we won this, watching this again is fantastic, made even better by Brian Moores absolute brilliant commentary, happy days :-)
I was 27
I used to like this competition, this championship shouldn´t have been suspended, since the cup winners had the chance to play a championship, at that time the second most prestigious competition in Europe.
@@yassinkhan3489 I think because cup winners would usually be league winners anyways, so you would end up with the same teams in both competitions rendering it useless.
I was there in Copenhagen that night. God it was brilliant. Our finest defensive display ever. Thanks for posting
I understand this was Alan Smith's first ever goal with his left foot. He couldn't have picked a better time to score it.
90/91 4-0 against palace he scores with his left ,pretty good goal too
Good old days, also it was the perfect way to see out my final year at school over a month later
I was there ....a shame, we didn't deserve to loose. Anyway good match from Arsenal too.AVANTI PARMA
in wich city was the match
Copenaghen, Park Stadion
it says at the start of the video you pillock @dean goldenberg im sure if u missed that it would have been easier to google it anyway
Forza Arsenal ✌️
Remember watching this game on TV...great times for football :) Brian Moore was the best commentator by a mile
Why is it Arsenal find it hard to win European trophies? As an Arsenal fan, I like to see Arsenal win more European trophies. Arsenal won a European trophy in 1970, then had to wait 24 years to win the European Cup Winners Cup. It's now been now 27 years since Arsenal won a European trophy. That's too long for a club like Arsenal. Arsenal is abysmal at winning European trophies.
Well a big part of the reason is that Arsenal have simply underachieved in Europe. But there are also fewer European trophies to win now. In the old system, there were three major trophies and there were very good teams in all three tournaments. Today, teams that finish second through fourth in England all go to the Champions League, which is an incredibly hard tournament to win now because all the best teams are in it. The expansion of the Champions League changed everything.
This is why the Europa League is so meaningless with teams dropping down from the Champions League into it. In 2013, Chelsea won the Europa League, and on paper they won a major European trophy. But in reality, that was a consolation in a majorly disappointing season for them in Europe.
Arsenal probably could have won the Europa League one of these seasons, but they have never even competed in it because they always qualify for the Champions League knockout stages. Their teams of the late 90s/early 2000s would have been among the favorites in the UEFA Cup or CWC in the old format in years which they weren't champions. The 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona was heartbreaking.
Also, a huge amount of Arsenal's success came before the European competitions existed.
robert humphrey Small dick!
with players like iwobi welbeck ox and thio you will wait an other 30 years to see a final, not a trophy! By Arsenal fan!
Red Titan this is an extinct European trophy like your club , chelsea and tottenham have won alot more than you can dream.
robert humphrey tottenham has won two Europa leagues and chelsea won the champions league those are things arsenal can dream and never get
7:50 “MAN LIKE STEVE BOULD! MAN LIKE TONY ADAMS! MAN LIKE ALAN SMITH”
OPEFwhaat Great commentary
Lol gassed me
Thank you for this upload! I've been thinking about this game on many occasions. At the time of the game I was 9, and all I remembered was the way that one goal was scored, and that minutes later Parma had to repeat the free kick, but missed it both times. Didn't know Parma had the upper hand most of the game, but I do remember Arsenal's defences, especially in second half, were quite impenetrable. Thank you again, +Steve McKeogh, for filling the gaps in my memory.
Zola, Brolin, Asprillia...they've got nothing on Alan Smith.
Parma were a VERY good team in those days. Big win considering how much of a battering we got; especially in the first half....
I miss Brian Moore's commentaries.
RIP Brian, one of the greatest commentators ever.
People going on about Manchester United 1999. But people forget that Arsenal won the cup winners' cup in the mid-90s. I forgot about this. I think they got to the final season after. Just think they almost missed out of qualifying as Sheffield Wednesday gave them a tough time in the F.A cup final. Taking it to a replay and a last minute goal. Only Arsenal could have beaten Wednesday that season too. George Graham sort of known keepin' it tight where they could win trophies just by winning 1-0 a game. There was kind of unstoppable cup team. And only a fluke by nayim that they missed out in the cup final season after.
Imagine comparing this to a Champions League win 😂
@@InternetVegetable8541 back then the top 4 didn't qualify for the champions league, so you had second and sometimes third playing Uefa and Cup winners. Depending who won the League Cup and FA cup.
It was much tougher. Cup winners cup, Uefa cup was just as difficult.as the champions league. Because domestic cup winners, and second and third place from each European country played in them..
What a player alan smith legend
What a night !! And day !! Great memories x
Football will never be the same again thanks to Private school boys politicians
Alan Smith showing Zola and Asprilla how to do it
I miss the days when there was 3 different european cup competitions to go for. Getting rid of this competition has just devalued the Uefa Cup so that no one really gives a toss about it except mid table teams from the stronger leagues and teams from leagues like russia/ukraine etc who don't have a realistic chance in the C.L. Watching the E.L is boring nowadays as none of the English teams really care like they did when CWC and Uefa Cup were both around!
I'm always baffled at how Tomas Brolin went from being such a brilliant world class player for Parma, as in this game, to such an waste of space at Leeds and Crystal Palace in the space of just 3 to 4 years...
Yes, it's still a mystery
@@stevendecube2832 English Football
Two words: Cream Buns
He broke his foot later that year and never recover from that injury. Struggle to come back in form in Premier League. Retired only 28 years old.
He got injured against Hungary in November (if I'm not mistaken) of 94 and basically his career ended there.
Arsenal should of won the Cup winner's cup 3 times!
1980 and 1995. 1994 was Arsenal's year!
Definitely agree with 1980! Think the cause was due to fact they had to play 3 FA Cup semi final replays v Liverpool. That exhausted a very small squad of just 16 players.
Think they would also have won 95 final had it gone to penalties.
Should HAVE
It meant so much, I feel so proud watching this. Where is my Arsenal now. Depressing.
Steve Bould was immense that night
Was there and what a great few days , loads of lager , and alan smith scoring a cracking goal to beat a very strong parma side , this one of my last attended arsenal games but great way to bow out .. COYG
I remember this like it was yesterday. Steve Bould put in possibly the best individual performance I've seen from any Arsenal defender.
thank you so much Steve for this video, I am a Colombian so you will guess my level of happiness to see my comrade "tino" Asprilla!
I miss the days of one nil to the Arsenal , our defense now is MIckey mouse !
I was there. When smudger scored I told everyone in my close vicinity that 1-0 was going to be the final score. I kept reminding everyone throughout the game and told them not to worry as we were fated to win 1-0. I seem to remember the DJ played Go West numerous times.
Still one of my favourite memories following Arsenal.
There should be more European competitions
This one should especially should come back alone side the Europa and champions league
I love football from the 90's
What a night. Thanks so much for uploading this.
Crippa. Sensini. Asprilla. Brolin. Zola. Early 90s awesome 5 a side.
I was there as a 16 year old boy, in a foreign country watching LOVE of my life ARSENAL. They were playing Pet Shop Boys (Go West) in the stadium, and when ever i hear them now, there is only one thought, that night in Copenhagen. And yes Parma had an awesome team, and yes they were the better team by a country mile, but who realy cares, I know i dont :-)
Haven't watched this in years, didn't realise Brolin went so close to scoring, and what a finish by Alan Smith! Was he left footed?
Great defending by Arsenal.
I was there :) we drove down a couple of Arsenal fans from Stockholm and enjoyed a perfect day. I was in Paris 2006 too, but that was a tragic story.
Amazing to think Parma were hot favourites back then and one of the best teams in Europe, whereas the gunners were at best a cup team.
How times have changed!
Now arsenal are 11th and back to being a cup team. How times change again 😄
From my point of view, the cup winners should play UEFA Champions League, because it´s much more complicated winning a championship like this than reaching the 3rd or 4th position in a domestic league.
😂 It's much harder to finish 4th or 5th in the league where you need to be consistent against teams on your level over 38 games, than it is to win a cup where you play a maximum 6 or 7 matches against randomly drawn opponents who could come from any division. By this logic we would have had teams like Wigan Athletic & Portsmouth in the Champions League.
@@InternetVegetable8541 but what you mentioned in your previous message rarely happens, the cup winner is normally a good team, in England for instance the FA Cup, a team must play consistently, because they are forced to beat many opponents, in the late stage of the competition they're usually drawn with big teams, at the end of the day, you could win a trophy the 4th or the 5th get nothing. Sorry these are my thoughts about this championship, anyway, good discussion with you, regards from Spain, Sorry for my English.
I remember watching this as a kid. Ref must've been paid off to have added that much extra time.
I was there that night...what a win against a team that included Brolin, Zola and Asprilla!!
Excellent commentary. Top class.
"Brilliant decision!"..actually it wasn't offside..
exactly, the defender on the far side played them on
and who said we haven’t won a european trophy
This is the day when I became an Arsenal fan with this solid defence
we were a formidable
force in Europe even before wenger
Arsenal were great before Wenger as well,so the fans should stop defending him so much
@@MultiNoNamex Amen.
Parma had won the CWC the season before at Wembley. They've also won two Uefa cups and a super cup that's impressive⚽️👏🏼⚽️👏🏼
Arsenal can still win Europe League this season and imagine the scenes if we won the UEFA SUPER CUP LOL! that would be 2 european trophies in 1 Season
🤞
i'm too young to remember those days, thanks for telling me that i didnt know
No, I'm talking about UEFA's restrictions on foreign players. At the time of this match, English clubs still had to field a minimum of six English players, Italian clubs still had to field a min of six Italian players, and so on... The ban wasn't lifted until the Bosman ruling, which came in the 95/96 season.
Parma always had class teams in the 90s⚽️👍🏼 Arsenal must have been underdogs surely....
Here because of the Europa League Final 2019. COYG let's do this!!!
Lol exactly
@@johnnyxlundja Fuuuuuuuccckkk
Four years later, Zola would score the winner for Arsenal's rivals Chelsea and against Joachim Löw's Stuttgart in the CWC final.
The old arsenal logo is Original,and cool.
That Arsenal defensive backbone left behind by George Graham was the reason that Arsenal had so much success from the late 90s to the early 00s. It comes as no surprise that as soon as that backbone had completely gone Wenger couldn't land the big trophies. That defence gave Arsenal the license to play their stylish attacking football, but without a good defence it laves so much holes in the back.
+Peace Dweller. I wouldn't say that exactly. How many of that George Graham backbone was in our invincibles sqaud? We landed a Prem title and 2 FA Cups as Wenger found unity with Cole, Campbell, Touré and Lauren. Not to mention a strong core with Lehmann, Vieira and Gilberto. The reason why our club deminished is purely due to our reluctance to spend any real money for an extended period after '04, and instead turn to youth. Arsenal chose to sign cheap possible pontential instead of expensive obvious potential (with the exception of José Antonio Reyes). Players like Eboué, Senderos, Djourou, Clichy and Flamini. None of those guys turned into real superstars or still play at the top level. The only expection was probably van Persie, if you overlook his injuries. And of course Fabregas too, but he is classed as home-grown talent.
That is why George Graham is the second legendary manager in Arsenal’s history and Wenger is nothing. Winning an international trophy is far more important than any trophy within England.
jondoe1980 Wenger took the responsibility to make transfer. So you cannot say that the club did not give him support without money. Actually he was the most powerful manager and he made the choice to buy rubbish defenders. And in his latest three years Arsenal actually gave him adequate money to buy players but he chose Xhaka, Chambers and Aubameyang who must be not necessary for the squad. Let’s face it: Wenger’s philosophy and wrong decision destroyed this club. And all his legacy is nothing but problems.
Agreed people actually forget this is the reason why we won the double in 98, Wenger inherited a great team and added some flare like Viera, Petit, Overmars and Anelka which is what most good manager's do!
George Graham doesn't get the credit he deserves! He won us two league's aswell! Never went more than 2 season's without a trophy!
How do u go 49 games unbeaten without a defensive backbone? U sound like a Wenger hater
Thomas Brolin let himself go quickly. By time he was about 30 he had lost his magic. Top player in his prime tho⚽️👏🏼
Very true, by the time he joined Crystal Palace he was a bit of a joke which was a shame for a player who so class in his prime.
I'll never forget this match, i roared the the fucking house down when Alan Smith scored, Begbie style like.
The same game killed my nerves, ass was like 20p 50p, 20p 50p.
Final whistle is a feeling money can't buy.
We love you Arsenal we do!
I was there in Copenhagen - brilliant time. You can tell I was there - because I could not find a programme seller ! No souvenir porgrammes were available for this match - very weird uefa decision !
I was there , fantastic night for The Arsenal
The drought continues
Our support was incredible that night.. Had 3/4 of the stadium and just awesome atmosphere all game..
Memories :D :D
Miss Brian Moore's enthusiasm on the commentary these days. And good to hear no racial slurs from Ron Atkinson lol
When this was a tournament worth winning. Some proper teams in the ECWC in the early to mid 90s, so make no mistake it was a tough competition . Even. The last one was Inter v Latino featuring original. Ronaldo.
This stopped being a tournament worth winning about 10 years before. This game was played only 5 years before UEFA scrapped it due to lack of spectator interest & teams fielding weakened sides. By 1994 this was basically the Conference League 😅
I remember that match.Arsenal was a very good team during those years
All the Arsenal defense were English having been brought through by George Graham.
Golden Era of Arsenal Defenders
with the newer offside rulings that late goal would have stood!
Great Parma anyway 💛💙
Parma were a very good side, no doubt about that.
I love Arsenal, I've got the 1992-1994 Arsenal Home Shirt and it's epic! I love it! from the good times ....... :)
When Tony went up to lift the cup winners cup i was there i was there 🎉🍺🔴🏆⚪️🍺🇬🇧
I miss this arsenal 💔💯
@Damian Oswald
No, just the FA Cup winners (or runners up if the FA Cup winners had qualified for the European Cup/Champions League), were allowed in.
The League Cup winners joined the 2nd, 3rd & 4th (and occasionally 5th) placed teams in the far more competitive & superior UEFA Cup
Was there that night we weren’t given a chance but George knew
I agree wholeheartedly! If anything, CWC finals were always the most entertaining, certainly through the nineties anyway.
This is the reason i started supporting the gunners this cup run and i loved ian wright gutted he missed the final but smudge done the business i was only 9 i was jumping around for hours after the game my bedroom was arsenal covered posters scarfs bedding curtains rugs god I wish we had a definsive unit like that now tony adams the best iv ever seen COYG
We had an army that day so many Arsenal fans! also first time I heard 1 nil to the Arsenal and the Greatest team song :)
Old genuine football, wich will never back
What a moment
how much would programme and ticket for this game cost ? for a collector?
Haha, wenn the commentator shouted "It's all over!" I also raised my arms ^^.
My god I forgot Ian Selley started this game...this was an awesome win
Allan Smith⚽️👏🏼
Dixon, Winterburn, Bould, Adams. Best back 4 ever. Discipline, focus, fitness, organisation. Grace under pressure.
Arsenal's defense those day is just unlockable !
Fantastic! Arsenal had the England defense! Alan Smith was the destroyer!! COYG!
30 years ago today.
I was 14 n it was great to see. Alas it was our only european win. But we won. End of.
did dixon not play them onside for the disallowed parma goal?
how money and in particular the champions league has changed the landscape of european competitions.
Old rules,in action or not you were offside
Love you Arsenal!