On This Day – 4th November
The 1970/71 season was the first to see penalty shootouts used to separate teams that were level on aggregate and away goals. It was on this day in 1970 that the first shootout was played in the competition between Everton and West German side Borussia Monchengladbach.
Both legs had finished 1-1 and after a goalless period of Extra Time in the second leg at Goodison Park, penalties were needed to separate the sides.
Joe Royle took the first penalty and saw his spot kick saved by Monchengladbach goalkeeper Wolfgang Kleff. Klaus-Dieter Sieloff then scored to give the visitors the lead after both sides had taken a kick each.
Alan Ball scored Everton’s first penalty before Herbert Laumen screwed the Germans second penalty wide. 1-1 after two penalties apiece.
Johnny Morrisey, Jupp Heynckes, Howard Kendall, Horst Koppel and Sandy Brown all converted their penalty kicks meaning that it was 4-3 to Everton. Luggi Muller had to score his kick against Everton’s Andy Rankin to take the shootout to sudden death.
Muller hit his penalty low to Andy Rankin’s right. The Everton goalkeeper guessed the right way and pushed the spot kick away. The Merseysiders were through and faced Panathinaikos in the Quarter Final.
Everton went out on away goals to the Greek club and Panathinaikos would go on to reach the Final at Wembley where they would lose 2-0 to Ajax.
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