Featuring today the latest addition to the collection in the
form of Rapid Wien, Austria’s finest name, as represented by this suitably fine
object, resplendent as it is in green, white & gold (an attraction to
Rapid’s green & white colour combination was/is, of course almost
inevitable).
Again, one recalls the name of Rapid Vienna occurring during
the earlier days of following the European club competitions, & quite
possibly in the Subbuteo team colours chart listings, & the team contesting
the 1984-85 Cup-Winners’ Cup final with Everton, losing 1 – 3, including such
footballing luminaries as Hans Krankl (who scored) & the already-legendary Antonin
Panenka: earlier in the tournament, Rapid had rather controversially eliminated
Glasgow Celtic following the unusual circumstance of a replayed match, so were well
represented in the British media that season, which was rather good. In 1996,
Rapid Vienna again reached the Cup-Winners’ Cup final, alas to lose once more,
this time to Paris St Germain, a disappointing return for one of the grand
names of European football.
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