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Welsh in Identity, International in Outlook

From Tashkent With Love

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'If this book evokes half the memories of those special times as it has for me, then you are about to begin an enjoyable and emotional read.' Peter King
'A great tribute to a glorious time.'
Jeremy Bowen, award-winning journalist and Cardiff City supporter

CONTENTS

1. The Hero King-Esbjerg, 1964
2. Glory Boys-Sporting Clube de Portugal, 1964
3. The Magnificos Are Coming-Real Zaragoza, 1965
4. Black and Blue-Standard Liège, 1965
5. A Celtic Affair-Shamrock Rovers, 1967
6. The Rat-Catchers-NAC Breda, 1967
7. The Amazing Soccer Safari-Torpedo Moscow, 1968
8. Champagne With Tears - SV Hamburg, 1968
9. Battle of the Das Antas - FC Porto, 1968
10. Men in Brown - Mjøndalen, 1969
11. Falling on Ash and Sand - Göztepe, 1969
12. The Wrath of Scoular - Pezoporikos, 1970
13. Bluebirds versus Canaries - Nantes, 1970
14. Three Minutes of Madness - Real Madrid, 1971
15. Behind the Wall - Dynamo Berlin, 1971
16. Return To The Alvalade - Sporting Lisbon, 1973
17. Hard Times - Ferencváros, 1974
18. A Geneva Convention - Servette, 1976
19. Back in the USSR - Dinamo Tbilisi, 1976
20. Oh, Vienna - Austria Memphis, 1977
21. No Trouble - Derry City, 1988
22. Jutland Destroyers - Aarhus, 1988
23. A Tie of Two Halves - Admira Wacker, 1992
24. Dreams and Nightmares - Standard Liège, 1993

From Tashkent With Love is a tale of courage, heartbreak and glory spanning four decades. It tells the remarkable story of Cardiff City’s football adventures across Europe in the Cup Winners’ Cup. From their unassuming debut in the Danish fishing port of Esbjerg to the ugly battle against FC Porto, from the heartbreaking defeat against Hamburg to the glorious first-leg triumph over mighty Real Madrid, the Bluebirds’ 24 ties in European competition are recalled by more than 70 former Cardiff players.

The Welsh club’s 29-year Cup Winners’ Cup odyssey saw Cardiff face some of the biggest names in European football including Sporting Lisbon, Real Zaragoza, Standard Liège, Ferencváros, with their finest hour arriving in 1968, an epic and pulsating quarter-final tie against the crack Soviet Union side, Torpedo Moscow. With the game switched from icy Moscow to Tashkent, in what is now Uzbekistan, the Bluebirds made a remarkable 7,000-mile round trip which took the Welsh Cup holders deep into the heart of Soviet Asia, close to the borders of China and Afghanistan.

Written by Mario Risoli, author of three acclaimed books including the Sunday Times bestseller When Pele Broke Our Hearts: Wales and the 1958 World Cup