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Yeah I totally agree with that. Sure we could've had some poxy little club nobody could even point to on a map, much less pronounce, in some poky little ground and we'd have had a better chance of progressing. But it was FAR more exciting rubbing shoulders with European royalty, genuinely famous...

Agreed. WHU had Freiburg, Olympiacos, TSC Backa Topola (then Freiburg again, ridiculously) Liverpool had Toulouse, Union SG, LASK (then Sparta P) Fair to say we had 3 teams in our group that EVERYONE had at least heard of, with a far greater standing in European competition. Then drew last...

We'll have to agree to disagree then. Topping that group in our inaugural season in Europe was, I think, an impressive achievement and one I will be forever proud of. Sorry to see you're a bit "meh" about the whole European tour thing.

With UK bookies perhaps - they're always stingy with the odds for domestic punters. As a team of european virgins, topping that group after losing the first game was an incredible effort, I don't care how much european football you watch.

Ajax, Marseille and AEK are all seasoned, experienced European clubs. They literally play just about every season in Europe - and you think that was an EASY group for us ? Blimey.