OTD E0026 - 26 Nov 1969: Heads, Tails & Extra Time - When Europe Let a Coin Decide

Nov 26, 1969: three European ties – Celtic v Benfica, Spartak Trnava v Galatasaray, and PSV v Roma – are all decided not by goals, replays or penalties, but by the toss of a coin. We walk through each match, then rewind to early FA Cup and European Cup coin-toss “firsts,” Liverpool–Köln and Italy USSR, and trace how football moved from lots and replays to away goals, penalty shoot-outs and golden goals – and ask whether a 50/50 flip was ever fair.Tips/corrections: [email protected]