OTD E0144 — 24 Mar 1965: 300 Minutes, and a Wooden Chip

24 Mar 1965: Liverpool and 1. FC Köln had already played twice in the European Cup and still could not be separated. A replay in Rotterdam ended 2–2 after extra time, taking the tie to 300 total minutes — and then to a wooden chip toss that first landed on its edge in the mud. This episode traces the rise of Shankly’s Liverpool and postwar Köln, the three-match funnel that refused to produce a winner, and how one bizarre night became a fork in two club histories.Ideas: [email protected]