Start of English ban after Heysel

Only Scottish clubs were allowed to compete in UEFA competitions from season 1985-86 as English teams were banned following the disaster in Heysel.

The horrific evening in Brussels on May 29, 1985 ended with 39 supporters, mostly from Italy, losing their lives after crowd trouble.

The final, between Liverpool and Juventus, was played despite the loss of lives and many were the critics who condemned UEFA, labelling the football organisation as insensitive.

English clubs were immediately placed under an indefinite ban.

This stance was lifted in 1990 with Liverpool excluded for an additional year and some of their fans prosecuted for manslaughter.

First round: Bohemians-Dundee Utd 2-5, 2-2 (4-7); Rangers-Osasuna (Spain) 1-0, 0-2 (1-2); S. Prague-St Mirren 1-0, 0-3 aet (1-3).

Second round: Dundee United-FK Vardar (Yugoslavia) 2-0, 1-1 (3-1); Hammarby IF (Sweden)-St Mirren 3-3, 2-1 (5-4).

Third round: Dundee United-Neuchatel Xamax (Switzerland) 2-1, 1-3 aet (3-4).

Despite Scottish clubs were written off on many an occasion and considered as pushovers in competitions on the continent, daring Dundee United went all the way to the final in 1986-87.

First round: RC Lens (France)-Dundee United 1-0, 0-2 (1-2); Hearts-D. Prague 3-2, 0-1 (3-3); Rangers-Ilves Tampere (Finland) 4-0, 0-2 (4-2).

Second round: Rangers-Boavista (Portugal) 2-1, 1-0 (3-1); Dundee United-Universitae Craiova (Romania) 3-0, 0-1 (3-1).

Third round: Rangers-B. Moen-chengladbach 1-1, 0-0 (1-1); Dundee United-Hajduk Split (Yugoslavia) 2-0, 0-0 (2-0).

Quarter-final: Dundee United-Barcelona 1-0, 2-1 (3-1).

Semi-final: Dundee United-B. Moenchengladbach 0-0, 2-0 (2-0).

Final: IFK Gothenburg-Dundee United 1-0; Dundee United-IFK Gothenburg 1-1 (Clark).

Formation: Thompson, Malpas, Narey, Hegarty (Clark), Holt, McInally, Kirkwood, Bowman, Bannon, Sturrock (Beaumont), Redford.

Second leg: Thompson, Malpas, Clark, Narey, Holt (Hegarty), McInally, Ferguson, Kirkwood, Sturrock, Redford (Bannon), Gallacher.

Season 1987-88

First round: Celtic-B. Dortmund 2-1, 0-2 (2-3); Bohemians (Ireland)-Aberdeen 0-0, 0-1 (0-1); Coleraine (N. Ireland)-Dundee United 0-1, 1-3, 1-4.

Second round: Aberdeen-Feyenoord 2-1, 0-1 (2-2); Dundee United-Vitkovice (Czechoslovkia) 1-2, 1-1 (2-3).

In season 1988-89, Hearts reached the quarter-finals before they fell by the wayside.

First round: St Patrick’s (Ireland)-Hearts 0-2, 0-2 (0-4); Rangers-GKS Katowice (Poland) 1-0, 4-2 (5-2); Aberdeen-Dynamo Dresden (East Germany) 0-0, 0-2 (0-2).

Second round: FC Cologne-Rangers 2-0, 1-1 (3-1); Hearts-FK Austria 0-0, 1-0 (1-0).

Third round: Hearts-Velez Mostar (Yugoslavia) 3-0, 1-2 (4-2).

Quarter-final: Hearts-Bayern Munich 1-0, 0-2 (1-2).

In the last season of the blanket ban of English clubs, in 1989-90, their Scottish counterparts bowed out in round two.

First round: Aberdeen-Rapid Vienna 2-1, 0-1 (2-2); Hibernian-Videoton 1-0, 3-0 (4-0); Glentoran-Dundee United 1-3, 0-2 (1-5).

Second round: Royal Antwerp-Dundee United 4-0, 2-3 (6-3); Hibernian-Standard Liege (Belgium) 0-0, 0-1 aet (0-1).