'We were just watching in disbelief' - How Limerick gave Real Madrid a scare before their last final with LiverpoolThe last time Liverpool and Real Madrid met in a European final was in 1981, and that season Limerick-born Kennedy did what the likes of Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness could not, and scored against the Spanish giants. "We were just watching in disbelief, we were actually beating Real Madrid," Limerick fan Gary Spain recalls. Real Madrid were still Real Madrid, semi-finalists the year before and of course eventual losing finalists in the 1981 campaign. “I still remember hearing from some of the fans who arrived late that they thought we were Real Madrid,” Hand recalls. "We were just watching in disbelief, we were actually beating Real Madrid."

Source: Irish Independent May 26, 2018 07:18 UTC