Chelsea and Manchester City have been circling the big beasts of European football for so long it is a surprise they have not bumped into each other more often, but there have been a few collisions along their up-down-and-then-up-again paths to Saturday’s Champions League final.
As every legacy fan knows, the current crop is not the first from the blue half of Manchester to enjoy a purple patch. Between 1968 and 1970, City won the title, an FA Cup, a League Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup, which is still their only European trophy. The Chelsea side of that era was pretty good, too, winning the FA Cup and finishing third in the league in 1969-70.
A year later, the most glamorous team in the north met the most fashionable side in the south in the Cup Winners’ Cup semi-finals.
Manchester City vs Chelsea – The Disruptors' Champions League final - The Athletic
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