There are always moments and players who make their mark in the Club's history books on the way to European glory.
Terry Dyson had the game of his life as we beat Atletico Madrid 5-1 the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final and made history in 1963; Alan Mullery came back from a loan at Fulham to score in the semi-final - against AC Milan in the San Siro - and final as we won the UEFA Cup in 1972, where Martin Chivers hit his rocket in the first leg against Wolves; Graham Roberts' late equaliser and Tony Parks' penalty heroics in our dramatic 1984 UEFA Cup victory against Anderlecht and as well as Brennan Johnson's winner, no-one will forget Micky van de Ven's air-time clearance off the line in our UEFA Europa League final against Bayern Munich in May.
That's just the finals. The journeys to these finals are punctuated by moments crucial to the destination. One of those moments fell to one of our own, Mark Falco, against Bayern Munich on our way to glory in 1984...
The story
Revenge was sweet for Mark and his team-mates as his dramatic late goal secured a 2-0 win and 2-1 aggregate victory against the German giants - and continued a journey that would lead to UEFA Cup glory at the Lane six months later.
A year earlier, we’d fallen to a 5-2 aggregate defeat against the same team in the Cup Winners’ Cup, Bayern putting us to the sword 4-1 in a foggy second leg at the Olympic Stadium.
This time around, we played the away leg first and a strong display back in Munich looked set to be rewarded with a 0-0 draw only for Michael Rummenigge – brother of German legend Karl-Heinz, who also played in both legs – to fire home the winner on 85 minutes.
Glenn Hoddle was the star of the second leg, typically pulling the strings from central midfield and setting up Falco for an early strike that beat legendary Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff only to rattle the upright. Hoddle, Steve Perryman, Steve Archibald and Gary Stevens all went close before Archibald provided the breakthrough from close range on 50 minutes.
We continued to press and then came Falco’s moment, latching onto Hoddle’s magnificent reverse pass and sliding past Pfaff from the narrowest of angles to send us through with only four minutes remaining.
Mark's memories
UEFA Cup winner, 1984 - scored in the penalty shoot-out
“We were 1-0 down from the first leg so to come back and beat a team of that quality 2-0 at White Hart Lane was something special. They were packed full of internationals.
“You always knew that when Glenn Hoddle was on the ball, there was a good chance of the pass finding you. I remember this one coming over my shoulder and making the right connection with my left foot. It was a narrow angle and I could really only score by going across the goalkeeper into the far corner.
“There were only about five minutes left and they were stunned, the Germans. I don’t think they could believe it. They’d beaten us the season before. It was huge for us and we went on to win the trophy.
“We had some great nights in Europe. We played in the all-white kit, under floodlights, the fans were always unbelievable, special memories, especially the UEFA Cup Final that season. We played some top continental teams and it was great to be part of it.”