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125 years of Barcelona's football club

The people, places, goals, and games that have defined FC Barcelona's history.

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Brendan Boyle
Dec 07, 2024
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The first time I saw Camp Nou on TV was on November 2, 1994.

Johan Cruyff's FC Barcelona toyed with Manchester United, the reigning English champions, before truncheoning them in front of 114,273 spectators. Gary Neville, watching from the sidelines, later told Andy Mitten, “It was the only time in my career where I didn’t want to be on the pitch.”

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