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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
| image = Roma celebrating intercities cup.jpg
| caption = AS Roma, champions
| event = [[1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]
| team1 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
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The '''1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final''' was an [[association football]] match played over [[Two-legged tie|two legs]] between [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] of Italy and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] of England. The first leg was played in Birmingham on 27 September 1961, andwhile the second leg was played on 11 October in Rome. It was the final of the [[1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|third edition]] of the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]], an invitational competition open to teams representing host cities of industrial [[trade fair]]s. Birmingham had lost to [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] in [[1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final|the previous final]]; Roma were appearing for the first time.
 
Each club needed to progress through three rounds to reach the final. Matches were contested over two legs, with one leg at each team's home ground. Birmingham won all but one of their six legs,. andThey beatdefeated [[Inter Milan]] home and away: no other English team was to defeat Inter in the [[San Siro]] stadium for another 40 years.<ref name=ReutersInter/> Roma took a lengthier route to the final: they required a [[replay (sports)|replay]] in both quarter-final and semi-final, although won each replay by a comfortable margin.
 
In the first leg of the final, played in front of a crowd of only 21,000 at [[St Andrew's (stadium)|St Andrew's]], [[Pedro Manfredini]] scored twice for Roma, and goalkeeper [[Fabio Cudicini]] made several high-class saves, before [[Mike Hellawell]] and [[Bryan Orritt]] scored late in the game to equalise the scores. In the second leg, watched by 60,000 spectators at the [[Stadio Olimpico]], Roma won by two goals to nil&nbsp; to claim their first European trophy – an [[own goal]] when an attempted clearance rebounded off [[Brian Farmer]]'s shin, and a shot from distance by [[Paolo Pestrin]] very late in the game while Birmingham's players were all upfield attacking&nbsp;–. in the [[Stadio Olimpico]] to win their first and, {{asof|2019|lc=y}}, only trophy in European competition.
 
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In the first few minutes of the match, Roma failed to convert three clear chances.<ref name=StampaLeg2/> After ten minutes, manager Carniglia ran {{convert|60|yards}} onto the pitch to confront Birmingham captain Bloomfield, who was bending over an injured Roma player.<ref name=MirrorLeg2/> Following an incident between [[Bryan Orritt]] and [[Giampaolo Menichelli]], blows were exchanged among the players, and Carniglia had to be restrained by Roma officials from joining in.<ref name=StampaLeg2/> This time, Birmingham manager [[Gil Merrick]] followed Carniglia onto the pitch, feeling he "had to be there to try and cool things down".<ref name=ExpressLeg2/> Play continued, albeit still marred by a lack of discipline. As in the first leg, Birmingham's physical approach provoked reactions from the Roma players. Menichelli was carried off injured after an incident with [[Brian Farmer]], Lojacono raised his hands to the referee, who took no action, and the game reached the interval still goalless, which ''La Stampa'' thought a fair reflection of the half.<ref name=StampaLeg2/>
 
The match was hostile both on and off the field. [[Jimmy Harris (footballer, born 1933)|Jimmy Harris]] recalled the Roma players hanging back as the teams approached the pitch, leaving their visitors to be showered with cups of sand which penetrated the wire mesh protecting players from items thrown from above.{{cn|date=July 2020}} Although the Birmingham team&nbsp;– nicknamed the "[[Brummie dialect|Brummie]] bashers" in the tabloid press&nbsp;– had a reputation for physicality, the ''Daily Mirror'' expressed amazement at their self-control "as the Italians used every trick of body checking and obstruction to make things run their way".<ref name=MirrorLeg2/> At half-time, the referee warned both captains that any further display of indiscipline or temper would result in the culprit being sent off, and issued an individual warning to Lojacono.<ref name=MailLeg2/>
 
After 61 minutes, a move begun by Lojacono ended with an attempted clearance of his shot striking Farmer on the shins and rebounding into the net.<ref name=ExpressLeg2/> ''La Stampa'' remarked on the improved player discipline once Roma had the lead.<ref name=StampaLeg2/> Birmingham rallied for a short period after the goal, and Orritt and Singer each "missed the sort of chances that cannot be ignored in cup games",<ref name=ExpressLeg2/> before Roma regained control. Manfredini missed three good chances and hit the post with the goalkeeper beaten,<ref name=LunitaLeg2/> and the outclassed Birmingham side finally resorted to before, in the second minute of stoppage time, [[Paolo Pestrin]] broke forward and hit a powerful shot from distance into the top corner of the net.<ref name=MirrorLeg2/>
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<ref name=RSSSF5960>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/ec/ec195960.html#icfc |title=Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1958–60 |first=James M. |last=Ross |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=27 June 2007 |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=RSSSF6061>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/ec/ec196061det.html#fc |title=Fairs' Cup 1960–61 |last1=Zea |first1=Antonio |last2=Haisma |first2=Marcel |lastauthorampname-list-style=yamp |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=2 October 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=RSSSF6162>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/ec/ec196162det.html#fc |title=Fairs' Cup 1961–62 |last1=Zea |first1=Antonio |last2=Haisma |first2=Marcel |lastauthorampname-list-style=yamp |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=27 June 2007 |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=RSSSFItaly61>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/tablesi/ital61.html |title=Italy 1960/61 |first=Maurizio |last=Mariani |date=6 April 2011 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}<br>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/tablesi/italcup61.html |title=Coppa Italia 1960/61 |first=Dinant |last=Abbink |date=8 June 2000 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=RSSSFRomaCoach>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/players/roma-coach.html |title=Roma – Coaches |first=Andrea |last=Ferrigno |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) |date=10 June 2011 |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=Statto6061>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1960-1961/table |title=Birmingham City 1960–1961: English Division One (old) Table |access-date=2012-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063815/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1960-1961/table |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead |df= }} and {{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1960-1961/results |title=Results |publisher=Statto Organisation |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064011/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1960-1961/results |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>
<ref name=Statto6162>{{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1961-1962/table/1961-09-23 |title=Birmingham City 1961–1962 : English Division One (old) Table: 1961-09-23 |access-date=2012-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054143/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1961-1962/table/1961-09-23 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead |df= }}, {{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1961-1962/table/1961-10-09 |title=Birmingham City 1961–1962 : English Division One (old) Table: 1961-10-09 |access-date=2012-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063303/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1961-1962/table/1961-10-09 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead |df= }} and {{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1961-1962/results |title=Birmingham City 1961–1962: Results |publisher=Statto Organisation |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611044722/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1961-1962/results |archive-date=2015-06-11 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>
 
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<ref name=Radnedge>{{cite book |last=Radnedge |first=Keir |title=The Complete Encyclopedia of Football |chapter=Inter-Cities Fairs/UEFA Cup |pages=200–202 |publisher=Carlton Books |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-85833-979-5}}</ref>
<ref name=Romamor>{{cite web |url=http://www.romamor.net/storia/coppa_fiere.html |title=Coppa delle Fiere l'antenata della Coppa UEFA e della Europa League |language=Italianit |trans-title=Fairs Cup predecessor of the UEFA Cup and Europa League |work=Romamor.net |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=OneSeason>{{cite news |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1960/05/05/pagina-6/651159/pdf.html |title=La Copa de Ciudades en Feria se disputará en adelante en el tiempo de una temporada normal |language=Spanishes |trans-title=The Fairs Cities Cup will from now on be played within a standard season |first=Ramón N. |last=Salanova |work=El Mundo Deportivo |location=Barcelona |date=5 May 1960 |page=5}}</ref>
<ref name=Storie6061>{{cite web |url=http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/coppa_fiere/coppa_fiere_1960_1961.html |title=La storia della Coppa delle Fiere: 1960/61: Roma |language=Italianit |trans-title=History of the Fairs Cup: 1960/61: Roma |publisher=Storie di Calcio |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=50years>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/9407612.stm |title=Carling Cup final: McLeish hails 'greatest achievement' |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 February 2011 |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}<br>{{cite news |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/looking-back-when-birmingham-city-blazed-159742 |title=Looking back: When Birmingham City blazed the trail in Europe |first=Colin |last=Tattum |work=Birmingham Mail |date=18 August 2011 |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=ASRHist>{{cite web |url=http://www.asroma.it/en/team/history.html#fall_rebirth |title=History: Fall and rebirth |publisher=AS Roma |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118041804/http://www.asroma.it/en/team/history.html#fall_rebirth |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=FIFARoma>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=31083/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614120212/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=31083/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 14, 2009 |title=AS Roma |publisher=FIFA |accessdateaccess-date=8 December 2012}}</ref>
 
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<ref name=StampaGillA>{{cite news |title=La Roma pareggia a Bruxelles contro la 'Gilloise': 0–0 |language=Italianit |trans-title=Rome draw in Brussels against 'Gilloise' 0–0 |work=La Stampa |date=5 October 1960 |page=8}}</ref>
<ref name=SseraGillH>{{cite news |title=La Roma ha battuto (4 a 1) i belgi del Saint Gilloise |language=Italianit |trans-title=Rome beat (4–1) the Belgians of Saint Gilloise |work=Stampa Sera |date=1 November 1960 |page=7}}</ref>
<ref name=CologneHpreview>{{cite news |title=Oggi di scena |language=Italianit |trans-title=What's on today |work=Stampa Sera |date=8 February 1961 |page=7}}<br>{{cite news |title=La Roma tentera contra il Colonia di ritrovare un giuoco d'attacco |language=Italianit |trans-title=Against Cologne, Roma will try to rediscover an attacking game |last=R.E. |work=L'Unità |date=8 February 1961 |page=7}}</ref>
<ref name=HeraldHibsA>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RBU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KULAAAAIBAJ&pg=3170,7543650 |title=Drawn match in Edinburgh |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=20 April 1961 |page=14}}</ref>
<ref name=HeraldHibsH>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ShU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5KULAAAAIBAJ&pg=1807,8659852 |title=Hibernian and Roma draw |work=The Glasgow Herald |agency=Associated Press |date=27 April 1961 |page=10}}</ref>
<ref name=STimesHibsR>{{cite news |title=Italy Miss Their Training Spell |first=Brian |last=Glanville |work=The Sunday Times |date=21 May 1961 |page=18}}</ref>
<ref name=HibsR>{{cite news |title=Pinch-Penny Soccer Clubs are Silenced |first=Brian |last=Glanville |work=The Sunday Times |date=30 April 1961 |page=22}}<br>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rBI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wqULAAAAIBAJ&pg=1834,4363582 |title=Hibernian trounced by Roma |work=The Glasgow Herald |agency=Associated Press and Reuter |date=29 May 1961 |page=10}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://www.hibs.net/content.php?82-On-Foreign-Fields-%282%29 |title=On Foreign Fields (2) |date=20 May 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=15 November 2012 |first=John |last=Campbell |work=hibs.net}}</ref>
 
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<ref name=Warning>{{cite news |title=Brawls abroad must stop |work=Daily Express |date=21 February 1961 |page=14}}</ref>
<ref name=SseraInterA>{{cite news |title=Oggi l'Inter affronta a S. Siro il Birmingham |language=Italianit |trans-title=Today Inter face Birmingham at the San Siro |work=Stampa Sera |date=19 April 1961 |page=7}}</ref>
<ref name=InterA>{{cite news |title=Scialba prova dell'Internazionale battuta a S.Siro dal Birmingham: 1-2 |language=Italianit |trans-title=Dull performance by Internazionale beaten at the San Siro by Birmingham: 1-2 |first=Leo |last=Cattini |work=La Stampa |date=20 April 1961 |page=11}}<br>{{cite news |title=Bloomfield tames sad signors |first=Alan |last=Williams |work=Daily Express |date=20 April 1961 |page=20}}<br>{{cite news |title=Birmingham set for 'Fairs' final |first=Ken |last=Jones |work=Daily Mirror |date=20 April 1961 |page=24}}</ref>
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<ref name=MirrorLeg1>{{cite news |title=Transfer man is Cup hero |first=Ken |last=Jones |work=Daily Mirror |date=28 September 1961 |page=25}}</ref>
<ref name=MirrorLeg1a>{{cite news |title=This move could end in Jimmy's transfer |work=Daily Mirror |date=28 September 1961 |page=27}}</ref>
<ref name=StampaLeg1>{{cite news |title=Due reti di Manfredini in Roma-Birmingham: 2-2 |language=Italianit |trans-title=Two goals for Manfredini... |work=La Stampa |date=28 September 1961}}</ref>
<ref name=Orritt>{{cite news |title=Bids sought for 2 'rebels' |first=Ken |last=Jones |work=Daily Mirror |date=25 July 1961 |page=17}}</ref>
 
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<ref name=ExpressLeg2L>{{cite news |title=Why apologise? asks Merrick |work=Daily Express |location=London |date=13 October 1961 |page=20}}</ref>
<ref name=SseraLeg2Pb>{{cite news |title=Per la Coppa delle Fiere |language=Italianit |trans-title=For the Fairs Cup |first=Giulio |last=Accatino |work=Stampa Sera |date=11 October 1961 |page=7}}</ref>
<ref name=MirrorLeg2Pb>{{cite news |title=Tourists quit 'danger' net |work=Daily Mirror |location=London |date=11 October 1961 |page=27}}</ref>
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<ref name=ExpressLeg2P>{{cite news |title=We like Bloomfield say Milan |work=Daily Express |first=Clive |last=Toye |location=London |date=7 October 1961 |page=12}}</ref>
<ref name=MirrorLeg2Pa>{{cite news |title=Neal moves&mdash;at £25,000 |work=Daily Mirror |first=Peter |last=Ingall |location=London |date=7 October 1961 |page=20}}</ref>
<ref name=SseraLeg2Pa>{{cite news |title=Sivori oppure Angelillo |language=Italianit |trans-title=Sivori or Angelillo |first=Giulio |last=Accatino |work=Stampa Sera |date=10 October 1961 |page=7 |quote=E' possibile affrontare la prima partita del campionati del mondo senza neppure disputare un allenamento? Nel football non bisogna mal scherzare, neppure se l'avversario si chiama soltanto Israele. Che importa a noi dell'incontro Roma-Birmingham? Non poteva essere rinviato? La nazionale è una cosa seria, e come tale bisogna considerarla. (How can we go into the first World Cup game without even having a training session? In football we shouldn't be messing about, even if the opponents are only called Israel. What does the Roma-Birmingham game matter to us? Couldn't it be postponed? The national team is a serious matter, and we should take it seriously.)}}</ref>
<ref name=LunitaLeg2P>{{cite news |title=Manfredini (4 goal alle riserve) giocherà contro il Birmingham |language=Italianit |trans-title=Manfredini (4 goals in the reserves) will play against Birmingham |work=L'Unità |date=10 October 1961 |page=7}}</ref>
<ref name=ExpressLeg2>{{cite news |title=Gil Merrick in Rome flare-up |work=Daily Express |location=London |first=Alan |last=Williams |date=12 October 1961 |page=20}}</ref>
<ref name=MailLeg2>{{cite news |title=Merrick talks of 'ugly scene' |first=Eric |last=Woodward |work=Birmingham Mail |date=12 October 1961 |page=1}}</ref>
<ref name=MirrorLeg2>{{cite news |title=Merrick in Cup tussle as 'Brum' crash |work=Daily Mirror |first=Ken |last=Jones |location=London |date=12 October 1961 |page=30}}</ref>
<ref name=StampaLeg2>{{cite news |title=La Roma ha vinto la Coppa 'Città delle Fiere' con il burrascoso successo sul Birmingham: 2–0 |language=Italianit |trans-title=La Roma won the Fairs Cup with a stormy success over Birmingham: 2–0 |first=Giulio |last=Accatino |work=La Stampa |date=12 October 1961 |page=8}}</ref>
<ref name=LunitaLeg2>{{cite news |title=La girandola giallorossa ha irretito gli inglesi: 2-0 |language=Italianit |trans-title=The red and yellow swirl entangled the English |first=Roberto |last=Frosi |work=L'Unità |date=12 October 1961 |page=7}}</ref>
<ref name=SseraLeg2>{{cite news |title=Meritato successo della Roma nel burrascoso incontro finale |language=Italianit |trans-title=Deserved success for Roma in a stormy final encounter |first=Giulio |last=Accatino |work=Stampa Sera |date=12 October 1961 |page=7}}</ref>
 
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