On this day in 1971, Chelsea recorded the biggest win by an English club in Europe by beating Jeunesse Hautcharage 13-0 in the European Cup Winners’ Cup. The Blues won 21-0 on aggregate.
Chelsea were defending champions of the competition, having beaten Real Madrid in a replay in Greece that year. Led by Ron Harris at the back and aided by goals from Peter Osgood, the Blues were a formidable force both domestically and in Europe.
Hautcharage’s journey into the Cup Winners’ Cup was nothing short of a fairytale. They were an amateur football club from south west Luxembourg and played in the regional third division of the country’s football pyramid.