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 Though United ended that season with victory over Barcelona within the Cup-Winners’ final , English clubs found their return to continental competitionwas anything but easy. On a world stage that English clubs had dominated, they were now enfeebled. The 1985 European final was the eighth in nine years to feature an English side (they had won the opposite seven) and an English manager. It took until 1999 for an additional English team to urge there, and no English manager has won a serious European trophy since Kendall’s 1985 success with Everton. “That ban hit the managers the maximum amount because the players,” John Toshack said. sports365 “We lost the experience of home-and-away European ties. ALeague Cup game against York isn't an equivalent . It’s the travelling, and it’s the tactics.” The effect of the ban on England’s ability to draw in international talent was such that within the 1985-86 season just one non-British player moved to a primary Division team from