Another day – another 90min OTD.

And today we focus on 29 May, and the moments of supreme glee and ultimate despair this day’s brought football fans in the years gone by.

Let’s have a gander…

#OnThisDay in 1968, Busby’s boys were finally crowned the kings of Europe ?

Wembley witnessed goals from @SirBobby (2), George Best and Brian Kidd as we beat Benfica 4-1 ✨#MUFC pic.twitter.com/qGbj3LLFPs

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 29, 2020

A decade removed from tragedy, Manchester United achieved redemption.

Ten years of rebuilding with Sir Matt Busby at the helm culminated in the 1968 European Cup final at Wembley.

Sir Bobby Charlton – one of only two survivors from the Munich air disaster – opened the scoring early in the second period against a Eusébio-inspired Benfica side, before Jaime Graça crashed home an equaliser ten minutes from time to force the game into extra time.

The Red Devils blew their Portuguese opponents away in the extended period, however, as goals from Charlton, George Best and Brian Kidd within ten minutes of the restart secured a 4-1 win and United’s maiden European crown.

On this day, we remember the 39 fans who went to watch the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus and tragically never returned.

A number of Juventini were crushed after several groups of Liverpool hooligans breached the neutral zone separating the two sets of supporters. The collapse of the concrete retaining wall saved the lives of hundreds, but many had suffocated beforehand.

The aftermath saw 14 Liverpool fans charged for manslaughter, while all English clubs were placed under an indefinite ban by UEFA from entering European competitions. This ban was eventually lifted in 1990.

„The darkest hour in the history of the UEFA competitions.“

Although a forgettable final for the masses, it’s one Red Star Belgrade fans will never forget.

Inspired by Dejan Savićević – the scorer of that lob in Milan’s ’94 victory over Johan Cruyff’s ‚Dream Team‘ – and a young Siniša Mihajlović, Ljupko Petrović’s gegenpressers – way before the term became universal – faced up against the ‚Galacticos‘ side of that era in the 1991 European Cup final: Marseille.

However, despite boasting the likes of Jean-Pierre Papin, Chris Waddle and Abedi Pele in attack, the French outfit weren’t able to break through a resolute Red Star backline, with the game forced to penalties.

The Yugoslavian’s were perfect from the spot and after Manuel Amoros missed Marseille’s first attempt, Darko Pančev blasted Red Star’s fifth effort home to secure a magical triumph.

Following a 19th-place finish the season prior, Huddersfield’s priority target for the 2016/17 campaign was survival, anything else was a bonus.

But as a result of some shrewd business in the transfer market which saw Aaron Mooy, Elias Kachunga and Izzy Brown brought in on loan deals alongside £1.9m man Christopher Schindler, the Terriers exceeded all expectations.

David Wagner’s side finished the Championship campaign in fifth and after overcoming Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the play-off semi-finals, Wagner’s warriors were one game away from a simply unthinkable Premier League berth.

Reading stood in their way, however, and following a typically tight and tense final, the game was to be decided via a shootout. Back-to-back misses from Liam Moore and Jordan Obita proved detrimental for the Royals, though, as Schindler blasted Huddersfield into the top-flight from 12 yards.

Unai Emery’s Arsenal, chasing just their second piece of major European silverware and their first since 1994, headed into last year’s Europa League final confident of overturning a Chelsea side who, despite finishing third in the Premier League, had flattered to deceive in Maurizio Sarri’s one and only term at the helm.

And when the two sides headed into the break at 0-0, the Gunners would’ve been confident of securing victory. This was an Arsenal side which had often enjoyed second-half resurgences throughout Emery’s maiden campaign.

But then…Eden Hazard happened.

The Belgian dazzled after the restart as he spearheaded an emphatic 4-1 victory over the Blues‘ London rivals. He set up Pedro for his side’s second after Olivier Giroud – pre-„thank you, Arsenal“ mocks – had headed home the opener against his former employers, before he bagged a brace to round off the perfect farewell.