They were the good ole days Wheelo, only 32 teams went into the European and cup winners cup in those days, I remember September 1976 and Crusaders from the irish league getting drawn against Liverpool in the 1st round, my dad took me to the game to see the big players, Keegan, Toshack, Heighway, Etc, it was absolutely jam packed, no room at all, I watched the game sitting on his shoulders, it was an easy 5-0 win for Liverpool, the very same day saw the 76 Irish cup shock winners Carrick Rangers being drawn against English winners Southampton, turned out to be an easy 6-2 win for the saints, but the days of these type of draws are long gone, the irish league teams used to get some cracking games, with teams like Juventus, inter milan, Benfica coming here and not always going away with a good result, I remember Glentoren reaching the quarter finals of the European cup in 1980, only losing on away goals to CSKA Sofia in extra time 2-0 down from the 1st leg and then won 2-0 on the night in 90 mins, the old format was the best for me.