Editing Alex Stepney (section)

==League and European success==
With Stepney in goal, Manchester United won the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] title in [[1966–67 Football League#First Division|1967]], earning them entry into the European Cup the following season, a competition that no English club had yet won. Stepney featured throughout United's progress to the final at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], during which he made a memorable close-range save from [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]] striker [[Eusébio]] in the closing stages with the score at 1–1. Eusébio was so astonished at Stepney's save that he stopped to applaud the keeper as Stepney threw the ball back into play. United eventually won 4–1 after [[extra time]].

At the start of that season, Stepney had conceded a goal to his opposite number at Tottenham Hotspur, [[Pat Jennings]], in the [[1967 FA Charity Shield]] at Old Trafford. With Tottenham leading 1–0, Jennings punted the ball upfield from the [[Stretford End]]; the ball bounced over the stranded Stepney into the net. The game ended 3–3 with United's goals coming from [[Bobby Charlton]] (2) and Denis Law.