aggregate to eventual winners Newcastle United. Having re-signed Jim Baxter at the start of the 1969–70 season, White's faith was repaid immediately when, in his first game back at Ibrox, Baxter was part of a notable 2–1 comeback victory over Celtic in the League Cup sectional round. In the Cup Winners' Cup, Rangers beat FCSB 2–0 at home, and held out in Bucharest for a goalless draw, in which John Greig was played in a sweeper's role. In the second round, Rangers lost to Górnik Zabrze. White was sacked as manager. The next day, 27 November 1969, White's assistant Willie Thornton took over as caretaker and the club began to look for a new manager. In White's two seasons in charge, Rangers had finished two points and five points, respectively, behind Celtic. Willie Waddell, the former Rangers winger, was brought in as White's full-time successor. Waddell had won the championship in 1965 as manager of Kilmarnock, before returning to journalism with the Daily Express. With Waddell in charge, the next three seasons saw Rangers finish twelve, fifteen and sixteen points adrift of Celtic in the championship race. The team also failed to beat Celtic in ten of the eleven games it played with Waddell at the helm. Waddell era: European success and national tragedy (1969–1972) Waddell soon enforced a renewed discipline and order to the squad, and in 1972 he guided Rangers to their first and, to date, only European triumph when they defeated Dynamo Moscow 3–2 in the Cup Winners' Cup final at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Due to a pitch invasion at the end of the match, the team were presented with the trophy in the dressing room, and UEFA banned Rangers from defending the cup. Within weeks of their European success, Waddell moved into a general-manager position, and his coach Jock Wallace was appointed as manager. The reasons for the 51-year-old Waddell relinquishing the reins at Rangers were never fully explained, but the triumph in the Cup Winners' Cup came sixteen months after the 1971 Ibrox disaster, in which 66 people died leaving the east terrace at staircase 13; after helping the families of the victims and forging strong links with supporters' clubs, Waddell was determined to complete the resultant reconstruction of Ibrox Stadium. Wallace becomes manager (1972–1978) Jock Wallace's managership of Rangers saw the club achieve a period of sustained success. His first season as