A shekarar 1985 sun cancanci zuwa gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai sakamakon lashe gasar cin kofin Scotland a kakar wasan da ta gabata, kuma sun buga Bayern Munich, wanda ya doke Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 a zagayen da ya gabata. A cewar Willie Miller, wannan ya ba su kwarin gwiwa su yi imani cewa za su iya ci gaba da lashe gasar, wanda suka yi, tare da nasara 2-1 a kan Real Madrid a wasan karshe a ranar 11 ga Mayu 1983. Aberdeen ya zama na uku na Scotland da ya lashe kofin Turai kuma Ferguson yanzu yana jin cewa "ya yi wani abu mai daraja da rayuwarsa". Wannan ya biyo baya da nasara a gasar cin kofin Turai a watan Disamba na 1983, lokacin da Hamburger SV, wadanda suka sake lashe gasar cin kofin Turai, suka sha kashi 2-0.
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