Thuh Intertoto Cup wez thuh geet ideeyah iv Ernst Thommen aan Karl Rappan, thuh lattor hevvin geet dreems iv maakin aa Yuuripeen leeg, thuh formmor, biyin weel intee thuh "fyeutbaal pools" iyn Switzerland, whonttin aa compitisshun tuh keep thuh bettin bizniss tikkin owwa iyn thuh summaa. Whe yer knaa, yer cud saa thaat Thommen got whot ee whonttid, tho Rappan hed tuh settull fer aa knokeyeut compitisshun wiv, yuzlee, Yeuripp’s "lessor syieds" raatha thyin ees dreem iv aa Yuuripeen leeg.
Iyt forst thuh ideeyah wez "frowned on" bi UEFA but gittin owwa theor forst reluktunse, Thommen wez givvin thuh gan aheed fer ees compitisshun - eyeutsyied thuh guvvninn boddees kontroll - aan thuh Intertoto Cup storted iyn 1961 izz aa summaa compitisshun. Leik owt tho izz thuh compitisshun got mair popyeulaa, aan thuh dosh cyem iyn, UEFA "waarm’d" tuh thuh ideeyah iv thuh compitisshun aan iyn 1995 thaay offishullee sankkshunnd thuh eevent fer thuh forst tyeim thaat yeor.
Thuh waa thuh compitisshun wez plaayd whyent threyeu sum canny chaanjiz owwa thuh yeors, wiv thuh canniest biyin thaat thuh tuu winnaas (aye, theor weor mair thyin whon winna!) wud bowth gan intee thuh UEFA Cup.
Thuh compitisshun itssell "wez browt thuh aa end" iyn 2009 whyin chanjiz weor myed tuh thuh UEFA Cup aan thuh UEFA Yuurowpa Leeg wez born eyeut iv iyt.
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