STRIKE ACTION – Top goalscorers in England 1970-1979:
Top goal scorers in England 1970-79: Ted MacDougall – once, twice, three times a leader………….
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A CUP of STOKOE – the 1973 FA Cup Final……..
The 1973 FA Cup Final: An unlikely victory for Sunderland – going loco all because of Stokoe…….
MOTT’S GOING ON – Mott The Hoople & ‘MOTT’ (1973)
MOTT (1973): Ian Hunter describes success in bittersweet terms, reflecting on what has been gained and lost along the way.
SHOOTING STARS – Top goalscorers in England 1960-69
Top Goal Scorers in England 1960-69: ‘Sir’ Roger (1966) – joint leading goal scorer, league championship medal, World Cup winner;
THE BALLAD OF DON & STOKOE – the FA Cup Semi-Finals of 1972-73:
THE BALLAD OF DON & STOKOE: Leeds United and Sunderland triumph in the FA Cup semi-finals of 1972-1973:
RAISED ON PROMISES – Tom Petty & ‘FULL MOON FEVER’ (1989)
Petty draws on influences from Buddy Holly to The Byrds, Dylan to The Who, producer Jeff Lynne giving it all a Beatlesque spin.
TWO WHOM IT CONCERNED – English clubs and the European Cup Winners’ Cup 1960-1969:
BRITS ABROAD: 1962-63 – Tottenham Hotspur lift the Cup Winners’ Cup and become the first British club to win a European trophy.
LOVE and MARRIAGE – Bob Dylan & ‘PLANET WAVES’ (1974)
Bob Dylan had long since been an illusive, enigmatic figure to his followers but on PLANET WAVES (1974) appears a mystery even to himself.
THAT OLD MAGIC – the FA Cup Sixth Round of 1972-73
March 1973: Pink Floyd release ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ and in the FA Cup Leeds winger Peter Lorimer finds the far side of the net
TUNE ARMY – Lindisfarne & ‘NICELY OUT OF TUNE’ (1970)
‘Nicely Out of Tune’ gained many positive reviews, one proclaiming Alan Hull as the best songwriter since Dylan, but initially failed to chart.