NATIONAL MEASURES – Twelve fine 70s players who never won an England cap…….
Twelve fine 70s players without an England Cap: KENNY HIBBITT (Wolves): Great passes, plenty of goals, but no international recognition……
RANTS & REFLECTIONS
LONDON CALLING – Twenty great games of 1978-1979
Twenty great games of 1978-79: Osvaldo Ardiles & Ricky Villa: Loved at the Lane/annihilated at Anfield…….
TRAMPS & SCENES – Bruce Springsteen & ‘BORN TO RUN’ (1975)
Albums by other great artists needed years of critical gestation, but within 18 months of release ‘BORN TO RUN’ was acclaimed as the greatest ever made.
SHOCK ABSORBING – Ten defining FA Cup ties of the 1970s
BETTER CALL PAUL – Maguire opens the scoring as third division Shrewsbury Town topple Manchester City in January 1979…………..
MOVING UP – Bob Seger & NIGHT MOVES
Bob Seger had long been a respected if unsung artist, but with ‘Live Bullet’ and then ‘NIGHT MOVES’ (1976) went from the margins to mainstream glory.
A FAIR(S) ASSESSMENT – English teams and the Fairs Cup 1955-1971
English teams and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Geordie and Triumphant – Newcastle United: Fairs Cup Winners 1968-1969
OUT OF AFRICA: Paul McCartney & Wings – BAND ON THE RUN
BAND ON THE RUN (1973): Paul makes his definitive post-Beatles statement – going to Africa in order to record it.
WE CAN BE HEROES (for more than one day) – Twenty great games of 1977-78
Twenty Great Games of 1977-78: Nottingham Forest – novelty leaders in November, authentic league champions the following April.
SONGS OF THE ASKING – Paul Simon & STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS (1975):
Reunited with Art Garfunkel on ‘My Little Town’ rarely has rock sounded so sophisticated and yet so sumptuous at the same time.
THE YEAR(S) OF THE CATT – EVERTON: The Harry Catterick era……….
In contrast to the guarded approach Catterick took to all other aspects of management, his finest Everton teams played in a fluid, expressive way.