COMPLETE CONTROL – Twenty great games of 1976-77…………… neilsambrook@btinternet.com June 30, 2022 TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1976-77 – Liverpool win the league, European Cup and like The Clash exert ‘Complete Control’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, QPR, Spurs, West Ham United, Wolves
EASY COME EASY GO, LITTLE HIGH LITTLE LOW – Twenty Great Games of 1975-76……. neilsambrook@btinternet.com May 13, 2022 TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1975-76: Keeping the overheads down – Dennis Tueart wins the League Cup for Manchester City……….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Derby County, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, QPR, Southampton, West Ham United, Wolves
SOMETHING IN THE AIR – Twenty great games of 1969-70 neilsambrook@btinternet.com March 30, 2022 Twenty great games of 1969-70: Leeds United v Chelsea (29/4/1970) – FA Cup Final replay/English Civil War reenactment…….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Celtic, Chelsea, Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
‘SMILE AND GRIN AT THE CHANGE ALL AROUND’ – Twenty Great Games of 1971-72 neilsambrook@btinternet.com September 27, 2021 TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1971-72: Newcastle concede goals to Radford & George – but lose at Hereford not Highbury. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Chelsea, Derby County, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Spurs, Stoke City, West Ham United, Wolves
WHAT’S GOING ON – Twenty great games of 1970-71 neilsambrook@btinternet.com September 7, 2021 Taken lying down: Colchester United 3 Leeds United 2 – the biggest post-war FA Cup upset (so far) RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Manchester United, Spurs, West Ham United, Wolves
SEMI-FOUR – Mixed messages in 70s FA Cup semi-finals………. neilsambrook@btinternet.com May 13, 2021 At some point between January and April my Dad would describe a team as ‘playing badly enough to win the cup.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Birmingham City, Chelsea, Leeds United, Manchester United, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers
THE INBETWEENERS: English clubs in the European Cup (1969-76)…… neilsambrook@btinternet.com January 10, 2021 As the 70s continued few would hazard a guess when a second English European Cup triumph would happen – let alone a third, fourth, fifth and sixth. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Derby County, Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United
ALL THE HEROES – The Footballer of The Year (1970-79): neilsambrook@btinternet.com December 18, 2020 MERSEY-PRIDE: 1976 Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan presented with the award by Everton legend Dixie Dean RANTS & REFLECTIONS Alan Mullery, Arsenal, Billy Bremner, Emlyn Hughes, Frank McLintock, Fulham, Gordon Banks, Ian Callaghan, Kenny Burns, Kenny Dalglish, Kevin Keegan, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Pat Jennings, Spurs, Stoke City
WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN, WE HAD SEASONS IN THE 70s – the League Title 1970-79 neilsambrook@btinternet.com October 28, 2020 It was an era when footballing bastions were built, rebuilt, received a temporary refurb or crumbled altogether. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Bertie Mee, Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Brian Clough, Derby County, Don Revie, Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Neil Young, Nottingham Forest FC
A LEAGUE (CUP) OF THEIR OWN – THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP FINAL: 1967-76 neilsambrook@btinternet.com September 15, 2020 1972: STOKE CITY 2 CHELSEA 1: Sure and steady overcomes flash and dash…….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers