WE’RE SO VAIN – England and the 1972 European Championships……. [email protected] June 29, 2021 There was no sugarcoating the most comprehensive home defeat England had suffered since being routed by Hungary almost twenty years before. RANTS & REFLECTIONS 1974 World Cup Finals, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, England, Martin Peters, Sir Alf Ramsey, West Germany, World Cup 1966, World Cup 1970
STATUETTES AND LIBERTIES – The Footballer of The Year (1960-69) [email protected] December 9, 2020 Two 1960s ‘Footballer of the Year’ winners (Bobby Moore -1964/Jack Charlton -1967) find something else to celebrate… RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bill Slater, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Collins, Bobby Moore, Danny Blanchflower, Dave Mackay, George Best, Jack Charlton, Jimmy Adamson, Leeds United, Manchester City, Manchester United, Sir Stanley Matthews, Tony Book, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers
THE TRAFFORD CENTRE – Denis Law ‘The King’ (documentary review) [email protected] October 20, 2020 Sir Alex Ferguson: ‘Pele said Denis Law was the only British player who would ever have got into a great Brazilian team.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, George Best, Huddersfield Town, Manchester City, Manchester United, Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Matt Busby
THE TIMES THEY WERE AMAZING – England v Scotland 1967-1970…….. [email protected] August 13, 2020 ENGLAND v SCOTLAND 1967-70: A landmark victory apiece, dazzling passages of play and arguably the greatest save ever seen RANTS & REFLECTIONS Alan Ball, Billy Bremner, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Celtic, Denis Law, England, George Best, Gordon Banks, Jack Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, Malcolm Allison, Manchester United, Martin Peters, Scotland, Sir Alf Ramsey
DENNIS VIOLLET – ‘A UNITED MAN’ (documentary review): [email protected] February 19, 2020 ‘For me,’ says Fred Eyre, ‘Dennis Viollet is up there with Best, Law and Charlton – he really was that good.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, Dennis Viollet, George Best, Manchester United, Munich Air Crash, Old Trafford, Sir Matt Busby, Sir Stanley Matthews, Stoke City
With The Utmost Respect – MARTIN PETERS (1943-2019) [email protected] December 22, 2019 Present day purveyors of the midfield role maybe fitter and faster, but Martin Peters was sufficiently gifted to be eye-catching in any period of football. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, England, John Bond, Kenny Dalglish, Martin Peters, Norwich City, Ron Greenwood, Sir Alf Ramsey, Sir Geoff Hurst, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
MATCH OF THE DAY – 20 Football Matches That Were Well Worth Seeing [email protected] August 7, 2019 England v Brazil, Guadalajara – 7 June 1970: ‘Have so many world class footballers ever been assembled on one pitch?’ LET'S LIST AGAIN Arsenal, Bobby Charlton, Brazil, Celtic, Denis Law, England, Euesbio, Everton, George Best, Gordon Banks, Jimmy Greaves, Manchester United, Scotland, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers
NOTHING TO LEARN? BECOMING CHAMPIONS – Netflix documentary (review) [email protected] July 30, 2019 ‘The take on ’66 is baffling to say the least. George Cohen provides insight, but more time is given to the ’86 defeat against Argentina.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, England, Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, Sir Alf Ramsey, Sven Goran Erikson, World Cup 1966, World Cup 1970
AN ALL-ENGLAND EUROPEAN FINAL…….in 1972 [email protected] May 27, 2019 Goalkeepers Phil Parkes and Pat Jennings each wear gloves in the Molineux first-leg, but for the return on May 17 both play in bare hands. RANTS & REFLECTIONS 1972 UEFA Cup Final, Alan Mullery, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Dave Wagstaffe, Denis Law, Derek Dougan, Europa League, Geoff Hurst, Gordon Banks, Helmut Haller, Jim McCalliog, John Richards, Kenneth Wolstenholme, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Molineux, Pat Jennings, Phil Parkes, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, Tottenham Hotspur, White Hart Lane, Wolverhampton Wanderers
LOOK HOW GOOD THE FOOTBALL WAS – IN THE 1970s [email protected] August 12, 2018 Look how good the football was in the 1970s: NEIL YOUNG: After the Goal Rush. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Chelsea, Denis Law, George Best, Gordon Banks, Jimmy Greaves, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Match of the Day, Peter Osgood, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham Uniited, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads