IS THIS THE BEGINNING OR IS IT THE END? The Opening Day Division One fixtures of 1974-75:
Opening Day 1974-75: 19 days into the Brian Clough-era, champions Leeds begin the season with defeat at Stoke………..
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THE WORLD OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL BUT THE FOOTBALL WAS SO DELIGHTFUL – the Division One Boxing Day fixture programme of 1973:
BOXING DAY 1973: Festive flops/Christmas crackers: Sheffield United – joyful and triumphant at Old Trafford……….
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
BLOCK BUSTER ! The FA Cup Fifth Round of 1972-73……
The FA Cup Fifth Round of 1972-73: Glam rockers Sweet are at Number One – with Block Buster cup-ties occurring at Derby and Manchester City
CUP IN HAND – The FA Cup Third Round: 13/1/1973
The FA Cup third round 13/1/1973: The jolly Spurs outing – Tottenham go on a beano to Margate…..
EASY COME EASY GO, LITTLE HIGH LITTLE LOW – Twenty Great Games of 1975-76…….
TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1975-76: Keeping the overheads down – Dennis Tueart wins the League Cup for Manchester City………..
SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE – Twenty great games of 1974-75…………..
TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1974-75: Crimes and misdemeanors – Leeds United await start of the 1975 European Cup Final;
‘SMILE AND GRIN AT THE CHANGE ALL AROUND’ – Twenty Great Games of 1971-72
TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1971-72: Newcastle concede goals to Radford & George – but lose at Hereford not Highbury.
THE INBETWEENERS: English clubs in the European Cup (1969-76)……
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.
WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN, WE HAD SEASONS IN THE 70s – the League Title 1970-79
It was an era when footballing bastions were built, rebuilt, received a temporary refurb or crumbled altogether.