DRAWN IN THE USA – The 1976 Bicentennial Tournament: neilsambrook@btinternet.com June 12, 2026 0 Comments The 1976 Bicentennial Tournament: Three fine captains – but no caps for this game: Team America v England: 31/5/1976: RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bobby Moore, Brazil, Don Revie, England, Pele
GOING – REVIE OR NOT: The Home Internationals of 1976 neilsambrook@btinternet.com May 29, 2026 0 Comments X RAY-TED: Catastrophe for Clemence as England suffer defeat to Scotland. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Don Revie, England, Home Internationals, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
CZECH OUT: England v Czechoslovakia & Portugal – October/November 1975: neilsambrook@btinternet.com October 27, 2025 Away qualifiers against Czechoslavkia and Portugal would be the acid test for boss Don Revie as England aimed for the last eight of the 1976 Euros. RANTS & REFLECTIONS 1976 European Championships, Alan Ball, Don Revie, England, Sir Alf Ramsey
THE HALF OF IT – English football in the middle of the 1970s: neilsambrook@btinternet.com June 2, 2025 English Football 1975: The Two Ronnies. Hard truth/fake news? ‘The crowd trouble was held up for 90 minutes when 22 players invaded the pitch.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Brian Glanville, Chic Bates, Derby County, Don Revie, Everton, Leeds United, Manchester United
HOME DISCOMFORTS – The Home Internationals of 1975: neilsambrook@btinternet.com May 15, 2025 The 1975 Home Internationals: The Kennedy annihilation – Stewart concedes five as Scotland are routed at Wembley. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Alan Ball, Don Revie, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
A CUP of STOKOE – the 1973 FA Cup Final…….. neilsambrook@btinternet.com May 6, 2023 The 1973 FA Cup Final: An unlikely victory for Sunderland – going loco all because of Stokoe……. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Stokoe, Don Revie, Ian Porterfield, Jim Montgomery, Leeds United, Sunderland
THE BALLAD OF DON & STOKOE – the FA Cup Semi-Finals of 1972-73: neilsambrook@btinternet.com April 11, 2023 THE BALLAD OF DON & STOKOE: Leeds United and Sunderland triumph in the FA Cup semi-finals of 1972-1973: RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Bob Stokoe, Don Revie, FA Cup semi-finals, Hillsborough, Leeds United, Maine Road, Sunderland, Wolves
THAT OLD MAGIC – the FA Cup Sixth Round of 1972-73 neilsambrook@btinternet.com March 16, 2023 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 RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Brian Clough, Chelsea, Coventry City, Derby County, Don Revie, Leeds United, Luton Town, Sunderland, Whatever Happenend To The Likely Lads, Wolves
THE YEAR(S) OF THE CATT – EVERTON: The Harry Catterick era………. neilsambrook@btinternet.com September 10, 2022 In contrast to the guarded approach Catterick took to all other aspects of management, his finest Everton teams played in a fluid, expressive way. RANTS & REFLECTIONS 1966 FA Cup Final, Bill Nicholson, Bill Shankly, Dave Dawson, Don Revie, Everton, Harry Catterick, Joe Mercer, Paul McGee
WE’RE ON OUR WAY (More or less): ENGLAND – the Ron Greenwood era neilsambrook@btinternet.com August 8, 2022 The Ron Greenwood era: There is a sense it should be remembered more fondly, but only a handful of displays spring to mind as truly memorable; RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bobby Moore, Brian Clough, Don Revie, England, Kevin Keegan, Ron Greenwood, Sir Alf Ramsey, Trevor Brooking, World Cup 1966, World Cup 1982