COMPLETE CONTROL – Twenty great games of 1976-77…………… [email protected] 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
SOMETHING IN THE AIR – Twenty great games of 1969-70 [email protected] 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
SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE – Twenty great games of 1974-75………….. [email protected] February 10, 2022 TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1974-75: Crimes and misdemeanors – Leeds United await start of the 1975 European Cup Final; RANTS & REFLECTIONS Aston Villa FC, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Spurs, Stoke City, Sunderland, West Ham United, Wolves
NEVER A DULL MOMENT – Twenty great games of 1972-73…………… [email protected] November 8, 2021 CRYSTAL PALACE 5 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 (18/12/72): Pre-Christmas stuffing for United at Selhurst Park. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal FC, Chelsea, Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Spurs, Stoke City, Sunderland, Wolves
WHAT’S GOING ON – Twenty great games of 1970-71 [email protected] 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
SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY – THE CHARITY SHIELD 1963-1970: [email protected] March 10, 2021 What’s mine is yours and yours is mine: Liverpool & West Ham share the 1964 Charity Shield….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Chelsea, Everton, FA Charity Shield, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
THE INBETWEENERS: English clubs in the European Cup (1969-76)…… [email protected] 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
WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN, WE HAD SEASONS IN THE 70s – the League Title 1970-79 [email protected] 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
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
FIXTURES AND FITTING IN – 3pm on a 70s Saturday…….. [email protected] June 26, 2019 For years my Dad lived by the adage ‘never book a summer holiday until the fixtures are out.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Blackpool, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Jimmy Greaves, Manchester City, Premiership, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, Shrewsbury Town, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers