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
SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE – Twenty great games of 1974-75………….. neilsambrook@btinternet.com 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
‘WHERE WILL IT LEAD US FROM HERE?’ – TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1973-74………….. neilsambrook@btinternet.com December 30, 2021 Twenty Great games of 73/74: And the Law won – Denis back-heels City to victory at Old Trafford and nudges United toward the Orient………. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Chelsea, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest FC, QPR, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, Wolves
NEVER A DULL MOMENT – Twenty great games of 1972-73…………… neilsambrook@btinternet.com 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
‘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
SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY – THE CHARITY SHIELD 1963-1970: neilsambrook@btinternet.com 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)…… 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
BELL OF THE BALL: Colin Bell 1946-2021 neilsambrook@btinternet.com January 6, 2021 There is no obvious latter-day equivalent of Colin Bell – whose mix of awareness and ability produced an unerring level of excellence. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Colin Bell, England, Joe Mercer, Malcolm Allison, Manchester City, Sir Alf Ramsey
STATUETTES AND LIBERTIES – The Footballer of The Year (1960-69) neilsambrook@btinternet.com 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) neilsambrook@btinternet.com 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