A LEAGUE (CUP) OF THEIR OWN – THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP FINAL: 1967-76 neilsambrook@btinternet.com September 15, 2020 1972: STOKE CITY 2 CHELSEA 1: Sure and steady overcomes flash and dash…….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
WELCOME MATT – ‘BUSBY’ documentary review neilsambrook@btinternet.com July 25, 2020 Busby further avoided convention in becoming the first of the ‘tracksuit managers’ developing an attacking style of play that would be adopted by teams at every level of the club RANTS & REFLECTIONS Busby, Busby Babes, Manchester City, Manchester United, Munich Air Crash, Sir Matt Busby
FIXTURES AND FITTING IN – 3pm on a 70s Saturday…….. neilsambrook@btinternet.com 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
THE KID WAS ALRIGHT – the 1974 League Cup Final from the perspective of a 12 year-old neilsambrook@btinternet.com February 28, 2019 The ball rolled into the path of Richards whose low shot brought Wolves their first major honour for fourteen years. RANTS & REFLECTIONS 1974 League Cup Final, Colin Bell, Derek Dougan, John Richards, Kenny Hibbitt, Manchester City, Molineux, Shrewsbury Town, Watford, Wembley Stadium, Wolverhampton Wanderers
LOOK HOW GOOD THE FOOTBALL WAS – IN THE 1970s neilsambrook@btinternet.com 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