BEST PLACE IN LONDON: August 1976 – Fulham sign George Best & Rodney Marsh………
Rarely one to disappoint headline writers, George Best scored after 71 seconds of his Fulham debut……….
Tag Archive: Manchester United
‘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.
WHAT’S GOING ON – Twenty great games of 1970-71
Taken lying down: Colchester United 3 Leeds United 2 – the biggest post-war FA Cup upset (so far)
SECOND THOUGHTS – in 1974-75 MANCHESTER UNITED win Division Two……….
While a section of their support generated headlines for hooliganism, Manchester United played some exhilarating football in winning Division Two.
SEMI-FOUR – Mixed messages in 70s FA Cup semi-finals……….
At some point between January and April my Dad would describe a team as ‘playing badly enough to win the cup.’
SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY – THE CHARITY SHIELD 1963-1970:
What’s mine is yours and yours is mine: Liverpool & West Ham share the 1964 Charity Shield…..
Busby/Shankly/Stein: ‘THE THREE KINGS’ (documentary review)
‘Three Kings’ is testament to a time when even the biggest football clubs were more about communities than conglomerates.’
GOODBYE TO A FOOTBALL MAN – Roy Sambrook (1932-2021)
For 45 years Dad and I went to football matches together – games from the bottom of the pyramid to a Wembley League Cup Final.
‘Some semblance of normality’: In 1974-75 Carlisle United reach Division One
Bill Shankly described Carlisle reaching Division One as ‘the greatest feat in the history of the game.’
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.