THE TRAFFORD CENTRE – Denis Law ‘The King’ (documentary review)
Sir Alex Ferguson: ‘Pele said Denis Law was the only British player who would ever have got into a great Brazilian team.’
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‘CUP GLORY’ – The FA Cup of 1971-72 (film review):
The 1972 Arsenal v Leeds FA Cup Final is described as ‘unrelenting’ – a euphemism for tasty fouls and ferocious tackling.
GET IT ON – FA CUP FINALS 1970-76……………
Sunderland 1973: Supporters at the ‘lucky’ end, team in stripes yet to lose a post-war FA Cup Final, 73 the reverse of 37…….
THE TIMES THEY WERE AMAZING – England v Scotland 1967-1970……..
ENGLAND v SCOTLAND 1967-70: A landmark victory apiece, dazzling passages of play and arguably the greatest save ever seen
WELCOME MATT – ‘BUSBY’ documentary review
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
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS – The British Pioneers (ITV documentary review)
THE BRITISH PIONEERS’ spends half its time reflecting on the 60s triumphs of Celtic, the rest on how Aston Villa lifted the trophy in 1982.
DENNIS VIOLLET – ‘A UNITED MAN’ (documentary review):
‘For me,’ says Fred Eyre, ‘Dennis Viollet is up there with Best, Law and Charlton – he really was that good.’
MATCH OF THE DAY – 20 Football Matches That Were Well Worth Seeing
England v Brazil, Guadalajara – 7 June 1970: ‘Have so many world class footballers ever been assembled on one pitch?’
LOOK HOW GOOD THE FOOTBALL WAS – IN THE 1970s
Look how good the football was in the 1970s: NEIL YOUNG: After the Goal Rush.
ALIGN WITH ME – A personal take on the FA Cup Final……………
For the next few years I never queried anything my Dad said football. How could I? He’d been to the FA Cup Final. Twice.