RESPECTABLE – Twenty Great Games of 1979-80 [email protected] December 21, 2022 TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1979-80: HAMMER SHOW – West Ham United win the FA Cup from Division Two…………. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, England, Ipswich Town, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest FC, Queens Park Rangers, Shrewsbury Town, Spurs, Sunderland, 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
IT’S ONLY TROPHY WASTELAND – Ten fine 70s sides who didn’t win a major honour……. [email protected] December 3, 2021 Ten fine 70s teams who didn’t win a major honour: QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1975-76 – Total Football/title despair…….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Birmingham City, Burnley, Coventry City, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion
A LEAGUE (CUP) OF THEIR OWN – THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP FINAL: 1967-76 [email protected] 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
SEASON FINALE: Liverpool and Wolves meet May 1947, 1976 & 2019……… [email protected] May 9, 2019 ‘With every gangway overflowing, from the opposite end of Molineux, the South Bank looked like a red and white Mount Everest.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Birmingham City, Charlton Athletic, Liverpool FC, Molineux, Queens Park Rangers, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, Sheffield United, The Beatles, The Valley, The Who, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC