‘WHERE WILL IT LEAD US FROM HERE?’ – TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1973-74…………..
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……….
Tag Archive: Roy and Shirley Sambrook
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……….
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.
YOUNG MAN DUES – THE WHO: Bingley Hall, Stafford 3/10/1975
The roar greeting The Who was the loudest thing I’d ever heard – until Townshend sent the opening chords of ‘Substitute’ searing through the hall.
FIXTURES AND FITTING IN – 3pm on a 70s Saturday……..
For years my Dad lived by the adage ‘never book a summer holiday until the fixtures are out.’
AN ALL-ENGLAND EUROPEAN FINAL…….in 1972
Goalkeepers Phil Parkes and Pat Jennings each wear gloves in the Molineux first-leg, but for the return on May 17 both play in bare hands.
SEASON FINALE: Liverpool and Wolves meet May 1947, 1976 & 2019………
‘With every gangway overflowing, from the opposite end of Molineux, the South Bank looked like a red and white Mount Everest.’
TALKING ON THE MOON – Keith Remembered.
‘The Song Is Over’ is propelled to a rousing conclusion by drumming from Keith Moon that is extraordinary even by his standards.
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.
THE SULTAN OF SWING – Sinatra beats all with ‘Songs For Swingin’ Lovers.’
The theory being before ‘Songs For Swingin’ Lovers’ Americans spoke English – but after it they spoke American.