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
LONDON CALLING – Twenty great games of 1978-1979 [email protected] November 17, 2022 Twenty great games of 1978-79: Osvaldo Ardiles & Ricky Villa: Loved at the Lane/annihilated at Anfield……. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal FC, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Ipswich Town, Liverpool FC, Manchester City, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest FC, Shrewsbury Town, Spurs, Wolves
SHOCK ABSORBING – Ten defining FA Cup ties of the 1970s [email protected] October 31, 2022 BETTER CALL PAUL – Maguire opens the scoring as third division Shrewsbury Town topple Manchester City in January 1979………….. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Chelsea, Hereford United, Leeds United, Leyton Orient, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Shrewsbury Town, Spurs, Wrexham
GOODBYE TO A FOOTBALL MAN – Roy Sambrook (1932-2021) [email protected] February 5, 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. RANTS & REFLECTIONS 1972 UEFA Cup Final, 1974 League Cup Final, Arsenal FC, Busby Babes, Manchester United, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, Shrewsbury Town, Sir Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney, Wolverhampton Wanderers
FIXTURES AND FITTING IN – 3pm on a 70s Saturday…….. [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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