Tag Archive: Sir Stanley Matthews

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

STATUETTES AND LIBERTIES – The Footballer of The Year (1960-69)

[email protected] December 9, 2020

Two 1960s ‘Footballer of the Year’ winners (Bobby Moore -1964/Jack Charlton -1967) find something else to celebrate…

RANTS & REFLECTIONS

Bill Slater, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Collins, Bobby Moore, Danny Blanchflower, Dave Mackay, George Best, Jack Charlton, Jimmy Adamson, Leeds United, Manchester City, Manchester United, Sir Stanley Matthews, Tony Book, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers

NO TITLE DEEDS – 20 great players who never played in a title winning team:

[email protected] November 25, 2020

JIMMY GREAVES: ‘Lord Jim’/’The Greatest’; plenty of titles, but no League Title.

RANTS & REFLECTIONS

Bobby Moore, Derek Dougan, Glenn Hoddle, Jimmy Greaves, Martin Peters, Pat Jennings, Peter Osgood, Sir Stanley Matthews, Stan Bowles, Stan Mortensen

DENNIS VIOLLET – ‘A UNITED MAN’ (documentary review):

[email protected] February 19, 2020

‘For me,’ says Fred Eyre, ‘Dennis Viollet is up there with Best, Law and Charlton – he really was that good.’

RANTS & REFLECTIONS

Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, Dennis Viollet, George Best, Manchester United, Munich Air Crash, Old Trafford, Sir Matt Busby, Sir Stanley Matthews, Stoke City

STAN-DARD BEARER – ‘MATTHEWS’ documentary review…..

[email protected] January 25, 2020

The grainy black and white footage captures Matthews, all swerves and shuffles, in his pomp

RANTS & REFLECTIONS

1953 FA Cup Final, Blackpool, England, Sir Stanley Matthews, Stoke City, Wembley Stadium