Tag Archive: Stoke City

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

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

BANKS FOR THE MEMORY – Gordon Banks (1937-2019)

[email protected] February 14, 2019

In denying Denis Law at Wembley in the 1967 England v Scotland international Banks actually appears to defy gravity

RANTS & REFLECTIONS

Bobby Moore, Denis Law, England, George Best, Gordon Banks, Leicester City, Pele, Sir Alf Ramsey, Stoke City, World Cup 1966, World Cup 1970