NEVER A DULL MOMENT – Twenty great games of 1972-73……………
CRYSTAL PALACE 5 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 (18/12/72): Pre-Christmas stuffing for United at Selhurst Park.
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‘SMILE AND GRIN AT THE CHANGE ALL AROUND’ – Twenty Great Games of 1971-72
TWENTY GREAT GAMES of 1971-72: Newcastle concede goals to Radford & George – but lose at Hereford not Highbury.
SEMI-FOUR – Mixed messages in 70s FA Cup semi-finals……….
At some point between January and April my Dad would describe a team as ‘playing badly enough to win the cup.’
ALL THE HEROES – The Footballer of The Year (1970-79):
MERSEY-PRIDE: 1976 Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan presented with the award by Everton legend Dixie Dean
‘CUP GLORY’ – The FA Cup of 1971-72 (film review):
The 1972 Arsenal v Leeds FA Cup Final is described as ‘unrelenting’ – a euphemism for tasty fouls and ferocious tackling.
A LEAGUE (CUP) OF THEIR OWN – THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP FINAL: 1967-76
1972: STOKE CITY 2 CHELSEA 1: Sure and steady overcomes flash and dash……..
DENNIS VIOLLET – ‘A UNITED MAN’ (documentary review):
‘For me,’ says Fred Eyre, ‘Dennis Viollet is up there with Best, Law and Charlton – he really was that good.’
STAN-DARD BEARER – ‘MATTHEWS’ documentary review…..
The grainy black and white footage captures Matthews, all swerves and shuffles, in his pomp
BANKS FOR THE MEMORY – Gordon Banks (1937-2019)
In denying Denis Law at Wembley in the 1967 England v Scotland international Banks actually appears to defy gravity