SEVEN YEARS OF PLENTY – THE CHARITY SHIELD 1963-1970:
What’s mine is yours and yours is mine: Liverpool & West Ham share the 1964 Charity Shield…..
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STATUETTES AND LIBERTIES – The Footballer of The Year (1960-69)
Two 1960s ‘Footballer of the Year’ winners (Bobby Moore -1964/Jack Charlton -1967) find something else to celebrate…
RAY CLEMENCE 1948-2020
In an era when goalkeepers were expected to be effective and composed, Ray Clemence was as good as any.
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……..
SUPER SUNDAY – THE BIG MATCH REVISITED…..
THE BIG MATCH REVISITED: An hour of football from the previous day, following on from a roast dinner, constituted a ‘Super Sunday.’
With The Utmost Respect – MARTIN PETERS (1943-2019)
Present day purveyors of the midfield role maybe fitter and faster, but Martin Peters was sufficiently gifted to be eye-catching in any period of football.
MATCH OF THE DAY – 20 Football Matches That Were Well Worth Seeing
England v Brazil, Guadalajara – 7 June 1970: ‘Have so many world class footballers ever been assembled on one pitch?’
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.
BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE – Wolves get pointers but not points against Spurs
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 3 – Saturday 3rd November 2018 (7.45pm); There is a song that resounds from the stands at Molineux these days which ends with the line: ‘We’re Wolverhampton – we’re on our way back.’ On leaving…
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