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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RUNNING MAN: Jackson Browne & ‘RUNNING ON EMPTY’
With performances from the stage, hotel rooms and even the tour bus, ‘Running On Empty’ is the most ambitious live album ever recorded.
LADY SINGS THE BLUES – Joni Mitchell & ‘BLUE’ (1971):
Rock music has produced some genuine masterpieces – but beyond them all stands ‘BLUE’………..
Busby/Shankly/Stein: ‘THE THREE KINGS’ (documentary review)
‘Three Kings’ is testament to a time when even the biggest football clubs were more about communities than conglomerates.’
GOODBYE TO A FOOTBALL MAN – Roy Sambrook (1932-2021)
For 45 years Dad and I went to football matches together – games from the bottom of the pyramid to a Wembley League Cup Final.
PICTURE PERFECT – Rod Stewart & EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ is a work of true and lasting resonance – and a quintessential 70s album if ever there was one.
‘Some semblance of normality’: In 1974-75 Carlisle United reach Division One
Bill Shankly described Carlisle reaching Division One as ‘the greatest feat in the history of the game.’
SOME ALBUM – the Rolling Stones & ‘SOME GIRLS’
‘SOME GIRLS’ (1978) contains songs that are forceful, expressive – and at times highly provocative.
THE INBETWEENERS: English clubs in the European Cup (1969-76)……
As the 70s continued few would hazard a guess when a second English European Cup triumph would happen – let alone a third, fourth, fifth and sixth.
BELL OF THE BALL: Colin Bell 1946-2021
There is no obvious latter-day equivalent of Colin Bell – whose mix of awareness and ability produced an unerring level of excellence.