IT WAS UNUSUAL – The FA Cup Semi-Finals of 1974-75:
Tom Jones is top of the LP charts with the last four of the FA Cup having a curious look – striker John Mitchell sending Division Two Fulham to Wembley.
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IT ALL LED SOMEWHERE – The FA Cup Sixth Round of 1974-75
The FA Cup Sixth Round of 1974-75: Ipswich and Leeds complete a four match marathon in the week Led Zeppelin release sprawling double set ‘Physical Graffiti’.
TANGLED UP WITH BLUES – The FA Cup Fifth Round of 1974-75
FA Cup Fifth Round 1974-75: Viv Busby nets a brace as second division Fulham tangle with first division leaders Everton at Goodison Park…….
SIR ALF & ST ANDREW’S: Ramsey & Birmingham City – 1976-78
Placed in temporary charge of team affairs, four wins in his first five matches made Sir Alf and the Birmingham board consider longer term possibilities.
UP WHERE WE BELONG – Promotion to Division One, 70s style……..
CHARLTON MAGNETIC – Jack leads Middlesbrough to the 1973-74 Second Division title with a decade high number of wins and points………..
IT’S ONLY TROPHY WASTELAND – Ten fine 70s sides who didn’t win a major honour…….
Ten fine 70s teams who didn’t win a major honour: QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1975-76 – Total Football/title despair……..
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.’
SEASON FINALE: Liverpool and Wolves meet May 1947, 1976 & 2019………
‘With every gangway overflowing, from the opposite end of Molineux, the South Bank looked like a red and white Mount Everest.’