THE TIMES THEY WERE AMAZING – England v Scotland 1967-1970…….. [email protected] August 13, 2020 ENGLAND v SCOTLAND 1967-70: A landmark victory apiece, dazzling passages of play and arguably the greatest save ever seen RANTS & REFLECTIONS Alan Ball, Billy Bremner, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Celtic, Denis Law, England, George Best, Gordon Banks, Jack Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, Malcolm Allison, Manchester United, Martin Peters, Scotland, Sir Alf Ramsey
WELCOME MATT – ‘BUSBY’ documentary review [email protected] July 25, 2020 Busby further avoided convention in becoming the first of the ‘tracksuit managers’ developing an attacking style of play that would be adopted by teams at every level of the club RANTS & REFLECTIONS Busby, Busby Babes, Manchester City, Manchester United, Munich Air Crash, Sir Matt Busby
EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS – The British Pioneers (ITV documentary review) [email protected] July 20, 2020 THE BRITISH PIONEERS’ spends half its time reflecting on the 60s triumphs of Celtic, the rest on how Aston Villa lifted the trophy in 1982. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Celtic, Inter Milan, Jock Stein, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Ron Saunders, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Matt Busby
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
MATCH OF THE DAY – 20 Football Matches That Were Well Worth Seeing [email protected] August 7, 2019 England v Brazil, Guadalajara – 7 June 1970: ‘Have so many world class footballers ever been assembled on one pitch?’ LET'S LIST AGAIN Arsenal, Bobby Charlton, Brazil, Celtic, Denis Law, England, Euesbio, Everton, George Best, Gordon Banks, Jimmy Greaves, Manchester United, Scotland, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers
LOOK HOW GOOD THE FOOTBALL WAS – IN THE 1970s [email protected] August 12, 2018 Look how good the football was in the 1970s: NEIL YOUNG: After the Goal Rush. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arsenal, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Chelsea, Denis Law, George Best, Gordon Banks, Jimmy Greaves, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Match of the Day, Peter Osgood, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham Uniited, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
ALIGN WITH ME – A personal take on the FA Cup Final…………… [email protected] May 17, 2018 For the next few years I never queried anything my Dad said football. How could I? He’d been to the FA Cup Final. Twice. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Abide With Me, Chelsea, Danny Blanchflower, Everton, FA Cup Final, Leeds United, Manchester United, Roy and Shirley Sambrook, Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup Final, Wembley, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers
THE MUNICH AIR CRASH – The Tragedy and Legacy [email protected] February 6, 2018 As the ‘Babes’ continued to improve would Wolves have won successive Championships? Would Spurs have done the Double? RANTS & REFLECTIONS Denis Law, Duncan Edwards, George Best, Harry Gregg, Manchester United, Molineux, Munich Air Crash, Old Trafford, Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Matt Busby, Wolverhampton Wanderers
BEST INTENTIONS: George Best ‘ALL BY HIMSELF’ (documentary review): [email protected] September 1, 2017 As footage changes from black & white to colour, George Best moves to a level of fame never before occupied by a British sportsman. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, George Best, Manchester United