19/08/1972 - The Big Match

[@nickycotton6137]

Awe, good ole Brian Moore bless him. Over 2 decades a goner already & do miss the legend. *RIP*

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

It was beautiful having frank opinion in the post-match interviews as opposed to PR speak now.

[@garrywood5345]

The Cottage, last night watching Fulham v Manchester United..it hasn't changed a bit....Great to see Goals without having to wait half an hour for VAR to see if there's something wrong.

[@Schnipp08]

It's still hard to believe that the English National Team failed to qualify for any major tournament betweeen 1970 and 1982. The English League had so many great players during the 70's. And I'm saying this as a German. 😉

[@wokenup5273]

1982? Thought that was the Spain world Cup were Bryan Robson scored in the 1st minute.

[@scotsportextratime]

England qualified for the Euros in Italy 1980 but were unlucky to face the Italians for 1978 qualification with only one going to Argentina with only 16 finalists. Similarly Scotland had great players in the 1960s but faced Italy for the 1966 World Cup qualifiers and West Germany for Mexico 70.

[@ScratchyBaws]

Blame the Scot's, Welsh & Irish for it.🤣🥰😍😘

[@garrywood5345]

Some appalling Refereeing decisions didn't help England

[@TCDL11]

​@@garrywood5345 especially in Oct 1973 against Poland at Wembley. Never mind those great saves by Jan Tomaszewski, the ref blatantly disallowed a Mick Channon equaliser for no apparent reason. And I think he blew the final whistle a few minutes early. The England players or Sir Alf didn't even make a big deal of it that night. 😯

[@mikesaunders4775]

This is half a century ago, not only was the commentary and camerawork better than todays gimmicky overkill, but the media of the day were prepared to give a second tier match half an hour plus of coverage.

[@PressureOnJulian]

As opposed to more than a hundred live second tier matches today….

[@mikesaunders4775]

@@PressureOnJulian A point well made, as live lower tier matches can indeed be accessed via any number of outlets .I was speaking more of the indifference of the likes of the BBC and the mainstream press who still have little interest outside of a featured elite. But well said.

[@PressureOnJulian]

@@mikesaunders4775 I agree with your point. Happy New Year

[@mikesaunders4775]

@@PressureOnJulian And a Happy (belated) New Year to you too Julian.

[@seltaeb3302]

Well they were under the deal that the Football League made with ITV Regions/BBC, that required a certain amount of matches from all 4 divisions.

[@tommorowhill]

The New Riverside Stand 50 years ago replaced by the Newer one.

[@tommyhemlock7915]

Why was Kevin Keelan standing where he was for City’s 2nd goal. Crazy positioning when defending a corner.

[@ScratchyBaws]

That disallowed Norwich goal

[@jeremysmith8370]

wouldn't have been offside today

[@josephtreacy667]

Love the adds for Yoings bitter. Takes me back. Fulham was in Fullers S & T land.

[@seltaeb3302]

Dave Sexton's father boxer had 174 fights, yes 174 & 84 of them were KO's! Goodness knows what his brain was like when he retired. Amazing stats.

[@alanprior7650]

Paul Went and Peter Mellor of Fulham ended up at Fratton Park as did Burnley's Dave Thomas 😊

[@seltaeb3302]

Fulham there had a 40,000 capacity, that surprises me. Did they reach that with the Best-Marsh Roadshow or the FA Cup games that they had on their great run to the Final.

[@SiDennis]

Why does Brian have a telephone on his desk ? 🤷‍♂️☎️

[@YeOldeFootballChannel]

Just in case there is a technical problem?

[@garrywood5345]

Is it really FIFTY YEARS AGO?

[@dlamiss]

Remembered that City free kick for 50 years

[@geoffjones4285]

So much better then

[@raymondbonington9355]

Fulham goal scorer Paul went sadly passed away .

[@ajp8941]

11,000 in a 40,000 capacity at Fulham. Those were the days - when it didn’t take five years to open a new stand 😂

[@michel75m64]

Super Leeds ,best team of the 70's

[@diptastik5651]

No🤣😂🤣. Did they win the European cup twice? No!! Liverpool and Nottingham Forest did. Liverpool won the league 4 times. Arsenal won the league and cup double. Leeds were not the best team of the 70s, not even close.

[@dlamiss]

They were the best side in England after They won promotion in 64 for the next ten years

[@diptastik5651]

@@dlamiss No, they did well but failed more than achieved. Michel75 said they were best side of the 70s. I am fairly certain the 70s carried on past 1974

[@speakfreeley4473]

Derby County weren't a bad outfit either. At least in the first half of the 1970s.

[@dlamiss]

@@diptastik5651 correct and i said they were the best side in England once promoted to division one until Revie left which was also correct

[@peejay1943]

Great days! No personality refs, commonsense ruled (for the most part) play-on the normal cry, rarely saw diving (until Klinnsman arrived oh and Franny Lee did his bit), muddy pitches, one sub only.

[@carpediem4290]

Beautiful Citizens like today...

[@timmarshallsay]

Just the one sub on the bench…

[@1990-t1j]

UTC

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

Started watching Burnley when they came up to division one after that season, more or less the same team, Burnley finished sixth in the first division the following season.

[@1990-t1j]

@@BaronVonGreenback1882 Peter Noble was the only pre-season signing. I went regularly. The highlight was winning at Leeds 4-1. Being from Skipton, Leeds was the derby fixture for us Yorkshire lads. More so than Blackburn.

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

@@1990-t1j I was born in Skipton, grew up in Settle, Burnley was the nearest football club, I was only seven when I first went on the Turf, with mum and dad, family ticket, I remember is cost £14.00 for the season. I moved to Colne at 21 but now live in Bowdon Greater Manchester.

[@1990-t1j]

@@BaronVonGreenback1882 I'm from Skipton, as well. Moved away in 1979. Small world!

[@marinakalliakosta6481]

And liverpool ;

[@stationers]

Michael Docherty (Tommy Docherty's son) must have been cheesed off being introduced as Michael Docherty (Tommy Docherty's son) ...I mean it's tiring being intoduced all the time as Michael Docherty (Tommy Docherty's son) . Just as well they didn't have names on shirts then....poor old Michael ........Docherty (Tommy Docherty's son) ....

[@staceygrove5976]

I think he hated his old man as well, didn't he?

[@garryleerob]

Ref's then and refs now... some things don't change. Inconsistency in how to see a law, a foul and act the same. Those that use common sense in their decisions often show to be the best in games. They tend to see dives, advantages better and let the game flow. Hill once more talking some sense and then spoils it... but saying it's difficult for the referees to spot everything? I agree but in this instance, I will highlight the Casper booking incident that was 2 yards in front of him and he had a clear view. The same with the prior booking for retaliation. Mullery chopped the legs from under Casper... he did nothing about Mullery's taking Casper's leg from under him. Hardly safe practice NOR an attempt at the ball...yet Casper gets booked because he was angry frustrated and pushed Mullery... he knew Mullery took him out. Wrong I grant you... but pushing someone in general frustration is more of an issue than purposely chopping someone's legs from underneath them ( and Mullery's hypocrisy after the game?)? A good bollocking for that an a booking for a deliberate malicious foul. Now again what Hill doesn't point out to the viewers... is in my mind what led to Wents booking. Again a retaliation this time for on Casper's stamp in a tackle. But Hill doesn't even show Casper doing that. Casper was no doubt still fuming over what happened to him. Thus a chain of events because the Ref got it totally wrong. Common sense should have kicked in... booked Mullery for what he did to Capser, free kick to Burnley, bollock Casper for pushing Mullery and nothing else. Incident done. But no... all the ref did there was cause events to escalate.