1972/73 Manchester United v Leeds United

[@FCBarcelonalondon]

I'm a Manchester United fan and I once met a Leeds legend from the Don Revie era Peter Lorimer what a nice man.

[@martyn26.2]

I am a Birmingham fan so I am not biased. Of late, out of curiosity, I have been watching chunks, not just goals, of Leeds. I have seen many of these chunks from the Revie era. My question is this "where is this nasty, brutal team I hear about?" One thing I do see is a great team playing great football.

[@winsfordtown]

There is more than a grain truth to some of the stories about Leeds from the 60s and 70s. I have a Pinterest board called the Revie the Years and have collected some pictures that show they didn't take prisoners.

[@martyn26.2]

@@winsfordtown I hope you have some for Roy Keane. It was a hard game then, but have you got pictures from other teams? As Ian St John said "well, we had Ronnie Yeats, Tommie Smith and Gerry Bryne" This is the problem people generally never mention the other teams and players. I am not saying you are one but some have an agenda against Leeds. The agenda is to take away their one true period of greatness. For example, people would be unaware that Jack Charlton was player of the year in 1967 and Norman was the first PFA player of the year in 1974. To most, or made to be, they are shit and dirty players.

[@winsfordtown]

Google "The Battle of Goodison" it's where all myths and legends began.

[@martyn26.2]

@@winsfordtown Let's be fair I watched a lot of chunks of Leeds. I did make a number of points in my first reply which you didn't contest/answer. I believe Roy Keane committed some of the worst career ending tackles in my lifetime, but was shielded by the Ferguson/ Man Utd myth. In fact, I put a posting under a clip of Keane's fouls, if you can call them that, by saying that Keane was merely an extension of the right arm of Ferguson, and in two months nobody has come back to me.

[@portcullis5622]

Very well said. In the 1960s and 1970s, all teams had a 'clogger' or two. Referees let them get away with a lot and skilful players had to be tough to cope with it. The balls look heavier and the pitches were awful, so that also slowed the flair players down. I was brought up in a Leeds household, so it is hard for me to be unbiased, but they did play some lovely football. They did concede a lot of soft goals though, so I can see why they underachieved and fell just short of so many titles and cups. I have been watching a lot of highlights of 1970s matches (nice to watch decent highlights without knowing the result; I actually turned off tonights' 'Match Of The Day' to watch this instead). Compared to these old matches, The Premiership just seems so soulless.

[@davidthomas2356]

Foot so different now I love watching these games especially the mighty Leeds with all the great players on both sides

[@UpTheJunction79]

Brilliant goal from Clarke, great commentating from Barry Davies and that great clip of the lad running on and taking a shot and getting wacked from Peter Lorimer for his trouble!

[@millypuppydog]

Classic after getting whacked by Lorimer he then got whacked by the copper. I wonder who he was and where he is now. They should name one of the stands after him.

[@brianjudd6199]

@@millypuppydog Happened today the lad would have got some sort of pay out. Did like the way he ghosted in at the far post though.

[@chrisevans5259]

Love Watching these old matches ....proper football, hard tackling,..and players tough but with flair ....my dad used to go to loads of matches in this wonderful era....and he always remarked the 2 greatest natural finishers he ever saw..we're Jimmy Greaves and Dennis Law.....both were lethal when they had the slightest sniff of a goal.

[@timrobinson100]

Fantastic standard great footage when football meant some thing to me 22 British players wonderful

[@kevinhiggins910]

These old Games are great.

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear Kevin H: I agree.

[@pauldurkee4764]

I love the way Jack Charlton ruffled his brothers comb over, and the look from bobby, it took me ages to get my hair like that. I always thought barry davies was a better commentator than motson, but everyone seemed to rate motson higher 👍

[@winsfordtown]

According Billy Bremner, Jack told him "always give our kid a whack early on".

[@terranceparsons5185]

Barry Davies was far superior than John "on the fence" Motson. Oh that's a definite penalty, is it?

[@stevemartin7798]

would love Clarke at his best playing today he was class.

[@nelvaldo.4850]

Great to watch, 2 great clubs ,great commentary.

[@robharding5345]

great Leeds side, no superstars, just a great team who played most other teams off the park!

[@miesuki]

Alan Clarke is the coolest scorer in English football

[@cleightorres3841]

a legend, as in legendary coolness

[@mikeellis6077]

Even then at the final whistle you can see the lack of affection from Bobby to Jack .But"'the boy on the pitch "gets a lovely kicking from Peter Lorimer.

[@robharding4028]

The modern games divers and fakers need to look at these type of games, and really see how the game should be played.

[@davidward1621]

Love these golden oldies,great skill level even though the pitches were crap!Bobby nearing the end,super Leeds,proper working mans game with real supporters,great players who earned peanuts in comparison to nowadays,those were the days.

[@edwardwilson7485]

English players, English names, no diving, actual rivalry Far better than the crap they dish up today

[@FKAMLV]

Dunne, Law, Morgan, McDougall, Buchan, Davies, Giles, Lorimer, Yorath, Harvey not English.

[@jodiepreston4397]

20:52 is brilliant!!

[@LED1512]

Sniffer was fucking awesome. Magical goal

[@robicenco1701]

I knew about Ian Storey-Moore but I'd never seen him play before I watched this video. Looks like a terrific player - would have been right at home in the attacking United team that came up from the second division, if only he hadn't got injured....

[@paulnutter1713]

@Paul Morris subtle and very perceptive

[@kevinhiggins910]

I think he played for England, or was a squad member ..can't remember.

[@mnd1955]

His transfer from Forest was a media circus. Initially, Brian Clough said he'd signed for Derby and he was paraded as a Derby player, but Ian Moore's missus allegedly intervened and convinced him to join United. According to Denis Law, Moore was injured when he first arrived and played with his ankles strapped up. Be that as it may, he was a fan favourite and when he scored at Derby in a 1-3 loss, he famously stuck two fingers up to the Derby fans who had been barracking him. It was the next game after this one.

[@martinmason5008]

@@mnd1955 And missed out on a Championship medal. The idiot.

[@tomduggan51]

Winsfordtown, Thanks a lot for this really exciting First Division match. Leeds up against Tommy Doc's exciting young players.

[@seltaeb3302]

Young players! This lot was not young & Doc inherited them from previous manager. Most got the boot after relegation & then he created a mainly young side that blitzed the 2nd Div & stormed the 1st. The Doc sadly left in a cloud & if not would have won a title or two.

[@paulbarrett22]

wow i remember that clarke goal me old fella had match on radio while he was in the bath 🤣 ive never thought about since that day "hes done it hes done it sniffers scored !" thanks for the memory i was 8 year old and hoping for a chopper bikr 2 days later 🤣🤣🤣

[@mick6370]

Allan Clarke best English finisher from 69-75 should've been paired for England with Mick Jones .

[@lunafringe10]

The Alltime Great, Bobby Charlton

[@neilcolley25]

good show

[@mnd1955]

What a Christmas that was. Bowie playing the Hardrock, and Tommy Doc's first match in charge, with Leeds the visitors. I was in the Stretford End that day and the place was heaving. We'd just been battered 0-5 by Palace and things were looking grim, but the Doc soon made his presence felt. He couldn't stave off relegation the season after this one, but he put together a great young team and, to this day, I maintain that we would have been champions by 1980 if he hadn't been sacked.

[@dlamiss]

Decent shout about being champions certainly wouldn't have been 4 wasted years

[@lennylaa1686]

I well remember ''The Doc.'' at Aston Villa, arriving Dec. 1968, the first ever managerial appointment of Doug Ellis. The club mired in relegation trouble, he quickly lifted spirits with a 2-0 win home to Cardiff before 42,000 fans from just 13,000 2 weeks previously. They then enjoyed a great FA Cup run, also avoiding the drop. But come season 1969/70 and catastrophe ensued; could not score goals or win games; dressing room grief; rooted at the foot of the table and after a home defeat 3-5 to Pompey, the Doc was sacked after 13 months. Vic Crowe came in but he could not turn it around and we plummeted into the old Third Division.

[@petermills542]

attymarco. I dimly remember he was sacked for 'off field activities' ! as much as football . ( an affair with a Club Secretary ?! )

[@jinjagohst]

@@petermills542 Wasn't it with a trainer's wife? Back when morality was a lot stricter...

[@petermills542]

@@jinjagohst I've looked it up now & it was actually the physio's wife ! Yes, in those days it was important to at least keep appearances up haha

[@seltaeb3302]

Ted MacDougall "what am I doing here? I look well out of place, this ain't gonna work.." The Doc "Ted - mate.. listen you love the south coast don't yeh..."

[@shellsbignumber2]

Better times.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

I can just about remember those days altho I was an 8 yr old kid. I remember seeing the entire Scum team led by Bremner and Revie in The Midland Hotel prior to a game v United @ Old Trafford. Maybe this was the one? They were happily signing autographs for young United fans. That would never happen these days as if word got out the hotel would get smashed to pieces! Oh how I crave an atmosphere like this at football today ❤

[@tamesidefilming4650]

Mighty Leeds 💙

[@johnnybsteelriff]

Brilliant 70s match and despite Leeds bad reputation for cynical fouling, there was little dirty play....the lad at the end was fantastic....PMSL...

[@stephenholmes1036]

Jackie Charlton my hero

[@satansown594]

scoreboard fucking packed out i was there with leeds in 79 when we were put in the scoboard end, we got hammered 4-1 proper fans both teams it was scary man

[@mick6370]

There was even more there when Conner scored in December 79 whole of the scoreboard and part of the side, nearly 58,000 that day Man U's biggest League crowd that season.

[@paulbarrett22]

@@mick6370 Been to old trafford loads of times still say best visit was when flynny scored winner first time ive seen leeds fans in every part of ground sure it was 81 .. worst was when they lost title to arsenal i put a gunners top on to take piss on way to ground and caused absolute mayhem ,ive never seen hatred aimed at me like that 🤣🤣🤣

[@mick6370]

@@paulbarrett22 Yeh it was 81 there was was bad weather with snow this side of the Pennines otherwise we might have took even more attendance was 13,000 down on the 79 visit

[@nasreireinas3392]

More hatred to an Arsenal fan in manx than a leeds fan, ?

[@normanby100]

Ian Storey Moore could have been one of the greats - but a stupid injury in a car park ended his career.

[@johngrves3156]

Both the teams wud piss on the current teams !

[@W3LLcoOL]

Whats crazy about this is the fact that 27 years prior to this, WW2 had just ended...and 27 years after this...man u beat bayern munich 2-1 in the champions league final. Damn time you scary.

[@johnb.9806]

I remember watching this on MoTD.

[@albertatlock]

Leeds were the best team in the world .

[@Sameoldfitup]

Mighty Leeds

[@georgianwindow]

No George Best no real threat

[@kjellesperas5132]

Love Sniffer . MOT

[@kadiummusic]

People serving food to the crowd behind the goal! 😯

[@antrog1895]

Can’t remember last time I saw a dropped ball.

[@shaunangell2265]

Proper football n flair without foreigners! Man U getting 55,000 plus even when they went into the second division. Golden era gone forever. Let's blame Brexit 🤣😂

[@satansown594]

yeah i remember man u-sunderland,60,000 at old trafford,to be fair thats when man u fans were hard bastards.

[@helltopo]

Proper football, but plenty of 'foreigners' - Dunne, Law, Buchan, Morgan, Davies, Harvey, Yorath, Giles & Larimer, Scotsmen, Welshmen & Irishmen & all ineligible for England!

[@eddyvideostar]

@@satansown594: Dear Satan: Different days: Hard fans, had to be. Today, many kids and families enter: The professed fan has his face and tongue on KZbin lying to us from his dank, pink-wagging basement.

[@donrevie721]

What is WITH that Man U ball boy ecstatically celebrating Clarke's equalizer ?? Did the Man U fans pull him into the crowd and pulverize him?? ...hope not ...he's got great taste in football teams!

[@hilts6475]

Big jack !!!

[@ThatGuyThanus]

Leeds were well dirty. They didn’t get the name dirty Leeds for nothing.. Maybe try to find more clips, though not everything was broadcast/saved.. They could really play, too, mind you. One of the great club sides of all time..!

[@kimagangobrit4480]

When they played on fields not carpets no moans about pitches then

[@terrywestmorland3069]

I never knew Ted McDougall played for the Devils.

[@Suve35967]

We were always the bridesmaid then. Thank God we got Fergie.years later.

[@randomuserchanel1437]

5:30 Way ahead of his time.

[@SMSJSC]

Pretty sure this was Tommy Doc's first game in charge. He'd have been pleased with the way his team fought, but disappointed obviously by dropping a point at the end. But really, this was just a stay of execution for a poor Man United team. Relegation would follow in less than 18 months.

[@kadiummusic]

Amazing, Man United playing about 5 strikers and half the team is Scottish!

[@stanogden4574]

52 years ago tomorrow where have the years gone Rod Stewart and the faces on at the free trade hall that evening 80p for a ticket !

[@garytaf]

United went down 73/74 season was docherty there then at this game

[@jerryoshea3116]

Excellent game of football (played by men)not 'Reality TV' a light Ball,that's knocked around to give the impression the game is so much more slick& sophisticated,very little proper tackling or Physical contact,and u mix in all.of the tactics to make up for the lack of true quality..No this was the real deal!👍

[@melvynslote457]

Great football, commitment , and both teams playing all together without any prima donnas. such a shame about Ian Storey Moore. he would have been one of the all time greats. Modern football-poor in comparison ,one of the main differences seems to be the commitment from every player on the pitch.

[@vordman]

A boy on the pitch taking the shot, when he had no right to be there! LMAO.

[@kevinhiggins910]

Quite a good shot too.

[@redflag8970]

docs first game

[@esseel7896]

lash was very angry LOL

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

Irritating background music is so unnecessary

[@timrobinson100]

No lack of skill here on hard pitch, not kick and rush like experts? Tell you , no tip tap either , no clutching faces

[@whites08]

When men played the game…not Prima Donna’s

[@saxglend9439]

Sniffer

[@Sameoldfitup]

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[@timrobinson100]

And the so called experts? Say it’s better? Now and quicker? Rubbish

[@MisAnnThorpe]

Why has Martin Buchan not got scruffy 1970s hair?!

[@winsfordtown]

He was more of a straight laced folk singer. Often at odds with his team mates for being a little bit boring.

[@kevinhiggins910]

Not everyone had long hair.

[@tigerarmyrule]

Interesting but sorry for me like I suppose many others its a case of No Georgie No Interest.

[@CB-xr1eg]

Wanker!

[@billygillan821]

Don Ravey the only manager in football history were 20 percent was football and 80 percent street fighting,and in some games 99 percent kick the shit out teams.

[@portcullis5622]

You obviously didn't bother watching these highlights then. Your loss.

[@paulbarrett22]

go back to bed billy