1975/76 - The Big Match (West Ham v Derby County, Colchester v Cardiff & Stoke v Spurs - 21.2.76)

[@richardjohnson1331]

Brilliant show

[@johncourtneidge]

Yes!

[@richardjohnson1331]

Wat a legend Brian Moore

[@tancreddehauteville764]

A great gentleman of sports journalism.

[@johncourtneidge]

Superb! Thank-you!

[@staceygrove5976]

Interesting to see Colin Garwood in action for Colchester here. He was on fire for Oldham Athletic in the second half of the 1973-74 season, and was our leading scorer as we won the Third Division title. I think Jimmy Frizzell might have slipped up in selling him to Huddersfield a couple of months into the 1974-75 season, as we struggled to score goals from then on and only narrowly escaped relegation.

[@missingham]

What a fantastic post! The debut of Glenn Hoddle - one of my all-time heroes (with Stevie Perryman). Incredibly gifted, but playing in the wrong era. On boggy pitches, being constantly clattered and at a time when 'work rate', rather than technical excellence, was the key to England selection (take a bow Ron Greenwood) - as a result never got the international recognition he deserved. You can only imagine how well he'd do playing in the modern game (with today's pitches, coaching, nutrition etc). COYS!

[@mohdazmi10]

England and most teams then played 4-4-2 formation with two box-to-box midfielders at the center. That suited Bryan Robson and Ray Wilkins game better than Glenn's. At Spurs the 4-4-2 wàs flexible as Glenn was accompanied by two running Argentina midfielder Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa and Tony Galvin being the only winger leaving Glenn free role as a roaming playmaker.

[@Polosebastian14]

Hoddle was assisted by his faith healer

[@geoffclarke3796]

Fantastic goal by Glenn Hoddle, my all time favourite player. The collar on that shirt he was wearing when interviewed is something else.

[@Steaks652]

Phil Dwyer there, great to see, what a servant to Cardiff City.

[@rotonda4068]

Love how they were playing the Big Match theme in the stadium.

[@stokes8626]

07:36 How tf was that not given. Hector's reaction shows how times have changed. Great win for the Rams though.

[@alanprior7650]

Only a few days after my sixth birthday. Football seems so different now,shame. I miss the 70s and 80s.

[@gregc2156]

Hector stone wall penalty denied

[@yippyialeftside8351]

I'm a Brighton man like I say, but love seeing old West Ham, are you Fan by any chance?

[@classicfootballmatches6167]

Yes i am a West Ham fan!! Season ticket holder since 1976/77 season

[@yippyialeftside8351]

@@classicfootballmatches6167 thought so great, seen the highs n Lows then, haha , I'm sure wes ham had something like 5 manager in 40 years at 1 point up until Rednapp Went , that's incredible, bit different since

[@alanprior7650]

What was it Alf Garnett used to say? "West 'am won the World Cup" but he wasn't too far wrong. As a Pompey fan Redknapp didn't do too badly as our manager.

[@yippyialeftside8351]

@@alanprior7650 yes

[@stephenpowers9748]

In the good old days 🐑

[@BritishRosie-es3zr]

Hoddle was a lazy genius. He could have achieved so much more, especially internationally

[@esseel7896]

cement over the smoke.

[@jonnyjaywick]

No way was that a Cardiff penalty.

[@davidnesbit45]

Pr'bly doesn't matter now.