20/01/1973 - The Big Match

[@tonymarshall4164]

My mate Gary Locke, playing in this game. He was just 19.

[@anthonyroberts7987]

Even after all these years...I wince at some of the tackles, (and some of the hair styles too)! great stuff

[@paulfoster8560]

I was at the Wolves games so as a Wolves fan I’m amazed to see the Mike Bailey goal after nearly 50 years, the rest of the show is excellent.

[@YeOldeFootballChannel]

I didn't know it even existed. It wasn't shown on the 3rd Round special on The Big Match, so it was a great discovery.

[@paulfoster8560]

@@YeOldeFootballChannel It was shown on ATV, but they don’t seemed to have kept many episodes unlike Thames.

[@esseel7896]

damn those letters were harsh. love moores commentary. dad used to call him the laughing egg. LOL

[@scotsportextratime]

Fantastic. Thanks for these recent uploads.

[@kwameaboagye121]

We were so unlucky not to win our second league and cup doubles 72/73. And yes am an Arsenal fan for forty eight years.

[@seltaeb9691]

If Frank McClintock was fit you must play the Captain, he's worth 3 players. Why he was sub I don't know, injury I presume not dropped, Frank is a leader. I'm Leeds fan from Scotland.

[@johnchubb1781]

Worth watching this for Jimmy's pink waistcoat alone...

[@alanprior7650]

I love the banter over fans' letters. Great stuff. I think Derby County would have been better off wearing their yellow and blue away kit.

[@donaldcunningham2386]

Incredibile how they were allowed to play on pitches at or beyond the limits of playability..

[@NathanSimpsonnathanisbeast]

This aired Just 5 days before my mum was born!

[@anthonydiggle2926]

That Liverpool v Derby game should have been postponed. Ridiculous playing in those conditions.

[@kevbarwise8289]

Farcical weren’t they? 🤷‍♂️

[@1061andy]

Nice to see mike baileys' goal. This is all nearly 50 years ago now !!!

[@clips2791]

Were you watching the game live?

[@andypandy4078]

I noticed that 'I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles' was being sung at the Huddersfield Luton match - I didn't know anyone aside from West Ham ever sung that.

[@steve9542000]

It was sung by a lot of clubs fans although a slightly different version to West Ham s.

[@Spectrescup]

​@@steve9542000lots of clubs sang You'll Never Walk Alone back then, too.

[@staceygrove5976]

@@steve9542000 The version I remember was: "I'm forever throwing bottles, dirty bottles in the air, they fly so high they reach the sky, then like West Ham they fade and die..."

[@steve9542000]

@@staceygrove5976 I heard that version sung by Middlesboro?......definitely a N.E mob.

[@Sameoldfitup]

Mighty Leeds United 💙💛

[@seltaeb9691]

After Leeds, Arsenal where the side that got 'stuck in' to opponents with Messrs Simpson & Storey the main protagonists, Chelsea I place third with Chopper Harris main man who'd start a war & walk innocently away.

[@joesophie90]

Didn't The Big Match air on a Sunday, which would have made this programme the 21 January?

[@seltaeb9691]

Yup, always a Sunday, even the League Cup highlights was shown on Sunday. The date, not a scooby.

[@briannaghten2201]

Big Match games were not live. Recorded on Saturday for Sunday viewing. Chelsea played in the 1st live Sunday game in 1973 during the Heath miner's strike and the 3 day week, an FA Cup replay?. There was a midday kick off to save turning on the floodlights!

[@JfK--OBJECTivE]

Have to admire Bill Garner LOL!

[@Ruda-n4h]

He always looked like a rouge trader to me - G. A. R. N. E. R.

[@tommyhemlock7915]

Huddersfield/Luton and Liverpool/Derby played in Arctic conditions and not one outfield player wearing gloves, and the goalkeepers in both games not wearing tracksuit bottoms. Neither match would probably be played these days.

[@markjones7109]

They were real men back in the 70s

[@seltaeb9691]

Leics C. Keith Weller was the first player too wear nurse's black wooly tights on a big freeze. It was major & he got some stick but it caught on quickly.

[@joesophie90]

Was Stamford Bridge under construction back then?

[@seltaeb9691]

Yup, it was a dump of a ground with the 'Shed' a big carbuncle, & it was a shed! put up by the apprentices looking at it. These grounds would have or did greyhound racing as you can see the track.

[@joesophie90]

@@seltaeb9691 Wow! Thanks for this very interesting information.

[@timludlow1]

Yep - West stand almost bankrupted the club and led to the sale of a lot of players including Osgood and Hudson. Div 2 here we come 🙄

[@joesophie90]

@@timludlow1 And, Osgood went to my fave club, Southampton and he played in the 1976 FA Cup win over Man United. I idolised Osgood - he was the reason I supported Southampton, when I was around 10 years of age.

[@andypandy4078]

Yes that new stand was a millstone round their neck for the next 20 years.

[@paulmk2290]

Jimmy Hill looking very young in this video. David Webb at fault for the Chelsea goal, doing what he so often did, tackling by jumping in, going to ground, and missing the ball 32:27. Did the same in the League Cup final with Stoke the previous season, and lost Chelsea the game.

[@normanby100]

Huddersfield were dropping like a stone down the divisions at this point. Bloody boring to watch their matches on Sunday soccer on Yorkshire Tv when in the first division. They sold big Frank and Cherry and bought sod all in return.

[@patnagle5031]

why do all the refs seem to come from swansea//?

[@paulhollis8879]

What a Jimmy Hill fashion choice!

[@seltaeb9691]

That's what we men all wore, the decade that taste forgot. Photos of me are embarrassing from the 70s.

[@jonpowell8503]

Liverpool players moaning at officials! Some things never change. I bet even today they are still protesting about this and asking for enquiry after enquiry until they can find a scapegoat to blame. The Liverpool way!

[@josephtreacy667]

Never their fault.

[@seltaeb9691]

​@Will Collier true tho'. Aliens didn't start it but fans rushing & pushing, Brian Clough told the truth & got slated for it.

[@Jefferson1969-u4s]

Absolutely 100% correct. Always the victim and never to blame.