1976/77-The Big Match (Southampton v Man Utd, Liverpool v Oldham & Middlebrough v Arsenal - 27.2.77)

[@seanbonella]

brian moore was brilliant.....

[@matthewwright7831]

Great english football from a great football era, I'd pay to go back to then and watch live

[@gimipupo]

Players after the game having a beer while being interviewed, incredible😮

[@KEVIN-tx6bt]

As it should be!

[@johncourtneidge]

@@KEVIN-tx6bt yes!

[@brianlynch5112]

Great away kit from United 👍

[@sylvesterlennon8925]

This is great. A great cup tie. Great fans. Great TV coverage, and a beer. Fantastic!

[@mnd1955]

I remember the trip down to Southampton and getting pitchforked in to the ground it was that tight. We wanted revenge for the loss in 1976. Saints were a good side with players like Ball, Channon, and Osgood. The replay was very tense but Jimmy Greenhoff scored in the opening minutes to take the pressure off. Saints got a penalty in the 2nd half (can't remember who scored it) and it swung end to end before Greenhoff got his second and the winner. Great footage of the players after the game by the way.

[@johncourtneidge]

Yes!

[@yippyialeftside8351]

What a atmosphere from both sets incredible, Southampton fans in particular

[@AlfieGoodrich]

That pitch at the Dell. Like a ploughed field :-) What an amazing atmosphere though. Remember watching this on tv. Was 7 yrs old.

[@ChooChooTheCat8899]

I was 10 and wore amazing flares😀

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@SparkyStevens55 Didn't you get burnt?

[@Lord_Hillcrest02]

Alfie I played at the Dell in '81 , funny enough it was like velvet .

[@yippyialeftside8351]

Oh that saints kit sublime, love the scarves

[@angels77100]

Channon was a great player. What a touch he had.

[@garrysimpson1395]

Produced by London Weekend Television. Not Southern Television.

[@seanbonella]

funfact... one can assume Brian said Liverpool in 'all dark strip' meaning that many would still watch on black and white tv's even tho its shown originally in colour.... yes kids, even in 1977 people still watched in black and white

[@lyndoncmp5751]

We had a black and white tv in the early 1980s still.

[@danabrahams7892]

Alan Ball I mean was he ever nothing but class

[@johncourtneidge]

Ball, Channon, Osgood. Wow!

[@MrCjp77]

1976/77 not 1977/78. But I'm loving thes uploads

[@JohnCambridge-c6t]

The old dell legendary ground

[@garrysimpson1395]

Here in the south I think we had Southsport soccer who devoted a whole hour to this game.

[@simonjackson7206]

Love these old shows 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Takes me back to when times were grim

[@MrMikeyb41]

Noticed the linesman marking the right back as opposed to the left back today

[@suliwa670]

Only one substitute!

[@johndfc4647]

That boro team was a very underrated team .

[@johncourtneidge]

Yes!

[@garrysimpson1395]

Two great teams!

[@glenjarnold]

Probably would have been another 25 minutes added time nowadays due to VAR.....

[@KEVIN-tx6bt]

...And a total of 4 minutes of action. Minus replays and manager shots on Match of the Day.

[@alanattfield7174]

Met David Peach when he visited my school in the New forest.

[@seanbonella]

lfc play st. ettienne....one of the best european games ever at Liverpool

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Yeah they had no idea what was coming.

[@mac1-nf6ic]

Players of today would get hammered off these players on them pitches, not on the baize green pitches of today but deffo on them mud baths and bumps, I use to play on them too, you needed skill and balance not only for the pitches but for the challenges, the days when it was a tough mans game

[@albertmunn348]

Martin Buchan's collar visible from Sputnik

[@rainjar]

That was a penalty (at 5:05), clearly by today's standard (which is not really football anymore), although United should have won in 1976 (offside goal?), swings and roundabouts.

[@kitswithkaren5003]

Wonderful 🐒🐻🤗👍

[@andysmith5997]

Dad,who are Oldham?

[@kevinsalmon6062]

When football was proper

[@garrysimpson1395]

No sports washing then. Just pure footbal!

[@adrianip101]

"sound" less

[@tancreddehauteville764]

Not a single black player! Those were the days.

[@peterreid9769]

Oldham were playing the referee.

[@4evaclapham]

Brian Moore's commentary is really atrocious

[@ramblerandy2397]

Yeah. People used to think he was good at it. Of that era I don't think there was anyone to beat David Coleman.