Wolves v Liverpool, 27th January 1973

[@davidfogarty2220]

What a terrific player Dave Wagstaffe was!

[@GrahamPearson-oo4uy]

Seeing an Action Replay of the first goal is brilliant.

[@Rushscored4]

I was 11 when this was played. Big Liverpool fan , still am, though at that time i always liked Wolves , loved the kit , and the players , Richards , Dougan , Hibbit , great to hear commentator Hugh Johns again

[@daveshepherd1235]

What a side we had back then - total quality, front to back!

[@stuartrich9885]

I was there, as I was for most Wolves home games when I was a schoolkid. Happy times.

[@vigulfmusicproduct]

I was 8 y.o. and remember the 70s stars so well. Special Liverpool 1973-79..

[@Foveostag1]

Great memories! I remember looking at the pitch as a boy before a match, shivering with excitement, wondering if I would ever get to play on it and thinking that I had never seen such a beautiful shade of green in my life. Up the Wolves!

[@elbownesdam4024]

What a voice from my formative years-if he had been a teacher I would have payed attention in his classes- Great to see the great Derick Duggan again-22 British people on 2 teams!!

[@jamieforrester2857]

That voice reminding me everything about my youth!!

[@waltertacey3639]

Wonderful memories of a Wolves team arguably at their strongest, brilliant wing work from Wagstaffe, Richards' ball skills and speed, the ever awesome and much missed Doog, Jim Mcalliog, John McAlle, Alan Sunderland, Phil Parkes....simply fantastic. Thank you Mercian 1969.

[@stuartmorton1279]

FRANKIE MONROE.

[@peterterry8996]

@@stuartmorton1279 Parkes the goalkeeper was a defiant ite weak link in that great Wolves side.

[@peterturley1331]

Indeed. 'Waggy' was a very underated traditional left winger. A mazy runner, dribbler and perfectionist in crossing the ball for 'The Doog' to nod on to Richards, whom, with his speed, would invariably go on to put the ball in the net. A really good and sound side, managed to its highest degree by Bill McGarry and his second in charge, Sammy Chung. The pinnacle being the UEFA Cup Final Two legged tie against Spurs in '72. We lost on aggregate, arguably though, and even Bill Nicholson the Spurs manager stated afterwards, that the best side had lost! Great Days for the Wolves, and football in general then.

[@jkc2169]

I miss the old commentators because they actually commented on the game. They didn’t act like they were pundits for most of the game

[@pauldrummond3476]

Those were the days when players just got on with it. I was 15 years old and still remember how this Wolves side played. Modern players would find it tough on those old wet heavy pitches with no time to put their nail varnish on.

[@ramyfever]

What made fall in love with British football a part from my family loyalty is the commentating... God I can never get enough of it. Always wanted to play in the English league, just so I can imagine the commentator calling my name after I score hhhh. Great days great league and it still is!!!

[@mikewest1542]

Great reproduction picture for 73, great game, great commentary, just wish the football and honesty was the same as it was then!

[@ggagg123]

No diving, no "game management", heavy football, mostly English players, a quagmire of a pitch and long hair. Proper football!

[@peterturley1331]

The Molineux pitch was never a 'quagmire' ? Always well looked after by quality groundsmen. Heavy, yes, when the weather was inclement, but that was most pitches. You want to see a 'quagmire' of a pitch, take a look at the old Baseball Ground pitch, home of Derby County, late Sixties, Seventies!!

[@Wanderers7]

Glen quagmire?

[@EddyFong]

Thanks heaps for uploading this, and for the excellent description setting the scene for the game. I was at this game, 8 years old at the time and in the North Bank. Some of my best childhood memories are at Molineux. Dave Wagstaffe and Frank Munro and their families lived across the road from me at that time, and I was friends with their kids. I think this was Emlyns first goal for Wolves (!), and wasn't Lloydd lucky not to have committed that foul under more modern rules. Great days...

[@peterturley1331]

Three sending offs there with that assault on 'The Doog'!!! 🧡🖤🧡

[@vordman]

Unbelievable that Lloyd didn't get sent off for that "professional" foul on Derek Dougan. But that was the 70s for you. Loved the Hugh Johns commentary.

[@Jie67]

VAR was broke that day bro lol

[@robertoc2485]

Ha ha yes unbelievable!

[@brianmessenger]

1973, not even a foul 😂

[@johnjegathesan9115]

70s Star Soccer with Hugh Johns👍 Sunday afternoon whole family would sitting and watching on the black and white tele in Spore.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Thing is, the game was still based on rules from the late 19th century when it was played by amateur public school boys that assumed an honorable gentleman would never cheat to gain an advantage to win. The outcry over the 1980 FA cup final led to Jimmy Hill pushing the professional foul rule meaning a red card for a clear attempt to block a goal scoring opportunity.

[@caractacusbrittania7442]

The doog and John Richards Great partnership. Jim mcalliog great player. Wagstaffe great winger. The doog played for Ireland with The great George best.... And at besties funeral The doog was a pall bearer for his freind.

[@panthercap]

Love that shot of Duggan getting up after being thrown to the ground by Lloyd. Great times.

[@professionalgun6674]

Goal scored...hand shake, a thumbs up, a pat on the shoulder or even on the arse. Nowadays they kiss and all sorts of hugging. Loved the 70s, there was so little football on the telly back then you'd watch any highlights of any game and if it was your team you were away.

[@garyhenry4332]

Commentator Hugh Johns was the best football commentator of all time.

[@anthonymcgann459]

Give me any of the 70's commentators - David Coleman, Hugh Johns, Motty, Sinstadt, Barry Davies, even Brian Moore when it wasn't West Ham ;) . Commentators today are generally awful.

[@tonyparkes9541]

@@anthonymcgann459 gerry harrison was also a great commentator

[@philipdowns6723]

Agree the commentators sound very alike and they are too opinionated especially Mr Pearce on BBC1.

[@goodlife6145]

Hugh Johns - one of the great voices of 1970s football on tv.

[@markhemming318]

Star Soccer, every Sunday afternoon.

[@davidfogarty2220]

My favourite.

[@rannlea]

I went to this, on the special from Lime St, behind the goal, South Stand I think.Always great to hear Hugh Johns. Thanks for showing it.

[@Azog150]

Must of been rough visiting the Molineux in those days?

[@Rushscored4]

Good lad , one of my older brothers used to go to alot of away matches , season ticket holder , he was there at molyneux when we won the league 1976 , lets hope we win it this season , cant see us throwin it now , cmon you redmen ✊

[@bogeythedog163]

I absolutely love the muted goal celebrations. So classy!

[@harrismiller1948]

Hugh Johns, one of my favourite commentators, rate him up there with Brian Moore

[@timmack8355]

Proper men , proper game of football unlike now days . Can u imagine how far a modern day player would of rolled on the ground after Larry Lloyd’s tackle 🙄😆

[@peterturley1331]

'Tackle'?? Bleedin' assault more like!!!

[@peterturley1331]

'tackle'??? Gbh more like!!!

[@AwesomeSaam]

loved the simpler times

[@Kelly14UK]

Emlyn scoring for Wolves that far back. God he must've loved them.

[@carpediem4290]

Great football Wv. Liverpool always difficult rival. Meritorious. Thanks for remember me what football is...

[@musicplateau1]

Wagstaff was a kind of Archie Gemmill, low centre of gravity; I think players like him were made for a heavy pitch. If you drank too much beer and too many cigs back then you were found wanting on a pitch like that. Richards goal was class; great days great upload cheers!😊

[@craigrobertson8364]

you can hear how heavy the ball was then even with a pass,classiccraig from nz

[@Pianosnail12]

That was a beautiful Liverpool kit

[@freddielaker2]

I was at this game. I was doing my basic training at RAF Cosford so a gang of us went to watch it. You cant do that now.

[@TheDeathJesters1337]

thrown to the ground at got straight back up, obviously they didn;t have snipers on the stands like they do these days :P

[@AudioAndVisualClub]

As a Liverpool fan who experienced the great eras of 60s onward, and now having to see these awful players, and lousy management, I sympathize and understand your comment, back in those days, players were passionate and dedicated now it's just a job, even though we beat fulham 4-0 today, still not an Emlyn, Keegan, St.John Dalglish sort of day. In this vid, so nice to see the legendery Derek Dougan, saw the man many times

[@michaelcasey7625]

AudioAndVisualClub mu

[@Stevo-jp7on]

Looking up a bit for you now though, good luck in the CL Final

[@jibjab351]

"The defender has stabbed the forward with a 10 inch knife, I am sure that will be a booking"

[@krakatoa1200]

A look back at the glory days.. Not much diving going on there.

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Brilliant!...... Great to hear Hugh 'One nothing'' Johns again

[@jasebrown2634]

Even in 1973 they knew the ball had crossed the line.

[@johnelsmore8004]

Those were the days my friend, we'd thought they'd never end UTW and KTF

[@ivrishcon-abarth38]

The pitch is so gorgeous!

[@Proxylfc]

Commentators back then were so much better than now

[@patriciaoakes2727]

Proxylfc is

[@Peter-tu1qp]

I totally agree that commentators in those days were much better than those of 2day.

[@timmack8355]

Was it Brian Moore commentating ?

[@Peter-tu1qp]

Was Hugh Johns

[@timmack8355]

Yep now you’ve said it I remember , cheers 👍

[@staceygrove5976]

Wolves played some very good stuff here, against one of Shankly's best Liverpool teams.

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Clicked to see the legend that is Doog

[@jmmifsud1]

They played on cow paddocks in those days. Amazing ball control and speed of play.

[@onestep81]

Well played wolves well deserved

[@DineshKumar-cd6tr]

They always shook hands after scoring. Very gentlemen like😀

[@bogeythedog163]

Very

[@nondompom]

I've forgotten what it's like to watch football matches and crowds recently.

[@dnstone1127]

The old South bank at Molineaux held more fans than the Kop.

[@johammonds1914]

i love wolves an when steve bull was the gole skoring machine wolves are the best teem ever!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisaristides8615]

😂😂😂

[@trevsmith9773]

Yo’ve got some Slade style spelling going on there, Jo. Must be the Wolverhampton connection :-)

[@stevenkaye7958]

best game ever was from those days Man Utd v Spurs ( from the film Kes )

[@stevebrown3559]

...with the fair-haired, slightly balding Charlton...

[@Benya-d9j]

Hugh Johns was a fantastic commentator.

[@chrisfallon9678]

I loved the commentary when Lloyd hauls him down when clean through and Hugh John's screams ....that's got to be a ....BOOKING HAHAHAHA

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

As a Scot, I always thought Liverpool were called "Toshack , Keegan, One Nil!!!!!"

[@anthonymcgann459]

Or is that 2 nil?

[@tonybates7870]

David Coleman, the master of bullshit!

[@borderlands6606]

Skill was down the list of football attributes on those pitches. The ability to run through walls and not complain while being kicked to pieces rated higher. On the other hand players knew where they club they were signing for was located, and a good percentage were from the local area.

[@peterturley1331]

Plenty of skilful players around then. A chap called Dave Wagstaffe left winger, performed rather well for Wolves on 'those pitches', amongst many others in those great days.

[@mjh5437]

Cracking sideburns on Larry Lloyd.

[@mikewest1542]

Those were the days when you know who was playing week by week, now with all the transfers and foreign players , I don't even know who plays for the Arsenal any more!

[@anthonymcgann459]

What is Arsenal? :)

[@Mahihadi1]

Closet racist right here

[@natural_law]

@@Mahihadi1 stating the obvious is racist.

[@joeanderson6598]

@@Mahihadi1 racist?? Nah he's telling the truth.... The truth will always be decline...

[@Mahihadi1]

@@natural_law Behave, Britain has invaded more than anyone. There are more Brits in other countries than non Brits in the U.K, but you won't see them crying over it.

[@pinchermartyn3959]

Wonderful surfaces in those days.

[@cecilmorgan5084]

Despite all the endorsements, TV money, modern technology in playing surfaces, superstar players, advances in fitness and diet, football at that time had more raw emotion. It was still a man's game then: that foul on a clear - through Derek Doogan would have been an automatic red today. Doogan got up as if nothing had happened; no simulated card - wagging. If the Liverpool of today, with Mane, Salah and Firminho, we're to go up against that '73 team, I'd pick the earlier lot. Of course, the moderns, like spoiled schoolgirls, would be collapsing screaming and clutching their limbs every 5 minutes and it would have to be an old - school referee in charge.

[@behappyynot]

Your so right, don't like all the side ways passing of the modern game, prefer Mr Cullis way get the ball into the oppents goal area with the minimum of passes

[@panthercap]

I agree. Great commentary. Makes you cringe when you think of the burkes that do it now.

[@RockAndRollMassacre]

Hugh Johns was a fucking god of commentating

[@kennylees2939]

I was there wolves did well few years later if I remember night game Liverpool won the league at wolves that was class game.great ground fans players pitch hahahaha .I Liverpool fan remember Keegan toshack duo.johny Richard s quality to.dd a true legend British at its best and never forgotten

[@carla.9240]

Spot on Kenny, That Liverpool title winning game was my first ever. I was 8/9 with my Dad, I remember the South Bank being totally full of Liverpool fans as though the Kop had come down to Molineux. The occasion, atmosphere, floodlights and the noise got me hooked. Still a Molineux season ticket holder to this day in my late 50's...Great Memories.

[@tigertrucker3971]

Keegan knocks it in with his sideburns lol

[@JohnSmith-ls9pi]

I was at the match. My only visit to Molineux.

[@qualityman1965]

Gardecschool boy watching Toshack and Keegan terrorize English football. Have been a liverpool fan ever since.

[@LFC5Eurocups]

I was 1 day old when this match took place,as was Brendon Rodgers.

[@johnnybs7]

unbelievable the state of the pitches back then. By 3.50 they can barely stand up. Can you imagine todays prima-donnas on pitches like this?

[@peterpeterxxo]

world class foul by Larry Lloyd there..old school pitch too.

[@mizofan]

An abominable deed.

[@anthonymcgann459]

He'd get a 4 match ban for that today

[@borderlands6606]

@@anthonymcgann459 Quite right too. Professional fouls were commonplace back then, all a player got for stopping an almost certain goal was a booking.

[@54macdog]

Yep. Typical cheating RS. It's a club tradition.

[@jonc3295]

Centre circle looks like Battle of the Somme field

[@jw6238]

It’s called ‘no mans land’

[@simonkevnorris]

I recall seeing Derby's Baseball Ground it seemed to always be in a worse state.

[@QPRTokyo]

That wasn’t a bad pitch. On some grounds it use to be spot the blade of grass by late winter. 😀

[@gordonspence6544]

Hugh Johns .. legend

[@shinjiokazaki3447]

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[@thisiszaphod]

Classic Hugh Johns commentary.

[@converse91970]

No way Larry Lloyd would stay on the pitch for that challenge on Derek Dougan if the game was plated nowadays!

[@peaceandjustice4414]

This was English football at it's best. The overpaid temporary (one season, and I'm off) foreign players are technically better (perhaps), but the haven't got the same passion as these guys had, when they put on the club's shirt.

[@parisstromatias637]

Who is technically better those days all could triple the ball today they can't pass the ball in 3 yards

[@marknewbold2583]

@@parisstromatias637 football is much better now

[@parisstromatias637]

@@marknewbold2583 yes they kicked a ball of 5 pounds today they kick a ball of half a kilo

[@dLimboStick]

Any of my fellow old men remember the days? When the ball was heavy as lead, and got heavier when it was wet? And the muddy pitch?

[@tonybates7870]

dLimboStick Remember the Baseball Ground, Derby? You couldn't tell which team was which after a while, there was so much mud.

[@anthonymcgann459]

Leather casey with a lace up and inner tubed bladder.. Halcyon days.

[@stuartmorton1279]

@@anthonymcgann459 headline the lace hurt.

[@Rosie6857]

Old farts? Yes, I'm 76 and saw my first game on 24 April 1957. Chelsea v Everton and Chelsea won 5-1 so I've been a Chelsea fan ever since. It cost two shillings (10 p). In today's money that's about a fiver. Let's double it because footballers weren't paid all that well though £20 a week (£1000 a week in today's money) was quite a good salary. Having doubled it you now have to multiply it by six to get the admission price in places like Arsenal and Chelsea. That's like paying 12 quid for a Mars Bar. Sod that, then. I have just been cured of prostate cancer and I bet that none of the brilliant staff treating me earned £200,000 a year but footballers can get that in a week. Football has turned into a giant worldwide money-making business as has lot of professional sport, its participants increasingly remote from its, er, customers. World Cup in Qatar? Come on, YMBFJ. Sorry about the rant. I still like the game but it's all bollocks these days. Come on you Blues.

[@asd36f]

@@tonybates7870 Wasn't the Baseball Ground a farmer's field with spectator stands around it? LOL

[@gary6514]

Emlyn Hughes was to play for Wolves in the late 70s and became captain and won the only trophy he did not win with Liverpool. The League Cup.

[@kennylees2939]

Yes remember crazy horse gentleman he was rip

[@alanwayte432]

Imagine today’s pampered little darlings having to play this Wolves side , with that ball, nearly unplayable pitch, and tackles(assaults) would be interesting...can’t think how Neymar would react to having the physio cold wet magical sponge rammed down his shorts after being taken out by Tommy Smith

[@onestep81]

Alan Wayte . Ye tommy smith wouldn’t see him that’s how

[@aimenjwad2557]

Wowww What a great.

[@secretfacekid8920]

Real football played by real men.

[@SteveM-ly7oy]

When I was growing up in the 1970s all this was normal - terrible pitches, fouls, and drama. I loved it. I hate the way it is so sanitised now. All about money, millionaires, models and fast motors at the training ground. I was just wondering - do any clubs today have apprentices cleaning boots?

[@fradiavolo11]

You can add kick and run tactics and woeful ball control. Thanks, I prefer today's football.

[@joeanderson6598]

@@fradiavolo11 yeah... The boring 99% possession puck game who ends up winning 1-0..... No crosses allowed.... And everyone must get a touch of the puck before scoring.... Lol

[@ac9110]

Now we have people like Mo Po complaining about the Wembley pitch because it has a few bobbles on it!

[@mandywalton6467]

Im a man u fan but good luck liverpool hope you win the double

[@samlewis2062]

Fucking hell seeing that pitch most prem players wouldn’t fancy that

[@martinsimpson5883]

Great old stuff

[@problemchimp4231]

The days of Led Zeppelin & proper football...

[@mikewest1542]

Commentated by the Great Hugh Johns !

[@frankburrows9850]

Yep. That voice brings me right back to the 70s and Star Soccer and muddy pitches and classic football kits.

[@johammonds1914]

i hate alibon thay stink

[@petershaw512]

Brian Moore.

[@johnhudson6402]

Brian Moore wasn't it?

[@crazysocks524]

@markyboythewolf Liverpool also picked out the Division 1 Championship that year as well. Wolves finished 5th.

[@coolepilot]

How did Lloyd escape being dismissed? Pitch looked like a partly explored minefield

[@jimiawaydazeawaydaze]

Same then as now he played for Liverpool.

[@styles2000bc]

hats off to the grounds man for making the pitch playable and not looking like a ploughed fuk1ng field

[@darganx]

Molineux was a quagmire back then, let's get the 3 points tonight Reds 🚩🚩

[@preem7]

No fan segregation back then!!

[@Ponty30]

...that's definitely a booking for Larry Lloyd

[@sjnm4944]

The 1970s, when the football was better but the hair, oh my god the hair.

[@tomlamb7542]

What about the pitch !😂😂

[@seltaeb3302]

Hair depends on the barber. Better than the image pinickity overpaid twats we have now. Did you know that George Best in '72 was paid 150 quid a week. Matt Busby said no one will be paid £200.

[@claudioconti5593]

La migliore squadra di sempre

[@availlio]

the mighty reds won the league and uefa cup double that season repeating the feat three years later and relegating wolves in the famous 3-1 at molineux....so there!

[@mizofan]

And in 77 Wolves got promoted again with Chelsea and Nottingham Forest.

[@jamieokeeffe749]

The quality of football is abysmal, which made it so much more exciting to watch.

[@justclosing]

Then, they had massive sideboards. Now, you can't see any flesh because of their tatoos-

[@NR-110]

Which football commentator had the biggest hands?

[@PaulCarew-j9j]

Glad Wolves won as that Larry Lloyd 'foul' was a disgrace, those should have been an instant sending off.

[@sheffieldwednesday5421]

Players used to shake hands instead of hugging.😂