1974 [electronic resource] : Football In The Seventies
Close, Marvin2025
eBook
1974 whisks you back half a century to discover the major matches, stories and controversies that lit up football in that momentous year.
From the author of 1923: Life in Football One Hundred Years Ago and 1953: Life in Football Seventy Years Ago.
Britain in 1974 was a land of strikes, electricity cuts, a three-day working week and the country's first official recession for 50 years. Floodlit football matches were banned, Sunday football was established and attendances fell as cash-strapped fans couldn't afford to watch live games.
This compelling book includes:
• A chilling exploration of how football hooliganism began to spiral out of control and how the sport was shamed by the first murder on the terraces
• The full story behind Brian Clough's nightmare 44-day reign at Leeds United and its rancorous toxic fall-out
• The sad tale of Bill Shankly's retirement as Liverpool manager and how it all ended in tears and recrimination
• Analysis of Manchester United's nightmare se...
Main title:
1974 [electronic resource] : Football In The Seventies / Close, Marvin
Author:
Close, Marvin, author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pitch Publishing, 2025
Collation:
298 pages1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781836800606
Language:
English
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BRN:
2792502