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1974 [electronic resource] : Football In The Seventies

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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...
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[Place of publication not identified] : Pitch Publishing, 2025
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298 pages1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781836800606
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English
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BRN:
2792502
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