I had forgotten how refreshingly honest football could be! No diving, no play acting, no crowding the referee. Hard tackles made and given without complaint. And you could pay to get in on the day. Get me a Tardis

@alexsaynor6717

4 жыл бұрын

You saw the early kick, completely off the ball. That was commonplace - what's so honest?

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

If you done any of that your senior pros would sort you out. Then a certain Jürgen Klinsmann came to Tottenham Hotspur. The rest is history & it was a BC-AD event in British football.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexsaynor6717 yes hard tackling was always there unlike zero now. Leeds certainly went in hard but what we are on about is diving, feigning injury & getting players sent off ie cheating. Your fellow players would not stand for that & the Captain would tell you off. Hard tackling was always there. Cheating as described, no.

The good old days when players stayed at the same club throughout their careers, when you knew their names and had your heroes

Chopper Harris looked genuinely concerned that Giles' injury might not be as serious as it looked!

@johnlowdon5809

4 жыл бұрын

Good old chopper .

@robertroberts2666

4 жыл бұрын

Chopper was all ❤️.... Not 💔!

@alangeorgebarstow

4 жыл бұрын

Harris was a cowardly bully who would never have attempted such talentless idiocy on real hard men, such as Tommy Smith. Tommy would have dismembered him.

@polaris7122

4 жыл бұрын

@@alangeorgebarstow George Best showed him up, big style

@alangeorgebarstow

4 жыл бұрын

@@polaris7122 Indeed he did.

Those were the days ! No pundits just Kennerh Wolstenholme 👌 I was actually at that game ! other games scores put up at half time with letters representing game - smell of hotdogs and tea at half time

@seltaeb9691

Жыл бұрын

My first match I saw was Everton v Spurs 1971 & the smell of lineament really surprised me. What was the point of it? Was it a byproduct of linoleum!

That opening tackle by McCreadie looked like an intentional foul. Nasty!

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

It was, Chelsea done the same in '70 Cup Final & Leeds got the blame. Yes once they could see they ain't playing the game then it was war.

@rupertbare608

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget that the Scots players in both sides had played with and against each other as schoolboys.

@stgeorge1459

2 ай бұрын

I thought the Cops were gonna do the Chelsea bloke for assault. Definately intentional.

@chomusic

17 күн бұрын

@@stgeorge1459 Didn't even get booked!

I'm glad i haven't read the newspapers . now i can enjoy this like it was live !

What a different era, when referees were bald, middle aged, and a bit overweight, players didn’t argue with the ref over every decision, and there were no instant ( or otherwise!) replays. We were satisfied with so much less in those days.

@drewdavies3010

4 жыл бұрын

Roger Featherstone i especially like the fan who screams 'you bald headed git whats the matter with you' after the obstruction call. Very respectful

@chrish2359

3 жыл бұрын

I mean referees are still often bald while some are middle aged (Mike Dean is 52) and you still get the odd portly one, recently retired Phil Dowd comes to mind. However your point about arguing with the ref is definitely true.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

They could run well considering.

@rogerwoodhouse7945

Жыл бұрын

We were 'satisfied' with less because nothing else was available.So much better today with instant replays and all the info.one could wish for.

Venables was a class apart in that game. Great player and a great manager at every level.

@keyuantejohnson6266

3 жыл бұрын

venables a chelsea legend

Venebles the best player on the pitch, leeds never closed him down and he ran the show.

@rogers8818

4 жыл бұрын

always did - had foresight but docherty had issues, travesty he left

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Terrible match tho'.

I would start watching football again if these type of games came back, money has ruined the game completely. Even a policeman comes on the pitch to see how the player is!

It may be black & white, but its pure quality !

English Football on TV, Thanks for providing extended highlights from the MOTD programme. Good contest despite Leeds being handicapped by the loss of Giles and later Greenhoff. Venables pulling strings effectively in Chelsea midfield also Bobby Collins good for Leeds.

This is pure top quality history! 👍🙂

Jackie Charlton just boots the ball as far as he can in whichever direction he's facing.

@jenniferholden3575

4 жыл бұрын

Rich LN If Jack hadn’t had a neck like a giraffes he would never have got a start with any team. Bobby always has been and still is my hero. I’ve told my kids that if anything ever happens to Bobby they have to sedate me before they tell me. He is without doubt one of the best footballers to grace the pitch. Also a real gentleman.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

He's well welded to his area. Wish he would sort McCreadie out the dirty..

Love how the intro shows smoking and drinking!? Hilarious.

You forget who good The Cat was at throwing out from the back...

I was told by somebody in the game that Giles swore after this game that he would never be kicked out of a game again as he was by McCready. Hence he was transformed from a mild mannered player to a real nasty piece of work.

@DMCpellegrino

2 жыл бұрын

I wondered where it came from. So, did Leeds suddenly become a 'dirty' team only after this match, or did they themselves employ rough-house tactics (Norman 'bite yer legs' Hunter) before this ?

@peterfletcher6521

2 жыл бұрын

@@DMCpellegrino In the previous season when Leeds won promotion from the old Division 2, they were developing something of a bad reputation. One game at Preston saw the ref call all 22 players into the centre circle to tell them to calm down.Added to this, rumours were rife within the game of Revie trying to buy off opposing players. Of course Brian Clough had a thing or two to say about Leeds' methods.

@DMCpellegrino

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterfletcher6521 Thanks for the insight, Peter.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Not nasty at all but he could look after himself.

@FTMJarra

Жыл бұрын

Ive read his (Giles) book, he claims this foul on him made him re-think his approach to the game, being a young pro with a family he resolved never to let it happen again. As a creative player he was a target for cynical foul play, decided to use his 12 studs to retaliate first, then when he’d shown he would dish it out he earned the right to be creative. Anyone interested should read the book A Football Man by John Giles, it’s one of the better ones

Rare footage of James milner’s debut for Leeds

@duncanmiller1288

Жыл бұрын

👍😂

Great keeper Gary sprake very underrated

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

By whom? He was an international & excellent keeper with the odd foopah.

Had no idea it went back to 1964. I thought 1966 post World Cup. First FA Cup Final to be televised was 1938! With an audience of probably one - John Logie Baird. Thanks John for your invention. It changed the world & what to do in the evenings bar going to sleep.

Coppers should have Charged McCreadie with GBH for that "Tackle"

@peterlewis6820

4 жыл бұрын

Na,they gave and took in these days,far less skillful but great entertainment.

@errcoche

4 жыл бұрын

I played it back in slo-mo to see how late and deliberate it was. Very late and very deliberate. You can't tackle a player through the back of his leg. He used his left leg to go through the back of Giles right leg and it was intended to injure him.

@aussieboy77

4 жыл бұрын

That would have been a straight red these days. The stupid ref didn't even give him a card.

@peterlewis6820

4 жыл бұрын

@@aussieboy77 Hi,hehe they never gave cards then,The name was taken and put in a book,Called it being booked.

@aussieboy77

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterlewis6820 Thanks I didn't know that.

Ah! The original Match of the Day tune! And the teams set out in the traditional W formation. No substitutes in those days - not even one. Very unfair that - you lose a player through injury and are penalised. It's equivalent to nowadays having a player sent off.

@MisAnnThorpe

4 жыл бұрын

Or in this case, you lose a player to thuggery .... and it was nothing to do with "Chopper", either!

It was very difficult to edit video-tape, which is why they showed lengthy, continuous chunks, starting after 27 minutes.

... and they called Leeds dirty? That "collision," as Wooly Hat called it, was a brutal premeditated attack on Giles that tore his ligaments. Flash forward to Elland Road in 1972. McCreadie is lying on the floor after being "tackled" by Johnny Giles. "What was that for?" he asked. Giles told him.

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Fair enough. 8 years later and he got revenge....:)

@CB-xr1eg

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye I'm sure you're a closet Leeds fan, you pop up on a lot of their videos.

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Clive ? Clive ? Is that really you? Well, that's a relief as, quite frankly, your last effort was below par exeuniting stage left rather prematurely, I felt. You're, normally quite brussen and your initial tirade seemed to fizzle out like recent Leeds' pushes for Promotion :) I was only on here to remind myself how dirty they were and it was rather gratifying to see them get a taste of their own medicine though I wish no ill on anyone even that sneek Gilesy :)

@CB-xr1eg

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye "I was only on here to remind myself how dirty they were"? Absolute nonsense! As I said you pop up on a lot of Leeds videos and I'm sure you're secretly a fan. Admit it, they're your 2nd favourite team. And as you have already admitted to being a Millwall fan, don't you think that calling Leeds dirty is a case of the pot calling the kettle black?

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

GM Clive .I trust you are well. :) No , Newcastle are my second team as I admire those amazing Geordie fans bringing thousands to Away games through thin and thin and 51 years since I saw them win the old Fairs Cup 3/0 by beating Upjest Dozsa in front of 60,000 at The Gallowgate in 1969.. If this billionaire takeover goes through then a combination of Ultra rich Owners with ££$$ and Poch (?) as Manager and those fans "should" finally give them something to celebrate. I am not at all sure what you are implying about South East London's finest though Clive ??

That’s why substitutes were introduced in 1965.

Was Johannson playing bare-legged? Shins of steel.

THAT is the theme tune I remember which takes me back to the very first MOTD which was Liverpool 5 Arsenal 0....

@kennypaul428

4 жыл бұрын

Liverpool 3 Arsenal 2

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

You have taught me something, Ken. I have said on numerous occasions that is was 5/0 in 1964 and I was right but it was the previous season on the 18th April 1964 not, as you correctly say the first MOTD on the 22nd August 1964. I have seen clips of the 5/0 on here and the first programme and assumed they were one and the same. :) The 5/0 victory referred to Liverpool's opponents as " Soft Southerners" as I recall. I am a Londoner, myself...lol

@kennypaul428

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye I remember watching the game as 10 year old with my dad. BBC 2. Liverpool still played in white shorts in those days. Fond memories indeed.

@polaris7122

4 жыл бұрын

Liverpool 0 Arsenal 2 was the best result ever!

I was 14 and at the bridge that day, but earlier than that, Tommy Doc said to chopper, make sure you get your late tackles in early, when they got up and got on with it, and the balls were made of a different composition.

@polaris7122

4 жыл бұрын

Chopper couldn't chop George Best, made him look a fool!!!!

@andersonarmstrong2650

4 жыл бұрын

Every coach said that,right into the 80's..first 15minutes let 'em know you're there..

A few observations. Eddie McCreadie not even spoken t by the ref for his slightly mistimed tackle. Jack Warner wanders on the pitch, presumably greets the players with a cheery 'evening all' and lends a hand carrying the stretcher. Small boys in berets also wander on. Don Revie then joins the congregation on the pitch and starts coaching his team. Giles covered by physio's suit jacket on stretcher. Kenneth Wolstenholme characterises the incident as an 'unfortunate accident that seemed harmless enough'. Only really lacking players lighting up whilst awaiting the restart and a dog to run on to the soundtrack of a chuckling Wolstenholme.

@paulstarr6316

10 ай бұрын

I know you made these comments a year ago but they made me laugh. My God what a different time,all the things you said touched me.They weren't great times but in some ways there was more humanity,or is that just me being deluded.

@SirOsgoodSexton

10 ай бұрын

@@paulstarr6316 one more thing I noticed at 9.50. Hadn't realised that Don Revie had such a London accent.

Fantastic to see Giles being poleaxed in fromt of the ref who did nothing!

A good day for London, yes Ken and god is in his heaven

The slow, but methodical building of a great Leeds Side, By the no nonsense manager, Don Revie.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Storrie was awful. That Leeds side was still a glimmer of how great they would be in 5 years time. Took a while & football was not a modern game yet. 1966 would change that.

'Chelsea no.1 top of the league' What wow - looks again, ah September ... Chelsea playing a good style of football Venables looks a very good player. This is the first time I've seen him playing for Chelsea - here he looks different class. Nice to Stroller there also.

@DMCpellegrino

2 жыл бұрын

Chelsea were top of the league most of that season, and with 3 games to go, they were still top on 17th April, but playing 3 games in the space of 4 days (!), and their last 6 league games inside a fortnight, told heavily for them (they lost their last 3 to finish third). Having won the League Cup and reached the semi of the FA Cup, by that stage Chelsea had played 6 more matches than their title rivals ManUtd and 9 more than Leeds.

When football meant something to me, the working mans sport 22 British players , means nothing to me now

George Graham&Terry Venables playing for Chelsea...proper football!

McCredie's attempted amputation of Johnny Giles' leg makes Roy Keane's tackles look like handbags.

@meestermeesterhastings.3159

4 жыл бұрын

Eee buy gum pink hand bags at that Mrs,Grabby Plainflower would run rings round them Pansies.

@DMCpellegrino

2 жыл бұрын

Seeing that tackle has made me rethink my perspective of Leeds United, they certainly were the victims on this occasion. Yes, I believe McCreadie knew what he was doing. It was an unjust outcome for Leeds, to be reduced to 10 men for the rest of the match.

eddie mcreadie was born and raised in drumchapel, glasgow - says it all CHELSEA SUPPORTERS CLUB GLASGOW WEST,

"Ya bald 'eaded git. What's the matter wiv ya!!!'. Anyone else catch that straying onto the outside mike. How wonderfully quaint and old fashioned it sounds now. Today, it would be a string of four letter expletives beginning with F and C.

Kenneth Wolstenholme needed glasses. Seemed harmless to me, he says. Just a knock. The police came on & I thought they were going to arrest McCreadie for common assault.

1.36 blantant kick by Chelsea , Leeds with the first black player in a cup final good old Albert the flash.

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Leeds treated Albert disgracefully. They washed their hands of him when he needed them and he died being a desperately fragile alcoholic, who was very isolated, and who would end his life desperately alone. When he died from heart failure in September 1995, his body had lain undiscovered in his council flat for nearly a week. He was just 55 years old.

@LED1512

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye Bloody hell that's tragic mate

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

A few Leeds players have now said they tried to contact/help him. Doesn't seem like they tried very hard..

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Making this up? Read Chris Bond from The Yorkshire Post's 2012 Book: Black Flash - " Sad story of pioneering black Leeds footballer Albert Johanneson.." .......I quote....." However, in 1995 he died alone in a tiny council flat in a Leeds tower block, aged only 55, and had reportedly been dead for several days before his body was discovered. It was a pitiful end for a man who, in his pomp, had thrilled huge crowds and earned their affection. "

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing to do with being a snowflake. That's a first for this Millwall fan who stood on those notorious terraces at The Old Den since 1962 mainly with tough Dockers and the like. He was in dire straights and an exceptional case and his demise was well documented around the City. I thought I was making all this up ?

I was 5 days old.

@andersonarmstrong2650

4 жыл бұрын

I was on the way..

Blanchflowers comment at the end. ‘Leeds not good enough to finish near the top’ Lol they were joint top, losing the title only on goal difference to Manchester United

@CB-xr1eg

4 жыл бұрын

Goal "average" in those days.

McCreadie took Giles out with a late scything hit onto his ankle. Leeds got a unfair reputation but if teams were going to be dirty then whats good for the gander is.. Same with Chelsea in the 1970 FA Cup Final, Leeds played fine until Chopper Harris done a dirty tackle on whoever, then Leeds said ok what's good...

@HHM706

4 жыл бұрын

Then they lost!!!

@papapabs175

4 жыл бұрын

Ron Harris disabled Eddie Gray.

@yozzsongs

4 жыл бұрын

William Buchan Watched the final & replay last night as an impartial Evertonian . Chelsea were very lucky . Leeds hit the woodwork 3/4 times &were magnificent. Chelsea were the dirty team, Mcreadie & Chopper especially . So Leeds kicked them back ! Great games & Chelsea played great once they’d scored . Proper footy those days. Refreshing not to see adverts all over the jerseys too ! Two classic kits .

@HHM706

4 жыл бұрын

My Dad was at Wembley for the first game and said Jack Charlton nearly put peter osgood into the crowd with a blatant hack. He reckoned Chelsea just got their revenge in first after that....especially in the replay. Alot of nuetrals wanted Chelsea to win because Leeds were such an unpleasant team.

@yozzsongs

4 жыл бұрын

Blue Czar True bud. I was 9 & we all hated Leeds even then ! As I’ve mellowed I love all the 60/70’s teams now. Apart from Liverpool !

Every time a Leeds player got entangled with McCreadie they ended up writhing in great pain. He was nasty. Big Jack should have sorted him. Amazing seeing Jimmy Greenhoff playing in 1964. Did he get in a Tardis?

Mighty Leeds United 💙💛

Ha ha the police on the pitch carrying Johnny Giles off, don

Blanchflower said Leeds weren't good enough to be near the top. Wasn't that the season they finished 2nd to Man Utd on goal average?

@gilbertsonlufc

4 жыл бұрын

Clive Bindley was about to post the same comment.

@keyuantejohnson6266

3 жыл бұрын

chelsea a bigger club than leeds

@CB-xr1eg

3 жыл бұрын

@@keyuantejohnson6266 Get lost troll. You spout the same crap everywhere. Nobody cares just fuck off.

How matches ought to be commentated. not non stop verbal twaddle and trivia and not even naming players as they're too busy talking.

In the final commentary on the results of the day, "the scorer of course Jimmy Greaves "....

@DMCpellegrino

2 жыл бұрын

Another player that Chelsea let go... (to Italy first)

Two Leeds managers in midfield. Can't believe you lose a man and there's no sub! What would Warnock say...

Jimmy greenhoff ? Must have been young when he started

yes, the turning point alright. take a player out, get a man advantage to win the game. reminds me of the tackle on Salah against Real.

McCreadie never went for the ball just a free wallop to Giles with the ball 3 yards away then feigns injury to try and smooth things with the ref.

@adriankaill9413

3 жыл бұрын

I ain't gonna share any tears for dirty Leeds...

Collins put more players out the game than any other player. Live by the sword and ...............

@johnwilliams2479

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and Collins used to gee Bremnèr up, and .Revie would gee Collins up, George Eastham said after he was hacked down by bremñer at Highbury 64, "if that's how Leeds want to win the League, they can have it

Having substitutes would have been considered 'effete' in those days.

Commentator has a deep voice, compared to the high pitched tones on today's MoD.

@johnlowdon5809

4 жыл бұрын

That woman on the BBC is a turn off. Mind so is jug ears !

@polaris7122

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnlowdon5809 Just turn sound off, that's what I do!

This is before Chelsea fans learnt that all time classic chant " Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea Chelsea " and one man went mow a soddin meadow 😂

The same McCreadie #3 who Kung Fu kicks Bremner in the head during the 1970 FA Cup Final replay

@montyoneify

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

..................and Billy was such a clean , wholesome player , as well.....

@errcoche

4 жыл бұрын

@@Isleofskye Yeah, we are Scots and can't deny that Bremner was a wee $&%&^ who deserved everything he was ever on the receiving end of. That's a sure measure of how bad he was.

@Isleofskye

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your candour and honesty , my friend...

@alangeorgebarstow

4 жыл бұрын

Jock on Jock. What's the problem? Happens every Friday night in George Square.

Apart from Venables & Bonetti the quality was poor, good job Kenneth Woolstenholm was in charge.

@roddyteague6246

4 жыл бұрын

Squadron Leader Ken Wolstenholme DFC & Bar. Bomber Pilot & Pathfinder RIP. When the BBC employed class acts!

@johnlowdon5809

4 жыл бұрын

Good old Kenneth the best commentator of all time no question .

How clueless was this commentator? He called the tackle on Giles an "unfortunate collision".

@alangeorgebarstow

4 жыл бұрын

You need to get an education, sunshine. Kenneth Wolstenholme is acknowledged as the finest and most knowledgeable football commentator ever (he commentated on England's World Cup victory in 1966). In those days football was a more physical sport than it is today, shoulder charges were deemed fair tackles but there was none of the sissy shirt-pulling and falling over that you see today's fairies doing all the time without censure.

@aussieboy77

4 жыл бұрын

@@alangeorgebarstow It may have been more physical but I doubt trying to break someone's leg would be deemed a fair tackle, even back then.

@alangeorgebarstow

4 жыл бұрын

@@aussieboy77 That is very true and I agree with you wholeheartedly on that. The main purpose of my answer, however, was to disagree with your disparaging comment about that doyen of football commentators, the late, great, and much-respected Ken Wolstenholme.

@ervineokuboh7459

3 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Wolstenholme. Best commentator in history. Matched only by David Coleman. He certainly was NOT clueless !

I was 1 year old!

When the coppers walked on, I thought they were going to arrest McCreadie for that tackle on Johnny Giles. Different game back then: football was more about GBH in a mud bath.

@diptastik5651

4 жыл бұрын

You know that's a totally ignorant and tunnelled visioned comment don't you ?

I'm a Chelsea fan but that looked a bad tackle by McCreadie.

Wasn't Bobby Collins career ended by a horror tackle like the one on John Giles soon after this. These little guys got no protection from refs no wonder Bremner and Giles learnt quickly how to look after themselves

@gerryryan

4 жыл бұрын

@Alan Morgan thanks for all the info especially about Bobby Collins I never knew he played on after Leeds always thought that leg break had finished him.

I am no Leeds fan, but Chelsea tried to kick them off the park!

@adrianstent7009

4 жыл бұрын

archiefury all teams had the hard players in that day and age,they say chopper Harris used to put iodine on his studs before he went out,

sorry i commented b4 giles got fouled ( not great) ( great match comment) still a mad match was there yesterday 3 penalties we got 5 yellows same as laat wk. lufc

Look how tall the Bobbies were back then. Wor Jackie Charlton, the human giraffe, would have made a fine Copper in those days.

It's curious that no substitutions were allowed in football. Cricket, however, were allowed a fielder for a injured player. One was a working class sport, the other more for a leisured class, even in the sporting theatre there was a class distinction.

@MOGGS1942

4 жыл бұрын

A football match lasts 90 minutes, whilst cricket was over 4 days. Being a player short in a football match is less burdensome, and nothing to do with class distinction.

@andersonarmstrong2650

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it only in friendlies then?

Ref and commentator should have gone to specsavers.

@chrisbradley1192

4 жыл бұрын

Ref was looking directly at McCreadie's "tackle". Both teams should have been down to 10 players.

WHEN DID THEY BRING THE SUB RULE IN THEN

@PaulEssex

4 жыл бұрын

George 1965

@wildbill8635

4 жыл бұрын

In 1965 but only goalkeepers. Then in 1967-68 subs were allowed for tactical reasons plus injury. Go back to 1 sub only for tactical reasons plus one sub goalkeeper I feel.

@leecooper7084

4 жыл бұрын

@@wildbill8635 imagine being able to be use as many substitutes as you like, rolling on and off. Would keep all the players fresh and the game much faster.

Mcreadie involved in that collision lmfao.

@beaware6487

4 жыл бұрын

Collision? Get real will ya! Was a total hack job!

@MisAnnThorpe

4 жыл бұрын

@@beaware6487 Well. it was a coming together, of sorts!

This also shows why these two teams went into decline in the mid to late 70's ; they both fielded more or less the same sides for over 10 years and both needed huge rebuilding jobs

@keyuantejohnson6266

3 жыл бұрын

who in your opinion is a bigger club historically chelsea or leeds

@infrasleep

3 жыл бұрын

@@keyuantejohnson6266 That's a real toughie ; both really came to the fore in the 60's and it's harder to judge things since the PL started as most clubs (notably Chelsea) have become rich men's playthings (or a good way of laundering cash!!) I think Leeds just edge it ,but a younger generation that only knows of the PL would think differently.

@DMCpellegrino

2 жыл бұрын

The reason for Chelsea's decline (from 1973) was different to that of Leeds (in the latter part of the 70s). Chelsea's decline was due to beginning construction of a new East Stand in the early 70s just as UK inflation began to go through the roof. They ploughed on with the project, costs spiralled, crowd capacity obviously reduced, the club sold their best players to survive. Ken Bates bought the club for £1. Even now, from a stadium capacity point of view, the current Stamford Bridge is tinier and Chelsea capacity crowds are still at less than two thirds of what they were back in the 1960s. Whilst things are better now, the development of football hooliganism at Chelsea during the 70s didn't help the club's image, either, and every few years we have a sporadic incident (well away from the ground) which gives us a sad reminder of those days.

@DMCpellegrino

2 жыл бұрын

@@keyuantejohnson6266 It all depends on what you class as 'bigger', and what period you're looking at. Up until 1964, Leeds were a 2nd division team half the time, and from their inception in 1919 they didn't win a major trophy until 1968, by which time Chelsea had already been English champions and had won a League Cup. So before the late 1960s, Chelsea were a bigger club historically, they had a larger stadium and fanbase, they'd only spent 7 seasons outside the top flight, but they hadn't themselves set the world alight in their first 50 years either. Prior to their 1955 Championship success, Chelsea's best other Division One finish was 3rd way back in 1920. They'd probably been known more as glorious failures, known as 'The Pensioners' they lost an FA Cup final and 5 other FA Cup semi finals prior to the time of this match (they were to lose 2 more, in 1965 and 1966, as well as the final in 1967). Leeds United's fortunes changed when Don Revie, as club manager, transformed them during the 1960s. In a golden decade of high level consistency they were to win 2 league titles (in 1969 and 1974), an FA Cup and League Cup, plus 2 European trophies. They will also be remembered as a team who finished runners up so many times during this period to 1975, however (including their 1970 FA Cup Final defeat to Chelsea, which has been described as the most brutal final ever). Refereeing decisions in the 1975 European Cup final were most unfavourable, and so they missed out there, too. Later on, after a long time back in Division 2, Leeds came back and then won another D1 league title in 1992, with a brief period of renaissance, but just like Chelsea in 1973, it was external financial problems that caused their sudden decline afterwards. Whereas, Chelsea's stock began to rise in 1994 after the appointment of Glenn Hoddle, and the end of that decade witnessed them winning 2 FA Cups, 2 European titles, almost winning the league title and acquitting themselves well in the Champions League. At the start of 2003/4, with a great deal of stadium redevelopment already achieved, a sound but flamboyant squad in place, and Champions League qualification secured once more, the club were on a high, and at that point had become an incredibly attractive proposition for Mr Abramovic when he bought the club in late 2003. The rest is history.

Note, not dirty Leeds but dirty Chelsea, McCreadie was way Vinnie Jones late with that effort. The ball had long left & he just kicked Giles on the tendon. They were the same in 1970 FAC Final. Jack has took note in his black book.

And bonnetti and spake no gloves, !!!!!

Jeez that was some wack he took opening seconds 🙈

McCreadie trying to end the career of another professional. Absolute disgrace.

@Foul_Quince

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Giles? Cóuldnt have happened to a nicer feller.

Nice to hear "Pride of London!" shouted from the Chelsea fans. True today too.

The players were barely running

Giles knobled and they said leeds were dirty

@hejla4524

Жыл бұрын

Watching a few of these old matches, Chelsea deserve more that reputation imho.

Seperated at birth ... Stamford Bridge and the London stadium

I’m glad commentators don’t speak like that anymore.

@andersonarmstrong2650

4 жыл бұрын

"Some them are on the pitch..they think its all over,it is now!" Same guy..

The ref gave a decision, the players just got on with it, they ask respect now the players, it should be the other way around, get back to being sportsmen and except the refs decisions.

Always Seemed friction between Leeds and Chelsea

@horse69outside

4 жыл бұрын

Go get your fathers gun.

@keyuantejohnson6266

3 жыл бұрын

who in your opinion is a bigger club historically chelsea or leeds

Leeds were a clean team till this game. Chelsea - London's shame; then as now.

@gavinwood2199

4 жыл бұрын

So it wasn't Leèds fault they are known as 'dirty Leeds' to this day?

@lawrencesimmons5093

4 жыл бұрын

@@gavinwood2199 Re-read my post.

@coops1964

4 жыл бұрын

I remember Ron Harris as a dirty bastard but McCreadie had gone under the radar. That early challenge on Giles maybe illustrates why Chelsea and Leeds dislike each other. McCreadie was an absolute coward doing that to another professional behind his back. Don’t start about Leeds reputation either, I’m neutral here.

@andersonarmstrong2650

4 жыл бұрын

Leeds were a diry team. It's in Revie's dossiers..Everybody knew how to dish it out but Leeds took their cues from South American hyperprofessionalism..

@keyuantejohnson6266

3 жыл бұрын

who in your opinion is a bigger club historically chelsea or leeds

The fact is that the game has evolved no end since those days and it’s only deluded nostalgia, a universal human trait, that makes people think it was so much better back then. It wasn't. Quite apart from the game itself, football commentary and analysis is so much deeper and better informed nowadays. There was no statistical analysis back then and no in-depth post-match analysis of tactics and individual performances. It was all so vague. Compare Blanchflower’s albeit brief post-match comments with those of pundits now. Add to that, they had no choice but to show 40-minute highlights of a crap game because there were no cameras at any of the day’s other games. Cynicism in football isn't a new thing either. Macreadie's tackle on Giles was no accident. He took a nasty late swipe at him and then pretended that he'd hurt himself too, doubtless to escape punishment. Notice he made a remarkable recovery and played on without any ill effects. Wolstenholme was an excellent commentator in some ways, but so naive by modern standards: "Collision ... unfortunate accident ... it looked harmless enough." Did it really?

@MisAnnThorpe

4 жыл бұрын

Considering that he didn't have the luxury of endless replays from multiple angles then it's quite possible that from Wolstenholme's vantage point , it didn't appear to be malicious. I agree with much of what you say but I much prefer listening to Wolstenholme instead of someone like Jonathan Pearce - and all commentators sound like Pearce nowadays just like all politicians are modelled after Tony Blair - who sounds like he's permanently on the verge of orgasm. I personally find the pre and post match over analysis an unnecessary bore. I think if Bill Shankly was alive today, he'd want to distance himself from that famous, football being more important than life and death nonsense. People need to remember that it IS just a bloody game!

@andersonarmstrong2650

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on who played. This was hardly Real Madrid,Utd&Spurs played better football then.

First foul was typical of the era Deliberate thuggery Red card today Referee didnt even talk to him But they were all at it and accepted it as part of the game Watched atAnfield from 1962 to 1974 when I emigrated to Canda You took your life in your hands just standing on the terraces Bug greatvtimescall the same Todays gamesvarebetter played etc but a big boring

Disgraceful tackle, blind refs as usual when it comes to Leeds

@pachma405

4 жыл бұрын

And the ref had a ringside seat too.

Coppers coming on to stretcher off...and who were those flat cap young boys?

@johnke7

4 жыл бұрын

There used to be an organisation called the Boys' Brigade. I think they might be them.

@sloanelouch393

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnke7 StJohns Ambulance !! of course !!! Kids today

terrible skill level

What a dirty team Leeds are