Intro to ‘The Big Match’ 1978-79

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Published: November 4, 2009Posted in: A history of football, Footy Culture, On the telly, The 1970s, The Big MatchTags: 1978-79 season

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‘The best thing about this era was…most all of the teams in the 1st Division were capable of beating anyone on their day, argues WELLBRAN. ‘What an interesting time! An open championship where anything could happen. As for the FA cup that was a free for all. The minnows would cheer if they got a big team at home… as they fancied to beat them, now they cheer the MONEY!‘

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Malcolm

Posted November 8, 2009 at 5:09 PM

Bloody hell I remember this. Was it really that long ago?

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