‘League Cup’ Archives
Football was better in the past: 1971-72
1971-72 was quite a season for young Brian Clough who, at the tender age of 37, won the first major trophy of his managerial career by guiding Derby County to their first ever league championship. This was no ordinary title triumph but the mother of all four-way battles. They overcame not only the mighty Leeds United to win the four-horse race but [...]
The last trophy… Manchester City ever won
On 28th February 1976, Dubai was a desert shithole occupied by a few camels, and the Football League Cup Final took place between Manchester City and Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium. It was the sixteenth final and the tenth to be played at the famous, albeit crap, venue. The '76 final was actually the third time City had reached Wembley in the [...]
Panini legends #10: Little Sammy Chung
.JPG "Panini legends #10: Little Sammy Chung")
Cyril 'Sammy' Chung whose father was Chinese and whose mother was English, gained his first coaching experience while still a player at Watford, under manager Bill McGarry. When McGarry left to become manager of Ipswich Town, he took Chung with him as assistant. Here, they gained promotion to ye olde First Division in 1968. Following a [...]
One for the Liverpool fans
'I always get a bigger kick out of beating Liverpool than anyone else. For me, it's our biggest game of the season. No other game is ever going to get in the way of Manchester United against Liverpool. It's a massive fixture and especially this time with everything that's at stake.' Wayne Rooney, ever the diplomat 2000: ye newe premier [...]
Manchester Utd 0-0 Tottenham (United win 4-1 on pens)
Man Utd don't need this trophy and the way they barely even bothered to put out a team today that was still always good enough to win really pisses me off. Somebody stop that bugger Ronaldo cheating at penalty shootouts, when will one ref be strong enough to yellow card him for that bloody illegal runup? Penalty shootout... Match [...]
The greatest ever league cup final
picture from lutonfc.com Much maligned by anyone who’s ever had an opinion on football, the league cup has been going for nearly fifty years now, and the latest edition of the final will soon be upon us. What a classic it promises to be: ketchup-fueled Tottenham playing some of the best football ever seen in league two up against a [...]
