The Big Match - 1975

[whouster]

Great memories. An intro packed with players smiling and having fun - and that's what's totally vanished from the game today. It amazes me today's players can't smile when they're being paid tens of thousands of pounds per week, while these guys gave everything for not much more than the average wage. Love the Wolves fans banner "City - prepare to meet thy Doog." Brilliant!

[malcysson]

@ DaveyC66 Thanks, wow. Mystery over.

[malcysson]

Who was the guest in the green shirt at 25 seconds, anyone know?

[DaveyC66]

@malcysson It's actually Terry Mancini with a wig on. Always smiling, was Terry.

[DaveyC66]

@malcysson It's actually Terry Mancini with a wig on.

[NZWolf2]

RIP Doog

[drains24]

That looks like steve perryman with a nice shiner at 0:32

[sukkey]

eric cantana

[scrawneystick]

I wish I was alive in the 70s, having watched many matches from then and comparing it to today, it is 100x better. Yes, the quality might not have been as high but the game was played more honestly and with more courage and character shown on the pitch

[richkennett]

Love the magic sponge at 0:32. No need for poncey physios in the 70s!

[philcampbell1]

it looked well dirty lol

[N4jj94]

City - Prepare to meet thy DOOG... classic north bank molineux

[malcysson]

@N4jj94 I think you mean the South Bank at Molinieux. The greatest end in football.....

[N4jj94]

Nope, I did mean the North Bank, and Molineux is spelled as such...

[N4jj94]

the South Bank is only the second greatest

[malcysson]

@N4jj94 Yeah sorry about the mis-spelling. Oh I remember the South Bank as the home end when I went with Newcastle in the 80s. It had a natural slope with the land which gave it much greater height than other great ends like Sheff Weds Kop and the Holte End. You could have played a full sized game of football on it. It was a shame that clubs had to demolish such naturally made wonders for bland stadia. Never knew the North Bank was just as revered....

[N4jj94]

Things began to change in the 80s mate, but in '75 the North Bank was the home of Wolves most vocal support and the South Bank mainly housed a mix of home and away fans. By the late 80s of course the North Bank had been closed for fire safety reasons although it is fair to say it had naturally lost it's supremacy over the South Bank by then. Those were the days my friend... the North Bank was the Doog's end, they even spray painted his name on the back of it in big white letters, DOOG

[N4jj94]

saying that, I think it was emulsion, before an older and wiser Wolf puts me straight...

[robert99999]

For those who think that diving in English football was brought in by the likes of Ronaldo et al . . . . . Take a look at the guy in yellow at 0:34. The difference I think is that they didn't know how to dive properly back then.

[malcysson]

@robert99999 I believe that was Alan Kennedy of Newcaslte United and twice European Cup winner. Not sure if slowed down you could strictly call it a dive. Alan was not renowned for his diving antics unlike Francis Lee who truly could dive.

[rodhmu]

yes brings back memories. my earliest memories of football, here in Australia this was the only televised football we had at that time. every tuesday night, i think we still had a black and white tv.

[Witheredgoogie]

Poor old Brian Moore, must have been on it 30 odd years? when he went, nobody in football gave a monkeys, no tribute, no nothing.

Thats gratitude for you.

[SickOfObamaAlready]

Simply the best music ever that accompanied a football program. This music IS football in notes

[blaugelb75]

That was Bobby Gould. Ironic considering where he ended up 13 years after this clip

[RevStaplehurst]

Was that Terry Mancini wearing the wig?

[Mulderre]

@RevStaplehurst Yes, Terry Mancini, during that season's Christmas Special, a funny feature!

[admiralhanson]

The pictures come from Anglia Televison, where Gerry Harrison is your commentator ....

[qpr60]

They don't make 'em like that any more.

[JimShadyUK]

You've got nothing to apologise for! Happy memories of watching with my father on a Sunday, because I was too young to stay up for Match Of The Day on Saturday night...