That's how it used to be....

[Maurice Swan]

Just been watching West Ham v Everton on C4...1977...and now Rotherham v Palace......
Lovely to see shirts with no names....no sponsors...no fancy embellishments....!

Blimey - the pitches are a long long way behind what they are today - real cabbage patches.

What I do NOT remember are freekicks being awarded just outside the SIX yard box!!!i

All in all a million miles form today's approach....forward....sideways...back...sideways. ....etc etc...far more entertaining.

[MOZZER2]

Re: That's how it used to be....

watched leicester v villa from 1980 a few days ago and forgot you could back pass to a keeper who could then pick up the ball !

was entertaining and nostalgic looking back but todays semi robots are light years ahead in every form

imagine what top flight football will look like in 40 years time !

[Dorcus]

Re: That's how it used to be....

watched leicester v villa from 1980 a few days ago and forgot you could back pass to a keeper who could then pick up the ball !

was entertaining and nostalgic looking back but todays semi robots are light years ahead in every form

imagine what top flight football will look like in 40 years time !

I think the stopping the back pass law was one of the best of the laws which were introduced to enhance the enjoyment of the game. However, I still prefer the old offside rule whereby anyone could be pulled up offside even if they weren't interfering with play. It just calls for more discipline.

[The Bloop]

Re: That's how it used to be....

When we used to have colder winters, so many games were called off due to frozen pitches. The answe back then was to install under pitch heating which basically turned the pitches into quagmires.

[rich munn]

Re: That's how it used to be....

I think the stopping the back pass law was one of the best of the laws which were introduced to enhance the enjoyment of the game. However, I still prefer the old offside rule whereby anyone could be pulled up offside even if they weren't interfering with play. It just calls for more discipline.

:thumbup:

[J R Hartley]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Often watch Big Match Revisted on ITV4. Love Brian Moore commentary.

[Dorcus]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Often watch Big Match Revisted on ITV4. Love Brian Moore commentary.

One of the very best but I haven't watched him for years. If memory serves it was before the introduction of co-commentators. In my opinion, a blight on the enjoyment of listening to commentary.

[Gnojek]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Often watch Big Match Revisted on ITV4. Love Brian Moore commentary.

Classic theme tune :thumbup:

[The Bloop]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Often watch Big Match Revisted on ITV4. Love Brian Moore commentary.

I love how he would read out the full address of a viewers letter.
Can't imagine that happening today.

[RichardM]

Re: That's how it used to be....

I think the stopping the back pass law was one of the best of the laws which were introduced to enhance the enjoyment of the game. However, I still prefer the old offside rule whereby anyone could be pulled up offside even if they weren't interfering with play. It just calls for more discipline.

I think it was Brian Clough who said if he isn't interfering with play he shouldn't be on the pitch.

[tpcnw]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Danny Blanchflower I thought.

[xsnaggle]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Just been watching West Ham v Everton on C4...1977...and now Rotherham v Palace......
Lovely to see shirts with no names....no sponsors...no fancy embellishments....!

Blimey - the pitches are a long long way behind what they are today - real cabbage patches.

What I do NOT remember are freekicks being awarded just outside the SIX yard box!!!i

All in all a million miles form today's approach....forward....sideways...back...sideways. ....etc etc...far more entertaining.

Indirect free kicks?

[MacAdder]

Re: That's how it used to be....

When we used to have colder winters, so many games were called off due to frozen pitches. The answe back then was to install under pitch heating which basically turned the pitches into quagmires.

Aaaallllriiigght. Giggity!

Groundsmen, pfft! Money for old rope.

Hard to believe that it is only two or three decades ago that the only grass on a football pitch, even at the top clubs, was a yard wide on the wings!

[J R Hartley]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Barry Davies didnt neeed a co-commentator. Loved the way he sometime let the pictures do the talking, especially after a goal.

[splott parker]

Re: That's how it used to be....

Danny Blanchflower I thought.

It was ‘Ol Big ‘Ed, Blanchflower’s was ‘Its all about the glory’. On the Blanchflower note I’ve been to see the film ‘Belfast’ this evening and his name is sprayed on a wall in a few scenes.