He was ,I think if he had played under TOMMIE DOCHERTY with HILL and COPPEL at MAN U we would have seen the best of him ,he was so talented ,he just needed a BIGGER ARENA
I’m 62 and lived and watched football all through this period these guys and Colin Bell, Lee, Chivers, Clark. But you seem to forget this was when England couldn’t qualify for World Cups. I remember crying my little eyes out after the Poland game, oh yes and Mike Shannon was in that game!
Venables was an absolute twat towards Le Tissier ..different lie different excuse why he wouldn't pick him .most overrated manager ever . As Hudson said no wonder we haven't won anything in over 50 years .
That banana shot of TC's always gives me a tingle. At one stage the interviewer calls them "misfits" they weren't they were mavericks totally different in comparison. In the case of Alan Hudson. Dave Sexton branded both him and Peter Osgood as anti-discipline when really they were just two individuals. All of these mercurial players had they been picked regularly for England and nurtured in the right way would most likely have seen the national team at both the 74 & 78 World Cups. But oh no ! especially in Revie's case he thought he knew differently and look how it ended for him.
How about this for an England team that never was: Mark Wallington Steve Perryman Colin Todd Kevin Beattie Steve McCall Alan Hudson Duncan McKenzie Tony Currie Rodney Marsh Frank Worthington Stan Bowles Sub: Keith Weller
Super talented team,would get beat 10-3 by any bog standard competently coached International opposition. That front 6, not 1 is tracking back or tackling anyone. Also, the thing with players like bowles etc is they have to be the main man, the whole team built around them, that team you've got 6 of those types in the same team.
I would put Mcfarland in with Todd as good as Beatie was & incorporate Malcolm Mcdonald as a number 9....Great line up though maybe also exchange Wallington for Phil Parkes ...
Who made this video? Do you know what you have done? You have chronicled the playing careers of three of the most talented players ever to play the game. Currie, Hudson and Bowles - not good enough for England (judging by the caps they won) but good enough for Brazil or even better.
@@steaks652 England picked a scratch team v West Germany with some of these players in it (just after Ramsey stepped down) and they murdered the Germans. I think there is a vid of it on YT. Just checked; It was a game in 1975 at Wembley and it IS on YT. Check it out.
A funny story about Stan Bowles I was told by my uncle who was a QPR supporter. Stan Bowles had just left QPR for Nottingham Forest grab the time where the European champions under Brian Clough. Stan Bowles comes out of the City Ground in Nottingham and gets a cab all the way to White City in London to go to the digs on a Saturday night which was Stan Bowles second home. Apparently when the taxi driver pulls up at the Old White City Stadium which was just down the road from QPR ground he said that will be something like£ 60 or even as much as £100 pounds and Stan Bowles said that's travelling.
Every club had it's playmakers, not all clubs had managers able to use them.Alan Hudson,was the best playmaker in England for ten years or so.He was world class.Alan Ball makes the more telling contribution here as he talks frankly abt players issues.All three of these players could wipe the floor with many PL players now..
Modern Football is too fast paced due primarily to the players being athletes first footballers second. Terrible Injuries are now common because of that fact Watching Hudson Bowles and Currie play and thrive on the pitches in the 70s prove that the best way to acknowledge great players is to make playing the game as difficult as possible i.e Bad pitches , old style refereeing - the cream always rise to the top
My grandad went school with tony currie and he said he was surprised my grandad didn’t make it all they way and then said that my grandad was a fare better footballer than him.
These guys were all good but wouldn't get into the top 100 players of today in terms of skill, fitness, physical strength, and mental strength/attitude.
Channon talking total and utter crap. Currie better than Hudson???? You obviously didn't like Hudson . Hudson total and utter genius . Channon do you know who said this? Alan Hudson is the only player I would pay to watch . Oh is was GEORGE BEST. He won a lot more than you Channon . You are not fit to lace Besties boots..I know whose opinion I'd rather listen to .. incidentally Channon what did you win?
It's always a pleasure and education listening to Alan Ball.
100’percent agree
2 of my hero`s as a kid watching QPR. Bowles & Currie just made Football look effortless, the same way Sinatra sang.
Alan Hudson. The Man when the ground was Wet and I Mean Wet was the greatest on Wet. What a great Player. Just Awesome.
Tony Currie, one of my favourite all time players.
me too
He was ,I think if he had played under TOMMIE DOCHERTY with HILL and COPPEL at MAN U we would have seen the best of him ,he was so talented ,he just needed a BIGGER ARENA
Tony currie and Arthur graham were my hero’s as a kid..
I’m 62 and lived and watched football all through this period these guys and Colin Bell, Lee, Chivers, Clark. But you seem to forget this was when England couldn’t qualify for World Cups. I remember crying my little eyes out after the Poland game, oh yes and Mike Shannon was in that game!
In nineteen eighty-five, I remember meeting Alan Hudson and Tony Waddington in Chester. Of course they completely 'blanked' me.
Along with Worthington, Marsh, McKenzie and Le Tiss, incredibly gifted but very few International caps
Do you mind me adding Charlie George to that selection. He gave me a lot of happy memories.
Venables was an absolute twat towards Le Tissier ..different lie different excuse why he wouldn't pick him .most overrated manager ever . As Hudson said no wonder we haven't won anything in over 50 years .
We have loved to have seen Bowles Hudson Currie George and Worthington in the same side
three absolute geniuses, entertainers and characters, football of today sorely lacks these type of people and is all the worse for it
Hudson best of all!
Yes.
Absolutely
Mr Versatile Paul Madeley. A True English Great!
Mentioning Paul Madeley - of all people - in a video about the likes of Bowles, Currie and Hudson....either a great sense of humour or........
@@johndelveNot really. Madeley was an elegant, skillful player.
How entertaining is this compared too today's football ...
Coaches have ruined it
These 3 should've been tge first names on the team sheet for England.
That banana shot of TC's always gives me a tingle. At one stage the interviewer calls them "misfits" they weren't they were mavericks totally different in comparison. In the case of Alan Hudson. Dave Sexton branded both him and Peter Osgood as anti-discipline when really they were just two individuals. All of these mercurial players had they been picked regularly for England and nurtured in the right way would most likely have seen the national team at both the 74 & 78 World Cups. But oh no ! especially in Revie's case he thought he knew differently and look how it ended for him.
What could these 3 do on todays pitches ? and yes Dave Thomas very underrated
If Alan Ball said that about Alan Hudson - that's good enough for me.
Legends!!!!!
Hudson a god….
Think how much better these guys would have been if they played on the pitches of today and with the stricter rules favouring the attacking players
The era of the great "number 10", the playmaker. Such players don't seem to exist in the modern game.
How about this for an England team that never was:
Mark Wallington
Steve Perryman Colin Todd Kevin Beattie Steve McCall
Alan Hudson Duncan McKenzie Tony Currie
Rodney Marsh Frank Worthington Stan Bowles
Sub: Keith Weller
Hudson and Currie awesome comb..currie was still playing for england in 1979..
Like that team mate
Super talented team,would get beat 10-3 by any bog standard competently coached International opposition. That front 6, not 1 is tracking back or tackling anyone. Also, the thing with players like bowles etc is they have to be the main man, the whole team built around them, that team you've got 6 of those types in the same team.
I would put Mcfarland in with Todd as good as Beatie was & incorporate Malcolm Mcdonald as a number 9....Great line up though maybe also exchange Wallington for Phil Parkes ...
Jimmy Greenhoff
Cloughie would of had them in his team if he managed England
Who made this video? Do you know what you have done? You have chronicled the playing careers of three of the most talented players ever to play the game. Currie, Hudson and Bowles - not good enough for England (judging by the caps they won) but good enough for Brazil or even better.
England didn't like flair players
@@steaks652 England picked a scratch team v West Germany with some of these players in it (just after Ramsey stepped down) and they murdered the Germans. I think there is a vid of it on YT. Just checked; It was a game in 1975 at Wembley and it IS on YT. Check it out.
The late, great Ian Moores who for a time played for Leyton Orient to good effect
Barbers were on universal top ups during this time!
Can you imagine this era of players on modern pitches ?
All great players I agree should have had more caps from a ipswich fan
For Stan football was only a means to the Bookmakers! I think he was known at halftime for placing a bet on! For once Brian Clough met his match.
Alas in the seventies the national team ignored such talents
Yes, England would much prefer less entertaining players.
A funny story about Stan Bowles I was told by my uncle who was a QPR supporter. Stan Bowles had just left QPR for Nottingham Forest grab the time where the European champions under Brian Clough. Stan Bowles comes out of the City Ground in Nottingham and gets a cab all the way to White City in London to go to the digs on a Saturday night which was Stan Bowles second home. Apparently when the taxi driver pulls up at the Old White City Stadium which was just down the road from QPR ground he said that will be something like£ 60 or even as much as £100 pounds and Stan Bowles said that's travelling.
Stan the betting man.....better player than gambling thank f!!!
It's a joke that Mick Channon got more caps then the three of them
Nice Pitch,
Which one? we saw three pitches you dillhole!
I dont remember Tony Currie playing for Leeds :/ Great player but I agree never achieved all he could have
Hudson was a great player, we were gonna get him before we signed Stan The Man, think we got the better deal by far
Every club had it's playmakers, not all clubs had managers able to use them.Alan Hudson,was the best playmaker in England for ten years or so.He was world class.Alan Ball makes the more telling contribution here as he talks frankly abt players issues.All three of these players could wipe the floor with many PL players now..
Channon and ball... it’s almost like they chose the participants to suit the name
Only a European Cup Winners Cup and a Super Cup medal between them.
Alan Ball"They" had gambling problems.
Where is Georgie Charles?
Modern Football is too fast paced due primarily to the players being athletes first footballers second. Terrible Injuries are now common because of that fact
Watching Hudson Bowles and Currie play and thrive on the pitches in the 70s prove that the best way to acknowledge great players is to make playing the game as difficult as possible
i.e Bad pitches , old style refereeing - the cream always rise to the top
My grandad went school with tony currie and he said he was surprised my grandad didn’t make it all they way and then said that my grandad was a fare better footballer than him.
All GreaT PlaYerS Ball BleSS HiS Soul
Channon
HudSon WorThinGTon BleSS HiS Soul
ESPeciallY STan The GodMan...
QPRS GreaTeST...
Huddy should have been doing this for Chelsea for years to come only he was very stupidly sold 😞😞 !!! Herb
They were players who put bums on seats, i wouldn't go and watch todays players if they paid me.
Leeds didn't get the best Currie Sheffield United did
Woodward and Currie. Ace!
These guys were all good but wouldn't get into the top 100 players of today in terms of skill, fitness, physical strength, and mental strength/attitude.
Channon talking total and utter crap. Currie better than Hudson???? You obviously didn't like Hudson . Hudson total and utter genius . Channon do you know who said this? Alan Hudson is the only player I would pay to watch . Oh is was GEORGE BEST. He won a lot more than you Channon . You are not fit to lace Besties boots..I know whose opinion I'd rather listen to .. incidentally Channon what did you win?