My Dad was at the match and even though he was a massive City fan he loved Jimmy Greaves and said he was probably the best finisher he’d ever seen. RIP Dad. .🍀
I remember watching this at the time on M.O.Day looking forward to seeing Jimmy Greaves playing but feeling sad at seeing Westham without Martin Peters for the first time in my life . The thing that stands out about it now for me after watching it after all these years is that at the time that pitch seemed completely normal to me and not a bad one at all for the time of year . Now I look at it and think , Crikey , what a state that pitch is in . How times change .
@@victorformosa2825 Tremendous finisher who was streets ahead of any other striker at the time, tho I rated Allan Clarke, and George Best was simply the best was a pleasure to witness such stars and many others from that era.
@@mick6370 It was the golden era in my opinion, so many great players, no diving to win penalties etc, playing on quagmires for pitches, we were fortunate to witness it all.
Greaves in his autobiography said this match became a millstone to him as he knew due to his increasing alcohol dependence he was unable to keep up the standard of his debut for the hammers
@@andrewwilliams7501 they are pampered compared to yesteryears football stars. They will complain if they have to play on muddy pitches like those years ago.
Now that’s the sort of pitch I remember from my youth. Ridiculous skill under the conditions with a ball getting heavier all the time. Wonderful soccer!!
I loved the 4th goal when Big Joe kicked out , the way he just turned as thought to say oh well that's a bad kick out I will just trot back into position , oh they've scored ! Hahaha
@@angelicupstart1977 Lucky we still don't otherwise those early covid shortages would be every week with the shit games now what with so many teams trying not to lose instead of trying to win.
That game would not be played these days. Jimmy Greaves had amazing balance, composure and silky skills. He would be priceless in today’s game. One and one with a keeper, it’s a goal. Is there a potential Jimmy Greaves out there?
Greavsie had the knack of scoring goals by somehow leaving the goalkeeper stranded They weren’t miracle blistering shots but placed shots and touches He could also dribble past two or three defenders with trickery and skill rarely seen today
Amazing game ! Man City had a superb team then , but even they had a day to forget !! West Ham , with Greaves on debut , had a dream day in the mud ! Bizarrely the ball didn’t get stuck in the mud . Wonder what today’s players would make of it ?
Football from a different era - quagmire of a pitch, full-blooded tackles, the genius of Greaves. And not a single pouting Portuguese prima donna in sight.
Apparently, there was a pitch inspection, to which the ref happily declared that he found a blade of grass near the corner flag and so stated the bog, I mean pitch was playable.
@@stevelee9924 Football is not a euphemism for physical and moral qualities but a game of skill and intelligence. This is where we have gone wrong since 1966.
They were actually top drawer pitches when the season started, but towards the end of the season (this game was played in March) they'd deteriorated badly.
Pep would go nuts see a pitch like that today. West Ham and City still played the ball on the floor. This is why those players back then could play on the pitches of today.
@@johnhassall1782 yes. Your right. It's too easy to dismiss those players. There were good players back then. Football didn't start with the premier league. Though if you listen to sky sports you would
Remember this so well ,first game I watched on MOD ,my late brother God rest his soul was broken hearted , literally crying when Martin Peters left for Spurs ,but this result on the Saturday sure brought a big smile back to his face .Awful pitch due to weather ,Ronnie Boyce volley back into the net from a Joe Corrigan clearance and Jimmy Greaves RIP doing what he did better than anybody else ,scoring goals .
Reminds me of many a Saturday and Sunday league match I played in.........happy days!! Some great finishing here too, Greavsie was such a natural talent ( Frannie Lee wasn't too bad either)
A love watching these old games from the 1970s and 80s when some off the parks didnt have any grass on them and were just all mud. Great players can play on that kind off surface!
I was there. My mate was a city fan (I was United), and we traveled over from Rotherham to watch it. Not only was the pitch unplayable by today's standards but it was VERY cold.
Yeah l was there what cold night it was but the two teams did fantastic,l was at the end just right of goal,second half when Cities goalkeeper kick the ball and as we see in the video just walks back to goal not a care in the world and picks the ball out of the net crazy game,West Ham on the day just adapted to the conditions Plus had GREAT SIDE making is Debut again (scores,) That was the reason 4 of us went the game,No need for tickets turn up pay watch go home,So simple back then😂😂😂😂
Beach searching We were near the halfway line, near the back, City goal to our left. Back then they had long studs, so better grip in those conditions.
Is that Frank Lampard Sr.? Think it must be. Talk about legends. Greaves, Hurst, Moore, Lampard, Lee - and I guess Bell wasn't playing that day. Simply wonderful to see again.
That pitch reminds me of playing football as a kid at school. Mind you Maine Road was notorious for the state of its pitch back in those days, as was Stamford Bridge as well as a few other grounds. And its been a long time since anyone put five past Man City at their place now. Jimmy Greaves first goal was amazing. He accepted the ball with his right foot then scored with his left. He made it look so graceful. Ronnie Boyce's goal was great to watch too. Joe Corrigan was a top goalkeeper but his complacency there caught up with him.
This was what the West Ham sides of the 60's and 70's were capable of but were always too inconsistent to turn it into a title. Untouchable when they clicked as in this game,
I agree they were inconsistent, but SO entertaining to watch. Win or Lose, you always had your 50p side enclosure entrance fee money's worth. Bobby Moore etc. Superb. 😆😆😆
I remember my cousin Mark being at Greaveseys house this day at Cranham, Essex as he was friends with Danny Greaves , and all the family jumping up and down when Frank Bough announced on Grandstand that Jimmy had scored yet again on his debut.
I was there for that as a City season ticket holder. I remember before the game, apart from getting drenched, the talk was about Greavsie and if he would score. It didn't take long.
come on man, we want more info than that! Did yer have a pie at halftime? Did you miss any of the goals cuz u spotted a hottie walking by? Did yer hear any racist chanting? Was there any halftime entertainment? Did u buy a sports paper on the way home? Did u watch Match Of The Day and try to spot yerself? Did you get yer leg over that night? Let us know quick...we don't want u to take these answers to the grave.
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Greaves and Hurst.. some double act. Bonds and Moore.... West Ham still playing attractive football on that pitch. I'm not a Hammer but they always played good football.
Great footage from back in the day where many variations in pitch conditions over the season gave the game of football so much more character. You cannot stop progress and improvement but maybe the pitches are always too perfect in the modern age.
You can literally hear the mud sucking on the boots of the players. How they played football in those conditions is a miracle. Would enjoy seeing Ronaldo or Neymar trying to cope out there
i played on pitches like this from when i was eight to 35 they maybe got a little better in the end plus in the early days the old leather boots and heavy leather balls cleaning the boots was a big deal ..
Look at how clean all the players were right at the end. I can't help thinking there was a lack of commitment from both sets of players in this one (more so from Man City obviously).
Those guys were born 40 years too early. Imagine them on the snooker tables of nowadays. Tackles were allowed, no OTT celebrations of goals, and a little bit of retribution if your mate was given a kicking. Bring it back, but it won't happen, unfortunately.
To think that in the next few months, some of those players would be playing against the world on hard dry pitches, at altitude and in the heat in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. It's remarkable how they adapted.
For context sake, Manchester City would finish the season 10th (with 43 points: 2 points per win) and West Ham United would finish in 17th with 37 points. Manchester City won the match at Upton Park 4-0 on 06th December 1969. (Sugar Sugar by the Archies was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day) This match took place on 21st March 1970. (Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garson was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day) In the FA Cup, Manchester City would get knocked out in the Fourth Round, losing 0-3 to Manchester United on 24th January 1970. (Two Little Boys by the **** ****** was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day) West Ham United would lose in the Third Round at Middlesborough. 1-2 on 03 January 1970. (Two Little Boys by the **** ****** was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day). In the League Cup: Manchester City won the trophy beating WBA 2-1 on 07th March 1970. (Bridge Over... was still Numero Uno). On 23rd September 1969, West Ham United lost 0-1 at Nottingham Forest. (Bad Moon Rising by CCR was number one). In the European Cup Winners Cup: On 29 April 1970, Manchester City would beat Polish side Gornik Zabre 2-1 so winning their only European trophy. (All Kinds Of Everything: Dana was the best selling single on the weekly survey).
RIP Jimmy. The beautiful skill and cool headedness of his first goal here sums his brilliance up beautifully. God bless him.
I loved playing in conditions like those. It brought everyone down to my level.
Me too. It slowed everyone down to my pace !
😆👍😂
Are you Julian Dicks?
If you look really carefully, there is a blade of grass (1:20) near the corner flag, where the car is parked.
Are you sure that ain't an empty pack of Rizla greens mate? :-)
@@Plentisaki Oh yes, it probably is.
More grass on Franny Lees arse than the pitch.
😂😂😂
Nah, don't believe you.
I'd love to see today's footballers playing on a pitch like this.
Don't be daft.
This lot would have their
agents demanding danger money.
@@mikehopkins4040 That's why I'd like to see it.
@@stevelee9924 Better that they don't have to as it's not football. Some things have improved.
Should have seen Pompey v Sunderland last week.
Hope Doyle enjoyed it!!🤣👹
yes, proper old school - no shirt advertising, restrained goal celebrations and players just getting on with it
Hand shake, a smile, rub of the head, and back to centre circle.
And "assists" used to be called passing
Jerseys for goalposts....
@@staceygrove5976 yep done that as well..now the kids can't find anywhere to even try it
Your thoughts on the pitch?
My Dad was at the match and even though he was a massive City fan he loved Jimmy Greaves and said he was probably the best finisher he’d ever seen. RIP Dad. .🍀
Jimmy Greaves was, without a shadow of a doubt, the best finisher I've ever seen.
I've watched football, Leeds United, since the late 1950's and your dad was right.Greaves was a great finisher.
It's intresting to speculate on what might have happened had we been allowed substitutes in the 1966 World Cup Final. Would he have got a game?
My dad was also at the game as a city fan and said exactly the same to me
That's my opinion, too.
I remember watching this at the time on M.O.Day looking forward to seeing Jimmy Greaves playing but feeling sad at seeing Westham without Martin Peters for the first time in my life . The thing that stands out about it now for me after watching it after all these years is that at the time that pitch seemed completely normal to me and not a bad one at all for the time of year . Now I look at it and think , Crikey , what a state that pitch is in . How times change .
I know, there were some bad pitches about then, but Maine Road took some beating!
0:36 Such a composed finish from Greavsie on such a tricky surface. Jimmy must be the most naturally gifted finisher that England has ever produced 👍🏼
I'll second that, he passed the ball into the net for his second goal. What a player.
@@thomasandersen6719 4th and 3rd for me. Lineker takes 2nd
@@walesdad I saw Greaves play many times, most of his goals would roll over the line just as you saw.
@@victorformosa2825 Tremendous finisher who was streets ahead of any other striker at the time, tho I rated Allan Clarke, and George Best was simply the best was a pleasure to witness such stars and many others from that era.
@@mick6370 It was the golden era in my opinion, so many great players, no diving to win penalties etc, playing on quagmires for pitches, we were fortunate to witness it all.
quck then lads..lets play the match before the tide comes back in.
Could have dug some lugworm at half time
Greaves in his autobiography said this match became a millstone to him as he knew due to his increasing alcohol dependence he was unable to keep up the standard of his debut for the hammers
Show this video to Pep Jack Grealish Sterling and those MC current players.
RIP Jimmy Greaves the greatest English goalscorer .
What would that prove? 😂
@@andrewwilliams7501 they are pampered compared to yesteryears football stars.
They will complain if they have to play on muddy pitches like those years ago.
@@mohdazmi10 Still don't understand the point. Of course pitch maintenance has got better?
The days when the kit laundry earned their money.
Great vid quality. Thanks for sharing. Jimmy Greaves and Geoff Hurst in the same team!
Interesting to see Francis Lee pondering the idea for a new business after scoring that goal.
The half time entertainment was a tractor ploughing up the pitch to level it up.
Proper tackling, proper football, great to watch,
all the great players, Greaves, Best, law, Charlton, and many more,
This is the game I miss
Blokes on The Somme would describe that pitch as being "a bit muddy"
Now that’s the sort of pitch I remember from my youth. Ridiculous skill under the conditions with a ball getting heavier all the time. Wonderful soccer!!
Note the accuracy of passing deft touches and subtle turns and...and .no one went down claiming a foul!
I loved the 4th goal when Big Joe kicked out , the way he just turned as thought to say oh well that's a bad kick out I will just trot back into position , oh they've scored ! Hahaha
These days even pigs would turn their noses up at that pitch.
Pitch is a good word for it....
Never seen a pitch as bad as that before.
@@davidknight8172 I guess you didn't watch footie in the '70s. That type of surface was par for the course in those days.
Ah the days when a goal was celebrated by throwing loo roll
We only took bog roll just in case it was really shit ...
@@angelicupstart1977 Lucky we still don't otherwise those early covid shortages would be every week with the shit games now what with so many teams trying not to lose instead of trying to win.
I haven't seen one player slip! Today's "professionals" should watch!
Yes and you won't see a pitch like that one these days and also the ball was heavier than the football used nowadays.
Players didn't dive to win penalties then, they stayed on their feet.
12 2 inch studs.
@@victorformosa2825 You don’t know much about Francis Lee, do you?
@@colinbaker3916 Francis Lee was the exception of that day, however, in the modern game, diving is done by a fair number of players.
Today's professional footballers should watch this match, they wouldn't believe its possible to play on such a surface.
It's still better than Astroturf!
I’d rather play on Astroturf or Fieldturf.
Notice the accuracy of passing and deft touches even in those conditions
But could they do it on a wet windy Tuesday night at Stoke? Well on this evidence I’d say yes.........
That game would not be played these days. Jimmy Greaves had amazing balance, composure and silky skills. He would be priceless in today’s game. One and one with a keeper, it’s a goal. Is there a potential Jimmy Greaves out there?
Jimmy greaves was a world class striker.
I remember seeing that Ronnie Boyce goal on match of the day, what a strike.
Greavsie had the knack of scoring goals by somehow leaving the goalkeeper stranded
They weren’t miracle blistering shots but placed shots and touches
He could also dribble past two or three defenders with trickery and skill rarely seen today
His saying was that stayed with me as a young boy was " you don't have to hit the ball hard to score
Amazing game ! Man City had a superb team then , but even they had a day to forget !! West Ham , with Greaves on debut , had a dream day in the mud ! Bizarrely the ball didn’t get stuck in the mud . Wonder what today’s players would make of it ?
It was an experimental Man City team. That's why they were playing the game on a big Petri dish.
And dont the kits look better without all the sponsorship plastered on them
Love to see Ronaldo or Messi try and play on this pitch . Could watch that Boyce goal all day
I reckon messi might be better than Boyce.
@@baliksupper6043 nonsense. Its Pele, Maradona... then Boyce.
On that pitch it would be Lionel Messy.
I think ultimately the best players of any era would be pretty much on a par with any other era if they'd all played at the same time.
Until now I'd thought Clyde Best had scored that goal. That was a belter!
Proper players and real skill. It shows how good were 50yrs later they are still household names (certainly WH players anyway) thanks for posting
The state of the pitch! Yet the touch and technique were superb.
I was at this game . Incredible match. It would be deemed TO DANGEROUS TODAY
Love the pitch!
Amazing match! Ive just turned off Albania V England WC qualifier to watch this,its better 👌🏽 Greaves and Hurst utter class
GREAT FOOTBALL,GREAT CROWD,GREAT PITCH,GREAT PLAYERS,GREAT DAYS
Football from a different era - quagmire of a pitch, full-blooded tackles, the genius of Greaves. And not a single pouting Portuguese prima donna in sight.
Apparently, there was a pitch inspection, to which the ref happily declared that he found a blade of grass near the corner flag and so stated the bog, I mean pitch was playable.
not true; it was a plastic pitch.
Ah - those were the days when pitches were PITCHES !
Imagine today's pansies playing on that!!
......and players were players !
Proper sliding tackles as well.
Obviously Arthur, that's a bit silly 😜
@@stevelee9924 Football is not a euphemism for physical and moral qualities but a game of skill and intelligence. This is where we have gone wrong since 1966.
I was at that game with Paul Monk and Phil Wilson - both City supporters. What a quagmire that ground was.
Congratulations to the effects guy, you've nailed the muddy pitch sound!
the days when all pitches , professional or amateur were the same - a true level playing field. The players just adapted.
They were actually top drawer pitches when the season started, but towards the end of the season (this game was played in March) they'd deteriorated badly.
Pep would go nuts see a pitch like that today. West Ham and City still played the ball on the floor. This is why those players back then could play on the pitches of today.
Not to mention fitness,,,, its a lot harder running on those pitches,, plus it's more physical and the balls are much heavier 💪
@@johnhassall1782 yes. Your right. It's too easy to dismiss those players. There were good players back then. Football didn't start with the premier league. Though if you listen to sky sports you would
Remember this so well ,first game I watched on MOD ,my late brother God rest his soul was broken hearted , literally crying when Martin Peters left for Spurs ,but this result on the Saturday sure brought a big smile back to his face .Awful pitch due to weather ,Ronnie Boyce volley back into the net from a Joe Corrigan clearance and Jimmy Greaves RIP doing what he did better than anybody else ,scoring goals .
The sound of the ball smacking the on the mud is unbelievable
The pitch reminds me of my childhood when playing football for the schools
The look on Joe Corrigans face as the ball flys past him, priceless.
Orient supporter here. The pitch looks a little muddy for the time but you could still see the players' numbers so it wasn't too bad..
And the very next game West Ham played was at home v. Liverpool - the first game I ever saw at Upton Park. Happy days !! 😎
Reminds me of many a Saturday and Sunday league match I played in.........happy days!!
Some great finishing here too, Greavsie was such a natural talent ( Frannie Lee wasn't too bad either)
Greavsie was lethal in front of goal
The Skill of These Footballers will Never be seen again . .
Can you imagine the players of today trying to play on a pitch like this?Mind you it might stop the incessant diving.
Definitely would the diving.
I fuckin love watchin that Ronnie Boyce goal
Game was so much better back in those days.
Great passing from both teams. Really good football.
Amazing how well they played on them there pitches......so good to see again.
Could you imagine players today with that pitch..
"Call my agent. Tell them im not going out on that pitch"
Lol
And remarkably earlier in that season Man City won 4-0 at West Ham So both lost their home games by a 4 goal margin
If you can play on this, you can play on anything. What skill!
Amazing footage... great to see again.
Groundsman did a great job painting the lines on the mud. Looks like he uses a plough instead of a mower to prepare the pitch. Good job.
This was like playing on a wet beach,imagine greavsie with modern methods & pitches,would have netted 40 a season!R.I.P jim👍
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@@allansmith3561 That was about the number of goals he used to score for Chelsea's youth team.
A love watching these old games from the 1970s and 80s when some off the parks didnt have any grass on them and were just all mud. Great players can play on that kind off surface!
Half expected a tractor to appear with a farmer planting his potatoes.
I was there. My mate was a city fan (I was United), and we traveled over from Rotherham to watch it. Not only was the pitch unplayable by today's standards but it was VERY cold.
Yeah l was there what cold night it was but the two teams did fantastic,l was at the end just right of goal,second half when Cities goalkeeper kick the ball and as we see in the video just walks back to goal not a care in the world and picks the ball out of the net crazy game,West Ham on the day just adapted to the conditions Plus had GREAT SIDE making is Debut again (scores,) That was the reason 4 of us went the game,No need for tickets turn up pay watch go home,So simple back then😂😂😂😂
Spell check 😲😲😲😲GREAVSIE
Beach searching We were near the halfway line, near the back, City goal to our left.
Back then they had long studs, so better grip in those conditions.
Is that Frank Lampard Sr.? Think it must be. Talk about legends. Greaves, Hurst, Moore, Lampard, Lee - and I guess Bell wasn't playing that day. Simply wonderful to see again.
Billy Bonds was playing. Maybe Harry Redknapp too? That was a great West Ham side.
I really miss shit pitches like this. They should be brought back.
My Dad used to take me to the Baseball ground in Derby. I grew up thinking football was played on mud.
A third of Premiership games should be played on a pitch like this. It will sort out the men from the boys.
Playing on pitches like that made your touch so much better - it had to be!
That pitch reminds me of playing football as a kid at school. Mind you Maine Road was notorious for the state of its pitch back in those days, as was Stamford Bridge as well as a few other grounds. And its been a long time since anyone put five past Man City at their place now.
Jimmy Greaves first goal was amazing. He accepted the ball with his right foot then scored with his left. He made it look so graceful. Ronnie Boyce's goal was great to watch too. Joe Corrigan was a top goalkeeper but his complacency there caught up with him.
This was what the West Ham sides of the 60's and 70's were capable of but were always too inconsistent to turn it into a title. Untouchable when they clicked as in this game,
I agree they were inconsistent, but SO entertaining to watch. Win or Lose, you always had your 50p side enclosure entrance fee money's worth. Bobby Moore etc. Superb. 😆😆😆
I think a lot of it depended on what time they got in the night before.
Were they playing this on The Somme?
You can actually see Jimmy Greaves reflection on the pitch.
Some players literally walked on water in those days.
I would love to see how the current Man City team would play on that pitch
They wouldn’t! 😊
I wish West Ham would do that to City today.
...they wouldn't come out of the dressing room.......
They would have just gone long!
I can tell u how theyd do; theyd smash Norwich 8-0, Brighton 5-0, and lose in the quarters or semi of the Champions League.
A remarkable amount of skill on display considering the state of pitch
Ticker Boyce and Patsy Holland, vastly underrated players.
A very good West Ham side then.
60's and 70's football was far much better then what it is today.
I remember my cousin Mark being at Greaveseys house this day at Cranham, Essex as he was friends with Danny Greaves , and all the family jumping up and down when Frank Bough announced on Grandstand that Jimmy had scored yet again on his debut.
Even in the mud, true quality shows itself.
I was there for that as a City season ticket holder. I remember before the game, apart from getting drenched, the talk was about Greavsie and if he would score. It didn't take long.
come on man, we want more info than that! Did yer have a pie at halftime? Did you miss any of the goals cuz u spotted a hottie walking by? Did yer hear any racist chanting? Was there any halftime entertainment? Did u buy a sports paper on the way home? Did u watch Match Of The Day and try to spot yerself? Did you get yer leg over that night? Let us know quick...we don't want u to take these answers to the grave.
2.54 - "well if it had been on target it would have been three"
Hi, I recently made a documentary using a small piece of footage from this video what would be the best way of contacting you directly? Looking forward to hearing from you.
Greaves and Hurst.. some double act. Bonds and Moore.... West Ham still playing attractive football on that pitch. I'm not a Hammer but they always played good football.
I want to play this match from this year and with this pitch in a video game like FIFA 22 in a classic mode. That would be great.
When football was real
Great footage from back in the day where many variations in pitch conditions over the season gave the game of football so much more character. You cannot stop progress and improvement but maybe the pitches are always too perfect in the modern age.
You can literally hear the mud sucking on the boots of the players. How they played football in those conditions is a miracle. Would enjoy seeing Ronaldo or Neymar trying to cope out there
i played on pitches like this from when i was eight to 35 they maybe got a little better in the end plus in the early days the old leather boots and heavy leather balls cleaning the boots was a big deal ..
Look at how clean all the players were right at the end. I can't help thinking there was a lack of commitment from both sets of players in this one (more so from Man City obviously).
Did you not see Hurst's shirt? Must have changed it at half time.
@@enismarch1907 Bless!
That pitch is unbelievable!
They don't breed groundsmen like that at Maine Road anymore.
They don't do they. They were the days.
Lol
Hard to think that the season we left Maine Road we won an award for best pitch. Guess this guy was long gone by then haha.
Hoped they used Persil
I loved playing on those ploughed fields. 👍
great video i like it,very very good
Now - we all had a kick about on pitches like this - didn’t we? 🤣🤣
State of that pitch........be better when the tide is fully out.....
RIP Jimmy- one of the very best
Those guys were born 40 years too early. Imagine them on the snooker tables of nowadays. Tackles were allowed, no OTT celebrations of goals, and a little bit of retribution if your mate was given a kicking. Bring it back, but it won't happen, unfortunately.
To think that in the next few months, some of those players would be playing against the world on hard dry pitches, at altitude and in the heat in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. It's remarkable how they adapted.
For context sake, Manchester City would finish the season 10th (with 43 points: 2 points per win) and West Ham United would finish in 17th with 37 points.
Manchester City won the match at Upton Park 4-0 on 06th December 1969. (Sugar Sugar by the Archies was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day)
This match took place on 21st March 1970. (Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garson was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day)
In the FA Cup, Manchester City would get knocked out in the Fourth Round, losing 0-3 to Manchester United on 24th January 1970. (Two Little Boys by the **** ****** was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day)
West Ham United would lose in the Third Round at Middlesborough. 1-2 on 03 January 1970. (Two Little Boys by the **** ****** was at No.01 in UK Hit parade that day).
In the League Cup: Manchester City won the trophy beating WBA 2-1 on 07th March 1970. (Bridge Over... was still Numero Uno).
On 23rd September 1969, West Ham United lost 0-1 at Nottingham Forest. (Bad Moon Rising by CCR was number one).
In the European Cup Winners Cup: On 29 April 1970, Manchester City would beat Polish side Gornik Zabre 2-1 so winning their only European trophy. (All Kinds Of Everything: Dana was the best selling single on the weekly survey).
@@KebabMusicLtd you seem more obsessed with the hit parade than with footie. But thx.
In the days of proper strips and better rules
And pitches ? 😂❤
The pitch is so muddy it actually looks like their shirts have been artificially colourised.