Excellent clip mate. Shows what a good coach Malcolm Allison was and how fair-minded managers and pundits used to be. Imagine how Wenger of Ferguson would react to that tackle today. They would be screaming.
I was at that game. Best never had a chance of getting the ball and should have been sent off, not just booked. Today he would definitely have got a red card.
Love the way Hill just dismisses the challenge as being 'part of the game'. How times have changed. But really, by 1970, shouldn't the FA have realised that sliding in two footed, with studs up was dangerous?
Pardoe was out for 2 years after this game and never regained a regular place in the side. Today Best would have been sent-off.....then a foul wasn't given initially.
Best was 24. He was still a top quality player, voted 3rd in European footballer of the year in 1971. It was the 72-3 season that the decline was obvious, and before he was 30 he was playing for the likes of Dunstable, Stockport, Cork and Jewish Guild..
But it WAS part of the game in the 70s. Far more was allowed in those days & as Big Mal said Best was"generally the player who gets that kind of thing" Best was a tough player- he had to be but was not considered dirty. It was not a 2 ftd challenge, he went in with his right ft-his left is under him & imo he couldnt stop sliding. Best always attracted more headlines& criticism than other players. In other cases it would be 'Pardoe broke his leg' but cos GB was involved it was 'GB broke P's leg'
![[71/72] Manchester City v Manchester Utd, Nov 6th 1971](/img/n.gif)
wow, this man was class as a manager and a person
RIP Mal
Imagine a manager speaking like this about a player who fouled one of his players today. You can't.
What a classy response to what was a nasty tackle and losing a player to a broken leg. MA- a class act.
Excellent clip mate. Shows what a good coach Malcolm Allison was and how fair-minded managers and pundits used to be. Imagine how Wenger of Ferguson would react to that tackle today. They would be screaming.
Big Mal. Pure class. RIP
Mike Doyles "next door neighbour" these days the next door neighbours would be a mile away
An absolute model professional. Managers of the modern game should watch and take a lot from this. CTID.
MA was right about Arsenal. What an interesting clip this is, thanks for posting.
Malcolm Allison - classy man.
25 pounds was an incentive to a footballer back then.
I was at that game. Best never had a chance of getting the ball and should have been sent off, not just booked. Today he would definitely have got a red card.
Glen Pardoe, Colin Bell, Alfie Harland all ended their best playing days at the mercy of Man Utd.....imagine if Rooney never play again!!
Love the way Hill just dismisses the challenge as being 'part of the game'. How times have changed. But really, by 1970, shouldn't the FA have realised that sliding in two footed, with studs up was dangerous?
This is wonderful, of course, not re: poor Glyn Pardoe. Thanks so much.
Pardoe was out for 2 years after this game and never regained a regular place in the side.
Today Best would have been sent-off.....then a foul wasn't given initially.
Best was 24. He was still a top quality player, voted 3rd in European footballer of the year in 1971. It was the 72-3 season that the decline was obvious, and before he was 30 he was playing for the likes of Dunstable, Stockport, Cork and Jewish Guild..
But it WAS part of the game in the 70s. Far more was allowed in those days & as Big Mal said Best was"generally the player who gets that kind of thing" Best was a tough player- he had to be but was not considered dirty. It was not a 2 ftd challenge, he went in with his right ft-his left is under him & imo he couldnt stop sliding. Best always attracted more headlines& criticism than other players. In other cases it would be 'Pardoe broke his leg' but cos GB was involved it was 'GB broke P's leg'
Nice post mate!
And he was right about Arsenal!
"Big Chin" & "Big Mal"!!