Oh ! Yes I remember !!! it was football from England once a year on french television with that FA cup final !!!!! it was pure magic !!!! the FA cup final looked more important to english football than european cups !!!!!! and Wembley the " cathedral with 100 000 fans cheering for their teams !!!!!! and as frenchman , I was even getting emotional when the 100 000 spectators were singing altogether the " God save the Queen " !!!! what a spectacle !!!!! I became in " love " with english football ever since !!! everything looked so different from the european continent with the " white ball " the uniform they were wearing , I loved the one from Leed United all white and specially the ribbon on their soccs showing the number of the player !!! it was just lovely !!!! and what a game ! very entertaining , very technical with a lot of passes and talented players who were among the best as english teams were wining almost all the european trophies !!!!! I considered Leeds United as one of the best teams in Europe and may be the best in that era and that FA cup final was probably the best one !!! but for sure they were No 1 for being unlucky and robbed !!!!!! I really do miss Leeds United and that " football from England " of the 70 ties !!!!!!!!
As an impressionable 9 year old the Leeds Utd side of '72 were my boyhood heroes! I love watching that side on you tube and lam now a 52 year old Welshman and proud of it! Brenner, Harvey, Madeley etc were part of my childhood!
Allan Clarke was one of the most silkiest, smoothest, skilful players ever to grace a football field. And and an expert marksman to boot! How come "Sniffer" only won 19 caps for his country?
What they never mention is, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd, Man City, Everton, Derby & all the rest were also dirty teams with hard men in every position on the field!!
True to plus 2 legs in league cup - endless replays - 42 league games a season- no pasta or energy drinks - pure dirty football and probably no wags n crap wages
Is Frank high? Liverpool won the league in 1972/3, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80 seasons. The FA Cup in 1974. The UEFA Cup in 1972-73, 1975-76. The European Cup in 1976-77, 1977-78 and the European Super Cup in 1977. Leeds won the League in 1973/4. FA Cup in 1972. 1970-71 European Fairs Cup winners. Leeds were finalists in finals and runners up in the league in the 1970’s. Leeds United were the perennial bridesmaid in the 1970’s to Liverpool being the glowing Bride.
Exactly so and how the record books show it.Leeds United simply were not as dominant or did so over as long a time period.But leave the 1979-80 season out of it that's a 1980s title win not a 1970s title win.
@@lyndoncmp5751 yep for sure there was that Leeds Utd spell late 60s early 70s then the LFC domination went full swing, Leeds weren’t a frat football side imo they jst mastered the dirty tactics mixed with raw ability which didn’t work on Europe’s biggest stage as we all know Great side no doubt nonetheless
@@garethmcnaughton2899 Yes indeed. Not taking anything away from that Leeds side, but at their peak Leeds were not as great as the Liverpool side at their peak. Liverpool ruled England AND Europe...at the same time. The Liverpool of 1972-1975 went toe to toe with Leeds of 1972-1975...but the later Liverpool were even better than both.
Liverpool were the best team of the 70's by a mile. They won 4 League titles, 2 European Cups, 2 UEFA cups, and 1 FA cup in that decade. The UEFA cup back then was arguably harder to win than the European cup, as it was full of teams who had finished 2nd or 3rd the previous season, and a lot of the time were the best team in their country the season they were in the UEFA cup.
Eddie's second goal; what the hell was the referee doing out there by the touchline!? You wouldn't see a Sunday morning park ref doing that these days.
Just goes to show what’s McClintock new about football 2 uefa cups 2 European cups plenty of championships and an fa cup and he said it was Leeds that was the best team in England in the 70tys . If only they had been Liverpool they might have had a chance of that title. Never mind
frankmclintock not warng he was a honest ant truth man and a grate pleyer of arsnal. and i alweys rispct him. leeds with bremner ]master and un porgteball pkeyer /with lorimer 'gray mik jons /clarc' meydaly' geylls tery coper antil the wondead reny charlton norman hanter ]rip] and they pleyrer was the best team in the world . don rivey wuth hang pleyer bremner epter bobi colins meda the best teem . her in israel never porgrt ans missing the sucsesses . we love leeds /30 yers ago a becme a prouftional coach .]57 old[ thank you leeds for a grate moment . and for me brmner he was a spirit of wondrfool clab . and most pleyer [ with youhan crouyf] that ymfloance for soccer /michal ]carlos ] partook israel october 2022
Easily the best team,just unbelievably unlucky whereas redshite luckypool sideways/backwards merchants just wore teams down and got the breaks Leeds didn't a truly great team 65 to 75 the best.
Best team of the seventies was Celtic , who cuffed that so called great Leeds side , home and away , in the European Cup semi-final . Before the ties, Eddie Gray , to his credit , warned all his boastful team-mates that Celtic would prove a much more difficult hurdle to cross than they thought . I remember the English media saying how it was a mis-match and how Giles and Bremner would boss the games. As it turned out , apart from Bremner's fantastic strike at Hampden , both him and Giles hardly got a look in against the majestic Bobby Murdoch and the crafty , Bertie Auld . They made the Leeds pairing look decidedly average . Jimmy Johnstone . The Celts' brilliant number 7, tormented Terry Cooper mercilessly over the 2 legs . Later , Norman Hunter would say ( on the record ) that the Celtic side they played in 1970 was the best club side his Leeds Utd team ever faced in Europe .
Celtic played as many , if not more, competiitive games than Leeds that season . Revie himself said that Celtic were just a better team , simple as that . Don't forget that Leeds had rested most of their first team prior to the Celtic match . Revie had actually sent his right-hand man to Glasgow watch Celtic play Ayr Utd . He reported back to Don Revie that he should be fully prepared for his toughest match of the season , so impressed was he by Jock Stein's Celtic side .
+ThefightingCelt Every genuine football fan or Leeds fan has considerable respect for the Celtic side of the late 60s. There should not really be any animosity. They were two of the greatest teams produced in the British Isles post war. We can't tell howeve,r how well Celtic would have faired in the English first division of the period with so many top sides competing. Leeds were the best of a group that included Man U, Liverpool, Man C,, Arsenal, Everton, Tottenham, Chelsea, Derby and others!
"Leeds were the best team of the 70's." They won one League title and one FA Cup. Liverpool won 4 league titles, one FA Cup and two European Cups. I think Liverpool can claim to be the best team of the 70's.
The most unpopular Champions ever. Without doubt the defence Charlton Hunter Madeley Reeney. All good players. But in the white of Leeds. Became thugs at times. They were all top class defenders.
+dean luff I think it was more Hunter and Charlton than Reaney and Madeley being dirty wasn't it? Ironically, Hunter and Charlton made bad blunders in the "no offside" match v West Brom that lost Leeds the title in 71, whereas Gary Sprake made good saves.
+dean luff I don't know why it's always Leeds that classed as " thugs "...most of the teams back then had hard tough players who would give you a kick. Tommy Smith Ron Yeats Peter Storey Ron Harris...he kicked Eddie Gray for 90 minutes in the FA Cup replay in 1970. Did he get called a thug? McLntock admits in this video that he stood on clarke's fingers. The thing is, unlike todays players they didn't roll around for 2 minutes feigning injury.
+Clive Bindley Harris was known as Chopper. The Cup final replay was a very dirty match, red cards would be flying for that now. Leeds had more dirty players and Clough pointed out they were infamous as the dirtiest team. Even Revie had to admit they had the worst disciplinary record.
I support Manchester United. I remember the '70s. Best team? Liverpool all the way, for me. Other top teams of course, e.g. Derby and Forest. I'd put Leeds 4th.
Best team of the 1970s? League Champions 1972,76,77,79 and so many times as runners up, FA Cup winners 1974, runners up 71,77, UEFA Cup winners 1972,76 European Cup Winners 1977&78 oh and a League cup final appearance... So what team would that be? Liverpool F.C. They were the team of the 70s and beyond FACT.
David Cummings No you don't. The best side don't always win anyway. You can be the better side for 89 minutes and end up losing to a late jammy goal, that's football.
Your Right on that one, but the law of averages will always shine through, as I said from the start regarding what Liverpool F.C, won... and what they just missed out on! so... the other side of the coin is this...Leeds Utd did just miss out on cups/championships and won few....So to end "The Truth Will Shine Through" Liverpool F.C. PROVED THAT...FACT.
David Cummings You're joking right, we were runners up in Europe, domestic cups and consistently second in the league back when you only got 2 points for a win. We still hold the record for least losses in a season. Liverpool won the most trophies but that Leeds side was the best team ever assembled in the 70's.
Liverpool fc were the best team of the 70s won the league 1973 76 77 79 fa cup once uffa cup twice European cup twice 8 and all how many did Leeds win only 3 frank watt planet you on go to speck savers old man
SO THE 70S LEEDS WON 1 F A CUP ?? 1LEAGUE ?TITLE 1974 THEN WHERE DID THEY GO MCLINTOCK So Liverpool WIN 2 UEFA CUPS 2 EUROPEAN CUPS 1 SUPER CUP LEAGUE TITLES 73 76 77 79 FA CUP 1974. WAKE UP MCLINTOCK.
@@mick6370 And even in the 1971/72 season Leeds and Liverpool finished on the same points with the same number of wins and losses each. Leeds were not better than Liverpool overall from 1972.
@@lyndoncmp5751 Leeds had to play on the Monday after the cup final win that game should've been played on the Tuesday or Wednesday think you'll find it would have a been a different outcome that wolves game for the double, like said in 73/4 Leeds destroyed the entire league with an unbeaten start to a season , people are also forgetting it's from 1965/75 Leeds dominated never finishing outside top 4 with virtually the same players that's why there regarded as one of the best club sides ever 68/9 season set a pts record as well with only 2 defeats
sorry Derby were the best team especially if clough and taylor hadnt resigned..derby would have been worldbeaters like forest went on to win 2 european cups
What crap...Leeds were a great team..but won hardly anythi g..the best team out of all of them in the 1970's and 1980's were Liverpool..they backed it up with proof..trophies..league and European without kucking you to pieces..like Leeds did. Liverpool won 3 European cups in 9 years. And because of heysel..they pribably would have won more.
If that bent bastard ref had not robbed them against bayern they would and should of won it before you spawney bastards, oh by the way whilst you are being bitter,NEVER won the premier league ring any bells 29 years snobby 29 lòoooooooooooong years smoke on that one beaut.
