I attended this match as a 14 year old with my youth clubs football manager and a couple of other players. Fond memories. RIP Ray Clemence. A true Liverpool great.
I attended the European championship qualifying , match on a school trip against Denmark that same year and I think ray was in goal for England I think Keegan scored and England won the game.
At the moment it is difficult to distinguish Terry Mcdermott and Graeme Souness seen from a distance which have similarities on the mustache and the occasional Jimmy Case. What a legends 🔥
I was at Wembley for this game, along with my late dad, brother and uncle. What a great day out it was, my first visit to the famous stadium, just thirteen years after England had won the World Cup there.
This was a Time when all Competitions (FA Cup, Charity Shield and League Cup) in England Meant something. Now these competitions have become a nuisance to some clubs in England. Concentrating too much on a Boring Champions League, with the same old Clubs every year!!!!!!
One and only time at Wembley .the heat was too much .15 year old arsenal fan sat on the ground virtually the whole match feeling sick .who’d of thought 45 years later watching it at the end of may, weather overcast feeling sick again , I thought we’d won .
great upload! some killer comments by John Motson throughout this - 6:35 he refers to Kenny Dalglish as 'Ken Dalglish' - sounds so jarring yet endearing at the same time. I don't ever remember King Kenny being referred to as 'Ken' - was this ever a thing even in the late 70's? 9:45 'Notice that Jennings is wearing gloves, a further sign that there may be a little bit of grease on the surface' 🙂 Bespoke goalie gloves had only really been introduced a few seasons before and were still far from universal, hence Motson pointing out its relative novelty. Terry Mac and Kenny absolutely in their pomp. Also probably the high water mark of the bubble perm in English football 😆
To think the United fans were shouting ''what a waste of money'' to Kenny on his début! Even 43 years later most people know who's being talked about when the name Kenny is used, his surname is seldom needed.
As good as this team was, within a year, we'd be adding Ian Rush and later, the likes of Ronnie Whelan to take us up to another level. Thanks for uploading this. I never got back in time to watch it on Match Of The Day and have never seen these highlights from that day to this.
Agreed although 74 FA Cup was pretty good . Surprisingly, after this brilliant start to the season, we stuttered a bit with two draws against Bolton and the European defeat but really got into gear in November and December with a brilliant 2-0 Boxing Day win over Man Utd. After that we weren’t at best but did just enough to stay ahead of Man U. We played Arsenal six more times that season and didn’t win any of them with five draws and the agonising cup semi-final defeat all such different games to this one. Thanks for posting Dave.
@@desplatt842 I remember the Arsenal semi-final replays but I didn't see any of them on TV but I'm sure the last replay is on RU-vid. Sounded like an epic tussle. We never had much luck in the FA Cup in those days.
A great Liverpool team and win 🏆 To put things in context...in the next few months "Porridge" the movie with Ronnie Barker and the recently deceased Richard Beckinsale was about to released and the same year as Gary Numan's "Cars" was in the charts.
Thanks very much, Dave, great stuff. I remember seeing the goals at the beginning of the Team Of The Decade video and wondering what the rest of the game was like.
Thank-you Dave. It's so good to see this video. What a magnificent team. So many wonderful players and under the guidance of the QUIET GENIUS Bob Paisley.
Shankley was the heart of Liverpool FC & Paisley the brains. Paisley selected players to buy & tactics, so when Shanks left the ship sailed on without a murmer. There wasn't an uproar within the club, fans shocked but team wise no change. Paisley waited for this chance he deserved & took it & Bill had to clear out & banned from the training ground when he tried to come there, Paisley had to be ruthless. He was Liverpool's greatest manager going back to Shankley's era as well.
It's Shankly, not Shankley. What's your evidence for saying that Paisley selected players to buy when Shankly was in charge? And that there wasn't an uproar when Shankly left? Paisley didn't "wait for this chance". He didn't want to be manager, and only took over reluctantly when asked by the board. Paisley was undoubtedly a great manager, probably the greatest, but you're undervaluing Shankly's contribution. Paisley was there in the backroom staff for several years before Shankly arrived, when Liverpool were in the 2nd division. It needed Shankly to shake everything up, buy players and demand higher standards for the later success to be achieved.
Remember that day well...Liverpool's lads we're right into the clobber by then... Arsenal looked like they we're from another planet...bib and brace and scalves still round there wrists.... Liverpool...THE original's....!!!!
@@randyborstol2491 ye I know few lads who said they started wearing Italian clobber in the summer of 77 after we played in the European cup final in Rome....!
@@ijs6427 Some Lads never came back from Rome. Got jobs in Germany. The 'Tell me Ma' song 'I wont be home for my tea, I'm going to Italy' still brings a smile
@@randyborstol2491 I was 13 at the time of Rome final...my first was 81 Paris...and I've been to them all since BUT I'd give anything to of gone in 77....that must of been very special....
and what a team Tbilsi were a few weeks later. Best away team I have seen at Anfield (well one of the best - but have to say the best as limited footage exists ha)
This was the first of what was to be 70 games Arsenal played that season, ending with a 5-0 thrashing by Middlesbrough after two cup final defeats in 4 days. No team since has played that many top tier games in a season.
3 replays against liverpool in the fa cup semifinal. Was that equaled any time sooner or later. And than beaten in the final against westham. Totally no energy left plus 4 days later final lost against valencia on pens. 🙄🙄🙄
I remember Old Whiskey Nose used to be quite dismissive of Paisley's teams saying that Liverpool only played attractive football after Dalglish took charge . Obviously the silly 🔔🔚 never watched Liverpool that much during Paisley's time . Some of the football played by the Reds was sublime ...
Just showed the level Liverpool were then.Yes Leeds United had great teams in the early 70s,but lacked the consistency of Liverpool from the mid to late 70s.Leeds United referred to as the team of the 70s,1 championship to 4 for Liverpool and 2 for Derby County.
Hansen & O’Leary we’re still playing for their respective teams that night at anfield in May 1989. The changes between 1979-89 seems more like 50 years as opposed to 10. It’s even more incredible that O’Leary was still at arsenal for the first season of the premier league 1992/93 winning the fa cup 14 years after the 79 final.
70s,a far better decade than the 80s.Better kits,bigger and more passionate crowds.80s Shorts up their arses,socks half way down their shins and shirts like advertising boards.Then YANK business boys come in with their corporate crap.
Little known fact. The Oxford English Dictionary people had to invent a new word to describe liverpool's performance in this game. Eventually they came up with "toying ". As always. Thanks for the upload, Dave. Can we assume the 79/80 season is to follow?
@@talkinghead3169 well i had a wedge haircut and straights and trainees - Arsenal (and the rest of the country) still had long hair and birmos/flares and platform shoes on. Years ahead. On the pitch we were years ahead too.
@@stel3209 After Rome '77 the Kop and its songs (sadly) were binned and lads moved to the Anny. The 1977 Charity Shield saw Adidas make its debut with the lads.
Can't think of another Liverpool player so I assume it's someone who played for Arsenal in both. As I haven't watched either game for a while I'm probably not going to be able to guess that.
@@edmundpower1250 I am not being negative, it is justified and warranted criticism. We are all entitled to express our opinion buddy. He was a average player in an exceptional team.
@@poundshopcicero3089 you certainly have an agenda against him. Are you trying to tell me that you (Mr nobody) is a better judge of a player than Liverpool's most successful ever manager and coaching staff. Just as well you're in charge of only your keyboard and not a football team
@@edmundpower1250Agenda ? You really are a stroppy ignaramus. Debate and reasoned argument are beyond you it seems. Your opinion is all that matters is it. Lighten up dude !