Was at the game . 2 emotions on display at the end, the old guard gutted we’d gone down after 20 years, the rest happy that we’d got 2 games against Millwall next season.
I was there too and it was so packed I couldn’t shift my feet for the whole 90 minutes. I remembered a mistake by Pop led to the first goal we conceded. What a player he was and some great players in the team. Guess it was the injuries Brian Moore mentioned that done for us that season. Class from Frank senior bringing the players back on to thank the fans when they must have felt so dejected. I enjoyed the promotion and 2 cup finals that followed. Watching this it don’t seem that number of years ago.
Always remember Brian Moore persisting with the bizarre pronunciation of the great Liverpool midfielder, Graeme Sow-ness. Even remember it from the 1978 European Cup Final 'Sow-ness, plays the ball through to Dalglish...'
I think the most amazing thing is how bad & how heavy these pitches were nearly 40 years back. The game back then still looked pretty fast with closing down very much like today's game. The "West Ham" way back in the70's appears a lot more direct that a lot of people think. Many high balls pumped forward. Liverpool, appear to favour the on the floor stuff, pretty incredible when you consider the state of the pitches. The average set pieces are nowhere near the quality they are today
The ball was heavier too ; today's light weight balls are far easier for set pieces-they bend and swerve a lot more. This is also why there seems to be a lot of "useless" goalkeepers now. You wouldn't see a fraction of todays set piece goals if they still had to use the old style heavy balls-but at least todays players wont get dementia from heading....
I was also at that match. The result relegated us and it was totally surreal walking down Green Street afterwards. It was the first time in 20 years that we had gone back down to the Second Division and we were in a state of shock. That said, unlike nowadays when teams sell off most of their players, the better ones stayed with us and we merely sold off the dead wood. We came back much better and stronger, three seasons later.
Came back with the same manager, too. John Lyall. Nowadays the manager gets the push by about March if the team are in the relegation zone - or within a day or so of the season ending
Difficult to judge a game on 20 minutes of highlights but West ham gave as good as they got.Only themselves to blame for the first goal very poor defending.Nice footage nice to see Brian Moore also.🐻🤗👍
I saw redknap beat 5 tackles, on a run down the right wing, from 5 different players before scoring a solo goal. Yep, we were surprised too. It's burned in my memory. All except the jerseys, I can't remember the game. It might have been a midweek match as I saw it from the east stand. I used to bunk in the second half after an east ham tech night class (maths and computer science) about which I have even fewer memories. Saturday matches were north Bank.
That's because this is back in the day when Liverpool fans actually came from Liverpool. Now-like Man U back then, they can rely on loads of southerners to boost their numbers !!!!! Shame Upton Park is gone. West Ham's culture was always the pubs and caffs round the ground-never a place to show away colours, but you enjoyed the whole feel of the place.
Many make the point how much better the football was to watch back then without the cheating going on today and its a valid point, but the real delight of these games was the commentary none of this BT style rubbish ..commentator " he chested that down and struck it beautifully"...pundit 1 "i totally agree he chested it down and struck it beautifully"....pundit 2 "yes he chested it down and took it beautifully"..roll on half time...presenter "what did you make of that beautifully struck goal after he chested it down" pundit 3 "well it was beautifully struck after he chested it down"..pundit 4 "as we see from all 9 replays he chested it down and struck it beautifully"...overpaid, non-opinionated, pompous, parrots...who is to blame ?..we are the people who pay for these millionaires to earn even more ..1 PRESENTER,1 COMMENTATOR..AND US THE VIEWER, PERFECTION
It was Brian Moore who did two jobs in one in those days as presenter and commentator for The Big Match. He was the top man for the big occasions even if he had difficulty pronouncing Souness as Sow-ness 😂 and mentioning the Yootha Cup.....that was a European club tournament by the way, years before the Yootha Europa League. 😂 Brian was articulate in his commentaries though I'm sure once or twice he said "He chested it down and struck it beautifully into the back of the net" 😂🤣😂!!!
@@TCDL11 But after he said it he left us alone to enjoy it totally agree he along with Motty knew when to talk and when to leave us be to watch the game
The comontaters of yesteryear were so good at what they did and enhanced a game beautifully.Not only football listen to Dave Lanning on old speedway footage marvelous.🐻🤗👍
