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About this book
1974 whisks you back half a century to discover the major matches, stories and controversies that lit up football in that momentous year.
From the author of 1923: Life in Football One Hundred Years Ago and 1953: Life in Football Seventy Years Ago.
Britain in 1974 was a land of strikes, electricity cuts, a three-day working week and the country's first official recession for 50 years. Floodlit football matches were banned, Sunday football was established and attendances fell as cash-strapped fans couldn't afford to watch live games.
This compelling book includes:
- A chilling exploration of how football hooliganism began to spiral out of control and how the sport was shamed by the first murder on the terraces
- The full story behind Brian Clough's nightmare 44-day reign at Leeds United and its rancorous toxic fall-out
- The sad tale of Bill Shankly's retirement as Liverpool manager and how it all ended in tears and recrimination
- Analysis of Manchester United's nightmare season and their first relegation from the top flight for more than 30 years
- How the FA finally ended the shameful 50-year 'ban' on women's football
- A revolution in amateur football as paid players are allowed, the league pyramid is totally reorganised and the national England amateur team disbanded
- The story of how Leeds United and Umbro pioneered the multi-billion-pound replica kit industry and helped usher sponsorship into football
Read about all this and much more in this fascinating and exhaustively researched study of a special footballing year.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Life in 1974
- 2. Hooliganism
- 3. The Managers
- 4. The First Division
- 5. The Second Division
- 6. The Third and Fourth Divisions
- 7. The Match That Never Was
- 8. Up for the Cups
- 9. Non-League Football
- 10. Women’s Football
- 11. North of the Border
- 12. The British Home Championship
- 13. The 1974 World Cup
- 14. The Summer of 74
- 15. The Kit
- 16. The Media
- 17. The Grounds
- 18. End of Year Report
- Selected Bibliography
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Appendix IV
- Photos