Once Upon a Time We Used To Play In The Big Time

Gregory2 said:

such a shame MotD didn't have the same format back then

only 2 games used to make the show

the Albion were'nt on that often

wins against Man U,Forest and Bolton spring to mind,but so many were missed

2 wins against Arsenal

2 boxing day wins against palace and my personal favourite 3-0 up there (although there is footage of this) but imagine an indepth coverage of that match

wardy's hat trick at Wolves

Gordon Smith's 2nd half hat trick at Coventry

winning 2-0 at the Dell,Kevin Keegan et al

wins at the Goldstone against West Ham

another at WHL

those really were the days,shame they didn't get the coverage that they get now

any other great matches from that time never captured on film?

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melias shoes said:

I was at that game at White Hart Lane. We beat them 1-0. Goal came from Michael Robinson if my memory served me well.
That day sticks in my memory for reasons other than the football though. The IRA were at the height of their game then and we had to get of 3 tube trains that day due to bomb scares. Not a pleasant experience when you consider that hooliganism was also at it's height back then sharing the platform of a tube with other London firms!
We went to Oxford Street before the game and back then choice of fast food outlets was limited. We went to a wimpy burger bar and sat down stairs. In the Monday after that wimpy was blown up by an IRA bomb killing the army disposal man. I've often wondered if that bomb was meant to go off on the Saturday when casualties,including me and my mate, would have been far higher. Made my blood run cold watching the news on that Monday evening.
Anyway Spurs could have gone top 42,000 packed into the Lane,they were all over us to be honest but Robinson ran onto a lovely through ball and put it in the net. The Spurs fans didn't take too kindly to that and the walk down to Seven Sisters station was interesting!

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