I was in the paddock a Man United fan surrounded by Leeds fans plenty of banter but no trouble the 70s were a better time to be a football fan ( especially if you support Leeds!)
Being from Canada and the fact that they didn't start broadcasting English football here till 1988, its amazing to see how this style of pure skill and passion sure is different from the theatrical horseshit and pussies you see in today's game...
Leeds United became the first Super Team as they became known as Super Leeds to stay at the top for 10 years with virtually the same playing staff is a tremendous achievement.
Underachievers. Should have won Treble in 1970. Double in '72. Just failed at the final hurdle a number of times. The swansong for the team was the corrupt European Cup Final in '75 when the MIB were 'payed off' so that an unfashionable English team didn't win it against one of Europe's creme de la crème.
I know it's only highlights but such a relief to not see all the cutaways to managers on the touchline prancing around like they're the star of the show.
Johnny Giles ,Billy Bremner,Allan Clarke,Eddie Gray,Bobby Charlton,George Best.I could go on. All that talent on that pitch. Proper Football. RIP to the lost players from both sides.MOT. LUFC. 🏴
@AC True, there was one player last week carried off ,they said there's no chance he'll bit fit for about a month to 6 weeks.Asked his injury, he replied "Fractured finger nail on his little pinky on his right hand!" "Excuse me ...think I wanna throw up".
I loved going to matches in the 70's, they were so special and full of atmosphere. Every ground had its own identity and unique character, and the players were as tough as old bootlaces. Since those great days though, we've lost the heart and soul of the game...after all, those were the days of 'proper' football that us older fans can identify with. I just wished we could bring them back. All the best to Leeds, I hope they finally get promoted this season. Good luck.
I used to go to the Wolves games in the 70's. We had a great team then (not so bad now either), but it was a different game then. Phil Parkes, Derek Dougan, Dave Wagstaffe, Mick Bailey, Derek Parkin, John McHalle, Frank Munroe et al.
Present day footballers are on £100,000 per week . Managers like Mourinho are on 10 million plus a year who even when they fail get paid out 10 million for the final year of their contract. The whole thing is a joke.
Money ruins everything.....football, formula 1, art, music, education, the medical industry, marriage, relationships, masculinity, femininity, personal identity, the entertainment industry..... everything it touches, it turns to hell.
@@stuartbritton7408 I'm still amazed how people can support teams owned by billionaires employing millionaires and managers on 10 million per year who nearly all get the sack.
Yes!And football was played the way it was meant to be played!.And I have to say this(it's an bit of a bugbear with me!)That football was a truer and better ball,u couldn't smash that around the field like today's "kids,playground football".It reqired a certain skill set!
@@raymondmcmenemy303 If we'd had a British team back in the 70's and 80's, with a squad that had the possibilty to include Scottish players like Souness, Bremner, Dalglish, N.Irish players like Best, Jennings and Welsh players like Rush and Toshack etc, we'd have won a World Cup and European Cup for sure. (See the GB Olympic team's success)
@@justclosing Kin ell, Like this comment, Thinking about those players all on the same side on form Scary Would take one hell of a team to deal with that.
1964/65 Leeds finished runners up to Man U only on goal difference. First season back in Div 1. 1965/66 runners up again to Liverpool. 1966/67 finished fourth in the league. 1967/68 Finished fourth. 1968/69 Champions Of England. 1969/70 runners up to Everton. 1970/71 runners up to Arsenal. 1971/72 runners up to Clough's Derby. 1972/73 finished 3rd. 1973/74 Champions Of England played some of the best football this Country's ever seen before and since love.
Watched Tottenham Leeds several time in the early 70,s They were monsterous games with no quarter given or expected. Loved ii!! and no winghing or whining from any of the players. No cheats either.
@@frankford1115 I think it's a myth that Leeds were in isolation dirty or nasty and everyone else played in the Corinthian spirit. Eddie Gray had lumps kicked out of him so surely there was provocation on both sides? I don't mean to provoke an argument but fans of other teams always trot out the line of Leeds being dirty. It's like a red tag to most Leeds fans lol. Leeds were cheated out of two European trophies by blatant cheating but that's life in the professional game.
@@colinings3771 Agreed. That is why I will not slag them off. They could play. But they were dirty or nasty when needed. That is not a myth. Bremner was a piece of work but boy could he play. But I will not forget their behaviour over the years. That history cannot be air brushed even though it is 2021. But a find team. Eddie Gray. He could play.
Jim Halfpenny, We will never know. Leeds were never given the credit they deserved, skillwise they were the best of there era and stood up for themselves when they had to.
@@tonyteo7778 leeds were at the death of 18 trophies in 8 seasons an only won six. had they been a lesser side they prob won the same or less. being invovled in all comps at end of season cost them. great side.
I'm a Chelsea fan from the late sixties on but I know every Leeds player in the 70s and always love hearing about them esp the Billy Bremner days- Leeds were the best team in Europe at one stage there in 70s
@@Liofa73 Vastly different skill sets were needed on soggy, muddy, pitches that were devoid of technological advancements like we see today. Heavier balls were used, plus tackles were allowed that would instantly bring red cards today. It's not possible to compare like for like as the two eras have next to nothing in common. Besides, how many of today's 'stars' would excel with conditions like these? Not many, I bet.
That atmosphere is phenomenal. LUFC following is bar none. Just listen to the crowd. Clarke trying to take on the defence on his own. Just pure wizardry.
Loved the footie commentators from this era . Think this was Barry Davies . They were as magical as the footie .. didnt bore you with stats and monologues etc like todays do. They were fans with microphones. What an era . Sadly gone .
Every team had an "enforcer " back then. Some teams like Leeds had more than one 🤣. Takes me back to when I was a teenager going to the games with my wonderful dad. Great stuff. 🙂👍
Leeds had a lot of enforcers in those days - but also a lot of great attacking players. I'm a United (red) supporter but what Leeds achieved in the 1960s and 1970s was remarkable.
Today, as soon as you get to know how to pronounce some players names, which nationality they have and from which club they came from. (was PSG or BVB?)...they're gone.
@@justclosing Ask the question to premier league presidents and managers....How many english players in every top teams...maybe the reason why english national team is so poor in WC or EC...And also poor Leeds today
i was 8 years old when this game was played and lived in west london but i always looked forward to man city v leeds and little billy B always played his socks off
This is when I supported Leeds...I was 7 then when this was played but always remember when Leeds were a great attacking side! Watched alot of footy then. Lorrimer, Clarke, Bremner, Hunter great players etc ......and not earning anything like the players of today!.
Thanks for this. I was at that match. For about 5 years Leeds were quite a force. I didn t like them then but I admire them now. I hope the present day Leeds manage to get promoted this year
That Leeds team will never be surpassed, each member of the team was a class act. Johnny Giles was not only a great football general, but could throw an impressive left hook. (Just ask Kevin Keegan), old Norman could mix it too, although I always thought Franny Lee had the better of their little punch up. Those were the days, and sadly missed, football today is a highly sanitised version of those days and the worse for it!!!
Football as it should be, tackles that where tackles, players that could play, commentators that didn’t need help and no analysis that can’t alter any game. Great days, great teams that could play football.
Sunderland fan here but I must say that in the 70s, Leeds were my second team. Probably the best club side in the world during that period - brilliant and ruthless.
Leeds were great; but they weren’t even the best team in Britain at that time. Celtic were better and at least as consistent - late 60s to early 70s - as were several other clubs in Europe, such as Ajax and Bayern.
As a Liverpool fan the games against Leeds where the biggest in the early 70's, hated them then, but appreciate them now, amazed they didn't win a lot more
They were amazing games. Since the Kop sang "Champions" to Leeds in 1969, I've always had a huge respect for Liverpool and their fans. Also, my dad and I used to sell programmes at Elland Road near where the away coaches parked and Liverpool fans were always really good folk. I do hope you win the title this year.
the best Leeds side ever. So much talent. Grey, bremner, Clark, Jones, Charlton, and Norman Hunter who would not be on the pitch after just one tackle nowadays. You can't even touch a player now without them falling over!!!!!!!!!
Not quite true. Never heard of Lee 1 (pen), the famous Chinese footballer ? There was also one team who, whenever they were under pressure, had a particular player who would feign injury to break the oppositions rhythm. I'm not a fan of all the diving that goes on but the game then was pretty brutal.
I was there for that humiliation. The train trip back to Victoria was a sober affair for us Reds but we got our own back in seasons to come. As much as I hate Leeds, I hope they come back up just so we can renew the old rivalry.
@yortzandat A former ref, you say? He said some words, did he? Fuck. That's it then. Send Fergie to jail. I bet whoever decided to ban Cantona for 9 months resulting in Blackburn winning the league and Everton beating United in the Cup Final lived in abject terror for the rest of his days. Or...maybe big clubs just get the benefit of doubt more than the little provincial, backwater Ragarse Rovers teams like Leeds do. It sucks, but there's nothing untoward about it.
Great football days , 9 days before my 13th birthday, remember it well .good to see Man. Utd. lose .Leeds were massive then , them memorable battles with Chelsea . Great .loved the occasional clock that was shown - top right !
No he didn't. Leeds had a small squad like most teams and players were often injured or suspended. But even the subs, Paul Madeley or Mick Bates were very good players. Madeley played in every position except goalkeeper.
When the working class was left alone to enjoy it's own culture. The days before wrist slapping idiots took away our sport, our cigs, our cars, our pubs, our food and our dreams. Still, at least we now know what's good for us (eye roll).
I believe it is called "gentrification". It has happened in society in general. Ordinary, working class people can not afford to live in the centre of cities anymore and are pushed to the margins ( literally and metaphorically) out of the way. With sport (especially football) Sky moved in, with their obscene money, along with businessmen, agents and all the other blights of modern sport. The players do have a short career, so they need to be well paid, but they are now just mercenaries with little allegiance to any club.
1970’s football at it’s glorious best. You could never guess who would win the league then. Terraces standing better atmosphere Take me back please I really miss those days. But thank god we can still watch on CZcams 😎
They could have even have played them at football! - terrible shame that revie had a win at all costs mentality with the beautiful game being replaced often with petulant fouling/assault - Imagine if that team of very good footballers had been properly managed!
Don't talk crap! Rubbish made up by the southern press. Every team had their hard men. Chopper Harris, Tommy Smith, Peter Storey, Nobby Stiles etc. Why would the Anfield Kop chant "Champions" to Leeds for 15 minutes and Shanks come into Leeds dressing room to say "You deserved it lads" if they were just dirty and cheats. I think they knew more about the game than all the armchair critics!
Thank you! Enjoyed this as a Leeds fan from those days ( I was a wee lad back then!). Had no idea that I was supporting the best Leeds United team ever. An incredible team from front to back. Clarke was my personal hero, with Peter Lorimer close behind. Many newer generations probably don't even know what a classic team Leeds United once were. Things are mostly all about the EPL for many, and Leeds were the final team to win Division One before the EPL was formed. Thanks for the memories. Imagine Leeds smashing Man U like that anytime over the past 30+ years! Never even came close.
Three occasions when the Gelderd End would be guaranteed to buzz with excitement. 1. Lorimer lining up to take a free kick with the goal in visual range. 2. Eddie Gray on the ball taking on a defender - hopes of Burnley revisited. 3..Billy Bremner on the ball anywhere - a sense that anything cold happen.
I am liverpool fan since the dawn of time. But back then I was a child and loved leeds too. I hope someday they will come out of the wilderness ba k to the epl.
And Allan Clarke scoring for Leeds before he joined The Hollies. Billy Bremner in midfield before he played guitar with Dave Edmunds & Rockpile. People just don't realise how multi talented this Leeds side was.😁😂
Love the quality of the pitches these guys played on in the 1970s. The passion. The fact that some players stayed loyal to their clubs throughout their careers. Most of all money hadn’t totally spoiled the game. And there was no blooming VAR! Great memories. Especially for Leeds fans. Wait a minute. With VAR Leeds would have won the European Cup. A definite penalty when Sniffer Clarke was fouled in the first half. A perfectly good goal scored by Leeds disallowed by a crap ref. Maybe VAR has its merits after all!
Well as a Man utd supporter I watched it not knowing the final result ( although i probably watched it on motd ) but i will say, THAT was proper football
Ronshycherly well I don’t get as often as I should I admit and you’re right I don’t live in Manchester but I have been a supporter since 68 . What’s your point ?
Ronshycherly the ONLY good thing about being old is I can just remember winning the World Cup with Bobby and nobby then 2 years later Utd winning the European with Georgie and the rest and that set me on the way. What’s your point?
Not a Man Utd fan, though Denis Law was an idol of mine, but was at the semi-final at Old Trafford as a guest of Real Madrid (a long story) sat between actors John Gregson of Gideon on TV and Robert Shaw. Not very comfortable, they are both 6’4 and very well built. Dead in line with Best when he scored the only goal.
But they never won the European Cup. Yes, the referee was bent. But on too many occasions (the FA Cup final of 1973, the defeat to Colchester in the FA Cup) they lacked the killer touch.
@@dbjbtambtb The dirtiest, cynical side that ever played English football. And corrupt. It's an open secret that Revie quit the England job after the Daily Mirror informed him his record of bribing opponents was about to be exposed.
@@jes79a Absolute bollocks pal. No other side dominated football the way Super Leeds did, come back with a reply when you've managed to watch your "favourite team" once live rather than pick a team from the tv and "support" them... Marching on together ...
❤ Моят отбор от детството ми - Лийдс Юнайтед. Видях играчите, които помня добре и днес: Джайлс, Бремнър, Лоримър, братя Грей . . . Следях представянето им по спортните вестници и кратки те репортажи по ТV. Незабравим си остава и мача с Байерн, макар и с тъжен край. Днес е по-лесно да следи отбора и аз им желая добри игри и много успехи! ❤😊❤
@@CB-xr1eg A little unkind(he did have a booze problem)but u have to remember nowadays these players have numerous advisers agents(access to plenty of resources to hopefully point their Thickheads in the right direction,and of course their parents who maybe reasonably clued up aswell)but Georgie left his family behind in Belfast,was dominating and lighting up the old "Division" 1 and Europe!,earning alot of money(even by today's standards)and was pretty much left to his own devices!!,So I think he mostly let himself and his loved ones down,usually on the Pitch it was a different story!.But I do understand ur point!
Spoilt is to nice a word for todays rubbish footballers. Today its pass it back pass it left pass it right pass it back again pass left and right again then hit it a mile over the crossbar.😝
I was at this game aged 12 with my Dad and elder brother as Leeds fans .... I’m 61 now , what a great experience!
I was in the paddock a Man United fan surrounded by Leeds fans plenty of banter but no trouble the 70s were a better time to be a football fan ( especially if you support Leeds!)
Being from Canada and the fact that they didn't start broadcasting English football here till 1988, its amazing to see how this style of pure skill and passion sure is different from the theatrical horseshit and pussies you see in today's game...
Leeds United became the first Super Team as they became known as Super Leeds to stay at the top for 10 years with virtually the same playing staff is a tremendous achievement.
What an absolute group of legends playing on the same pitch. Best, Lorimer. Clarke, Bremner, Jones, just to name a few. We will never see this again.
Absolutely such a shame though all these are Legends.
Giles was double the player bremmner was no idea why people ignore this assume cause billy is dead
Don’t forget charlton
That Leeds team was phenomenal.
Bremner, giving absolutely everything he had as always. Brilliant.
The first goal commentator shouts i think the ball had already gone in, how dose he work that one out. Top match tho.
Giles was twice the player billy was
I agree but Bremner was a massive reason why Leeds were successful.
What utter joy, what memories! So grateful that I lived through this era. The 60s and 70s, the music and Leeds United Football defined my life.
haha yes. i remember that too
Football in the seventies. Muddy pitches and shirts, commentary by the wonderful Barry Davies. Pure magic!!!
Although he did shout 'Yes!' when Man Utd pulled one back
Sounded like David Coleman.. but you're right. Barry Davies.
Better than Premier league shyte
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@@alecsuchi3293 when football was football
Today's football doesn't have the same atmosphere
It was this match that made me a lifelong Leeds United support... what a match... and no overpaid foreign players..
And there were no Negroes yet. None in the two teams. Good old England
It's the British players that are massively overpaid, they even cost more than the foreign players.
Classic Leeds. Mick Jones was a magnificent player. Wish they'd put these games on DVD.
What a side they were , took no prisoners , but played beautiful football , my hat comes off to the great Leeds Utd
Underachievers. Should have won Treble in 1970. Double in '72. Just failed at the final hurdle a number of times. The swansong for the team was the corrupt European Cup Final in '75 when the MIB were 'payed off' so that an unfashionable English team didn't win it against one of Europe's creme de la crème.
I know it's only highlights but such a relief to not see all the cutaways to managers on the touchline prancing around like they're the star of the show.
Johnny Giles ,Billy Bremner,Allan Clarke,Eddie Gray,Bobby Charlton,George Best.I could go on. All that talent on that pitch. Proper Football. RIP to the lost players from both sides.MOT. LUFC. 🏴
Yes, and we lost Norman Hunter and Peter Lorimer to Covid. Thankyou China 🙄
A great match with so many great players and so many sadly no longer with us. Thanks for the memories. RIP. 🌹
Bobby Charlton is the Keith Richards of football, probably live forever 😂
Back when footballers got tackled and didn't go down for 30 minutes with an agonised expression on their faces thumping the turf with their fist.
@AC
True, there was one player last week carried off ,they said there's no chance he'll bit fit for about a month to 6 weeks.Asked his injury, he replied "Fractured finger nail on his little pinky on his right hand!" "Excuse me ...think I wanna throw up".
Well apart from the Clarke O Neill nonsense at 06:00 of course.
We were great then. ☺
Unless your name was Rodney Marsh.
I loved going to matches in the 70's, they were so special and full of atmosphere. Every ground had its own identity and unique character, and the players were as tough as old bootlaces. Since those great days though, we've lost the heart and soul of the game...after all, those were the days of 'proper' football that us older fans can identify with. I just wished we could bring them back. All the best to Leeds, I hope they finally get promoted this season. Good luck.
With respect , the football era you think of so fondly died at Hillsborough
I used to go to the Wolves games in the 70's. We had a great team then (not so bad now either), but it was a different game then. Phil Parkes, Derek Dougan, Dave Wagstaffe, Mick Bailey, Derek Parkin, John McHalle, Frank Munroe et al.
Present day footballers are on £100,000 per week . Managers like Mourinho are on 10 million plus a year who even when they fail get paid out 10 million for the final year of their contract. The whole thing is a joke.
Money ruins everything.....football, formula 1, art, music, education, the medical industry, marriage, relationships, masculinity, femininity, personal identity, the entertainment industry..... everything it touches, it turns to hell.
@@stuartbritton7408 I'm still amazed how people can support teams owned by billionaires employing millionaires and managers on 10 million per year who nearly all get the sack.
Not a Foreigner in sight. When football was a beautiful game.
Apart from Johnny Giles
nonsense
blame the cubs
Hardly any English in sight 😂 Most of the Leeds team were Scot’s.
"Every time Leeds concede a goal I feel like I've been stabbed in the heart"
Billy Bremner.
When football kits were proper kits and men were men.,,,,
When Scotland produced proper football players unlike today.
Yes!And football was played the way it was meant to be played!.And I have to say this(it's an bit of a bugbear with me!)That football was a truer and better ball,u couldn't smash that around the field like today's "kids,playground football".It reqired a certain skill set!
@@raymondmcmenemy303 If we'd had a British team back in the 70's and 80's, with a squad that had the possibilty to include Scottish players like Souness, Bremner, Dalglish, N.Irish players like Best, Jennings and Welsh players like Rush and Toshack etc, we'd have won a World Cup and European Cup for sure. (See the GB Olympic team's success)
@@justclosing
Kin ell,
Like this comment,
Thinking about those players all on the same side on form
Scary
Would take one hell of a team to deal with that.
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1964/65 Leeds finished runners up to Man U only on goal difference. First season back in Div 1. 1965/66 runners up again to Liverpool. 1966/67 finished fourth in the league. 1967/68 Finished fourth. 1968/69 Champions Of England. 1969/70 runners up to Everton. 1970/71 runners up to Arsenal. 1971/72 runners up to Clough's Derby. 1972/73 finished 3rd. 1973/74 Champions Of England played some of the best football this Country's ever seen before and since love.
Watched Tottenham Leeds several time in the early 70,s They were monsterous games with no quarter given or expected. Loved ii!! and no winghing or whining from any of the players. No cheats either.
What a fine team they were. Should have won so much more! Speed and power. Skill. A real nastiness. Great side!
steeliness, they weren't nasty or dirty
@@colinings3771 No, no. They were dirty. Not watch 70 FA Cup replay? They were dirty. But they could play. That should not be forgotten.
@@frankford1115 I think it's a myth that Leeds were in isolation dirty or nasty and everyone else played in the Corinthian spirit. Eddie Gray had lumps kicked out of him so surely there was provocation on both sides? I don't mean to provoke an argument but fans of other teams always trot out the line of Leeds being dirty. It's like a red tag to most Leeds fans lol. Leeds were cheated out of two European trophies by blatant cheating but that's life in the professional game.
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@@colinings3771 Agreed. That is why I will not slag them off. They could play. But they were dirty or nasty when needed. That is not a myth. Bremner was a piece of work but boy could he play. But I will not forget their behaviour over the years. That history cannot be air brushed even though it is 2021. But a find team. Eddie Gray. He could play.
When football was football and Leeds had a team to be proud of.
If Leeds get promoted next year, will football be football again?
EASY
Haha they've got one now!!
One of the great teams were Leeds, in the days when you could tackle your opponents.
Jim Halfpenny, We will never know. Leeds were never given the credit they deserved, skillwise they were the best of there era and stood up for themselves when they had to.
@@tonyteo7778 leeds were at the death of 18 trophies in 8 seasons an only won six. had they been a lesser side they prob won the same or less. being invovled in all comps at end of season cost them. great side.
And it wasn't handbag fights but proper fists fights.🤭🤣🤣
Leeds were amazing in the 70s they've got to. come back up with West Brom this season LFC for ever.
You should be made champions right now,liverpool have earned it I hope leeds can join you in the prem next season
I'm a Chelsea fan from the late sixties on but I know every Leeds player in the 70s and always love hearing about them esp the Billy Bremner days- Leeds were the best team in Europe at one stage there in 70s
Leeds, without doubt, are a top division team. Big club, with history, and a large and passionate fan base. Looking forward to seeing them back.
@@martinbullard1978 Definitely amazing fans
Proper football - brilliant skill and all played with passion.
Jamie Lennox --- Passion maybe, skills not so much.
@@Liofa73 Vastly different skill sets were needed on soggy, muddy, pitches that were devoid of technological advancements like we see today. Heavier balls were used, plus tackles were allowed that would instantly bring red cards today. It's not possible to compare like for like as the two eras have next to nothing in common. Besides, how many of today's 'stars' would excel with conditions like these? Not many, I bet.
That atmosphere is phenomenal. LUFC following is bar none. Just listen to the crowd. Clarke trying to take on the defence on his own. Just pure wizardry.
Loved the footie commentators from this era . Think this was Barry Davies . They were as magical as the footie .. didnt bore you with stats and monologues etc like todays do. They were fans with microphones. What an era . Sadly gone .
Every team had an "enforcer " back then. Some teams like Leeds had more than one 🤣. Takes me back to when I was a teenager going to the games with my wonderful dad. Great stuff. 🙂👍
Leeds had a lot of enforcers in those days - but also a lot of great attacking players. I'm a United (red) supporter but what Leeds achieved in the 1960s and 1970s was remarkable.
Leeds United of the Seventies.....every player known to millions...and pronounceable even!
Today, as soon as you get to know how to pronounce some players names, which nationality they have and from which club they came from. (was PSG or BVB?)...they're gone.
@@justclosing Ask the question to premier league presidents and managers....How many english players in every top teams...maybe the reason why english national team is so poor in WC or EC...And also poor Leeds today
CLOUGH WAS RIGHT-------A DIRTY TEAM OF SPOILT BASTARDS
@@peterwood-jenkins3634 So true. And Leeds weren't up to much, either.
. . . and hated by millions!
I remember that incredible season for Leeds and what a fantastic team they were then, so much talent!
I was 9 at the time and Leeds and Blackpool were my favourite teams. I never get tired of watching this as it connects me to my childhood.
i was 8 years old when this game was played and lived in west london but i always looked forward to man city v leeds and little billy B always played his socks off
Great proper football and tackling .. sadly a lot have passed on but never will be forgotten 👍
God, I loved those guys, made my childhood in the 70s.
When match of the day was worth watching proper football
And no sardines sandwich supporters.
Yeah, not anymore , I don’t watch football now after all this woke nonsense !
This is when I supported Leeds...I was 7 then when this was played but always remember when Leeds were a great attacking side! Watched alot of footy then. Lorrimer, Clarke, Bremner, Hunter great players etc ......and not earning anything like the players of today!.
When football was the real stuff what a joy great commentary from Barry Davies too.
Jumpers for goalposts. Enduring memory. Wasn't it? Isn't it?
Thanks for this. I was at that match. For about 5 years Leeds were quite a force. I didn t like them then but I admire them now. I hope the present day Leeds manage to get promoted this year
A lot of the greats on one pitch . . . Can’t beat it👌🏿
What a team Leeds were then.
That Leeds team will never be surpassed, each member of the team was a class act.
Johnny Giles was not only a great football general, but could throw an impressive left hook.
(Just ask Kevin Keegan), old Norman could mix it too, although I always thought Franny Lee had the better of their little punch up.
Those were the days, and sadly missed, football today is a highly sanitised version of those days and the worse for it!!!
What a side Leeds were, utterly sublime football!
Football as it should be, tackles that where tackles, players that could play, commentators that didn’t need help and no analysis that can’t alter any game. Great days, great teams that could play football.
I can hear the atmosphere, far better than today.
Yes, seated stadiums killed atmosphere.
@@Sunburst75 agreed
#bringbacktheterrraces
Thanks for this GREAT post...a real trip down memory lane.
Vintage Leeds Utd, Don Revie built a side who had everything needed to make a great team.Love the 70's.
How good were Leeds United back then 😮😮
Nice to hear all British names in both teams better time to live in
Long for the good ole days, do ya? Enoch Powell?
@@justafanintexas7913 yes mate and who mentioned a race issue you
No, you did with Brit names only missive, you numpty.
@@clivebonneywell6967 Yes Clive , YOU did, try reading what you post...silly boy!
@@justafanintexas7913 can't be arsed with you idiots you don't know what I'm say dickhead
Wow wat a side leeds had. Brilliant. R IP
Sunderland fan here but I must say that in the 70s, Leeds were my second team. Probably the best club side in the world during that period - brilliant and ruthless.
Leeds were great; but they weren’t even the best team in Britain at that time. Celtic were better and at least as consistent - late 60s to early 70s - as were several other clubs in Europe, such as Ajax and Bayern.
Wow what a team, so lucky to grow up at that time!
The Man City of the seventies!
As a Liverpool fan the games against Leeds where the biggest in the early 70's, hated them then, but appreciate them now, amazed they didn't win a lot more
Hang on, we're on our way :-)
They were amazing games. Since the Kop sang "Champions" to Leeds in 1969, I've always had a huge respect for Liverpool and their fans. Also, my dad and I used to sell programmes at Elland Road near where the away coaches parked and Liverpool fans were always really good folk. I do hope you win the title this year.
Ray Tinkler can take some of the blame. So can the ref in the European Cup Final.
And the 1973 Cup Winners' Cup Final ref, too!
We would have done but for bent officials.MOT FOREVER.
the best Leeds side ever. So much talent. Grey, bremner, Clark, Jones, Charlton, and Norman Hunter who would not be on the pitch after just one tackle nowadays. You can't even touch a player now without them falling over!!!!!!!!!
They wouldn't get near today's players to touch them
@@noodles169 utter bollocks mate
strange how you did not mention Giles,easily the best player on the field.
@@pcset12 sorry about that. I agree totally.
@@pohl54 Thanks and a Happy football Christmas!
I don't understand, why is no one falling down when they get touched. Weird.....
There's a name for that, it's called Penaldo.
Your Klinsman's and Ronaldo's weren't around then.
Good old days great
Not quite true. Never heard of Lee 1 (pen), the famous Chinese footballer ? There was also one team who, whenever they were under pressure, had a particular player who would feign injury to break the oppositions rhythm. I'm not a fan of all the diving that goes on but the game then was pretty brutal.
Because you are watching players that want to play.
I was there for that humiliation. The train trip back to Victoria was a sober affair for us Reds but we got our own back in seasons to come. As much as I hate Leeds, I hope they come back up just so we can renew the old rivalry.
The EPL needs the Roses rivalry
Yeah, I feel the same. Never will forgive Revie's cheats but would rather have them back in the top league.
Nobody ever needs to see or hear from Leeds again.
You could go down and resume it that way...?
@yortzandat A former ref, you say? He said some words, did he? Fuck. That's it then. Send Fergie to jail. I bet whoever decided to ban Cantona for 9 months resulting in Blackburn winning the league and Everton beating United in the Cup Final lived in abject terror for the rest of his days.
Or...maybe big clubs just get the benefit of doubt more than the little provincial, backwater Ragarse Rovers teams like Leeds do. It sucks, but there's nothing untoward about it.
What a team they were! I'm 70 now and I still remember them all and their glorious displays. And I'm not even from Leeds or the North!
lovely comment from a non Leeds fan thank you
Well said Billy, now you'd better look out, old Quelchy is looking for you! Yarooooohhhh!!
That was a team back then! Knew how to battle and play great football. MOT
Great football days , 9 days before my 13th birthday, remember it well .good to see Man. Utd. lose .Leeds were massive then , them memorable battles with Chelsea . Great .loved the occasional clock that was shown - top right !
Leeds United were a really good team when I Look back on it. And Don Revie played His same 11 every week.
No he didn't. Leeds had a small squad like most teams and players were often injured or suspended. But even the subs, Paul Madeley or Mick Bates were very good players. Madeley played in every position except goalkeeper.
Almost 20 years later,a player from Leeds United joined MU,and the rest as they normally say,is history.
Hardly the first to join man utd from Leeds. Best 2 things man utd did was to sell Leeds Johnny Giles, and Gordon Strachan.
Fantastic football from the best team in the land.....Super Leeds.....what a side we were....😁👍
When the working class was left alone to enjoy it's own culture. The days before wrist slapping idiots took away our sport, our cigs, our cars, our pubs, our food and our dreams. Still, at least we now know what's good for us (eye roll).
You are so so right. Progress my backside.
you said it right
I f*ckin hate the 21st century
Spot on pal.
I believe it is called "gentrification". It has happened in society in general. Ordinary, working class people can not afford to live in the centre of cities anymore and are pushed to the margins ( literally and metaphorically) out of the way. With sport (especially football) Sky moved in, with their obscene money, along with businessmen, agents and all the other blights of modern sport. The players do have a short career, so they need to be well paid, but they are now just mercenaries with little allegiance to any club.
I was at this game with my Dad and my uncle. Sat in the West Stand.
Absolute Legends MOT
1970’s football at it’s glorious best.
You could never guess who would win the league then.
Terraces standing better atmosphere
Take me back please I really miss those days.
But thank god we can still watch on CZcams 😎
You could guess. It was Liverpool
what a pleasure that Leeds eleven was a match for any team anywhere in the world
They could have even have played them at football! - terrible shame that revie had a win at all costs mentality with the beautiful game being replaced often with petulant fouling/assault - Imagine if that team of very good footballers had been properly managed!
@@MrNorbertcolon Get over it mate,
Don't talk crap! Rubbish made up by the southern press. Every team had their hard men. Chopper Harris, Tommy Smith, Peter Storey, Nobby Stiles etc. Why would the Anfield Kop chant "Champions" to Leeds for 15 minutes and Shanks come into Leeds dressing room to say "You deserved it lads" if they were just dirty and cheats. I think they knew more about the game than all the armchair critics!
Great football,played in great stadiums, by great players
1970s. Leeds. Great team. ⚽️
This footage is amazing, it's like watching great grandads play important football. Wonderfull.
Thank you! Enjoyed this as a Leeds fan from those days ( I was a wee lad back then!). Had no idea that I was supporting the best Leeds United team ever. An incredible team from front to back. Clarke was my personal hero, with Peter Lorimer close behind. Many newer generations probably don't even know what a classic team Leeds United once were. Things are mostly all about the EPL for many, and Leeds were the final team to win Division One before the EPL was formed. Thanks for the memories. Imagine Leeds smashing Man U like that anytime over the past 30+ years! Never even came close.
Three occasions when the Gelderd End would be guaranteed to buzz with excitement.
1. Lorimer lining up to take a free kick with the goal in visual range.
2. Eddie Gray on the ball taking on a defender - hopes of Burnley revisited.
3..Billy Bremner on the ball anywhere - a sense that anything cold happen.
After watching Man U and Watford I recon Leeds would get the same result today.
Yes -- even though three of that team are no longer with us and the others are in their 70s (80s in Big Jack's case)!
I am liverpool fan since the dawn of time. But back then I was a child and loved leeds too. I hope someday they will come out of the wilderness ba k to the epl.
quality Boy we will be back next year mate.. LEEDS are going up MOT
noo keep em were they belong
Burnley fan here since 1968 and when asked who is the best Team I ever saw. It is Don Revies Leeds United without a shadow of a doubt.
Mick Jones scoring goals for Leeds back in '72 before forming The Clash with Joe Strummer in '76.
And Allan Clarke scoring for Leeds before he joined The Hollies. Billy Bremner in midfield before he played guitar with Dave Edmunds & Rockpile.
People just don't realise how multi talented this Leeds side was.😁😂
@@CB-xr1eg , LOL! Brilliant!
👍😁
I never knew that!
Never tire of watching my boyhood heroes giving Man Utd a footballing lesson. MoT!
Great match and fantástico qualily of images.
When football was actually exciting…
They were a great team in the early 70s
Brilliant team in a fantastic era of english football. Class.
Amazing performance by an amazing team.
when leeds united was one of the strongest and greatest clubs and tough side to face
Love the quality of the pitches these guys played on in the 1970s. The passion. The fact that some players stayed loyal to their clubs throughout their careers. Most of all money hadn’t totally spoiled the game. And there was no blooming VAR! Great memories. Especially for Leeds fans. Wait a minute. With VAR Leeds would have won the European Cup. A definite penalty when Sniffer Clarke was fouled in the first half. A perfectly good goal scored by Leeds disallowed by a crap ref. Maybe VAR has its merits after all!
My father was a regular at Upton Park in this era and he said that that Leeds team was the best he’s ever seen…
Well as a Man utd supporter I watched it not knowing the final result ( although i probably watched it on motd ) but i will say,
THAT was proper football
You are a Man Utd “supporter” who isn’t from Manchester who just watches them on television then?
Ronshycherly well I don’t get as often as I should I admit and you’re right I don’t live in Manchester but I have been a supporter since 68 . What’s your point ?
Not from Manchester but a supporter since 1968. I wonder what happened in 1968?
Ronshycherly the ONLY good thing about being old is I can just remember winning the World Cup with Bobby and nobby then 2 years later Utd winning the European with Georgie and the rest and that set me on the way. What’s your point?
Not a Man Utd fan, though Denis Law was an idol of mine, but was at the semi-final at
Old Trafford as a guest of Real Madrid (a long story) sat between actors John Gregson of Gideon on TV and Robert Shaw. Not very comfortable, they are both 6’4 and very well built. Dead in line with Best when he scored the only goal.
great memories of football in the seventies
Outstanding cross field passing.
Attacking football at its finest.
Best sometimes was a liability and he showed it here.
Proper proper match Superb
Leeds at their best one of the greatest teams in the history of English football,
True, Steve. I was at that game. Such memories. And it was 7-0 against the Saints the following week.
But they never won the European Cup. Yes, the referee was bent. But on too many occasions (the FA Cup final of 1973, the defeat to Colchester in the FA Cup) they lacked the killer touch.
No, THE greatest team in the history of English football...
@@dbjbtambtb The dirtiest, cynical side that ever played English football. And corrupt. It's an open secret that Revie quit the England job after the Daily Mirror informed him his record of bribing opponents was about to be exposed.
@@jes79a Absolute bollocks pal. No other side dominated football the way Super Leeds did, come back with a reply when you've managed to watch your "favourite team" once live rather than pick a team from the tv and "support" them... Marching on together ...
When England was England and no silly dancing
❤ Моят отбор от детството ми - Лийдс Юнайтед. Видях играчите, които помня добре и днес: Джайлс, Бремнър, Лоримър, братя Грей . . . Следях представянето им по спортните вестници и кратки те репортажи по ТV. Незабравим си остава и мача с Байерн, макар и с тъжен край. Днес е по-лесно да следи отбора и аз им желая добри игри и много успехи! ❤😊❤
'And Best hits the bar......and he's hit the bar again!.....now he's off to a night club'' Seriously though, still magic in his day.
That was good!
Best was brilliant on the pitch but off it he was a waste of space piss head.
@@CB-xr1eg A little unkind(he did have a booze problem)but u have to remember nowadays these players have numerous advisers agents(access to plenty of resources to hopefully point their Thickheads in the right direction,and of course their parents who maybe reasonably clued up aswell)but Georgie left his family behind in Belfast,was dominating and lighting up the old "Division" 1 and Europe!,earning alot of money(even by today's standards)and was pretty much left to his own devices!!,So I think he mostly let himself and his loved ones down,usually on the Pitch it was a different story!.But I do understand ur point!
@@jerryoshea3116 He was a piss head...end of! A bit like the fat wanker Gascoine.
@@CB-xr1eg have you no concept about genius? Usually comes with a fault. It doesn't take away from the talent. What the fuck have you ever done?
When you could break an ankle and it was only a yellow card!
tim mo Still happens today. Torreira had his ankle broken on a reckless tackle and Mike Dean didn’t even award a yellow.
Even fighting.
When hair was long and shorts were short.
Effectively in was not the utd's day. So many errors backward. Leeds is letal there...Good match. Saludos desde Barcelona.
Marvellous mick jones, unsung superman for lufc
When Leeds were great and yes footballers were real men.
And to think Sunderland beat this Leeds Utd team in the FA Cup 1 year later... Golden age of football...❤
Gone are these days of true football heros... today we are left with spoilt egotistical idols.
Garth William Jones --- Idols are for children. As an older man you're hardly likely to look up to someone a third of your age.
Spoilt is to nice a word for todays rubbish footballers. Today its pass it back pass it left pass it right pass it back again pass left and right again then hit it a mile over the crossbar.😝
@@michaelpower4372 Too true!
Terracing everywhere you look....great days