Ebook: Best, Pele and a half-time Bovril: a nostalgic look at the 1970s-football's last great decade

THE 1970S--THE LAST DECADE WHEN EVERY FAN OF EVERY CLUB COULD WISH FOR THE STARS. For supporters of provincial lightweights like Derby County, Nottingham Forest and Leeds United, their wishes came true in the seventies when they landed the Division One title. It was the decade of the underdog? when the FA Cup was still football's Holy Grail and teams like Sunderland, Ipswich and Southampton came in from the sticks to produce their own brand of Wembley magic. It is not like that today. It was the decade when every team had its characters: Stan Bowles, Charlie George, Dunca.;Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO; CHAPTER ONE: EN-GER-LAND!; CHAPTER TWO: WEMBLEY WIZARDS; CHAPTER THREE: THE GIANT-KILLERS; CHAPTER FOUR: BERTIE'S DOUBLE WINNERS; CHAPTER FIVE: TALES FROM THE BOOT ROOM; CHAPTER SIX: CLOUGH AND TAYLOR AT THE DOUBLE; CHAPTER SEVEN: THE SCOURGE OF VIOLENCE; CHAPTER EIGHT: THE ENTERTAINERS; CHAPTER NINE: THE MANAGERS; CHAPTER TEN: BLACK IS BLACK; CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE; CHAPTER TWELVE: THE BEST OF THE BEST; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: JOHNNY FOREIGNERS; THE HONOURS BOARD.