On Boxing Day 40 Years Ago

I remember the clammer to get him in the LC final team in '76.

The reserve game had a massive crowd just before the final as rumours were knocking about he was going to play in it.

We really didn't look after him when injured at all. It would have been a disgrace for any player let alone arguably the best player in the country at the time.
I agree about the clamour for the League Cup. When I get chance I might try and dig out the newspapers from that era - pretty certain the MEN/Pink fuelled the idea of a comeback.
 
Great to see some of that footage and interviews with Joe Mercer. I remember as a kid my dad taking me to watch a school match in Ashton for, I think the 16 year olds-I was about 10 or 11-and Joe Mercer was there scouting from the touchline.
 

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