1968 When we were Kings

pace89 said:
So it's not my imagination that for the most part contemporary football writing is utterly piss poor.

"They have been lauded to the skies, and they have had their office windows smashed by disgruntled supporters." Great line - could have been written in the 80's or 90's. Or 2000s.

According to the Guardian's own obituary it seems that Eric Todd was demoted when the Manchester Guardian moved to London. Only serves to confirm all my prejudices about that newspaper.
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Sports writing on the whole is in decline in my opinion.

There are still some good ones knocking about, Johnathon Liew is superb, Henry Winter has his moments, and good old Hunter Davies is still writing occasionally for the New Statesman, but in general I think most now concentrate on sensationalist stuff, they would rather report a contentious foul or the ownership of a club than the beauty of the actual game itself.

Even in cricket their used to be the likes of Neville Cardus who wrote beautifully, now we have Michael Atherton who is functional and nowhere near as descriptive.
 
Irlamblue said:
is the game at Newcastle in 68 available in colour?

im amazed when i watch it thats its balck and white and of poor quality...
the rags european cup win a few days later is in technicolour.....
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Unfortunately Tyne-Tees TV had the worst picture quality for football of any of the commercial companies back then, so bad that I doubt even modern techniques could improve it much. It's as if they were using a hand-held 8mm camera with shit focus. The BBC filmed the rags final against Benfica in colour even though scarcely anyone had a colour receiver then, hence the picture quality was much better.

Great find @Rascal , Eric Todd could always be relied on for a fair and honest assessment of a match.
 
Bellamy's Caddy said:
Great article, thanks for sharing.

My Dad and Grandad were at the Newcastle game and ended up on the pitch, I always enjoyed hearing their stories about that day and the team. Sadly my Grandad didn't get to see any of our recent successes, but great for my Dad that they got to enjoy that one!
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Like many of the FOCs on this forum. I was there that day, too.
18 years old, still at school, about to take my "A" levels, yet I only missed 5 games that season, 3 at home and 2 away.
I watched the match from the Leazes End, and, yes, ended up on the pitch at full time. I also saw it in full colour, via my Mk 1 eyeballs, which didn't need glasses in those days.
A perfect day. Your first time is always the most memorable.

;-)
 
crazyg said:
Like many of the FOCs on this forum. I was there that day, too.
18 years old, still at school, about to take my "A" levels, yet I only missed 5 games that season, 3 at home and 2 away.
I watched the match from the Leazes End, and, yes, ended up on the pitch at full time. I also saw it in full colour, via my Mk 1 eyeballs, which didn't need glasses in those days.
A perfect day. Your first time is always the most memorable.

;-)
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You lucky man..
 
Beautiful article and excellent writing. These days we aren't blessed with such great story telling. It's sensationalist headlines and then a generic article full of clichés. Entice people in, regurgitate something someone else has said and then the mindless reader come up with the same conclusion having either not dissected the story, thought about bias or indeed watched the game.
 
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