The idea that Marsh cost us the title is just one of them myths - City are and were pretty unpredictable so trying to assert that we might ever have a title in the bag (before whistle has blown on last day of the season) is ridiculous.
Sometimes its nice to have a star in your squad (especially with Best playing over the road) and so for me as a young blue - idolising a flair player like Marsh was more important than actually winning stuff; in the early 1970s I actually felt that winning the FA cup was the most important thing anyway...how times have changed.
Marsh brought a smile to my face back then, and he still does to this day.
"Its 6 and your in; I'm going to be Colin Bell, Steve's going to be George Best, who are you going to be?"
"Rodney Marsh"
That's how it was.
Sometimes its nice to have a star in your squad (especially with Best playing over the road) and so for me as a young blue - idolising a flair player like Marsh was more important than actually winning stuff; in the early 1970s I actually felt that winning the FA cup was the most important thing anyway...how times have changed.
Marsh brought a smile to my face back then, and he still does to this day.
"Its 6 and your in; I'm going to be Colin Bell, Steve's going to be George Best, who are you going to be?"
"Rodney Marsh"
That's how it was.