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Podcast: English Football in the 1970s

My guest is Jon Spurling, author of a new book on English football in the 1970s. Get It On: How the ’70s Rocked Football looks back on a decade that ushered in the football celebrity – player, manager and pundit – colour TV, commercialism, and the darker sides of hooliganism and racism on the terraces.

We look back on the era that shaped today’s game and also one in which the underdog provincial sides did very well, with Nottingham Forest crowned European champions, and FA Cup wins for Sunderland, Southampton and Ipswich. It was also a decade of big personalities – Clough v Revie, George Best, Stan Bowles, Frank Worthington, and more…

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Chris

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