New Posts For Thread: The Big Match Revisited ITV4https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4What an absolute joy to watchcertainly an eye-opener re change in whats construed a foulhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565097985#565097985certainly an eye-opener re change in whats construed a foulWed, 26 Nov 2025 02:29:28 -0600morpeth,,yup. I believe it was Hector...But watch the Arsenal v West Ham game I mention. Surely the most obvious penalty of all time when Bonds back-passes to Mervyn Day, the Hammers keeper. Ball sticks in the mud and Radford of Arsenal beats Day tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565096503#565096503morpeth,,yup. I believe it was Hector...But watch the Arsenal v West Ham game I mention. Surely the most obvious penalty of all time when Bonds back-passes to Mervyn Day, the Hammers keeper. Ball sticks in the mud and Radford of Arsenal beats Day toMon, 24 Nov 2025 17:18:19 -0600anyone see last weeks ? tackle by Frank Lampard on Roger Davies ( or maybe Kevin Hector ) was absolute stonewall penalty these days , just a corner given.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565095387#565095387anyone see last weeks ? tackle by Frank Lampard on Roger Davies ( or maybe Kevin Hector ) was absolute stonewall penalty these days , just a corner given.Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:40:20 -0600In my earlier post I referred to being at Highbury for the 1975 FA cup game between Arsenal and West Ham. Well, picking up on later point I do have to say that crowd safety and comfort was not high on the agenda at any club in days gone by.That day ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565095269#565095269In my earlier post I referred to being at Highbury for the 1975 FA cup game between Arsenal and West Ham. Well, picking up on later point I do have to say that crowd safety and comfort was not high on the agenda at any club in days gone by.That day aSun, 23 Nov 2025 17:32:10 -0600Plenty of stories about one of the best showman and gamblers ever, the legendary Stan Bowles...https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565094955#565094955Plenty of stories about one of the best showman and gamblers ever, the legendary Stan Bowles...Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:06:16 -0600Bobby Charlton once told a story about his first England international at Hampden. Old hand Billy Wright apparently saw he was nervous and told him to look at the Scottish fans ( in excess of 100,000 in these days ) as they cheered their hero’s onhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565094721#565094721Bobby Charlton once told a story about his first England international at Hampden. Old hand Billy Wright apparently saw he was nervous and told him to look at the Scottish fans ( in excess of 100,000 in these days ) as they cheered their hero’s onSun, 23 Nov 2025 11:25:27 -0600If anyone has experience of huge crowds at Ibrox, Hampden or Celtic parks c early seventies I would love to see their reports.Getting out of the North Bank at Highbury in the late seventies was pretty scary when the crowd topped 50,000. The helplesshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565094671#565094671If anyone has experience of huge crowds at Ibrox, Hampden or Celtic parks c early seventies I would love to see their reports.Getting out of the North Bank at Highbury in the late seventies was pretty scary when the crowd topped 50,000. The helplessSun, 23 Nov 2025 11:09:16 -0600On the down side, I have several times, as a teenager, been in crowds where you were so crammed in, standing, that moving anywhere was a huge problem. Felt the warm sensation of urine running down my jeans one at least one occasion, and it wasn’thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565094613#565094613On the down side, I have several times, as a teenager, been in crowds where you were so crammed in, standing, that moving anywhere was a huge problem. Felt the warm sensation of urine running down my jeans one at least one occasion, and it wasn’tSun, 23 Nov 2025 10:28:31 -0600Dribbling another major thing has almost disappeared. Sheer speed and passing the only options to beat defenders these days.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565094609#565094609Dribbling another major thing has almost disappeared. Sheer speed and passing the only options to beat defenders these days.Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:26:50 -0600It is the brilliant atmosphere that is so evident watching these re-runs that makes us all so nostalgic i think. Everything is so sanitised and clinical these days.It's difficult to articulate to more recent generations how much more enjoyable goinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31889321/the-big-match-revisited-itv4?post_id=565094537#565094537It is the brilliant atmosphere that is so evident watching these re-runs that makes us all so nostalgic i think. Everything is so sanitised and clinical these days.It's difficult to articulate to more recent generations how much more enjoyable goingSun, 23 Nov 2025 09:59:04 -0600