Customer Reviews

Golden age gone but not forgotten - By: Nightspore, 04 Aug 2006
For those of us not around to see most of these games when they were played, the kind of footage on this DVD is priceless. Although not flawless, there is enough here to keep any ardent football fan happy. There is plenty of coverage of the 70s & 80s however it is the 60s footage that makes this really worthwhile. Perhaps a little too much emphasis on the goals which means you don't always get an overall feel for the individual matches, but this is a minor complaint, & it is the goals that most people remember & want to see. Not sure how long this DVD will be around, but grab it while you can.

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Best, Dalglish, Hoddle ... what more d'ya want? - By: Gareth Smyth, 24 Nov 2005
Any selection like this is of course a selection - & like the previous reviewer I could have done with some more Clough, especially the Forest team that came from the lower reaches of the old second division & won two European Cups.

But there’s plenty of great action – some epic Tottenham vs Man U ties from the late 60s (one season they each won the home fixture 5-1), Ronnie Radford’s piledriver on the Hereford mudbath (“Billy Meadows, the Hereford centre forward cost 200 pounds & Malcolm MacDonald the Newcastle centre forward cost 180,000 pounds,” says Motty as the teams warm up), Aston Villa against Bournmouth with 60,000 spectatorsin the third division, & Frank Worthington & Glen Hoddle & Kenny Dalglish & fans wearing crombies, & a very competitive Everton side or two that Howard Kendall put together.

You might find too much Liverpoolin the 80s series, with Rush scoring goal after goal, but that’s the way it was. Some of the Dalglish through-balls should have been stuck on the wall & hungin an art gallery.

I’ve watchedin loads of times & am still not sick of it.

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Not quite what I was expecting - By: , 30 Sep 2005
If you want to see football played when men were men & British footballers truly dominated the world then this is an ideal place to start. If like me however, you were after the definitive history of the televised era of English football then look elsewhere. Not a patch on the superb Match of the 70's/80's/90's television series that I was expecting. Very littlein the way of interviews from the people who were there, or, indeed very little insight into the events of the periods covered. What I consider big happenings, eg. Clough's disasterous period at Leeds, Alex Ferguson joining United or Arsenal winning the championship with almost the last kick of the season, all ignored. Norwich City beating Sunderlandin a league cup final however, made it in. As I said, not what I hadin mind & the wasted opportunity that this represents is reflected with the three stars I gave it. Some great stuff but missing too much. All I can hope for is that the BBC bring out the aforementioned Match of the 70's/80's/90's series, now that didn't dissapoint!

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Classic football action! - By: , 11 Oct 2004
You can't argue with the football action on show here,in a wonderful must see 3 DVD set for all fans of the beautiful game. An array of football stars grace three decades of English football where unlike today the nearest foreigners were Scottish, Welsh & Irish! From Charlton & Bestin the 60's, Dalglish & Keeganin the 70's & Lineker & Rushin the 80's younger footie fans will get to see the players their dads say 'you can't beat!'

A minor criticism is the lack of any extras & from a personal point of view i must admit to preferring the 'Match of the 70's/80's series' releasesin the mid 90's which combined the action with a musical soundtrack of the time.