But that dont suit flosses narrative where lil lestah were relevant for like 3 years of their entire history.
For me there was originally a big two, that would be Manchester United and Liverpool, both number one around different periods - that would be around the time of European Cup success - I don't really know how all these other names creeped into it but they did lol. I'd probably throw in Arsenal because of their 70's double success - Spurs because, I don't know why - Then Chelsea and Man City who bought success via cheating or other means in recent years. I suppose people could ask why Forest and Villa are not in there, and I honestly don't know, but that would be my six in no particular order, other than United and Liverpool being the top two. A menshy for West Ham because they gave us the World Cup. Leeds under Revie. Anyone mentioning Newcastle, well all I can say to that is So it's... Liverpool Man Utd Man City Chelsea Arsenal Spurs Opinions eh!
Love the tears of the cartel 6 plastic glory boys. None come from anywhere near the clubs they support of course, and the tears aren't for the state of football, but because their glory hunt isn't turning out so well.
Back in the days when you could just turn up at the turnstiles, there used to be a select number of 'all ticket' games at Highbury, so I always based the top clubs on those games. Man Utd Liverpool Everton Tottenham West Ham Nottm Forest This is mid/late 80s so Chelsea don't appear on there because they were a yo-yo club back then. Everton were a big club and would often push Liverpool. Man City don't even feature, because they were a Div 2 team who used to regularly get battered by the likes of West Brom, or Leeds
Which teams would I like to go back in time and attend a game... Forest under Clough Leeds under Revie Chelsea early seventies (Harris, Osgood, Hudson etc) West Ham (but I did see them in 74) I also saw Everton in the 80's under Howard Kendall Liverpool in the Kop before we turned the game sterile, maybe Shankly time I'd like to see Malcolm Allison or El Tel again back in the day both I have seen This is quite hard, because there's so many lol. Maybe attend Italia 90.
You got to be fooking joking. That would be the eqivalent of Fosse coming to Gillingham lol. Nah seriously, it's like saying would I like to go and see Blackburn and Shearer, it was great at the time but the answer remains no.
Would love to have been at Italy 90. I remember me and my school mates trying to hatch a plan that we'd all go together lol. Suffice to say we didn't pull it off. One of the best world cups ever that. The Pavarotti tune, Roger Milla pretending not to be 48 playing for Cameroon, England looking like they were going to crash out before that David Platt goal, the Penalties against West Germany .....
It's weird because I can't remember what happened yesterday, but I remember all that and more. I also remember the 1974 World Cup, East Germany v West Germany, and Haiti and Zaire being in it, no I never googled any of that.
I was a proper football nut back in the day, I sort of lost interest after SKY took hold. Sort of got back into it now, and just accepted it for what it is, but no where the levels I use to be with it. Some changes I like, some I hate but not my world anymore sadly, but grateful to have lived so long to have these memories.
