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These were the days when football was football, no glitz glamour. Proper football. Clyde Best never got the recognition he deserved, a great player. Of course George Best was utter genius
What a treat this is, to see two good teams having a real go at each other. Players hitting and getting hit with no antics or play acting and goalkeepers catching shots without the dramatics. I played football (at a bad level) until I was nearly forty and I loved it but I don't watch it anymore, I just watch real football like this and other matches on TH-cam
Me also, but never watch it now don't even know the players
@tigerarmyrule
Very true.
So impressived to see this beautiful football, with these great players, more pleasant to look than today, no doubt about it .
All my respect, from France .
I was at that game. Some real legends playing. The Holy Trinity, Stepney, Moore, Brooking, Bond and the real Frank Lampard. Happy days!
That was when sideburns were sideburns....
Brilliant to see one of the great strikers in Pop Robson, never got anywhere near the recognition he deserved. Great football, great memories
The Brooking pass at 6:29 was sublime . He did this week in week out. I have never seen a footballer with such vision; apart of, course Saint Booby Moore
and your terms of reference were...?.. Upton Park?? 😁
Brooking could unlock any defence.
Yes Brookings passing was a class above anyone I have seen for a very long time. Perhaps modric and Messi have similar passing skills although very different players.
Good old Georgie !! ..Blessed with talent ..He could well have been the best player that ever lived ..(Liverpool fan ) ..RIP
Why say your club?
@@MrYFlyer I can say what I want ,,its a free country ..Why whats the problem ?
@@kelvinlewis4065 did I say you can't?
West Ham being led-out by (Sir) Bobby Moore, and Man. Utd being led-out by Sir Bobby Charlton. England's two most-loved footballers, plus the genius of George Best. Seriously, was football ever any more wonderful than it was on that day?
Today we watch athletes coached to play football....back then you were watching players with skill and ability and that’s why it was so much more entertaining...
OTOH, nostalgia ain't what it used to be
Watching this vintage clip from the seventies, what strikes me most is it's a stark reminder of the quality of play in terms of the strategic fundamentals of ball control, possession, passing, tackling and marking. The modern game with all its advances in equipment, facilities, technology (+money!) somehow tries to kid itself that it has reinvented the beautiful game... well they could play a bit back then too!
Early 70's I lived on Boundary Road, half a mile away from the Boleyn and went to every home match for fifteen Bob in the Northbank. I earned precisely £10.25 a week for a job in the city running an ICL mainframe (system 4 L50). Notice that you could pronounce all the names in those days? Which is why we'd just won the World Cup. We had a mass of top class English players to select the national squad from. The only foreign player on the pitch was Clyde Best.
This is the Hammers I remember watching week in and week out but for Bobbie Ferguson (who played for Scotland). Best players on the pitch were Bobby Moore (England) controlling the game from the back with precise passes to the feet of forward players, Pop Robson lethal in the box, swivelhipped Trevor Brooking (England) who snaked through midfield and hard man Billy Bonds, Frank Lampard and Andy McDowell at the back who were fearless. Not there was the best winger ever, Harry Redknappe and the unstoppable will'o the wisp Alan Devonshire. Manager was john Greenwood (England) or John Lyall.
West Ham could beat any team as long as they hadn't been partying the night before.
why can't you pronounce the names today?
@@imnothere220 because they are imported players with non English names. We used to have Roy of the Rovers type teams with local lads. This included the managers.
Did you understand the point about International success?
@@ratusbagus so you cant pronounce foreign words?
@@imnothere220 oh dear. An SJW snowflake. Making a pathetic woke point. On a nostalgic sport post.
It's past related. Therefore it must be racist.
Something for you to think about peabrain.
In this era life was different. There were no mobile phones, let alone smart phones. No WiFi. No computers. No Internet. No access to information about other countries. No international news. Just newspapers. Radio news and a twice daily TV news bulletin....... On the 2 terrestrial analogue TV channels. Not even those blocky teletext pages on TV.
Most people on the TV were white Christians..... Because it was a white Christian country. There simply weren't other ethnicities living in the UK in any meaningful numbers.
Nobody other than very wealthy people travelled across international boarders..... We might go to the seaside for a day trip every five years. This means that life was very provincial. We spoke local dialect and heard BBC English.... That's it.
Never mind foreign names and words. People couldn't understand or pronounce Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Yorkshire and Geordie words and names.
Just as people born into a foreign culture and language have problems correctly pronouncing English words and names. So English speakers had (and still have) problems correctly pronouncing the massive array of foreign tongues that surged into the UK from the mid-60's on.
A 3rd world country today would have the same cultural appreciation and language issues as 60's Britain.
You though, don't have those life reference points and so are unaware of them (aka ignorant). Your little bubble mates simply seek to pontificate your uninformed, narrow minded, naive hate agenda onto those from another time and place under the unimaginative mantra of "racist!".
Now. Twinkie. Scuttle off back to your safe space. I'm sure you'll find a cry cupboard to offset the terrible hurt of this response to your failed bait set-up.
Forget social studies. Avoid early dementia and do a proper maths based Stem instead. You'll be happier, think longer and learn actual critical analysis skills. Except of course if your lecturer is a communist indoctrinated moron that claims maths and science are racist.
Failing that, do a real history degree. You may learn what actual racism is, that Marxism has always failed everywhere (despite massive genocides and disappeared) and that your "movement's" behaviours mirror the historical methodologies, of the racist nazi fascists you actually are.
Somehow I much-much preferred the days, when English Football was British, German was German, Italian was Italian. One could actually see the style and the culture of a nation via the way how they played the game. This match just couldn’t be played anywhere else than in England. It was great! I dearly miss it! (Btw I am not English...)
Lol
Not only when keepers caught the ball, but didn’t wear massive gloves to help them catch the ball.
Plus no OTT goal celebrations.
I had the pleasure of watching the great players of these teams. In those days, most of the Div 1 teams had players you would go and watch.
For me, money has ruined football. I hardly watch it anymore.
Ess Bee me too. Agree with all you say. My early memories are of Ian Storey Moore playing at NFFC in front of 47,000
I totally agree 👍
Obviously there's more grip on leather than shiny plastic
James Bong
True... but when I remember right, the balls in those days still had a coating.
Still difficult to catch when wet.
These days , keepers are encouraged to push/punch the ball away.
@@essbee2316 - yes in the late 60's early 70's they had a thin plastic coating - but they still had stitching, so retained some water and had some grip.
The reason why keepers today are more likely to punch is because the new plastic ball moves around in the air too much, and sometimes late, giving less time to react, especially as it's much faster. It seems to be the vertical movement that fools today's keepers rather than lateral.
I'm watching this from Canada. Wow. These stars were great. :)))))))
back then football was a passion ..full of joy and refreshment
but now..
its more than the bussiness
no more taste
Absolutely correct.
As far as I'm concerned, George best is the greatest European player ever, & he's in the running for best ever, in my humble opinion!!
Doug Reed. Got to agree with you there.
El Maradona de Europa!!!! 💜
Excelente jugador!!!
@Ron P I'm not overrating him at all!!!! He was that good, its got nothing to do with how long you are at the top, Zidane better?? You are having a laugh surely, but thanks for your opinion though ron😊
@Ron P he didn't have longevity because of his drinking & womanising, also if he was more dedicated he would have lasted longer, no reflection on his ability & because of his northern Irish he never experienced international matches at the very highest level, though against Holland he nutmeg'd cryuff, he would have thrived at i ternational class, overrated?? Don't think so!
I'm 73 now loved the old game, That was real football.
Too many foreign players in the premier league now , means less English players having experience playing top level, which means a useless England team.
Clubs buying success paying stupid money for players and paying them ridiculous 'wages'
Wow, there was some stellar talent on the field that day, and a couple of beautiful goals from Pop Robson.
Enjoy the pure honesty in those days, no sign of cheating, just playing for the love of the game.
Agree (unless Francis Lee was playing, in which case you got plenty of cheating).
@@robicenco1 damn it, you beat me to it 😱😂😂😂
Pop pop pop pop Robson.... Score a little goal for me.. ⚒️
George Best
You are a Fantastic Football player
You are the Best
George Best
Good bye the Belfast boy
World legend
Maradona Cruyff Pele
George Best is the Best
Danny van Strien Holland Europe
September 2nd 1972 nearly 50 years ago what a match still miss Upton Park
Forgotten how football should be played. I miss those days when it was not all about winning at any cost. Money has ruined the game and the players, or some of them, will cheat to win now!! Sportsmanship is dead and buried.
All That Great Talent on One Pitch Magical Best,Law,Charlton,etc,etc.
You forgot Bobby Moore and Trevor Brooking.
miss those days when I could pronounce every name. George Best was the most naturally gifted player of all time.
10 seconds of magic from Best was worth a whole game from another. There has never been a more graceful and frankly beautiful talent in the game. he didn't run he flowed and glided.
Yeah we hate people not having english names, oh wait I mean french names introduced into the english culture which was before stolen by anglo saxons. We should go back to celtic names.
@@tigerarmyrule , miss George, the most naturally gifted player ever, shame we were deprived of his extraordinary talent when he was so young, but oh those memories, God Bless you George, SUPERSTAR. R.I.P.
Ahhh. The days before technical and artistic points were awarded for an airborne jack-knife, toe-loop followed by triple salchow in or around the penalty area.
Wonderful English, Roy of the Rovers style football, before it imported world class academy award gamesmanship, the dusky swivel-hipped race-horse fragility of "world-class" athletes who, both feet off the ground, would suddenly lack the balance or dexterity to simply remain standing. The supreme art of falling over.
When men were men, tackles weren't fouls and cheating wasn't part of the game.
In today’s age of rolling around, trying to get players booked/sent off etc, it would have been about 7 against 6 after about 8 minutes. Proper tackles, no histrionics, keepers without gloves catching the ball and making good saves without trying to win an Oscar. Shame we can’t turn the clock back.
Robson scored 47 goals in 120 appearances for West Ham.
I have been a united supporter for 50 years and the 60s and 70s that was football. What a joy to watch it then and there will never been anyone else with the genius of George Best
Straight leg high tackles, studs first, kick in the head but the only complaint was they could only have two pints at half time.
when football had a soul and a personality!!
George Best You are a Fantastic Football player you are the best George Best Good bye The Belfast Boy word Legend Maradona Pele Cruyff George Best is the Best
If George was in the team we would be there, happy days, Rip George, star man.
These normal looking athletes can play hard for 90 mins while our current hyper built up athletes dont
True,and with only one sub,and if memory serves me right,you could only use a sub,if a player was injured????
You're very wrong. As undeniably skillful these players are, they couldn't compete with today's more powerful and althetic players. The argument that modern players burn out doesn't stand up either; Christiano Ronaldo is 35 and still playing at the highest level and believes he can continue to do so until he's 40!!
ShiftCtrl85 the players today run approx 50% more than they did back then and even since 2006, the average player runs 30% more, with 50% more higher intensity running. the stamina required is far greater today.
do you have any idea how much further and faster they run today?
@@richbiles230872 many players still play futbol when they are middle aged in but the top team prefer youth, thats why ronaldo who won 1000 trophies had to leave madrid to juve a lower team. Then he will retire like everyone else.
Bring back British football anytime..loved it blood and thunder
If only these players had played on pitches like this all season.
Pop Robson,what a player.
These were *real* footballers, such a contrast to some of the vastly overpaid posers we have in today's game.
When English football belonged to the British and Irish.
What about the Scottish such as Denis Law for Man U in this video. On on a bigger note are you making the point that English football only belong to Brits?
@@alexzander1839 the Scottish are British as are the Welsh and Northern Irish. It was a Brits and Irish game in those days. It's not anymore of course.
plus a Bermudian.
How dare you? Dalglish and Souness...Scottish!!
@@redbilabsni Yes we know, but "British" covers English, Welsh and Scottish.
The surface looks fantastic. But they always did in August and September. Come December they were mud patches.
Watching this has just reminded me how good Alex Stepney was
The way Denis Law pushed Bobby Moore at 9:37 how long would a player these days spend rolling around on the ground holding his face while the rest of then team harassed the Ref trying and get him to give a yellow card. That's why I don't watch football anymore.
7:31 The grace & beauty of George Best
Great players great teams and great commentary
And that's the other one you know, of course. This stuff's gold. Thanks uploader.
I used to follow Man Utd in the seventies the away games where fantastic with 20-25,000 away fans no kidding.
That’s when football was football. You could tackle at least.
Much respect from Romania. Although I must add that the stadium of that time looked much better than even today's Romanian stadium's😎😁
a WC winning captain and three Euro Ballon d'Or winners playing. wowwwww
Incredible.
That Robson was some player. Checked him out on Wikipedia, and he never had a single England cap.
He had quite a goal scoring record for Newcastle and West Ham
What I could never understand about footballers in those days is they all looked over 40 😳
Well!!..what can you say?..that in my opinion was a great game of football.!..All the stars were out there unfortunately..I wasn't there. I went to as many West ham games as I could...even saw the famous 8 nil win against Sunderland when Geoff Hurst got Six.!...the pitch looked good as well! not the usual mud heap...happy days!
Been utd fan for over 30 years first time I've seen yellow and blue away kit
The golden age of football with players of immense skill, courage and honesty.
7:32 Georgie in full flight, bliss
Sliding past tackles like nothin
Those were the days what a great match all the players on both sides were household names. My very first away game as a Brighton fan was at Upton park in the late seventies a crowd of over thirty five thousand watched the match .Game ended 0-0 a great day out shame Trevour Brooking did not play never did see him play live.
Are you related to any other Brighton Edmondses? Harry, Alf, Sid, Frank (aka Eddy)? A couple of them were professional footballers.
@@robicenco1 As far as i know i have no relatives in Brighton,im in Partridge Green the other side of the south downs.
@@derekedmonds1580 Thanks - just checking as the Brighton Edmondses are relations of mine. Not sure there are any left there now to be honest.
Superior lejos a Messi y a Maradona, realmente espectacular!!!!!!!
I'm so lucky to find this video. 😍
Notice how the Goalies caught the ball.
Leather ball, so much easier than a plastic baloon
@@jamesbong7852 caught one in the face once. Saw stars on a sunny day.
Yes, even when back passed.
Anyone spot a backpass? There was only one. Possession football was boring.... Only one direction for good attacking sides in those days.
13:20 the no jockstrap and leather ball pose. No Michael Jackson didn't invent this dance move.
Always liked this away kit Utd had.
what a lovely game it was...very good players.....
Glad you all enjoyed it cheers Belfastjack
@@belfastjack - what year was it?
Geord best mutant of skills and driblingns genial! !! The ten fifa players! !
Best was the Best.
Robson had such great balance, ball control and an uncanny knack of putting the ball in the net. Lucky to have him score so many good goals for West Ham. George Best was without doubt the best player I have personally seen playing the wonderful game.
Thanks mate - enjoyed that.
This was football unlike the mostly contrived crap we see now..Harder ball,Tough tackling(the odd Liberty taken now&then)played on some really Terrible surfaces(this was 5star compared to most)Really Skillful players..as opposed to persistent diving&cheating,pretty much non contact(the Art of a physical challenge frowned upon)a lighter ball which gets moved around at pace to give the illusion the Game has moved on&Progressed...and of course since the Bosman ruling in the 90's which was well overdue,because the Players were shackled to their Clubs even when their Contracts had expired.But what we have now is a constant flow off players moving around and in&out of Revolving Doors,racking up bundles of cash without establishing a real well earned Reputation on the Field of play.How each Team is supposed to build a decent squad when you have so many Foreign speaking players who barely know each other and can just about Communicate boggles the Mind..I'm certainly not on some kind of Nostalgia Rant or trip just pointing out the obvious failings of of the moderm game..But I suppose the Presentation and Packaging has improved!
The ball is exactly the same weight as prescribed in the laws of the game . Never altered .
Dean Keith So they say!But the Ball that was used in this Game bears no similarity to the one being used now..Todays"NIKE"Balls swerve all over the place..Years ago,a GK did well if he hit the Half-way line from a Goal-kick,today they could quite easily Punt he ball out of the Stadium..Anyone who has played Football,knows full well that today's Ball is made of a different material&moves around a lot faster and is easier to Strike long distances with!
My four fave commentators then were.... In no particular order
Kenneth Wolstenholme.... BBC... Incredible knowledge. Cool descriptions of players.
Hugh Johns.... ITV.... Same reasons as Ken.
Brian Moore.... ITV..... Excitable. Knowledgable. Fun.
David Coleman.... BBC... Same reasons as Brian.
Subscribed mate, just for this video. Way before my time but I always say Best is with the best. I don't live in the past and welcome change but these days, sometimes, I miss so much of what i grew up with. And what better way to revisit the past...? All the best. ⚽️☘️
Always liked that Man U kit..
Legend!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️RIP
My goodness how did we manage to play fantastic football without foreign imports
Best? No not that one
Moore? No not that one
Frank Lampard? No not that one
Bryan Robson? No not that one
😂😂😂😂😂
At first I really thought it was Bobby Moore & Fran Lampard playing and was wondering how old Frank is. Then I seen Best in both line ups at the start. I was confused. 🤣
@@blueheaven4838 it was Pop Robson.
@@ratusbagus I don't think both were related.... Will be surprised if they were. Thanks for answering anyways.
Gordon Hill? No not that one.
Goal nets weren't as deep back then? Nice to see that old Portland Timber Clyde Best.
vintage football
Great match! I thought the game was meant to be slower in those days...
It is but marginal, i think the ball has got faster not the game.
Either of those teams could compete today for sure.
because the players nowadays earn a lot more money than in those days ?
that's BS spread by younger fans
@@hellowalkman4506 yes mate. Its a myth that football was slower then. I much prefer this football to the boring premiership.
Marvellous. You forget how good these guys were. Best riding tackles....that mazy run is like Messi, except he doesn't go down !
Messi is not known for going down.
Back in the days when goalkeepers caught the ball with their bare hands rather than punching it away with big thick gloves.
So Brian Robson, Brooking, Lampard, 2 Bests, Bobbys Moore & Charlton, all on the same pitch. Time travel ;)
Would have been nice to have had Scholesy on there as well
They were even better earlier.The FA Cup final of 1953 for me was the greatest football match. Blackpool were down 2-0 to Bolton Wanderers, and then Stanley Matthews took command. Dribbled the ball as if tied to his boot and scored a goal. Only time of his life, before Stanley Mortensen scored the 4th. A great game for the Coronation Year.
this was honest football played back then. now it is full of drama Football. haha
I was brought up with seventies Football, saw plenty of matches, but all this lack of respect for todays players is un called for, they would run rings round the smoking , boozing , unhealthy eating lot back then.....
George Best 👍
Amazing how many English players were actually playing at the top level back then.
All of us Britain and Ireland in the old Div 1. Cheers from Scotland.
p mahon, whats even more amazing is that there is only one black player on the pitch, wind forward to 2018 and you can forget about it
The ball back then was like a stone if you headed it the wrong way. Especially when it was wet.
dale stuart that sounded racist
@@trinihammer Also, West Ham's sub was a Nigerian player that I'd never heard of before.
I WAS LIVING IN LA IN THE 1982, USED TO GO TO BEST,S BAR IN HERMOSA BCH CALF, THE BARS IN THE AREA USE TO PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER ON SUNDAY MORNING,MOST OF US PISSED,GEORGE CAME ON THE BEACH WHERE WE WERE PLAYING FOR ABOUT 10 MINS, THEN GO BACK TO HIS BAR, THEN IN 1990 I WAS LIVING IN LAGUNA BCH, CALF, PLAYED AGAINST CLIVE BEST WHO USED TO PLAY FOR WEST HAM IN A FOOTBALL GAME WHERE YOU HAD TO BE OVER 35 YEARS OLD AND MARRIED, THERE WHERE FOUR TEAMS THE RED TEAM , THE GREEN, THE WHITE, THE BLUE, EACH TEAM HAD TO HAV 6 GUYS 5 GIRLS , IF THE GIRLS SCORED, IF THEY SCORED IT COUNTED AS TWO GOALS, IT WAS GREAT FUN , SO YOU COULD SAY I PLAYED THE TWO BEST PLEAYERS IN THE WORLD, JUST SAYING, BE SAFE ALL
no gloves for golkeeper
I too noticed that goalkeepers still played like I did in the early 1950s, goalkeeper for Leeds University 1st XI. We too caught the ball, & could not hold it longer than three steps before bouncing it . An indirect free kick to the opposing team in one's penalty area otherwise!
A goalkeeper could be charged by an opponent if holding the ball, and one could end up in the net with it. A goal to one''s opponents. A giant coal mining centre forward in the Yorkshire League was a fearsome sight , and one got rid of the ball quickly!
The football being of leather absorbed water, and on a rainy day could feel like a cannon ball to catch.
Today's goalkeeping is a different "ball game".
P.E.Ds made soccer even more exciting
This was my very first time at Upton Park Forgot how many Great Quality players were on view from both teams. Great Game as well Highlights dones'nt do it credit
1972 I think ? So great to see George giving 100% and still great, after 72 he was NEVER the same player.
George best quit manchester united after 1968 i think he quit world class football at the age of 27
@@antonisgeorgeiou6180 Sorry? I wish he HAD left Utd after 68, he said later he wished he'd gone to Chelsea. He mat well have made that wonderful team champions.
This shows what a load of bollocks football is now
Keepers catching balls whilst making a full length save. Who would have thought that was possible. A game for overpaid talentless pussy’s now.
Aaron Mills very true. It’s all tactical shit and fitness. Back in the day besty used to have a few beers and run a mock. Done that now a days. You’d be fined a months wages and play for the second team. Gone oh the days when football was a mans game. Messi would oh got nailed back then. Fact ?
13.00 distant relatives! You alright Bestie? Yeh, no problem bruv.
Best player history
Wow long shots were the meta back then
Liverpool, Leeds , Forest, ManU were great in Europe, but apart from Bruce Grobbelaar and Steve Heighway I can only remember BRITISH players, who got up when tackled, didn't have the ref running backwards. That has always been the problem with the national team. Great players getting split up. Great teams, but including great non-English players such as Souness, Lorimer, St.John, Bremner, Hansen, Gemmil, Rush, Hughes, McDermott and many others ...including of course, Best. The best British player today is Bale, but who does he play for? And it's the same with the managers. Today Mourinho, Sarri, Pochettino, Klopp, Guardiola. Back then we had Ramsey, Shankley, Busby, Stein, Paisley and of course Clough. No owners from Saudiarabia, USA or Russia. The Premier League's crap now. No wonder there's a United of Manchester team now after the take-over by Glazer. Same as the Olympics, I'd have loved to have seen a UK team from back then.
An extra problem is now, you don't hardly see any British players at all. Most of the Premier League's players are over-payed legionnaire divas. There's players arriving at the top clubs from say, AC Milan, Dortmund or ParisSG but he comes from the Senegal or Croatia (maybe). You don't know how to pronounce his name, and when you know do he's gone.(though he could be back later for a saison.. on "loan"). "Back then" Bobby Charlton was ManU, Moore was West Ham, Carragher was Liverpool, Greaves was Spurs, Shearer was Newcastle, Bremner was Leeds etc etc. Whether you liked them or not, at least they were loyal to their clubs.
Heighway was hardly an exotic foreigner! Born in Dublin yes, but grew up and lived pretty much his whole life in England. Sounds English.
The Olympics is the same now as back then, they represent the UK.
Johnny Giles was Irish BTW.
george best 2nd best player i ever saw[ first?[ me
Quality game
Why was George better than messi , Ronaldo , Zidane , Maradona , Pele etc???.......... Because he could do Everything those lot did ...But.........Half Pissed , hungover , with no training all week & 2 hours sleep the night before !!🍺🍺🍺🍻🍹🍸🍷🍾⚽......that would have killed the others !😀👍.................R.I.P The Belfast Boy 👊🍻
Best by name and truly the best player of all time. There will never be another George Best.
West Ham had a very good team back then.
September 1972? I lived just down the road to Upton Park then. If Martin Peters had stuck around we would have thrashed them.
Awesome game!