Football in the Seventies: 2013

Friday, June 7, 2013

West Ham-Fulham (FA Cup final), 1975.

Charlie Pedersen (Køge), 1975.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

FC Nantes-Atlético de Madrid, 1977.

Real Madrid-Derby County, 1975.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Memory Lane: average goals scored in European Cup matches, 1970-79.

Against opposition not including teams from Albania, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Northern Ireland, Norway & Turkey.

Including European Cup, UEFA Cup & Cup winners' Cup. In bold text, teams having played a final in the European Cup during the decade.

2,07 Hamburger SV
2,06 Bor. M'gladbach
1,90 Barcelona
1,89 Wolverhampton
1,76 Köln
1,74 Bayern Munich
1,71 Liverpool
1,70 Derby County
1,68 Twente
1,67 Magdeburg, Honvéd, Arsenal
1,64 Dynamo Berlin
1,63 Újpesti Dózsa, Crvena Zvezda
1,62 Ferencváros
1,59 Anderlecht
1,58 Tottenham
1,56 Club Brugge
1,55 PSV Eindhoven, FC Basel, Ajax
1,54 AEK Athens
1,50 Man City
1,49 Feyenoord
1,48 Dynamo Dresden
1,45 Dinamo Tbilisi
1,44 Servette, Dinamo Zagreb, Valencia
1,43 FC Porto
1,42 Ipswich, Hajduk Split
1,41 Levski Spartak
1,40 Dukla Prague
1,39 Saint-Etienne
1,38 Man United, Juventus
1,33 Lazio
1,32 Athletic Club, Dinamo Kiev
1,31 Atlético de Madrid
1,29 Carl Zeiss Jena
1,28 Milan
1,26 Real Madrid
1,25 Baník Ostrava, Sporting, Grasshoppers
1,24 Benfica
1,19 FC Zürich
1,18 Standard Liège
1,15 Rangers, Leeds
1,14 Olympiakos
1,12 Górnik Zarbrze
1,11 Legia Warsaw
1,10 Celtic
1,04 RWDM, Inter
1,00 Spartak Moscow
0,94 FC Nantes
0,91 Torino
0,89 Panathinaikos, Malmö FF
0,88 Austria Vienna, Wacker Innsbruck, CSKA Sofia
0,85 Napoli
0,75 Marseille

Friday, May 3, 2013

The European Cup season 1971/72.

UEFA Cup (first edition), European Cup & Cup Winners' Cup.

Total points
1. England : 60
2. Italy : 48
3. Scotland : 43
4. Holland : 40
5. West Germany : 35
6. Hungary : 27
7. Yugoslavia : 26
8. Portugal : 24
9. Romania : 23
10. Belgium : 22
11. Spain : 21
12. East Germany, Soviet Union : 19
14. Austria : 14
15. Poland : 12
16. France : 11
17. Sweden : 9
18. Bulgaria : 8
19. Norway, Switzerland, Greece, Malta : 6
23. Turkey : 5
24. Denmark, Czechoslovakia : 4
26. Iceland : 3
27. Finland, Wales : 2
29. Ireland, Luxembourg, Albania : 1
32. Northern Ireland, Cyprus : 0

Average points*
1. England : 71,4%
2. Holland : 69,0%
3. West Germany : 67,3%
4. Scotland : 65,2%
5. Italy : 61,5%
6. Hungary : 61,4%
7. Soviet Union : 55,9%
8. Portugal : 54,5%
9. Yugoslavia : 54,2%
10. Poland, Belgium : 50,0%
12. Romania : 47,9%
13. Spain : 47,7%
14. East Germany : 47,5%
15. Austria : 43,8%
16. Bulgaria : 40,0%
17. France : 39,3%
18. Sweden : 37,5%
19. Switzerland, Malta : 30,0%
*) minimum 10 matches.

Combined
1. England : 2
2. Holland : 6
3. Italy, Scotland : 7
5. West Germany : 8
6. Hungary : 12
7. Yugoslavia, Portugal : 16
9. Soviet Union : 19
10. Belgium : 20
11. Romania : 21
12. Spain : 24
13. Poland : 25
14. East Germany : 26
15. Austria : 29
16. France : 33
17. Bulgaria : 34
18. Sweden : 35
19. Switzerland, Malta : 38
21. Norway, Greece
23. Turkey
24. Denmark, Czechoslovakia
26. Iceland
27. Finland, Wales
29. Ireland, Luxembourg, Albania
32. Northern Ireland, Cyprus

Zico 1973

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Hammarby Stockholm-Malmö FF, 1976.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Servette Geneva, 1978/79.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Matches between 'big' nations, 1970-1979.

Including friendlies as well as competitive matches.

Average points
1. Brazil : 67,6%
2. West Germany : 66,1%
3. Holland : 55,9%
4. Argentina : 50,0%
5. Italy : 48,1%
6. Spain : 47,1%
7. France : 44,4%
8. England : 36,8%
9. Soviet Union : 27,8%

Scored goals per match
1. West Germany : 1,65
2. Holland : 1,53
3. Italy : 1,33
4. Brazil : 1,24
5. Argentina : 1,13
6. France : 1,06
7. Spain : 1,00
8. England : 0,89
9. Soviet Union : 0,44

Conceded goals per match
1. Brazil : 0,71
2. West Germany : 1,10
3. Spain : 1,12
4. Soviet Union : 1,17
5. Holland : 1,18
6. England : 1,26
7. France : 1,28
8. Argentina : 1,30
9. Italy : 1,41

Overall record
Brazil : 9 5 3 21-12
West Germany : 17 7 8 51-39
Holland : 7 5 5 26-20
Argentina : 7 9 7 26-30
Italy : 10 6 11 36-38
Spain : 5 6 6 17-19
France : 5 6 7 19-23
England : 4 6 9 17-24
Soviet Union : 3 4 11 8-21

Friday, March 29, 2013

European Championships, 1970-79.

Total points:
1. West Germany : 41
2. England : 35
3. Belgium, Holland : 34
5. Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia : 33
7. Soviet Union : 30
8. Spain : 27
9. Poland : 26
10. Austria, East Germany : 25
12. Hungary, Romania : 24
14. Portugal : 23
15. Wales : 22
16. France, Northern Ireland : 21
18. Scotland : 20
19. Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey : 18
22. Greece : 17
23. Switzerland, Sweden : 16
25. Ireland : 15
26. Finland : 8
27. Denmark : 7
28. Norway, Malta, Iceland : 4
31. Albania : 3
32. Luxembourg : 2
33. Cyprus : 1

Average points:
1. England : 79,5%
2. West Germany : 78,8%
3. Czechoslovakia : 75,0%
4. Holland : 70,8%
5. Yugoslavia : 68,8%
6. Spain : 67,5%
7. Belgium : 65,4%
8. Poland : 65,0%
9. Italy : 64,3%
10. Austria, East Germany : 62,5%
12. Soviet Union : 60,4%
13. Romania : 60,0%
14. France : 58,3%
15. Portugal : 57,5%
16. Wales : 55,0%
17. Hungary : 54,5%
18. Northern Ireland : 52,5%
19. Scotland, Turkey : 50,0%
21. Greece : 47,2%
22. Bulgaria : 45,0%
23. Sweden : 44,4%
24. Switzerland : 40,0%
25. Ireland : 37,5%
26. Albania : 25,0%
27. Finland : 22,2%
28. Denmark : 17,5%
29. Iceland : 14,3%
30. Malta : 11,1%
31. Norway : 10,0%
32. Luxembourg : 5,6%
33. Cyprus : 2,8%

Combined:
1. West Germany, England : 3
3. Holland : 7
4. Czechoslovakia : 8
5. Belgium, Yugoslavia : 10
7. Spain : 14
8. Poland : 17
9. Soviet Union : 19
10. Austria, East Germany : 20
12. Romania : 25
13. Italy : 28
14. Hungary, Portugal : 29
16. France : 30
17. Wales : 31
18. Northern Ireland : 34
19. Scotland : 37
20. Turkey : 38
21. Bulgaria : 41
22. Greece : 43
23. Sweden : 46
24. Switzerland : 47
25. Ireland : 50
26. Finland : 53
27. Denmark : 55
28. Albania, Iceland : 57
30. Malta : 58
31. Norway : 59
32. Luxembourg : 64
33. Cyprus : 66

Copa Libertadores 1970-79: ranking semifinals & finals.

Total points:
1. Argentina : 104
2. Brazil : 54
3. Uruguay : 31
4. Chile : 22
5. Paraguay : 20
6. Colombia : 19
7. Peru : 14
8. Ecuador : 12
9. Venezuela : 2

Average points:
1. Argentina : 57,8%
2. Paraguay : 55,6%
3. Brazil : 55,1%
4. Colombia : 52,8%
5. Uruguay : 48,4%
6. Chile : 44,0%
7. Ecuador : 37,5%
8. Peru : 26,9%
9. Venezuela : 25,0%

Combined:
1. Argentina : 2
2. Brazil : 5
3. Paraguay : 7
4. Uruguay : 8
5. Chile, Colombia : 10
7. Peru, Ecuador : 15
9. Venezuela : 18

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Total and average points in the UEFA Cup, 1971-74.

Total points:
1. England : 133
2. West Germany : 119
3. Italy : 76
4. Holland : 74
5. Yugoslavia : 51
6. East Germany : 46
7. Portugal : 40
8. Soviet Union : 39
9. Hungary : 38
10. Spain : 35
11. Scotland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia : 33
14. Poland, France : 30
16. Romania : 26
17. Greece, Bulgaria : 22
19. Denmark, Austria : 16
21. Sweden : 15
22. Switzerland : 13
23. Norway : 12
24. Turkey : 11
25. Northern Ireland : 6
26. Iceland : 3
27. Ireland, Luxembourg : 1
29. Finland, Malta, Cyprus : 0

Average points:
1. England : 69,3%
2. Soviet Union : 65,0%
3. Germany : 63,3%
4. Holland : 61,7%
5. Czechoslovakia : 61,5%
6. Italy : 57,6%
7. Hungary : 55,9%
8. Yugoslavia : 53,1%
9. East Germany : 52,3%
10. Poland, Greece : 50,0%
12. France : 46,9%
13. Scotland, Bulgaria : 45,8%
15. Portugal : 45,5%
16. Belgium : 43,4%
17. Spain : 41,7%
18. Romania : 40,6%
19. Denmark : 40,0%
20. Sweden, Northern Ireland : 37,5%
22. Turkey : 34,4%
23. Norway, Austria : 33,3%
25. Switzerland : 32,5%
26. Iceland : 18,8%
27. Ireland, Luxembourg : 6,2%
29. Finland, Malta, Cyprus : 0,0%

Combined:
1. England : 2
2. Germany : 5
3. Holland : 8
4. Italy : 9
5. Soviet Union : 10
6. Yugoslavia : 13
7. East Germany : 15
8. Hungary, Czechoslovakia : 16
10. Portugal : 22
11. Scotland, Poland : 24
13. France : 26
14. Spain, Belgium, Greece : 27
17. Bulgaria : 30
18. Romania : 34
19. Denmark : 38
20. Sweden : 40
21. Austria : 42
22. Northern Ireland : 45
23. Norway, Turkey : 46
25. Switzerland : 47
26. Iceland : 52
27. Ireland, Luxembourg : 54
29. Finland, Malta, Cyprus : 58

Monday, March 25, 2013

Total and average points in the European Cup, 1975-79.

Total points:
1. West Germany : 77
2. England : 60
3. France, Spain : 36
5. Holland, Soviet Union : 32
7. East Germany : 26
8. Belgium, Switzerland : 24
10. Italy, Yugoslavia : 22
12. Scotland : 21
13. Sweden, Portugal : 19
15. Austria : 18
16. Czechoslovakia : 17
17. Hungary : 14
18. Poland, Greece : 13
20. Turkey : 12
21. Ireland : 11
22. Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus : 9
25. Denmark, Norway : 8
27. Iceland, Malta : 5
29. Northern Ireland, Albania : 4
31. Finland : 3
32. Luxembourg : 2

Average points:
1. England : 71,4%
2. West Germany : 70,0%
3. Holland, Soviet Union : 61,5%
5. Yugoslavia : 61,1%
6. Spain : 60,0%
7. East Germany : 59,1%
8. France : 58,1%
9. Italy : 55,0%
10. Switzerland : 54,5%
11. Czechoslovakia : 53,1%
12. Scotland : 52,5%
13. Turkey, Hungary, Albania : 50,0%
16. Belgium : 48,0%
17. Portugal : 47,5%
18. Sweden : 45,2%
19. Austria : 45,0%
20. Greece : 40,6%
21. Romania, Cyprus : 37,5%
23. Poland : 36,1%
24. Ireland : 34,4%
25. Norway : 33,3%
26. Bulgaria : 32,1%
27. Denmark : 28,6%
28. Malta : 25,0%
29. Iceland : 20,8%
30. Northern Ireland : 16,7%
31. Finland : 12,5%
32. Luxembourg : 10,0%

Combined:
1. West Germany, England : 3
3. Holland, Soviet Union : 8
5. Spain : 9
6. France : 11
7. East Germany : 14
8. Yugoslavia : 15
9. Switzerland : 18
10. Italy : 19
11. Belgium, Scotland : 24
13. Czechoslovakia : 27
14. Portugal, Hungary : 30
16. Sweden : 31
17. Turkey : 33
18. Austria : 34
19. Greece : 38
20. Poland : 41
21. Albania : 42
22. Romania, Cyprus : 43
24. Ireland : 45
25. Bulgaria : 48
26. Norway : 50
27. Denmark : 52
28. Malta : 55
29. Iceland : 56
30. Northern Ireland : 59
31. Finland : 62
32. Luxembourg : 64

Total and average points in the European Cup, 1970-74.

In bold text, countries that reached the final.

Total points:
1. Holland : 67
2. Spain, Scotland : 44
4. England : 39
5. West Germany : 37
6. Hungary : 29
7. Belgium, Italy : 28
9. Soviet Union, Yugoslavia : 27
11. Poland : 26
12. Czechoslovakia : 24
13. Portugal : 23
14. East Germany : 20
15. Bulgaria : 19
16. Switzerland, Romania, Greece : 17
19. France : 13
20. Sweden : 12
21. Turkey, Denmark : 8
23. Ireland : 6
24. Austria, Malta : 5
26. Finland : 3
27. Cyprus : 2
28. Albania, Iceland, Luxembourg : 1
31. Norway, Northern Ireland : 0

Point average:
1. Holland : 76,1%
2. West Germany : 71,2%
3. Soviet Union : 67,5%
4. Scotland, Czechoslovakia : 66,7%
6. Yugoslavia : 61,4%
7. Spain: 61,1%
8. England : 60,9%
9. Poland : 59,1%
10. Belgium : 58,3%
11. Hungary : 55,8%
12. Italy : 53,8%
13. Bulgaria : 52,8%
14. Portugal : 52,3%
15. East Germany, Sweden : 50,0%
17. Switzerland, Romania : 47,2%
19. France : 46,4%
20. Greece : 44,7%
21. Denmark : 33,3%
22. Turkey : 28,6%
23. Ireland : 25,0%
24. Malta : 20,8%
25. Austria, Albania, Finland : 12,5%
28. Cyprus : 10,0%
29. Iceland, Luxembourg : 5,0%
31. Norway, Norhern Ireland : 0,0%

Combined:
1. Holland : 2
2. Scotland : 6
3. West Germany : 7
4. Spain : 9
5. England, Soviet Union : 12
7. Yugoslavia : 15
8. Czechoslovakia : 16
9. Belgium, Hungary : 17
11. Italy : 19
12. Poland : 20
13. Portugal : 27
14. Bulgaria : 28
15. East Germany : 29
16. Switzerland, Romania : 33
18. Sweden : 35
19. Greece : 36
20. France : 38
21. Denmark : 42
22. Turkey : 43
23. Ireland : 46
24. Malta : 48
25. Austria : 49
26. Finland : 51
27. Albania : 53
28. Cyprus : 55
29. Iceland, Luxembourg : 57
31. Norway, Northern Ireland : 62

Average points in 1970s WC & Euro qualifiers.

1. West Germany : 80,6%
2. England : 80,0%
3. Italy : 77,1%
4. Holland : 76,6%
5. Spain : 73,1%
6. Czechoslovakia : 71,2%
7. Belgium : 70,3%
8. Poland : 70,0%
9. East Germany : 68,8%
10. Yugoslavia : 67,3%
11. Austria : 67,2%
12. Soviet Union : 63,5%
13. Hungary & Romania : 62,5%
15. Portugal : 60,9%
16. Scotland : 57,1%
17. France : 55,8%
18. Sweden : 53,6%
19. Bulgaria : 53,3%
20. Wales : 50,0%
21. Northern Ireland : 48,4%
22. Turkey : 48,3%
23. Switzerland : 40,0%
24. Greece : 38,5%
25. Ireland : 37,5%
26. Finland : 25,0%
27. Albania : 20,8%
28. Denmark & Norway : 20,0%
30. Iceland : 11,5%
31. Luxembourg & Malta : 6,7%
33. Cyprus : 5,0%

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Universitatea Craiova-Fortuna Düsseldorf 1978.

Aleksandr Chivadze (D. Tbilisi) & Valery Gazzaev (D. Moscow), 1979.

Steve Heighway (Liverpool), 1971.

OPS Oulu 1979.

Start Kristiansand-Racing Strasbourg, 1979.

Colin Stein (Rangers) & Evgeni Zhukov (Dinamo Moscow) in the 1972 CWC final.

Colo-Colo 1973.

Peter Osgood in Chelsea-Real Madrid, 1971 CWC final.

Dinamo Moscow-Spartak, 1976.

László Fazekas (Újpesti Dózsa), 1976.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

'Włodek' Lubański in Poland-England, 1973.

Slavia Prague-Škoda Plzeň, 1975.

Gerd Kasperski (Bor. Dortmund), 1975.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Athletic Bilbao 1977.

Southampton, FA Cup winners 1976.

Fredrikstad-Vålerengen, 1979.

Herbert Prohaska (Austria Vienna), 1979.

Servette Geneva 1976.

Scottish Division One clubs, 1975.

Jim Cruickshank (Hearts), Sandy Jardine (Rangers), Alan Hansen (Partick Thistle), Pat Stanton (Hibernian), Joe Wark (Motherwell), ID Foote (referee), Derek Johnstone (Rangers), Bobby Robinson (Dundee FC), Kenny Dalglish (Celtic), Tommy McLean (Rangers), Andy Gray (Dundee United) and Bobby Graham (Motherwell).