20 Things About Watching Football in 1970s England That Fans Today Would Never Understand!

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Cash at the turnstile, packed terraces, muddy pitches and half-time scores decoded with a programme. Watching English football in the 1970s was a different experience. Discover twenty matchday traditions, rules and changes that shaped the decade—from football specials and one substitute to segregation and the arrival of shirt sponsors.

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