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Wembley's Dreaming
Joined February 2016
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A new football season is upon us, so why not indulge in some proper football reading, with "The Magic Of The Cup"? 1967/68, 1970/71 and 1973/74 all available here: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B4F2RXQQ?b… #LFC #WBA #Arsenal #EvertonFC #NUFC
substack.com/home/post/p-222… Some Sunday afternoon reading material for your consumption, as @Scraggy_74 goes in above the knee on Thomas the Tank Engine, with both feet off the ground, in this week's offering of Another Result I Look Out For...
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substack.com/home/post/p-212… The Phantom Flan Flinger's odyssey through the 1967/68 FA Cup reaches the business end, as Everton, on the back of a convincing league double over West Bromwich Albion, are the favourites at kick off time... The favourites always win the day, right?
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substack.com/home/post/p-219… For this week's edition of Boys on Film, The Phantom Flan Flinger takes a look at the BBC's Fascism and Football documentary, from 2003. A magnificent hour of television that never loses it's relevance.
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substack.com/home/post/p-222… What the Papers Said, for the week beginning 26 October 1981, and Alan Durban is in a siege mentality, Robert Oxby is once again the transfer whisperer, Willie Young antagonises Terry Neill, and The Kinks write some of their most desolate tunes ever...
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 1979/80 Revisited is off to the County Ground Swindon once again, as Jack Charlton's Sheffield Wednesday head to Wiltshire for a Third Division promotion race six-pointer. @MagicOfFACup and @Scraggy_74 are in awe of Big Jack's take on Wembley FC...
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yourboystookahellofabeating.… Only love can break your heart, but football can hug your soul. In Another Result I Look Out For this week, @Scraggy_74 takes a delve into his soft spot for AS Saint-Étienne. Allez Les Verts...
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substack.com/home/post/p-211… In The Phantom Flan Flinger's build up to the 1968 FA Cup final, he brings us our 2.15pm player profiles, as each player identifies themselves to camera, while shifting uneasily in their seat. We're 30 minutes from the long tunnel end walk...
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This matchday programme cover… wow! 🤩🇧🇷 Emersonn is the cover star for tonight’s visit of Nottingham Forest. 🙌 Pick up your copy for £4. 📚
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substack.com/home/post/p-219… For this week's helping of Boys on Film, the Phantom Flan Flinger brings us the shock and awe that was the 1978 'The World About Us' documentary, in which the BBC followed West Bromwich Albion's tour of China. A truly glorious hour of television.
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… While, if it's listening material you desire, @All_Blue_Daze saunters through the latest module of Home is Where the Heart Is, in which @80s90sfootball regales us of the Goldstone Ground and beyond, with his Brighton and Hove Albion bobble hat on.
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substack.com/home/post/p-211… The Phantom Flan Flinger's weekly sojourn into the 1967/68 FA Cup reaches Wembley, and the final itself, as our custard pie loving hero in black brings us all the preparations and build up to kick off, for what would be the first final broadcast in colour.
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… It's Friday morning, a time of the week when the only reasonable course of action is to pretend you're working. Why not compliment time well misspent by indulging in the latest thrilling instalment of 1979/80 Revisited? Join @MagicOfFACup and @Scraggy_74
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… Meanwhile, if you missed it yesterday, here we have the latest developments at 1979/80 Revisited, as @MagicOfFACup and @Scraggy_74 take a trip to Carrow Road, for an eight-goal thriller and Justin Fashanu's goal of the season.
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… 1979/80 Revisited goes to Carrow Road for an absolute classic. An eight-goal thriller shared by Norwich City and Liverpool, a flame-haied hat-trick and the goal of the season. Join @MagicOfFACup and @Scraggy_74 as they also nip to The Hawthorns & The Dell.
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Wow! 😁 Saša Lukić stars on our matchday programme cover for the visit of Fulham. 🇷🇸 @louisecobbold79. 🎨
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substack.com/home/post/p-211… Into the quarter finals of the 1967/68 FA Cup, The Phantom Flan Flinger takes us, as Birmingham City upset the applecart, Leeds and Sheffield United take Yorkshire swings at one another, and Everton and Liverpool experience differing fortunes...
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… Even 1979/80 Revisited is adhering to the international break, as @MagicOfFACup and @Scraggy_74 head to Wembley for England Vs. Ireland. Kevin Keegan lifts the general aura of mediocrity, while David Johnson and Gerry Peyton are the casualties...
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substack.com/home/post/p-218… What the Papers Said for the week beginning 28 September 1981 brings news of the death of an icon, hopes of an international recall for George Best, red cards galore in Tatabánya, plus a startled baby on the back page of the Daily Record. Join @Scraggy_74.
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substack.com/home/post/p-217… The Cosmos at their very Zenith, beautifully brought to you on film by Once in a Lifetime. The Phantom Flan Flinger takes a look back at the excesses of rock 'n' roll football, not just NASL style, but New York flavoured too.
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