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November 1973

As appeared in Rothman's Football Yearbook 1974-75 (5th year) :

The Queen Anne Press, London 1974

November

1 Sales of alcoholic drink will be banned at World Cup grounds next summer.
Soft drinks will be available, but only in lightweight plastic containers. . . Frank O'Farrell settles his dispute with his fonner club, Manchester U. and receives a 50,000 pounds golden handshake for the termination of his contract, which had three-and-a-half years to run. It is understood that this is the largest sum ever paid to a manager in lieu of his salary . . . Colin Appleton, the ex-Leicester player, has been appointed as trainer/coach by Grimsby . . . Brian Clough is the new manager of Brighton. After days of negotiations Clough and Peter Taylor agree to take over the Third Division club. Chainnan Mike Bamber says that it is the greatest day of his life and that Brighton will soon be a force in football. . . Danny Hegan has been sacked by Wolves. The Irish international missed two days training and is given his cards by manager Bill McGarry. The club put a nominal 5000 pounds transfer fee on him and retain his registration.

2 The Soviet Union are unwilling to play their World Cup decider in Santiago, where an anti-Communist military putsch has ousted the fonner regime. . .
Football grounds will soon have to have a safety certificate from the local council. As a consequence to the Ibrox Park disaster a few years ago, the Government introduces a Bill regarding crowd safety. Penalties for contravening the Bill could be 400 pounds or a maximum of two years jail. The Football League will ask for a 1,000,000 pounds loan from the Government to finance the necessary ground improvements.

3 E. Gennany beat Albania 4-1 and qualify for the World Cup Finals for the first time. . . The Clough- Taylor partnership receives a rapturous welcome from the Brighton crowd, and the home team draw 0-0 with York City. Over 16,000 people turn up-three times this season's average attendance-and there are banners greeting the new manager and his assistant. . . The young Chelsea player Graham Wilkins breaks a leg at Manchester U. . . Reading lose at home to Gillingham, but Leeds and Bristol R. are still unbeaten. . . Referee David Jessops takes all 22 players off the field in the 70th minute in the Wisbech v Yannouth match. 'I intended it to be acooling-offperiod. But I did not consider it safe for the players or officials to return to the pitch.' . . . John Cozens of Peterborough scores after 16 seconds play v Exeter. The 'Posh' are on top of the Fourth Division, and haven't conceded a goal for six matches.

5 Tommy Smith, who walked out on Liverpool half-an-hour before the Arsenal game when he was told that he wasn't in the team, has been dropped by Bill Shankly from the European Cup squad. . . Manchester C. pay 50,000 pounds for Mike Lester of Oldham . . . Bobby Charlton completes the signing of David Sadler for 25,000 pounds. He is the third ex-Manchester U. player to join Preston since Charlton took over the management of the club.

6 Reserve team coach John Sheridan hands in his resignation at Derby. . Lorimer is back in the Scotland squad for the W. Gennany friendly, George Best has been re-called by N. Ireland for the Portugal match, and Martin Chivers is dropped by Sir Alf for the Italy game at Wembley. Martin Dobson of Burnley is the only newcomer in the England party. . . Liverpool are out of the European Cup. They are beaten 2-1 at Anfield by a superlative Red Star Belgrade side. Britain's hope rests now with Celtic-1-O winners in Denmark. . . Q.P.R. score eight goals in the League Cup against Sheffield W. at Loftus Road.

7 Russia refuse to travel to Santiago for their World Cup play-off match. FIFA secretary Helmut Kaser says that according to the rules, they will be disqualified and Chile will be automatically included in the last 16. There is also speculation in the Press that other East European countries might stage a mass walk-out and England might get in the finals through the 'back-door' . . . Jimmy Scoular, Cardiff manager for nearly ten years, is told that a new boss will be appointed, but he can stay on in an administrative capacity. . . Ajax lose 2-0 in Bulgaria and are eliminated from the European Cup. The Dutch club have won this trophy three times ('71, '72, '73) . . . Benfica are also beaten, but Bayern Munich draw 3-3 at Dresden and reach the quarter-finals. . . Both Sunderland and Rangers are eliminated from the Cup-Winners' Cup. . . Hibernian accuse Leeds of breaking the rules of a European competition, claiming that while the penalty kicks were taken after a stalemate (no goals in 210 minutes football), Don Revie and Les Cocker were on the pitch coaching their players.

8 Two Hibernian directors fly to Zurich to lodge a protest about their UEF A Cup defeat by Leeds. The matter will be discussed next Thursday by the Disciplinary Committee, and in the meantime Leeds will go into the hat for the draw tomorrow. . . The British Press condemns Lazio for their players' and supporters' scandalous behaviour and calls on UEFA to ban the Italian club from European competitions for at least two seasons.

9 Watford sign Ian Morgan from Q.P.R. He is with the Third Division club on a month's loan, but now a 10,000 pounds transfer fee has made the move permanent.

10 Tottenham beat Manchester in a match which brings George Best back to town after 14 months' absence. . . Peter Osgood scores his looth (and 101st) league goals in Chelsea's 3-1 win over Everton . . . C. Palace get their first win of the season-I-0 away at Bristol C.

11 Sweden beat Malta, but only 2-1, in the World Cup and now have to play Austria on neutral ground for a place in the Final.

12 Oxford's chairman accuses Jackie Charlton of promoting 'anti-football'. 'I'm sick and tired of the negative tactics employed by teams like Middlesbrough. They stink. They are traitors to the game,' he says. Middlesbrough beat Oxford 2-0 last Saturday. . . The Soviet Union pullout of the World Cup! They refuse to play against Chile in Santiago or in any town in Chile, and FIFA automatically declares Chile as qualifiers. . . Bobby Gould, Bristol C. striker, is placed on the transfer list at his own request.

13 Australia qualify for the World Cup Finals by beating S. Korea 1-0 in a play-off match. . . Coventry sign Norwich striker David Cross for 150,000 pounds . . . Frank O'Farrell is the new manager of Cardiff . . . Allan Wade, FA director of coaching, writes in the FIFA News, 'Unless we take a long, hard, and fearlessly critical look at what is happening in the game, we could be pall bearers at the funeral of football.' . . . The Football League advises clubs to bring forward kick-off times due to the State of Emergency, which forbids the use of floodlights. . . Luton sign John Sims, Derby reserve striker, on loan.

14 All league matches will kick-off at 2.15 p.m. next Saturday to avoid powercuts. . . Australia celebrate their play-off victory over S. Korea. 'Britain, an island of 55 million Poms, will be green with envy when we compete in the World Cup finals,' writes one Melbourne paper. . . England are beaten 1-0 by Italy at Wembley. Capello gets a late goal for the visitors, who become the fifth Continental country to win on English soil. . . Scotland draw with W. Germany 1-1 in another friendly. . . Danny Heganjoins Sunderland for 5000 pounds fee from Wolves.

15 The England team and its manager come under strong attack in the Press;
'L-Plate England' (Daily Express), , Alf's final humiliation' (Sun), 'Whole-hearted England are no match for Italian finesse' (Daily Telegraph). Ramsey, however, still refuses to comment on his future plans. . . The proposed Tommy Smith loan-transfer to Stoke is off. The League insist that Smith must stay with Stoke for the agreed loan period, but Liverpool indicate that they might recall him at any time. 'This is against the spirit of the rule,' said Len Shipman, League President. . . Stan Seymour, the Newcastle director, criticises Ramsey in a Daily Mail interview: 'It is time that he handed over his job to Brian Clough,' he says.

16 Lazio have been banned from international competitions for a year following their UEFA Cup battle with Ipswichin Rome. They are also fined . . . Don Revieis suspended for one match by the European Union-he mustn't act in an official capacity in the first leg tie against Vitoria Setubal. Leeds also forfeit their deposit of 3000 Swiss francs (approx 400 pounds) . . . Johnny Hart has officially resigned as Manchester C. manager for health reasons.

17 Alan Hudson's eye injury, which he sustained in a training match, is more
serious than it was at first thought, and the player will be out of football for several weeks. . . Ron Saunders resigns at Norwich. The manager had an argument with chairman Arthur South after the Everton match, which Norwich lost 3-1, and his subsequent resignation was immediately accepted. . . David Hay is suspended by Celtic for not attending a training session. Hay has been dIScussing a possible transfer with several English club managers during the past week. . . Celtic beat Partick Thistle 7-1, Dixie Deans scoring six of their goals. . . Paddy Mulligan is sent off in the C. Palace v Millwalllocal derby. Over 30,000 people see the teams draw 1-1.

18 Holland qualify for the World Cup Finals by drawing 0-0 with Belgium in Amsterdam. . . Lawrie McMenemy has been named as the new manager of Southampton. Ted Bates will work at the club as general manager. . . Several members of the Derby scouting staff have resigned and joined their old boss Brian Clough at Brighton in a similar capacity.

19 Denis Tueart puts in a written transfer request at Sunderland . . . Dave Mackay holds a Press conference and hits out at the Derby County Protest Movement: 'I am not saying that Brian Clough is interfering with the club. He has a job at Brighton and certainly won't be coming back here. All the Protest Movement is doing is distracting the players at a time when they need help to get back to their best form.' . . . Allan Brown has been appointed as Nottingham Forest's new manager. At Bury, his place is taken by Bobby Smith who, at the age of 29, becomes the youngest manager in the league. . . Tony Green, Newcastle's Scottish international forward, has to give up football on medical advice.

20 Plymouth beat Q.P.R. 3-0 at Loftus Road in the League Cup-Rangers' first home defeat for just over a year. . . Russia asks for a special meeting with FIFA concerning their World Cup match with Chile.

21 The Derby players are planning a mutiny against Dave Mackay's management. A round-robin is prepared in which the first team squad notifies the club that they will not train any longer under Mackay and will turn up 75 minutes before the league fixture against Leeds at the Baseball Ground. However, after Cliff Lloyd, on behalf of the Players' Union, points out that the players would be in breach of contract, the rebellion fizzles out. In the meantime Mackay signs Rod Thomas from Swindon for 100,000 pounds.

22 Brian Clough states that he had nothing to do with the Derby players' revolt and assures Brighton that he has no intention of leaving his new club. . . Ron Saunders is the new manager of Manchester C. A player deputation ensures that Tony Book is also officially appointed as assistant to Saunders . . . Bobby Gould signs for West Ham from Bristol C.-the fee is 70,000 pounds . . . Sunderland grant Denis Tueart's transfer request. Bob Stokoe says that the player wasn't trying in the last league match, but will only be allowed to leave in an exchange deal.

24 Jimmy Husband goes from Everton to Luton for 80,000 pounds . . . Bob Latchford scores his second hat-trick in four days in Birmingham's 3-0 win over Leicester . . . In the FA Cup, Exeter, Newport, and Hartlepool are beaten by non-League clubs.

26 The FA have ordered a full-scale investigation into the state of football. The same 1O-man Committeee which prepared the Chester report three years ago is given the job. It is headed by FA Chairman Sir Andrew Stephen and its aim is to restore England's prestige after the recent disappointing results.

27 After days of haggling, John Bond leaves Bournemouth and joins Norwich as their new manager. He takes Ken Brown as chief coach with him, and Norwich will pay 10,000 pounds compensation to the Third Division club. Bryan Robson hands in a written transfer request at West Ham.

28 Mick McGiven, Sunderland, joins West Ham on a month's loan. There are other moves on the suddenly-active transfer market. Leicester buy Steve Earle from Fulham for 100,000 pounds, John Farrington moves from Leicester to Cardiff for 45,000 pounds, Eamon Dunphy joins Charlton from Millwall for 20,000 pounds, Watford pay 15,000 pounds for Sheffield United's Stewart Scullion, Dudley Tyler returns to Hereford from West Ham for a 13,000 pounds fee. . . On the pitch, the sensation is provided by Walton and Hersham. They beat Brighton 4-0 at Brighton in a Cup re-play! Striker Clive Foskett scores a hat-trick in eight minutes late in the second half.

29 Arsenal ask the League for the postponement of their midweek match v Wolves, which is scheduled for next Tuesday. They feel that an afternoon kick-off would be unfair to their seson ticket holders, and the gate would also suffer. The League refuses the request, saying that bad weather might cause fixture congestion towards the end of the season and matches cannot be postponed for any other reason.