Showing posts with label Premier League. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Premier League. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Home and Away: A different way

You can always rely on Football League Review. The match-day programme insert seen by millions of football fans during the late-60's and early-70's regularly supplied a constant stream of news, opinions and features to get the average fan talking in-between weekend matches.

The remarkable thing about it was its ability to generate ideas for making the game better in some way. Whether it was the lack of goals being scored or the increase in player indiscipline, the Football League Review could always be relied upon to come up with suggestions both serious and silly.

One such idea that I stumbled upon recently centred on the exciting nature of those matches played in the European Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup-Winners Cup. The article in question suggested that the suspense created when clubs try to win a tie over two legs, home and away, could also be replicated in the Football League.