Imagine the thrill of seeing a 12 year old myself at the front of the North Bank. I remember at the time watching the Big Match on Sunday and spotting myself a couple of times. I'm eligible to collect my state pension next year. 😮Thanks for the upload and distant memory.

What a brilliant upload, in colour too! Never quite worked out how Bobby Moore stayed spotless while those around him were covered in mud! The man was pure class.

Listening to him speak after all these years, the great Brian Moore definitely had the best football commentators voice of them all! R.I.P Brian.👍.

Mills (capt), Woods and Lambert (sub) were still in the Ipswich team which won the cup in 78. Bonds and Lampard won 2 FA Cups for West Ham, 75 and 80.

Jimmy Greaves, Geoff Hurst, Pop Robson and Bobby Moore in the same team 🎉

Jimmy Greenhoff - a toss up between him and Howard Kendall as to who was the best uncapped English player of his generation. Happy memories of watching that Giles goal on Sunday afternoon tv - even though Keith Macklin was a misplaced rugby league commentator.

This match was played on 20th March 1971. The previous March I attended my very 1st match at UP when we beat Liverpool 1-0 thanks to a Pat Holland goal. That game was Jimmy Greaves's home debut. I stood on that odd "extension" of the North Bank next to the main stand - it's shown in this video at 2:50.

The Big Match from 68-73 with Brian Moore & Jimmy Hill seems better than the late 70s episodes that get shown on ITV4 with a solo Brian Moore. These earlier ones have better camera angles, interviews etc.

Jimmy Greaves and George Best⚽️👍🏼

Great skills, imagine the players of today playing in the wet heavy conditions, don’t think they could cope.

Watching this Ive come to the conclusion that Brian Moore is million time better than anything Sky sports offer.

Love and miss those days..I hate modern football.. money has killed football ⚒️⚒️⚒️

How ironic, I was born in Dundee, 1957, and been a Palace supporter ever since Ian Philip joined in '72. So despite Alan Gilzean and Peter Lorimer connections with my home town I can't say why I did? I find it amusing that when asked why I never followed Man Utd, Liverpool or Arsenal, who all had large Scottish connections. As an "old Git" I still love the "Glazier" days before Mr. Allison changed things, and have the earlier Retro kits of these days. Stonewall Jackson being the best 'keeper England never capped. Me and 'The Wife' annually hit London where she gets to see a west End show and I get to visit Selhurst Park to update my wardrobe. So, for us it's "Glad all over" till the next year.

Georgie Best was a phenomena , He could Dance around the Opposition and score on any Surface

Saw a sign saying please keep off the grass!....there wasn't any! Hilarious

Those two Best goals were not just heavenly- but double heavenly. A complete genius.

Only one sub, swamp pitches and GBH tackles, I’m amazed games ever finished wilh eleven vs eleven.

As an Ipswich fan l apologise to West Ham for putting out Bell, Jefferson and Hammond in the same team.

How the heck did they even manage to play on pitches like that West Ham pitch! If a modern ref was in charge of that game I think there would be barely any players left on the pitch.

Kitwatch time: - Ipswich's away kit had the old-style badge that I believe had another season before being replaced with their current badge. - West Ham's kit was refreshingly clear of any unnecessary decoration. - I reckon Leeds United's kit would be an absolute mare to get clean, especially in the aftermath of an Elland Road quagmire. They still have the old-school badge that they had, right up to the picture of the dead sheep. Wonder when they adopted the monogram that I feel they're more famous for? - Palace's lesser known away duds look quite smart, with those red collars and cuffs. But I would have thought they'd have worn blue shorts as well - Stoke City is simple yet classic, taking the West Ham route. - As with Palace, I would have thought Man United had opted for blue shorts, partly to differentiate themselves from Stoke but also to hope that this would rub off some magic from the 1968 European Cup team. Still, sort of helps if you have George Best who played as if he still gave a stuff.

The ball then was heavier than it is now,you had to have power & skill to score great goals then,a kid of 10 now can score from the half way line & that's a lass ! This was the best era no pun intended..!

Billy Bonds bossed the midfield. Skill level high though less closing down . But they glided around on this swamp.

In the west ham game l don't think l saw one square pass in the whole game! All out attack and endurance

Brian Moore Jimmy Hill Hugh Johns legendary players with great skill what more could you ask for.🐻🐒🤗👍

Ironic that Hurst and Greaves playing together after Hurst had taken his place at the 1966 World Cup finals.

Some of those tackles in the West Ham Ipswich game.😮 The pre Madonna’s in todays game would never get up again and the players man buns would need re grooming.

What a treat! Hurst, Moore, Greaves, Best, Charlton, and Law, and that indomitable Leeds team. But I forgot how condescending Brian Moore and Jimmy Hill were.

I wondered how the kit man managed to get the mud out of the west ham white shorts in fact any of the kits ,i wonder that as i don't know how they did it wh as t with the pitches

It seems so weird seeing players back-pass to the goalie and the goalie picking the ball up 😆⚒

The West Ham United game nowadays (in the Premier League) would get called off!

the difference in pitch quality between the London pitch and Stokes and Leeds....

Brian Moore dropping a clanger over the Booby Moore quadrant rule I see. The Ball is clearly in touch with the line from an overhead viewpoint.

this is the second time on one of these uploads from the early '70s that a keeper has been 5'8" and it's just shocking to see it, especially given how reliant on crosses into the box that era was. Poor Ipswich keeper just looked like a little kid.

5'8" goalkeeper for Ipswich ..

38:24 Was there a time when you didn't get the ball for scoring three??

Even back then we never wanted to see such tackles. But todays play acting sickens me.

How the fuck did they manage to play first division football on what resembled a cow field is beyond me. It was a case of hoof it and hope for the best.

Ah dems the days. I do miss that slushy, muddy Upton Park. Sliding tackles, peanuts in the stands, patting the players on the back, and we paid entry with coins - just some shillings I think? And only 1 sub. Imagine England in the Euros now with only one sub.

The pitches were just mud for most of the season. No wonder the British game prioritised hoofing the ball from one end to the other - you couldn't pass it on the ground!

I know there called the tractors boy but did they need to play on a ploughed field

That isn't a pitch, it's a ploughed field!

No play acting or cheating

Brian Moore so biased towards London teams, imagine if that 2nd Ipswich goal was scored by West Ham....he screamed with delight with Jimmy Greaves 2nd, which was an own goal anyway went in

No VAR then just bruised limbs

Poor old Palace 🤣🤣🤣

Greaves was a class player and had a load more skill than people give him credit for. He was wasted at west ham and should have played for Clough at Derby.