A decade of 1970s football: the 1972/73 season

1972/73 arrives and gives us a glimpse of the First Division to come as Liverpool march to the title and carry off the UEFA Cup to boot. At Wembley, there’s an FA Cup final for the ages as Sunderland defy Leeds while one of Wembley’s legends, Gordon Banks, sees his career end in a car crash. Tommy Docherty arrives at Old Trafford, Malcolm Allison walks out on Manchester City and second-placed Arsenal miss out on European football thanks to UEFA’s archaic rulebook ...