Football: St Andrew's Echoing to the Sounds of the Seventies

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Am I the only person on earth who will be sad when Birmingham City rip up their pitch in the summer and replace it with another one?

I have become a fan of their home matches in recent weeks. Quite apart from the results (a string of impressive 1-0 victories), the matches are full of the tackles and intensity that made football in the Seventies so good to watch.

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Football: St Andrew's Echoing to the Sounds of the Seventies

I much prefer to see a match where the players are covered in dirt and where they walk off at the end looking as though they have done a few rounds with a collection of lady mud-wrestlers.

It all reminds of me of when Derby County were good. In 1974-75, t...

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