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'Great But Useless !'

'The top award goes to Bob Dunning for his site devoted to the 1970-71 season... All in all, it's a hotchpotch of completely worthless content, regularly updated by a devoted host. Spin your rattles in tribute to a truely great but useless site.' Ian Plenderleith

WSC When Saturday Comes June 2003 Issue 196, p.40.

Spot on Ian, thanks for the review, and thanks to Kåre B. for pointing it out to me. The quote above is in an article called 'god is in the detail' aiming to find the 'fascinating but spectacularly useless' in football websites. The fabulous Nigel Mercer's Galleries of English Football Cards 1965-75 came in number two.

P.S. An updated online version of this review appears at www.wsc.co.uk (accessed 25 March 2007)

The review now reads...

1. Bob and 1970-71 Footballers

The top award goes to Bob Dunning for his site devoted to the 1970-71 season. Why that season in particular? Well, why the hell not?

You can look at pictures of team squads in the days when they experimented with a curved single line (Aldershot) or a triangular overhead shot (renowned innovators Chester City). Find out that former England international Bob Langton was manager of Burscough FC that season. Or that ex-Huddersfield player Roy Ellam was last seen running the Nelson Inn in Thornton Lees.

All in all, it's a hotchpotch of completely worthless content, regularly updated by a devoted host. Spin your rattles in tribute to a truly great but useless site.

May 2003 Headlines

The Lisbon Lions

Click to see pictures by Nick Oldham

Next Generation - end of season update

Guess who !? - Test your 70-71 knowledge

Steve Kember Gets the Permanent Post !

Brian Kidd and Eddie Gray leave Leeds United

Graham Taylor leaves Aston Villa

Roy McFarland takes over at Chesterfield

Tommy Taylor takes over Farnborough United from Ian McDonald

Mick Jones takes over Telford United

FA Cup Final commentators

1970-71 Team Photos Added - see Barrow, Manchester United, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic, and Southend United.

Where are they now ? - Update including Scolari

Sir Alex Ferguson wins the Championship !

Bobby Gould's Cheltenham Town relegated

Brian Talbot's Rushton and Diamonds Division 3 Champions

Also

Hello Bob!

I've got a website where I gather info about past and present Arsenal players and managers. Now I was wondering if you would like to link to my site from yours. (I have now in several places - Bob)

My URL is http://jkarlsson.netfirms.com

I have already linked to your site from my 70/71 page at
http://jkarlsson.netfirms.com/seasons/1970-71/

Cheers!
Johan

Johan's site looks great and I was delighted to be given a direct link to his 70-71 Season page. See Gunnermania - Profiles of past and present Arsenal players and managers; season by season statistics

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