RIP Norman Hunter

No Bob, he would not, not enough violence. Imagine the NFL draft drew 15 million viewers on the TV. So you can see the problem.

Yes, they were quite right to call it the most vicious match in FA history. One referee reviewed the match back in 1997 and said he would have given 6 red cards. Michael Oliver, a current Premier League official says he would have issued 11. But the man (theoretically?) in charge at the time only booked a single player; Bremner got kicked in the head and he waved play-on. It became a war of attrition. I was supporting Leeds so at the time I felt like Chelsea were getting away with murder, but the article shows that Leeds were equally guilty (if not even more so).

Thanks for the citation. It certain brought back memories of a bygone era. It's a shame about Hunter and Bonetti, but when I did some follow-up it was nice to see that so many players from that match are still around.

More so seems the most likely but Chelsea had the dreadful "Chopper Harris" who must have ended a few careers prematurely. (Johnny Ayris, the West Ham winger for one.) No wonder the England team underachieved for so many years with all these hard men free to kick the opposition off the pitch.