![]() ![]() Knowing that the skilful Hungarians of Budapest Honvéd would struggle on a muddy pitch, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ manager Stan Cullis had the rain-lashed pitch at Molineux watered before their friendly in December 1954. ![]() ![]() Those with more strength than skill excelled, the thwack of the boot, the towering header, the crunching tackle prevailed over everything. Talented players, who favoured a ground passing and dribbling game, with deft touches, quick turns and bursts of speed, struggled to perform on sodden pitches. As an event the game was more often that not a dour struggle, as a spectacle a waste of money, the result all that mattered. In the 1950, 60s and 70s it wasn’t uncommon in Europe to watch a professional game of soccer being played on a muddy, uneven, divoted pitch. Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics BLUE: Review - Inverting the Pyramid – Jonathan Wilson: Robert Allen - September 2009 - book reviews ![]()
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