![]() ![]() 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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