Category: If It Scores
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1978-79: Johan Cruyff’s Last Season
5 Seasons (1973-1979) 2 English League Titles (1974, 1976) 2 European Cups (1976, 1977) 1 FA Cup (1979) Countless memories.
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June 25, 1978 – The Night Johan Cruyff Lost Football
I want to ask one last question—”Is this your last game?”—but I don’t. Because I already know the answer.
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1978 FIFA World Cup: Johan Cruyff’s Last Dance
The world watches in silence as one of football’s greatest players walks off the international stage—without a World Cup.
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1976-78: Arsenal’s Total Football Dynasty
As the 1978 World Cup loomed, one question echoed across Europe: had Johan Cruyff already written his final masterpiece—or was his greatest act still to come?
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Johan Cruyff’s Decision: Stay at Arsenal or Move to Barcelona? (Summer 1976)
“You always said football is about thinking. You’ve survived England. You’ve changed England. Why leave now?”
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UEFA Euro 1976: The Greatest Tournament Ever?
This was set to be one of the greatest tournaments in football history.
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1975-76: Arsenal’s Last Dance with Cruyff?
As the Arsenal players lifted the European Cup, Cruyff stood back, taking it all in. This was his crowning moment.
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1974-75: Arsenal’s Total Football Goes to Europe
“I have unfinished business in England”
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1973-74: Arsenal’s Total Football Revolution – Did They Win the League?
In just one season, Michels and Cruyff changed the DNA of Arsenal and English football itself.
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Can They Do It on a Cold, Muddy Pitch in January?
This victory was more than just three points. It was the moment when English football began to accept that there was something special happening at Arsenal. The doubters still existed, but they could no longer simply dismiss Total Football as a passing fad.
