Northern Soul

A game put to music, not so much classical, pop, or rock and roll. More Northern Soul.

It was one of the greatest matches ever witnessed in English football. Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion. A match and an occasion of its time. Both unsettling, indeed horrific off the pitch, whilst on the field of play a footballing opera. Northern Soul. Both the beast and the Beauty. This is the story of not just that game played out in typical Mancunian rain and snow. Amidst an era of tumultuous times. A country wrecked by political chaos, a raging winter of 78, a blinding snowstorm, all in an astonishing period for West Bromwich Albion football club. From the Chinese Wall to before the snowfall, to the Stretford End, and after the snowfall. And a last dance for Laurie Cunningham in Madrid.