IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

What would it be like under socialism?

Socialist Challenge No. 38, 23 March 1978 · p. 15 of the scan · 604 words

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Watching Liverpool overrun Nottingham Forest was a Dir like watching the lions pawing ancient Rome. Unfortunately someone had extracted the lion's tallons with the result that Liverpool ran around like a sleek white cat i mue and nao me finishing power of a fat tabby up Iron. une Jesult was the inevitable 0-0 draw.

POLAR OPPOSITES Liverpool and Nottingham Forest are the polar opposites of English football — reflected of their managers. Liverpool is dominate the midheld, When they can't see a way forward Tom Robinson speaking in defence of Gay News stumbling across an undergrowth of beer cans and wading through puddles of piss in order to spend two and a half hours crushed like sardines watching 22 men kick around a piece of leather 100 yards away and 100 Well, like the other 99,999 normally sane, hard working people at Wembley on Saturday for the League Cup Final, I was, writes MICK GOSLING.

they are content to square pass and sling the ball from one side On Saturday the final thrust for goal, /w25 Liverpool's play skilful, very pretty Think of Notts Forest and you automatically think All for the title of the largest mouth, Clough has Forest, as he did Derby, from the bottom of the second division to the top of the first in successive seasons.

They are now six points cicar ol ine pack and arobably sull will be at the end of the season Their team is voune, tast and They surge.

Unfortunately overwbelmed by Liverpool's experience in Wembles seen, young DILLYCES Chris Woods, had the chanc to shine with a brilliant display in goal.

*MODELS' That these represtor the dominant mod8D for English including the way the game is taught in schools, shows lack of imagination and variety, which of results from a fear of losing. one time The more money that has been Muhammed teams have become taken companies rather than clubs, and the more fiercely competilive football has become.

Far from this competitivenesi leading to a struggle for excellence and experiment, it has produced an increasingly standardised and brutal game, re-inforcing its male exclusiveness and macho image.

they were * so the surge wasn"t midfield Only the latest of their 18-year old two teams football, the (and virtually substitute for attitude Especially for young people ald sold. watching Liverpool and Fores battle each other to a standstil squashed Many orber sporting activity) becomes caged the lack of prospects and excitement and control over their own lives.

Excitement, like everything else, is something to be bought meaot being prepared to be erded like cows and Goally like wild animals.

Nevertbeless there was the traditional scouse humour to compensate. If the Liverpoo] team had broken the number of legs they were instructed to during match Forest would have had to field three complete leams. No doubt Forest were instructed by their fans I can't wait for the replay But 1 wonder what it would b UKE IRACT SOCISI Right On Sisters is prohably the only song in the history of Te Bus recordly moust that does not put women down 45 enemies bwaro torer wanting a man. While it would he better 1 women sane ti song to large audiences, it i a male dominated music industry that TOrn pro-woman song to ge out into the High Street it 15 being performed by an all-male group Nevertbeless, feminists are organising rock groups, and.

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Chris Woods, of Notts. Forest holds a shot from Tarry McDermotl Not surprisingly, the fans

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