Under the radar: The understated glory days of the West Midlands, and all that

Update: 2021-04-13

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For an eight year period from the mid-1970s, the West Midlands was to become an English football hotbed - not that many people realised.

While Liverpool dominated home and overseas, and Cloughie hogged the back pages, a new wave of footballers and managers were to bring success and swagger to the Birmingham and the Black Country, along with several record transfer fees.

And yet the apex of glory was to be short-lived as political and societal upheaval crept in.

West Midlanders Chris Lepkowski and Dave Bowler discuss why the West Midlands has always slipped under the national radar, on and off the pitch.

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Under the radar: The understated glory days of the West Midlands, and all that

Chris Lepkowski & Dave Bowler

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Under the radar: The understated glory days of the West Midlands, and all that

Chris Lepkowski & Dave Bowler

Under the radar: The understated glory days of the West Midlands, and all that