Steve Tolmie picks out some high points amid a tough decade for the Three Lions...

The 1970s were pretty desperate if you were an England fan, especially one who was too young to remember the joys of 1966, and quite a contrast to the current era.
For a start, it wasn’t so easy to watch the (usually unsuccessful) qualifying matches on TV. It’s hard for younger fans to understand what it felt like to be stood in a school playground in 1977 and hear an older lad shout over to his mates that England were 2-0 down to Italy.
In that moment, you knew that another World Cup was going to go ahead w...