Paris 1975 – The final we can’t forget
Friday, 24th Oct 2025 09:16 by Tim Whelan

The film is billed as “The European Cup Final Football Tried to Forget that football tried to forget”, but in our little corner of West Yorkshire the bitterness lingers on, about the way we were cheated in the biggest game in Leeds United’s history.

No one could describe me a great film buff, and a film really has to grab my attention before I’m going to make the effort to get to a cinema as soon as it comes out. But ‘Paris 1975’ was always going to be one to get me out of the house and make the effort to get to one of the limited number of screenings earlier this week.

Looking back, I always think of 1975 being the fault line that ran down the middle of the decade. That summer I finished primary school and began my secondary education, and it was also the last year that glam rock would be a force at the top of the charts, before giving way to new wave and punk. The Vietnam war came to an end, and the tory...