1)as much as soccer,was getting modernized from 1968,to 1978,politics and collision among groups,were developing more often...
2)the true modernization of soccer in Iran,happened after 4-0,and 5-0 loss to denmark and hungarian team in munich olympic 1972,even a great victory 1-0 against brasil,did not have a great impact on iranians mind due to heavy losses against denmark and hungaria...failing to qualify for 1974 world cup,was another reason ,the government changed the whole organization at the club and national level....
3)during the epoc,anti shah regime protestors,try to convince the people,as long as they run the countries ,we will get the results as you have seen....
4)mullah,akhoond,clericks,communist fans,try to put the blame on the regime poor managemernt,a few of them,were1)ayatollah sharayatmadari,parviz ghelichkhani,mehdi lavasani....
5)in response to this,shah goverment try to expand the league,due to great economic conditions,new clubs were developped,tractor sazi,was developped in north-western city of tabriz,while in central city of isfahan,Zobahan,developped,(first named as iron-works,but then the management change the name to zobahan,and finally with establishment of Malavan(pahlavi sailors),the navy could at last comptete with popularity with army,ali niakani,aziz spandar,nosrat irandoost,parviz saleh nia were players who belonged to navy ,and also great football players ...
6)the ex-manchester united boss,frank o,farrell,was brought to iran,to train the next generation of domestic coaching staff...
under him,Iran won the 1974 A sian games beating Israel 1-0 in final in front of 120000 populations....
7)after victory against,israel,the song of AMANEH,was broadcast in the stadium,100,000 people were chanting and singing the song,but this action,was against the religion,AMANEH,HAS A NUMBER OF MEANINGS,BUT IN Quran,it is closer to trust than just honesty...but in usual term is called the basic concept of accountability in front of The GOD....IN QURAN THERE IS A REFERRENCE TO IT,that is why,clericks did not like this name was brought in mouth of 120,000 people,and worse, they sang the song and danced ,this victory was called HARAM,by them,,,,,,,
8)more to come in my next post....