Som tingene i universet hænger sammen på forunderlig vis. I går var vi her lidt omkring natklubben Studio 54 i New York. I den forbindelse dukker det så op, at en blandt utallige stjernegæster under stedets storhedstid var Verdens Bedste Fodboldspille® Pelé. Dokumentation? Naturligvis – her et foto af Pelé i hedonistisk proaktion på 54-dansegulvet, muligvis iført New York Cosmos’ officielle hvide party-suit…

He’s the greatest dancer…

In the summer of 1977, New York was riven by bankruptcy, serial murderer Son of Sam and a debilitating power blackout that triggered mass looting, arson and rage among its 8 million residents. The rest of the city might have been in chaos, but apparently no one told the Cosmos. If the apocalypse was nigh, they were determined to party their way through it every Monday night at Studio 54. The famed disco became a second locker room for the team, and you were likely to run into the same crowd in both places — Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Elton John, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, and the ultimate soccer groupie, Henry Kissinger.

There were, of course, subtle differences: At Studio 54, the players sprawled on leather banquettes instead of stools; glassy-eyed supermodels, rather than sweaty, overweight sportswriters, vied for their attention; Dom Perignon flowed instead of Gatorade … and Grace Jones often rode naked on a white horse.

(fra David Hershey, ESPN.com)

Yes sir, you can boogie…

Et snapshot – lidt overbelyst af computerkameraet her, men hvad pokker – af den tredobbelte verdensmesters personlige hilsen til LS år senere, disco nu langt bagude…