What happened to the Class of 94?

[1972 Fox]

11 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

This could be my memory playing tricks on me or old Leicester bias, but, I’m pretty sure there was an England youth team who won the Euros with Joachim, Scholes, Beckham etc.. and Joachim was the player of the tournament and there was a right up about his potential being the best of that squad.

 

9 hours ago, notnow john said:

Yes they did,I went to the final at Forest wher they beat Turkey 1-0

In the team were Sol Cambell,Gary Neville,Paul Scholes,Nicky Butt, Robbie Fowler and the most exciting

player in the tournament,Julian Joachim.

U18 European Championships 1993. Guardian review of it from 2009 below. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jun/29/forgotten-story-england-under-18-1993

[Izzy]

2 minutes ago, Blue Fox 72 said:

 

U18 European Championships 1993. Guardian review of it from 2009 below. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jun/29/forgotten-story-england-under-18-1993

Fowler was the tournament's top scorer with five, but the real star was Joachim, who was tentatively compared to Romario by his club manager, Brian Little, and by Barclay on the day of the final. At the time, such an association was not at all fatuous: they shared that low centre of gravity and ability to burst devastatingly between defenders, as Joachim showed the previous season with a famous goal against Portsmouth in the play-offs. He had scored a very different but even better one against Barnsley in the FA Cup.

 

High praise indeed but he was that good IMO.

[ForeverandEver]

David Speedie was class! 

[SystonFox]

22 hours ago, The whole world smiles said:

Lol the man united class of 92 won 8 leauge titles, 2 champions Leagues and 10 other cup competitions.

 

I'm not sure our 94 squad which lost 2 play off finals before winning one and getting relegated and had Ian Olmondroyd in it! deserves the "class of" nickname.

Thought police. Piss off

[The whole world smiles]

9 minutes ago, SystonFox said:

Thought police. Piss off

You what mate? I was just having an effectionate laugh at the expense of our early to mid nineties side, didn't expect it to upset anyone this much 

[SystonFox]

40 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

You what mate? I was just having an effectionate laugh at the expense of our early to mid nineties side, didn't expect it to upset anyone this much 

Dunno I just wanted to say it really. No malice intended I’m not upset either 

[Anglodanglo]

On 15/10/2019 at 23:40, BoyJones said:

Jimmy Willis was certainly a cabbie in Liverpool in May 2000, because he gave a couple of my friends a ride in his cab to Anfield when we won 2-0 that day. Cottee and Gilchrist sealed a routine win👍

 

Anyone remember Jimmy Wallis?

 

Imagine your legacy being the first player to score in top 5 divisions. Only to have your name misspelt when it eventually gets written about

[Aus Fox]

I remember that season and I cant for the life of me remember Jimmy Willis scoring for us in the Premier League.

Im awaiting someone to come on and mention a pretty crucial goal or a worldly I shouldn’t forget. 

[BoyJones]

3 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

I remember that season and I cant for the life of me remember Jimmy Willis scoring for us in the Premier League.

Im awaiting someone to come on and mention a pretty crucial goal or a worldly I shouldn’t forget. 

Willis scored against Chelsea at home, shot on turn from edge of the box. Decent enough strike to warrant its own You Tube excerpt. 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

14 hours ago, Izzy said:

Fowler was the tournament's top scorer with five, but the real star was Joachim, who was tentatively compared to Romario by his club manager, Brian Little, and by Barclay on the day of the final. At the time, such an association was not at all fatuous: they shared that low centre of gravity and ability to burst devastatingly between defenders, as Joachim showed the previous season with a famous goal against Portsmouth in the play-offs. He had scored a very different but even better one against Barnsley in the FA Cup.

 

High praise indeed but he was that good IMO.

Like most others I thought he was going to be a world beater when he burst on to the scene, Little protected him too much by not always starting him in the early days, I was gutted when he left us to join Villa as he was still in his early 20’s but we did have a young lad called Heskey coming through to make up for it!

My favourite memory of Joachim will be his goal at Barnsley, still enjoy watching it on YouTube, not only because it was a tremendous strike but also our fans going mental behind the goal, I was fortunate enough to be there and although it ended in disappointment that game I’ll always remember.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Derby were the big cheeses at that time (well in the midlands) spending big and putting together a decent side whereas we put out a rag tag team that day, partly due to injuries which made beating them all the better! Totally forgot Mark Blake played that day.