StanSP Posted 8 June 2014 Posted 8 June 2014 France 98 World Cup. I remember little bit but Owen vs Argentina and Beckham getting sent off are the ones that stand out. Just looking at Wiki to see if anything jogs the memory and I had no idea Croatia finished third ::
Bryn Posted 8 June 2014 Posted 8 June 2014 Shearer and Scholes bagging v Tunisia, I was in year 4 and wasn't allowed to watch it (was a 2pm GMT kick off) but year 5+6 were.
Alf Bentley Posted 8 June 2014 Posted 8 June 2014 I'm in with the Golden Oldies, but not quite as old as Davie (does the "G" stand for "Golden", Davie? ). Hilarious footage there, Davie - and Coleman's comments: "the most stupid, appalling, disgusting, disgraceful exhibition of football in the history of the game". Don't sit on the fence there, David. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T5jVMSlpZhg 62 Chile v Italy battle it out. Mostly as a news report. Here's a couple of similar outrages: - Uruguay down to 10 men after 1 minute (1986) and Scotland still can't win......The Saint comments: - Opening game in 1990: Cameroon stun World Cup holders Argentina; after his brother is sent off, Omam Biyik scores the winner (rubbish keeping but a stunning leap by Biyik): Then Caniggia runs the length of the pitch, hurdles 2 outrageous challenges and is brought down by the worst of the lot, but Cameroon beat the World Cup holders with 9 men... Espana 82 & Bryan Robson scoring after 27 secs against a very good France side Remember that well: a good 3-1 win, then it all drifted gradually downhill into a couple of goalless draws - played 5, lost 0, conceded 1 goal, eliminated! I have vague memories of 74 but 78 in Argentina and Scotland's disastrous campaign is still in the memory banks. Wanted Holland to win it on the basis that I disliked them the least. I'm just a sliver ahead of you, Webbo... -1966: England won the World Cup on my 4th birthday; we didn't have a TV. My (Irish) Dad took me next door so that he (not I) could see the match; I don't remember it. - 1970: Still didn't have a TV, but remember hearing in the playground how we'd let a 2-0 lead slip to a 2-3 defeat v. Germany, thanks to Bonetti (Banks out sick). Also remember being confused about us having played Brazil, failed to win but still being in the tournament - didn't understand about draws and/or group matches,obviously. - 1974: We got a TV specially for the World Cup. Mainly remember collecting the stickers, and oddities like the Zaire guy kicking the ball away at the free-kick, E. Germany beating W.Germany - and coming back from scout camp halfway through the final. -1978: Right in the middle of my bastard O-levels (GCSEs)! Like Webbo, this was the first tournament that really grabbed my attention: a brilliant French team scoring after 1 minute (Lacombe) yet getting eliminated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISPJkRmyA10; the Argentine ticker-tape - and dodgy 6-0 win v. Peru; the brilliant ITV theme music; Clough and Greaves as pundits; the Dutch repeatedly scoring from 30-40m; Van de Kerkhof's plaster cast delaying the final.... "Phew! Jumpers for goalposts, eh?!"
brockmyster Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Beckhams penalty vs Argentina in 2002, alhthough weirdly for some reason I remember Ian Harte vs Germany vividly
David Guiza Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 The Argentina game of 1998 for me as well. Also Abel Xavier's hair, when you're 6/7 it's pretty fascinating.
MC Prussian Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 I don't recall 1982 as I was too young back then. 1986 somewhat passed me by, as well. It's Italia '90 that got me hooked - also the first time I started collecting Panini stickers. I remember the "play it safe" controversy at the time, with teams hesitant to score (the tournament still holds the negative record for the least amount of goals scored per game), Cameroon's sudden ascent and Milla's entertaining rise to become a World Cup legend.
Grandad. Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Mine has to be World Cup 98, a lot of my family are Scottish unfortunately and they kicked the World Cup off v Brazil, so my family went all out and had a bit of a garden party for it, the game was on the Friday wasn't it? John Collins scored a penalty. That was my first ever World Cup game.
Vacamion Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 1978. The ticker tape. The sweaty socks being there when we weren't and then gloriously failing. Their world cup song which said they were going to win it. Kempes.
Mark_w Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Beckham's penalty against Argentina is my first World Cup memory, although I remember watching the free-kick against Greece as well.
Haydos Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 France 98 World Cup. I remember little bit but Owen vs Argentina and Beckham getting sent off are the ones that stand out. Just looking at Wiki to see if anything jogs the memory and I had no idea Croatia finished third : : Prosinecki, Suker, Boban, Simic, some cracking players in that Croatian team.
Nugent Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Beckham vs Argentina 2002 for me as well. Strangely also remember Robbie Keane's last minute equaliser against Germany(i think).
Alexikokopops Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 I can remember the aftermath of Gazza crying and playing Italia 90 on the Mega Drive (same cartridge as Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Revenge of Shinobi, what a combo) every time I went round to my mate's house. Can't really remember that much from the World Cup itself. I remember the 1994 World, and especially finding the name Dunga HILARIOUS. I was rooting for Brazil because of that. I also remember being really confused that, by the end of the final, it was dark outside but still bright sunshine on TV. It's the important things that really stick with you.
Haydos Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 I actually remember that 1998 Group A from Fifa 98/Road to World Cup.
RonnieTodger Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Vague memories of the Romania and Argentina defeats in 98. I was 4
Webbo Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 I'm just a sliver ahead of you, Webbo... -1966: England won the World Cup on my 4th birthday; we didn't have a TV. My (Irish) Dad took me next door so that he (not I) could see the match; I don't remember it. - 1970: Still didn't have a TV, but remember hearing in the playground how we'd let a 2-0 lead slip to a 2-3 defeat v. Germany, thanks to Bonetti (Banks out sick). Also remember being confused about us having played Brazil, failed to win but still being in the tournament - didn't understand about draws and/or group matches,obviously. - 1974: We got a TV specially for the World Cup. Mainly remember collecting the stickers, and oddities like the Zaire guy kicking the ball away at the free-kick, E. Germany beating W.Germany - and coming back from scout camp halfway through the final. -1978: Right in the middle of my bastard O-levels (GCSEs)! Like Webbo, this was the first tournament that really grabbed my attention: a brilliant French team scoring after 1 minute (Lacombe) yet getting eliminated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISPJkRmyA10; the Argentine ticker-tape - and dodgy 6-0 win v. Peru; the brilliant ITV theme music; Clough and Greaves as pundits; the Dutch repeatedly scoring from 30-40m; Van de Kerkhof's plaster cast delaying the final.... "Phew! Jumpers for goalposts, eh?!" Our birthdays must be close, I was 1 the day before the final. I remember a stereotypical looking Italian player from 78, grey hair but he looked immaculate like a male model. Can't remember his name.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Coming home from school to watch Scholes net against Tunisia in '98.
Alf Bentley Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Our birthdays must be close, I was 1 the day before the final. I remember a stereotypical looking Italian player from 78, grey hair but he looked immaculate like a male model. Can't remember his name. Does that mean that Charles and Di married on your 16th birthday?! This the Italian you're referring to... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bettega ?
Webbo Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Does that mean that Charles and Di married on your 16th birthday?! This the Italian you're referring to... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bettega ? Yes and yes, that's the fellow "White Feather" (probably has a different meaning in Italian)
Strokes Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Maradona and the hand of god incident. I watched a little bit of that world cup but it was on quite late and I was five. Its probably more the anger that it caused, that I remember though.
Charnwood Norris Posted 9 June 2014 Posted 9 June 2014 Vague memories of '82 when I was 3/4. All I remember is Harald Schummacher in that semi final ! Black and white 12" inch tv and all. 86' - remember watching only Englands games. Stayed up late. '90 - pretty fond memories. Bright V Egypt. Platt V Belgium. Lineker rescuing us against Cameroon and scoring against Germany in the semi. Best world cup for me was 1994. Many greats - Hagi, Baggio, Bergkamp, Romario etc. lots of great goals, and those huge nets.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 10 June 2014 Posted 10 June 2014 1994 Remember heading off to Primary School and prettending to be Baggio in the playground.
OzFox Posted 10 June 2014 Posted 10 June 2014 Zaire losing 9-0 in 1974, and being lucky it was only 9 Watching the superb Holland side plough their way through the tournament, then somehow losing to Germany in the final
Ric Flair Posted 10 June 2014 Posted 10 June 2014 England vs Holland 1990, I was 6 years old and had shown little interest in football prior to that. My Dad had tried his hardest to get me involved, taking me to City v Swindon a few months earlier and me moaning for the whole game. Anyway, Gary Lineker changed all that for me during Italia 90 and the rest is history. I remember being mesmerized by him and Gazza and I cared about nobody else for about a year. That game vs Holland, England was absolutely brilliant and i've watched it back several times over the years and can still remember that game when football took me.
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