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Jun 9, 2024 20:28:27 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 9, 2024 20:28:27 GMT
Yep they were never able to replicate 88 Van Basten’s injuries may have started to kick in (though he did score frequently for Milan in the next 2 seasons). Not sure if Gullit might have had injury problems aswell Wasnt until Bergkamp came though that they started to look decent again (92 in patches and 94) I think they simply all argued with each other They always bloody do. There's always tension in the camp. Can't they all just get on?
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Jun 9, 2024 20:32:59 GMT
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 9, 2024 20:32:59 GMT
I think they simply all argued with each other They always bloody do. There's always tension in the camp. Can't they all just get on? And Ely says marijuana makes you chilled. Evidence if it were needed that he’s talking bollocks😉
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Italia 90
Jun 9, 2024 20:41:38 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 9, 2024 20:41:38 GMT
They always bloody do. There's always tension in the camp. Can't they all just get on? And Ely says marijuana makes you chilled. Evidence if it were needed that he’s talking bollocks😉 😁😁😁
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Post by nottsover60 on Jun 9, 2024 23:12:21 GMT
We were on holiday in a motor home in Devon with our children, then aged 2 and 4. I can't remember the match, but having put them to bed we were trying to watch it on a small TV very quietly so as not to wake them. I shall always remember hearing a "Come on England" shout and turning to see them, legs hanging down from their bed above the cab, curtains pulled back watching the match.
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Post by salopstick on Jun 10, 2024 7:29:37 GMT
we should have won it
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Post by salopstick on Jun 10, 2024 7:31:30 GMT
i was on tower of london guard for the semi
had to do ceremony of the keys whilst the peno shoot out happened.
gutted
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Jun 10, 2024 7:43:42 GMT
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 10, 2024 7:43:42 GMT
Only beat Egypt in 90 minutes
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Italia 90
Jun 10, 2024 7:45:10 GMT
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Post by wilcopotter on Jun 10, 2024 7:45:10 GMT
No.15 Ogris (Austria) either super fast or slow defenders, but think he looked super fast to me. Don’t remember him though.
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Post by salopstick on Jun 10, 2024 7:54:52 GMT
Only beat Egypt in 90 minutes granted but we got to the semi should have beat germany and argentina were rubbish that year
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jun 10, 2024 8:09:32 GMT
I can always remember being told first hand by a travelling Stokie about the episode in Rimini & then seeing the actual footage ITN.
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Jun 10, 2024 8:10:00 GMT
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Post by J-Roar on Jun 10, 2024 8:10:00 GMT
What a summer in Stoke that was. The city was furiously alive in 88-90, peak acid house and Stoke was a driving force behind that culture. Admittedly it helped that I was 21, a student with no responsibilities and never out of the (then) numerous city clubs, the hacienda or the Left Bank bar with a cast of rogues and slightly wrong ‘uns. I watched half the games in there and it was a mix of pills, thrills and belly aches. In a vintage Brazil shirt, flares and curtains hair cut. It was a thing then kids for you start. Long sleeve t shirts everywhere! Great times.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 10, 2024 8:17:09 GMT
Only beat Egypt in 90 minutes granted but we got to the semi should have beat germany and argentina were rubbish that year Germany could have gone either way I'm sure Cameroon and Belgium will argue that they should have beaten England as were the better side for long spells although England had a perfectly good goal V Belgium disallowed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2024 8:28:52 GMT
I was only 11 so this was the first tournament I invested any real interest in and what a tournament it was and still my favourite. What an opening game Cameroon v Argentia was, I can still see Canggia being booted all othe the pitch now and blubbered like a baby when the krauts knocked us out on penno's.
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Post by Eggybread on Jun 10, 2024 9:36:09 GMT
Best tournement ever.We were on Nisyros a tiny Greek Island full of Germans,Swiss and Austrians.We were amongst around 6/7 other English on the entire Island.Great memories.
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Post by noustie on Jun 10, 2024 10:52:32 GMT
I think they simply all argued with each other They always bloody do. There's always tension in the camp. Can't they all just get on? Saw something about Euro 96 where they nearly didn't qualify until Davids, Seedorf and another Suriname player hadn't been getting picked despite being mint for their club. Remember it kicking off before the England game: www.irishtimes.com/sport/hiddink-sends-davids-home-1.58886Accusations of racism being rife at the time apparently. Dutch love a bust up!
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 10, 2024 11:05:18 GMT
They always bloody do. There's always tension in the camp. Can't they all just get on? Saw something about Euro 96 where they nearly didn't qualify until Davids, Seedorf and another Suriname player hadn't been getting picked despite being mint for their club. Remember it kicking off before the England game: www.irishtimes.com/sport/hiddink-sends-davids-home-1.58886Accusations of racism being rife at the time apparently. Dutch love a bust up! In 78 Win van Henegem fell out with the coach and was left out of the squad after saying he didn't want to play for him. He was then interviewed on TV sobbing that he wasn't picked. They don't help themselves. Yep, before the England game they had been at it again apparently.
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Jun 10, 2024 11:35:06 GMT
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Post by outspaced on Jun 10, 2024 11:35:06 GMT
Frank Rijkaard gobbing in Rudi Voller's curly barnet. I'd forgotten that he did it twice the dirty twat.
Can't believe Voller didn't chin him after the second one, they'd both been sent off anyway.
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Italia 90
Jun 10, 2024 12:05:21 GMT
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 10, 2024 12:05:21 GMT
Frank Rijkaard gobbing in Rudi Voller's curly barnet. I'd forgotten that he did it twice the dirty twat. Can't believe Voller didn't chin him after the second one, they'd both been sent off anyway. It was the greatest perm since Alan Sunderland. You just don't do that
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Jun 10, 2024 12:11:48 GMT
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jun 10, 2024 12:11:48 GMT
Frank Rijkaard gobbing in Rudi Voller's curly barnet. I'd forgotten that he did it twice the dirty twat. Can't believe Voller didn't chin him after the second one, they'd both been sent off anyway. I was in Amsterdam a few years back watching Holland v Germany in a fan park World Cup or Euros and the giant screen showed that incident on repeat for what seemed like an hour before the game. Think it was to rouse the natives
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 10, 2024 12:35:35 GMT
It was inconsequential so no-one remembers it but the dying seconds of the 3rd-place playoff saw the worst offside decision I’ve ever seen to this day..
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Post by noustie on Jun 10, 2024 13:00:45 GMT
It was inconsequential so no-one remembers it but the dying seconds of the 3rd-place playoff saw the worst offside decision I’ve ever seen to this day.. The world cup 3rd place play off baffles me to an extent - everyone on this board would likely give up a testicle (or boob) to play it it and I'd rather say I'd finished third in a world cup than got knocked out in a semi final as it just sounds better. Most of the players who play in it though, certainly the times England have been in it though, openly say they'd rather just fuck off home. For the sake of 4-5 days I'd rather be going all out get a bronze medal.
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Jun 10, 2024 13:19:37 GMT
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Post by PotterLog on Jun 10, 2024 13:19:37 GMT
It was inconsequential so no-one remembers it but the dying seconds of the 3rd-place playoff saw the worst offside decision I’ve ever seen to this day.. The world cup 3rd place play off baffles me to an extent - everyone on this board would likely give up a testicle (or boob) to play it it and I'd rather say I'd finished third in a world cup than got knocked out in a semi final as it just sounds better. Most of the players who play in it though, certainly the times England have been in it though, openly say they'd rather just fuck off home. For the sake of 4-5 days I'd rather be going all out get a bronze medal. I’d be on the first plane home after the semi myself. It’s different from something like the olympics where the podium medals all matter and count as achievements in the records. They don’t even bother with the 3rd place game in the euros do they
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Jun 10, 2024 13:38:45 GMT
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Post by mickstupp on Jun 10, 2024 13:38:45 GMT
The world cup 3rd place play off baffles me to an extent - everyone on this board would likely give up a testicle (or boob) to play it it and I'd rather say I'd finished third in a world cup than got knocked out in a semi final as it just sounds better. Most of the players who play in it though, certainly the times England have been in it though, openly say they'd rather just fuck off home. For the sake of 4-5 days I'd rather be going all out get a bronze medal. I’d be on the first plane home after the semi myself. It’s different from something like the olympics where the podium medals all matter and count as achievements in the records. They don’t even bother with the 3rd place game in the euros do they Yep me too. They should get rid of it. Completely pointless.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 10, 2024 14:34:50 GMT
Frank Rijkaard gobbing in Rudi Voller's curly barnet. I'd forgotten that he did it twice the dirty twat. Can't believe Voller didn't chin him after the second one, they'd both been sent off anyway. I've never understood why Voller was sent off
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Jun 10, 2024 14:36:35 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 10, 2024 14:36:35 GMT
It was inconsequential so no-one remembers it but the dying seconds of the 3rd-place playoff saw the worst offside decision I’ve ever seen to this day.. The world cup 3rd place play off baffles me to an extent - everyone on this board would likely give up a testicle (or boob) to play it it and I'd rather say I'd finished third in a world cup than got knocked out in a semi final as it just sounds better. Most of the players who play in it though, certainly the times England have been in it though, openly say they'd rather just fuck off home. For the sake of 4-5 days I'd rather be going all out get a bronze medal. It's because the world cup is a derivative of the Olympics and someone has to get bronze. All seems rather antiquated.
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Post by noustie on Jun 10, 2024 14:54:16 GMT
The world cup 3rd place play off baffles me to an extent - everyone on this board would likely give up a testicle (or boob) to play it it and I'd rather say I'd finished third in a world cup than got knocked out in a semi final as it just sounds better. Most of the players who play in it though, certainly the times England have been in it though, openly say they'd rather just fuck off home. For the sake of 4-5 days I'd rather be going all out get a bronze medal. It's because the world cup is a derivative of the Olympics and someone has to get bronze. All seems rather antiquated. I just think after the event and you've retired a bronze medal at a world cup might be one of the highlights in your career but it just seems a complete triviality. Wonder if it means more to Sweden, Croatia, Turkey and Belgium as they've never won the actual trophy itself?
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Jun 10, 2024 16:14:54 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 10, 2024 16:14:54 GMT
It's because the world cup is a derivative of the Olympics and someone has to get bronze. All seems rather antiquated. I just think after the event and you've retired a bronze medal at a world cup might be one of the highlights in your career but it just seems a complete triviality. Wonder if it means more to Sweden, Croatia, Turkey and Belgium as they've never won the actual trophy itself? Or England. We still go on about 1990. Less so 2018.
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Jun 10, 2024 16:28:05 GMT
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Post by lordb on Jun 10, 2024 16:28:05 GMT
Only beat Egypt in 90 minutes And? Do extra time wins not count? The only bad performance was Ireland, terrible game
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Post by generationex on Jun 10, 2024 17:06:05 GMT
It was when ‘modern’ football began.
Everyone expected English hooliganism which didn’t happen, we got to the semis against the odds, the England manager that was reviled became a hero.
And the best football T-Shirt ever - “No Alla Violenza” was born.
It was this World Cup that lead to the Premier League and England’s establishment as the best league in the world. Not that I’m saying the Arsenalfication of football was all good.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Jun 10, 2024 17:28:56 GMT
Only beat Egypt in 90 minutes And? Do extra time wins not count? The only bad performance was Ireland, terrible game Cameroon and Belgium were the better side in both. I personally think the only really good performances were v Netherlands and W Germany and failed to win both
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