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Quote from: bedale rover on July 07, 2018, 08:27:17 pmQuote from: Donnywolf on July 07, 2018, 08:11:04 pmQuote from: bedale rover on July 07, 2018, 07:59:16 pmI saw England win the world cup in 1966!But there was only 16 teams in the competition that year and 10 of those were European teams a couple from south America and North KoreaGood god - I was calming a couple of lads down in local Sainsburys today - and they were singing / chanting etc. I said whoa whoa dont go too early ! Its different for me I said as I have seen England WIN the World Cup so even if Sweden do us (which is unlikely) I at least have the main prize won alreadyWhat I did not realise (and I have the Progs etc) was there were so few Teams in it. Never mind we - still won and my other magic memory was that North Korea were the "underdogs" and well supported as well !Still can only remember Pak doo Ik as a NK PlayerRemember watching North Korea beat Italy 4-3 at goodison park Awesome game and a massive shock!A bit dodgy that memory of yours Bedale.NK beat Italy 1-0 at Middlesbrough.Maybe the game at a Goodison that you are thinking about was the one when NK went 3-0 up inside 25 minutes against Portugal but lost 5-3.
Quote from: Donnywolf on July 07, 2018, 08:11:04 pmQuote from: bedale rover on July 07, 2018, 07:59:16 pmI saw England win the world cup in 1966!But there was only 16 teams in the competition that year and 10 of those were European teams a couple from south America and North KoreaGood god - I was calming a couple of lads down in local Sainsburys today - and they were singing / chanting etc. I said whoa whoa dont go too early ! Its different for me I said as I have seen England WIN the World Cup so even if Sweden do us (which is unlikely) I at least have the main prize won alreadyWhat I did not realise (and I have the Progs etc) was there were so few Teams in it. Never mind we - still won and my other magic memory was that North Korea were the "underdogs" and well supported as well !Still can only remember Pak doo Ik as a NK PlayerRemember watching North Korea beat Italy 4-3 at goodison park Awesome game and a massive shock!
Quote from: bedale rover on July 07, 2018, 07:59:16 pmI saw England win the world cup in 1966!But there was only 16 teams in the competition that year and 10 of those were European teams a couple from south America and North KoreaGood god - I was calming a couple of lads down in local Sainsburys today - and they were singing / chanting etc. I said whoa whoa dont go too early ! Its different for me I said as I have seen England WIN the World Cup so even if Sweden do us (which is unlikely) I at least have the main prize won alreadyWhat I did not realise (and I have the Progs etc) was there were so few Teams in it. Never mind we - still won and my other magic memory was that North Korea were the "underdogs" and well supported as well !Still can only remember Pak doo Ik as a NK Player
I saw England win the world cup in 1966!But there was only 16 teams in the competition that year and 10 of those were European teams a couple from south America and North Korea
Aaaannddd...here comes another one. Could you point out these negative, miserable posts?
RAEvery single one of those comments is defendable and, I’d suggest, accurate. I take them as sensibly realistic. There’s nothing negative or miserable about them, unless your confidence is so paper thin that you take umbridge at anything less than hyperbole. Just one think you mis-read. I didn’t say this squad was inferior to anyone. I said that the others had all gone toe-to-toe with the very best in their tournaments and more or less matched them. This current squad hasn’t had a chance to do so, so it’s impossible to make that sort of comparison. Hopefully they will put that one to bed on Weds. As for 1966. Come on! EVERYONE knows that ball didn’t go over the line. We got lucky on that occasion, just as we struck unlucky in 1986, when we could well have won the competition but for Maradona’s handball. It happens. You take your chance when you get the breaks and you take it on the chin when you don’t. Now. If you look a little further back in this thread, you’ll see me saying how proud of English football I was on Tuesday night. And how I felt this side was starting to look like they could win the tournament. And how I’ve been on the edge of my seat like most other England football fans. Or, you can build up some thesis on misinterpretations. Your call.
Southgate came out after the Panama game and said we didn’t play that well, which we didn’t. Was he being negative or just highlighting that improvements can be made?
Quote from: GazLaz on July 08, 2018, 03:12:24 pmSouthgate came out after the Panama game and said we didn’t play that well, which we didn’t. Was he being negative or just highlighting that improvements can be made?I missed that. Eeh, the patronising, unpatriotic negative misery guts.
Interesting thing will be against Croatia. They’ll be better than us at holding possession. So what is our Plan B?
Billy, I was stood behind that goal in 66, with Andy Lochhead and Ray Pointer and a mate. None of us had any idea whether it crossed the line or not, but Roger Hunt, who was the nearest player with the best view immediately threw his hands above his head and turned away. He could have just nodded it in, and is the reason I have always thought it was a goal, he had the best view in the house. We paid £50 each for two tickets off a tout, face value was £3 19s 6d I think.
Just spent a bit of time reflecting on Germany's world cup win in 2014.Before they reached the semi-final and roundly smashed Brazil they scored 10 goals, only 5 of which from open play;1 penalty2 corners2 from freekicks5 open playThey were also in some extremely close games; Drew with Ghana, got taken to extra time by Algeria and had narrow victories over USA and France. Got me reflecting on England this time round. Certainly suggests having a reliance on set-pieces isn't a problem. And also suggests narrow victories are to be expected and if you ride them great. Germany's style of play was also very laconic and, as we know, clinical. Probably get shot down but I can see glimpses of that in England this year.Only thing left is a truly memorable performance? Can we do that. I think if Sterling can bang in a few of these chances he's creating then we certainly can.
Of course it was in!https://youtu.be/HKFyUqvsPuM