Dayvo
just passin' through
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Another 14
Forgot Ipswich, didn't remember Everton.
Forgot Ipswich, didn't remember Everton.
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Sounds about right. @pjd57 will obviously confirm as I'm only going from 50 odd years of listening to mates tell me about it.
Impressive but that was a tournament with more than one team in it. Liverpool have won it six times in case anyone forgot that little statistic.
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
No, we haven't, but I'm sure someone will be along to remind us shortly.
Chippy Dave
Active Member
I hope that’s the case for West Ham, I’ve supported them all my life but I think the club is a right mess at the moment.
Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I'm with you on that.
Has a fixture list and dates been published yet, I haven't seen one?
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
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- The hills of Accrington
Today is the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico. The hosts and the USSR played out a 'boring' 0-0 draw,in the opening match. Do any of you remember the tournament? It was the first one i remember. It was the first one shown on colour tv(even though it was still black and white tv for us,as we didn't get a colour set till 1974 for the finals in West Germany),the first one to use white(ok some black panels)balls and the first one to have the final on a Sunday.
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Smokin Joe
Squire
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I well remember the crushing disappointment of England blowing a two goal lead against West Germany in the quarter finals. World Cup 70 was the first one that really captured the public imagination in this country with the tournament being front page news. For all the folklore now about "The boys of '66" that tournament was surprisingly low key as a media event, even on the Saturday of the final few if any of the papers featured the match on their front pages and by Monday England's win was barely getting a mention in the press. The significance of that win has increased with time.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico. The hosts and the USSR played out a 'boring' 0-0 draw,in the opening match. Do any of you remember the tournament? It was the first one i remember. It was the first one shown on colour tv(even though it was still black and white tv for us,as we didn't get a colour set till 1974 for the finals in West Germany),the first one to use white(ok some black panels)balls and the first one to have the final on a Sunday.
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My memories of this are those of a not quite 14 year old boy - and they are wonderful memories too of the stunning Brazilian team. Their play in the final was stunning, the team was a class act all the way from front to back and the attacking 'four' were a nightmare for Italy to deal with. One of the few teams from days of yesteryear that I think that might have been able to hack it in the modern game.
Goals & extended highlights:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsMnEemzMM
Slick
Guru
Just a bit before my time Accy, but I did have the good fortune to watch Scotland v Brasil just four years later and we cuffed them 0-0.Today is the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico. The hosts and the USSR played out a 'boring' 0-0 draw,in the opening match. Do any of you remember the tournament? It was the first one i remember. It was the first one shown on colour tv(even though it was still black and white tv for us,as we didn't get a colour set till 1974 for the finals in West Germany),the first one to use white(ok some black panels)balls and the first one to have the final on a Sunday.
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It was a great game that we really should have won and was obviously the start of glorious failure for us.
Chippy Dave
Active Member
I haven’t seen anything either, I’m not sure which direction they’re heading in really, I’m not keen on the owners or the stadium as a football stadium.
I bet I can guess who, too!
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
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- Portsmouth
I got 16..
16. Needed the help of the clues to jog my memory on a couple, and I got the last (West Ham) guessing with about a minute left.
