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Leonard Hatred 12:06 Mon Jul 20
1996

Euro 96

Manic Street Preachers "Design For Life"

Britpop withering out

Me returning from Australia

Stuart Pearce scoring a penalty against Spain and going proper mental

Gascoigne's goal v Scotland

johnyrotten 4:02 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Was in Germany for Euro 96 do missed the buzz that was over here was gutted still made the best of it over there had our own corner of England over there 3 lions anthem was amazing at the time !!

Eric Hitchmoe 4:02 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

GIRL POWER!

RAF Hammer 2:43 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

My last year in Northern Ireland. Attended the opening game v Switzerland (probably our worst game) with a group of RAF mates. Then watched the England v Germany game in Blackpool before travelling to Germany for my next posting.

Monk~koknee 7:49 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Had inadvertently booked summer holiday to Kos coinciding with the the latter stages of Euro 96. Was worried at first that this might be a mistake but turned out to be most enjoyable.

The last night of the holiday was spent watching the semi-final in a bar of 50/50 English/ Germans.

Other than that spent much of 96 working in chuffin' Sheffield.

Oliver Cromwell 7:43 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Great year running amok round the streets of London during Euro 96

holyhandgrenade 5:23 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

That Knebworth gig could be worth a thread on its own.

- The line up. Ocean Colour Scene, Prodigy, Manics and Oasis were about as good as it gets at the time

- The enormous size of the gig. 200,000 each day

- The coke. Everywhere and everyone on it

- The 2 hour queue for beers

- The sense of history and being at our generations big event

- The fucking long walk and climbing over fences to get away at the end

Gig itself? Bands seem to play fine although the size of the event almost made what they sounded like less relevant. Just had to be there man...

Crassus 1:57 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Caught my first double figure barbel and watched Gazza score that goal on a tv the size of 20 Bensons on the bank of the Wye when it was re run on Match of the Day

Good day, good year

charlie paynter 1:14 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Super Slav signs!

Won tickets to the Euro 96 final, chaperoned by Emlyn Hughes.

Went to the first V festival, when it was a lot smaller (Weller, Charlatans).

Paulo Futre throws a strop and walks out at Highbury.

Northern Sold 12:53 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Got married

Honeymooned for a month in Florida

Went to England v Scotland - Holland - Spain in the Euros

fred flinstone 12:36 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Chris Hill at the Island in Ilford

Takashi Miike 12:23 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

prodigy at knebworth were impressive. the fucking ground shook when they did Poison

Gidds 12:22 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Beating Spurs & Chelsea away in the space of a week in the middle of a rare five game winning streak.

Cheering on Croatia against England in a friendly in defiant protest at Venables refusing to pick Dicks for England.

Raymond Reddington 12:17 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Oasis and prodigy at Knebworth

Prodigy at Brixton Academy

Pissed up every wkend, Good year for a 20yr old

Vexed 12:16 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Their albums got a bit shit after Everything Must Go. Had been excellent up to and including EMG.

Takashi Miike 12:16 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

len, if i remember correctly, they opened the show with an extended version of Design For Life. magnificent

Leonard Hatred 12:13 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

I saw the Manics at the forum that year.

They are ALWAYS magnificent, to this day.

Takashi Miike 12:11 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

saw the manics at the forum & oasis at knebworth. both superb

Vexed 12:08 Mon Jul 20
Re: 1996

Most of this site discovered football.