North Bank 3:14 Thu Oct 3
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While BT TV was creaming themselves over the over rated CL football last night I decided to open Amazon and see what they had on Prime. I soon came across One Night in Turin and with viewing sorted settled down to watch the exploits of Bobby Robson, Gazza and golden balls Lineker and their historic exploits of Italia 90
Narrated beautifully by Gary Oldman accompanied by a great soundtrack, it told the warts and all story of the campaign in Italy, brought back great personal memories and filled in so much detail of the month the England team were out that I'd forgotten and I was out their for the Cameroon game
If you love England and football in general and did so before the abomination of SKY then I can recommend you spend one of the most enjoyable 90 minutes you could have outside of watching our beloved West Ham
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Colchester Sid
10:24 Sat Oct 5
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After the Egypt game I had to come home - I swapped my inter rail ticket with another England lad's flight ticket
Never occurred to me that flying home with another person's flight ticket would be a problem and it wasn't - everyone who turned up at the airport got stuck on charter flights back to England whether they had a ticket or not
Lots of great memories, seems a lifetime ago now
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bruuuno
2:21 Sat Oct 5
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I don’t mean in skill I mean in being proper blokes
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bruuuno
2:20 Sat Oct 5
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It’s startling to see the demise of our teams over the years. Compare the squad from back then to our current lot (rice excluded of course)
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gph
12:26 Sat Oct 5
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Those bloody post-1919ers, who think that the Southern League was tinpot...
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MrBen
11:42 Fri Oct 4
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Taylor Report >>> Sky, no?
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Pagey
11:19 Fri Oct 4
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Why has everything got to come down to Sky ruining the game? It’s boring and so ridiculously untrue.
How has the game been ruined? It’s changed obviously, but certainly not been ruined. Misty-eyed nostalgia gets in the way of reality. Di Canio was in the Premier League era for starters and that was far from boring.
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Too Much Too Young
10:41 Fri Oct 4
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I know why its refered to as pre 96's, but for me it should be pre 90's, as that's when Sky got involved, which was the start of the downfall, as it been more about the money since that cunt Murdock ruined the game.
Our seasons are now about getting one over the so called top six, as unless we get new mega rich owners, we will never win anything (which in reality means the league cup) unless we havr some massive luck in an FA Cup run.
A world away from the 70's & 80's, when the playing field was much more even.
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zico
10:29 Fri Oct 4
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Pagey 8:39 Fri Oct 4
Wonderful doc wasn't it. A true gent although very sad at the end. People forget at how well he did. That Ipswich team had some players back then. People rave about Klopp and Guardiola but the likes of Robson, Lyall and Clough worked wonders at unfashionable Clubs. Us lot moan but look at Ipswich and Forest now!!
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Pagey
8:53 Fri Oct 4
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Gay porn
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Exiled In Surrey
8:48 Fri Oct 4
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Porn for me every time.
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Pagey
8:39 Fri Oct 4
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Just watched ‘Bobby Robson - More than a Manager’ on Netflix, as recommended by mallard earlier in the thread.
A great documentary and reminder of just how much he achieved and how underrated he was and still is. I loved the bit when he signed the young Brazilian Ronaldo for Barcelona from PSV for big money and was told that if this goes wrong you’ll probably lose your job!
Incredible how he remained a total gentleman despite spending his entire life involved in the demanding cut-throat world of top level football. You only have to listen to how the likes of Mourinho and Guardiola talk about him to understand the respect he commanded throughout the world.
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scott_d
2:45 Fri Oct 4
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I think it's quite funny that pre-96ers think that by virtue of age their opinion is much more valid than those that just so happened to be born in a different era.
I've heard as much bullshit from older fans as I have from younger fans and my personal conclusion is that football has a broad range of fan types all with different views, opinions and knowledge across all ages.
Obviously this is coming from someone born in 81 which might make me a 96er and therefore my opinion is invalid!
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cup of tea
2:19 Fri Oct 4
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Turin, Italian setting And the city don't know that the city is getting The creme de la creme of the chess world In a show with everything but Yul Brynner Time flies doesn't seem a minute Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it All change don't you know that when you Play at this level there's no ordinary venue
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Ridikzappa
1:41 Fri Oct 4
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Gazza New Order and John Barnes rapping Pavarotti Happy Mondays Lager Warm summer evenings Hooch David Platt’s goal Elderly African witchdoctor strikers Nessum Dorma being sung by the lad Schillaci BBQs Lineker shitting himself on the pitch Baggio’s superb hairstyle Alan Partridge’s commentary
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goose
12:39 Fri Oct 4
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its local dialect.
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Lee Trundle
12:36 Fri Oct 4
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*Schillaci
(and I'm not italian!)
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goose
12:35 Fri Oct 4
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Toto Schilacci is Sicilian............. just saying.
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Ronald_antly
12:16 Fri Oct 4
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cup of tea wrote...
"Shitting myself on the plane home (that wasn't funny!)"
It SOUNDS funny.
You had to NOT be there, I suppose.
Oh, and Mexico 86 was the best World Cup. You didn't have to worry about the locals setting on you, and then the police cracking down on YOU.
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balders
11:14 Fri Oct 4
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Getting rounded up by the old bill before the Ireland game locked in a petrol garage forecourt while the Italian old bill smoking around us
My acid house face England flag with the hammers on it , the bollocks flag
Rimini
Loads of West Ham , great 3 weeks
The last tournament before the happy clappy brigade went to England games
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,
11:14 Fri Oct 4
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Nessum dorma, the dirtiest game between Cameroon and the Argies, Toto Schilacci, our most experienced players missing penalties, Gazza’s tears.
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cup of tea
11:03 Fri Oct 4
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Best world cup ever. Cracking tournament Rave scene all nighters and decent pills My first car (fiesta 1.0) radio worth more than car! First lads holiday in Benidorm and ending up in hospital with alcohol posioning Shitting myself on the plane home (that wasn't funny!)
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