Your First World Cup Memory

[Common as Mook]

World Cup 90 and David Platt's volley against Belgium

 

[Durlston]

Vague memories of Mexico '86.

Italia '90 was the best World Cup ever.

-The Cameroons
-Toto Schillachi
-Gazza's tears
-West Germany hammering every team in the group stage and Rudi Voller getting spat on by Frank Rijkaard.

 

[Chicken Run]

Argentina 78. Collecting the Panini stickers, Archie Gemmill's goal and Willie Johnston getting sent home.

Ditto the above, also thinking what shit weather they have in Argentina, only to disciver a few years later the southern hemisphere enjoys winter during our summer

 

[Playing On The Grit]

Watching Steve Foster play for England vs Kuwait in Spain 82. Seem to remember it was very hot in whichever part of Spain it was and none of the players ran very fast or very hard.

Then when I saw him play in the flesh when he came back to The Goldstone in the 90s I realised he actually didn't run very fast!

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Argentina 78. Collecting the Panini stickers, Archie Gemmill's goal and Willie Johnston getting sent home.

Me too.

Lovely summer that year too.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Mexico 86 and the Panini sticker album, waiting ages for some Polish dude with a tash to complete the Album!

Same here, although the only thing I really remember clearly about the tournament itself was the England v Maradona game.

I was about nine at this point and the highlight for me and my playground chums was the fact that the sticker album featured a South Korean player called Cha Bum Kun.

Bum *snigger* Hey, it's hilarious when you're nine years old

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Mexico '70, England v Brazil. Jairzinho's celebration as the deadlock was broken; Frannie Lee's howler in front of goal; & THAT save by Mr Banks from a stunning Pelé header. Awesome.

Sometimes it pays to be an old fart.

 

[Brovion]

I was vaguely aware of the World Cup in 1962 as I remember my Dad and Grandad talking about it. My first memory is asking my Dad at about Christmas who won - and being surprised when he said Brazil. I didn't think any country other than England or Scotland could possibly be good at football.

 

[seagulls4ever]

98 World Cup. I was in primary school at the time, and that's where I watched it. I remember a teacher having a go at us for booing the opposition!

 

[Simster]

I think I might have seen the 78 final (I'd have been 6 years old) but not paid much attention.

I watched as much as I could of the 1982 finals. It seemed an awesome tournament (there were some great games) but in hindsight, some of it was so village in terms of organisation.

 

[Danny-Boy]

England winning in 1966, though my first memory of THAT was Pickles the dog...

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Very vaguely remember an Irish goal in Italia '90, which I am told was David O'Leary's penalty, but not well.

Went absolutely all-out for USA '94 though - sticker albums, wallcharts, watching every match.

 

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Blubbing when we lost to Germany on pens at Italia '90

Blubbing a week later when we lost to Italy in the 3rd place play off (I was a bit too young to understand)

 

[nevergoagain]

Spain 82 and Robsons goal against France. I also have memories of a farce when France (I think) playing someone, got very messy with teams walking off the pitch after someone in the crowd blew a whistle and one team stopping, the other team scoring. From what I recall the ref. allowed the goal then the opposing team walked off so he changed his mind and the other team walked off ?.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Mexico 86. We played poland on my 12th birthday in a must win game. My parents let me stay up late to watch it because it was my birthday, must have kicked off 10 or 11. We won 3-0 and lineker scored a hat trick. Then paraguay in 2nd sound and maradona in qtrs

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

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[Johnny Crumplin Football]

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[Knotty]

Mexico '70, England v Brazil. Jairzinho's celebration as the deadlock was broken; Frannie Lee's howler in front of goal; & THAT save by Mr Banks from a stunning Pelé header. Awesome.

Sometimes it pays to be an old fart.

You think you're an old fart

I remember Pele scoring against Sweden in the 1958 final!

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Scotland beating zaire 2-0 in 74... and will never forget asking my uncle why the Zaire wall (think it was the brazil game or yugo) could run at the free kick and kick the ball away!! was 7.

If we include world cup qualifiers then it was England-Poland 73

Tomaszewski the clown... my first goalkeeeping hero... followed by Alan Rough in 76 and Koncilia in 78

 

[Lady Whistledown]

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Ah, the toe poke.







*makes note to avoid Scotland for next few decades*