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Which World Cup Was Your Favourite?
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mmmmsnouts
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2014 was boss. Everyone into the tournament and openly watching the matches at work, standing room only crowds in the common areas for the US matches. A few of us booked a conference room to watch the Germany-Brazil debacle and just stared in amazement at the screen.
Brazil v Italy still imprinted in my memory 40 years after. I think what I loved about ‘82 so much was it was still at a time when very few of the South American players were known. Same with African players.
From that great Brazil team, I think I’d only ever heard of Zico before the finals.
‘86 and ‘90 were good to for the same reasons. Some unpredictable results involving players largely unknown in England.
1974 was also my favourite but it was not my first which was 66.
It's just 74 was the first one I remember watching a lot of games in the pub in sunny weather and good match times.
Also Cruff was probably my all time favourite player pure class.
The binman chronicles
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Yeah I vividly remember my wallchart hanging in the kitchen. The sticker book, the mascot and most of all the optimism that anything could happen.
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Italia 90 for me, I was 10 years old and mad about football,that summer I can still remember it like yesterday. A lot of the games were actually pretty defensive dull affairs but you couldn't help but be swept along by England's run, Gazza mania getting into full flow and the general hype around the tournament. From an era when there wasn't as much live football on TV you now had afew weeks with constant football on TV the BBC went all in on their coverage as did ITV with Saint and Greavsie on top form. All this to a soundtrack of Pavarotti. Living in Northern Ireland I also got TV coverage from rte in Southern Ireland. This summer under Big Jack Ireland went football mad and provided a feel good factor so great that many people who remember it will say helped transform the nation socially and economically.
USA 94 was also decent but didn't quite have the same magic. The only one that disappointed was 2002. The time difference meant crap kick off times in terms of going out to watch any of the games. Brazil aside all the top teams badly underperformed.
USA 94 was also decent but didn't quite have the same magic. The only one that disappointed was 2002. The time difference meant crap kick off times in terms of going out to watch any of the games. Brazil aside all the top teams badly underperformed.
Stevie Nicks Bootleg
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Good post. I think this sums up WC 1990. It was the WC that had way more poor games than any other- England/Ireland's groups was so dull (a total of 7 goals in 6 games) but you couldn't help being swept away by it as an England and/or Ireland fan- it had such a good vibe and the music seemed everywhere (Nessun Dorma & World in Motion).
If people say the 'world cup isn't the same anymore' that probably because they're just less interested due to being older or pure football saturation (as mentioned earlier) as the 2018 version was excellent and the best for many years. Far better than most for exciting, competitive matches (much better than 1990, for example). It just goes to show that it's mostly about being young or your team doing well.
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Cruyff was as dominant in 74 as Maradona was in 86....both had outstanding tournaments but weren't great in the final itself (both marshalled well by Vogts and Matthaus respectively). The big difference being Holland faced a great WG team (in their own backyard), Argentina faced a lesser one (in Latin America).
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