Which World Cup Was Your Favourite?

[Billy Dean]

For England doing well, 1990, 2002 and 2018.

As a neutral 1994 and 2014 I thought were pretty good

 

[Billy Dean]

France ‘98 is up there for me, as I spent most of it in Ibiza with “the lads” after finishing college.

Also Japan / Korea 2002 was a fun novelty, having an excuse to be in the pub drinking at 6:30 am.

Haha 2002 was a really fun world cup for me. The timezone difference made it completely surreal. Coming out of the pub hammered only to realise it wasn't even midday yet was really disorientating

 

[Billy Dean]

Stojkovic played for Yugoslavia. Quality player like most of that side was.

There is a great documentary about that side and the split called The Last Yugoslavian Football Team (imaginative title). but I can't for the life of me find it with English subs any more.

If that team could've stayed together during the 90s they might have won something

 

[Bishop Thumpety-Thump]

'86 was the first one I was interested in. Stevens, Steven, Reid and Lineker.

'98 has some great memories too. Not arsed about England at that point but watched a load of matches in town on the ale/green. In my head it was a lovely summer and there was some great music around at the time too.

'Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were' however.

 

[wm02]

The full Ireland and Italy game from USA 1994 is on Youtube.



I remember that evening clearly but while the nation was celebrating, little did we know that some Ireland fans, were brutally murdered by loyalist terrorist's in Loughisland County Down, whilst watching the game.

So there was a sadness to that evening as well really. Thank god those days are behind us now.

First football match I ever watched. Great memories

 

[Littlesue]

78 for me,

 

[Acrobat]

Mexico 1986. Apart from that rat Maradona's 'hand of god nonsense"! To me it was the "Everton World Cup" - Lineker, Steven, Bracewell, Reid, and Stevens were all there (someone check on Brace for me) - the other 3 or 4 all started v Poland in that amazing and critical group stage game that we dominated! I think our players were involved in the build up of all the goals...

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Mexico 1986. Apart from that rat Maradona's 'hand of god nonsense"! To me it was the "Everton World Cup" - Lineker, Steven, Bracewell, Reid, and Stevens were all there (someone check on Brace for me) - the other 3 or 4 all started v Poland in that amazing and critical group stage game that we dominated! I think our players were involved in the build up of all the goals...

Definitely.
But that doesn't suit the narrative.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Has to be 1962 I suppose. As an eight year old I wasn't into football at all till I saw Brazil in action in the final in Santiago.
Pele got injured early on in the tournament so it was guys like Amarildo and Garrincha who fired the imagination for me. The Czechs had a great player too in Masopust but their goalie had a bit of a mare.
After the match it was out on the back green to recreate the goals................

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

1982 for me, Italy beat Germany 3-1, some boss players on show.

 

[Drico]

1982

Zico v Karl-Heinz Rummenigge for the title of the world's greatest player, a young Maradona hyped to Hell, and Paolo Rossi waiting in the long grass. The Poland of Boniek, Lato, and Smolarek. Roger Milla and Thomas N'Kono introducing Cameroon to the world eight years before the slightly slow on the uptake. Belloumi and Madjer being outmaneouvred by their own naivety and the cunning of the Teutonic twosome, France painting pretty Platini-Giresse-Tigana triangles and trying to defy the logic of football strategy - only to be crushed by Harald Schumacher and the returning hero Rummenigge. Eder, Falcao, Socrates...and Waldir Peres. Narey's toepoke. Kev and Trev's injury updates. Dino Zoff defying time, Rinat Dasaev defying everyone. Gerry Armstrong and Billy Hamilton outshining El Diego and Oleh Blokhin. Conti, Cabrini, and Marco Tardelli!

 

[Simon Buttle]

Mexico 86, was only young but remember being in total awe of Maradona

 

[Drico]

The best 10 World Cup matches of the last 40 years, for me, were:

West Germany v France 1982

Italy v Brazil 1982

Belgium v USSR 1986

France v Brazil 1986

Romania v Argentina 1994

Argentina v England 1998

Holland v Argentina 1998

Italy v Germany 2006

Germany v Brazil 2014

France v Argentina 2018


The two in 82 were, quite arguably, numbers one and two on that or any list.

 

[carolinablue232]

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.

Y’all hiring?

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Has to be 1962 I suppose. As an eight year old I wasn't into football at all till I saw Brazil in action in the final in Santiago.
Pele got injured early on in the tournament so it was guys like Amarildo and Garrincha who fired the imagination for me. The Czechs had a great player too in Masopust but their goalie had a bit of a mare.
After the match it was out on the back green to recreate the goals................

You're the first person to mention the 1962 World Cup. I'd say there's only very few here, who'd remember any of the World Cups pre 1966/1970.