Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted May 26, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 26, 2016 One memorable goal from each of the tournaments I recall properly. [video=dailymotion;xv9xqf]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv9xqf_bulgaria-romania-euro-1996-stoichkov_sport [video=youtube;jTZeycgafC0] [video=youtube;0eylReIkJXA] (Larsson obvs) [video=youtube;f_3t6wv-KOE] (What a bloody game that was) And since I can't embed a fifth, Balo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Can't remember anything from Euro 92 though I can remember Italia 90 stuff. I'm the same. Got some quite vivid memories of Italia 90 but Euro 92 is a complete blank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I probably remember Euro 92 more than any of the 2000s tournaments because I had a VHS of the tournament that I used to watch constantly when I was younger Scotland played well against Holland in the first game, but we lost to a Dennis Bergkamp goal. Against Germany, I remember two quite spawny goals (2nd was a deflection off a defender and looped over the keeper) and then we hammered the CIS 3-0. Away from Scotland, there was quite a lot to remember from that tournament - Boli nutting Pearce, Pearce rattling the bar from something like 25-30 yards in that France game, England having players like Keith Curle getting caps V Denmark and of course Tomas Brolin looking a great player, moving to England and then not looking like a good player the Semi Finals were great games as well, Denmark V Netherlands went to pens with Schmeichel saving from Van Basten and Sweden/Germany was a 3-2 game where a lot of Germany's games were mostly wondering how Thomas Hassler managed to score the FKs he did. Of course you also had Denmark coming off the beach to fill in for Yugoslavia and the fairytale ending with them winning it, I wonder if Henrik Larsen did anything much in his career apart from that tournament? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted May 29, 2016 Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2016 BT Sport are re-running Euro 96 across their various channels starting tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 BT Sport are re-running Euro 96 across their various channels starting tomorrow. Immense. From 7pm tonight on BT Sport Europe: England v Switzerland Spain v Bulgaria Germany v Czech Republic Denmark v Portugal Hour long programme on each. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danchinaski Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 '92 sticks in my memory much more than '96, for some reason. Probably because I played for an Under-11s team then and we all named ourselves after our Danish counterpart and began calling each other by these names on the pitch, meaning for a while I was Torben Piechnik. "Brolin, Dahlin, Brolin, Dahlin, Brolin!". Bah. Turnip Out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
av3ry Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 When did the Swedes beat the Turnips? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Sweden 2-1 England at Euro 92, the Sun called Taylor's team "turnips" hence the headline "Swedes 2 Turnips 1" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Euro 96 documentary on BBC1 tonight at 10:45 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bliss Seeker Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Sweden 2-1 England at Euro 92, the Sun called Taylor's team "turnips"hence the headline "Swedes 2 Turnips 1" Just how did Taylor stay on after 92 anyway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Just how did Taylor stay on after 92 anyway? If you look through the F. A.'s manager history, they don't sack managers unless they fail to qualify (and sometimes they still keep them) or if it's political/personal. Their minimum requirement seems to just be qualification. Robson stayed and he failed to qualify and I think in Euro 88 lost all 3 group games including Republic of Ireland. Even Sven was kept on for 2006 after he'd very openly courted any sheikh, club or woman with an offer. To a lesser extent, you've got Capello and Roy staying on despite some awful performances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Dan Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Another reason was that Euro 92 was his first tournament, he managed to qualify, so he was given another chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
git2thachoppa Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Another reason was that Euro 92 was his first tournament, he managed to qualify, so he was given another chance. Yeah but taking World Cup semi-finalists and getting two 0-0 draws and losing to Sweden? They weren't great in qualifying either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danchinaski Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 IIRC were we not unbeaten for a good length of time before the tournament? I seem to remember it being a weird time to watch England, because even I as a child could see the side were not a patch on the Italia 90 outfit, and Taylor was 'experimenting' a great deal, but we seemed to still get ugly results. We were unbeaten in qualifying too, despite being in poor shape - I think we only played Ireland, Poland and Turkey in our group, and the latter two were nowhere near as good as they are now, but we managed to scrape a 1-0 with Dennis Wise punching the ball into the net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 England vs Scotland full match being played on the BBC red button service kicking off in a minute for anyone that wants to relive it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Watching it right now. Can't wait to find out how it ends. I enjoyed watching some of those classic matches the BBC showed again before the World Cup in 2014, and this is just as exciting. I would have loved to have experienced Euro 96 when it was actually taking place. I was six years old at the time and didn't even know what football was (the 1998 World Cup was my first experience of being disappointed by England). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Motson and Brooking What a partnership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Love watching the studio analysis from these old games. The actual match footage you've seen a million times, but reliving this stuff here at half time is sensational. "England can't pass it", "Gascoigne doesn't look fit enough" etc. Shame Jimmy Hill hasn't got his England bow tie on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFuller Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Watching the TV coverage from 20 years ago really is fascinating. When was the last time the England manager was interviewed at half-time? Also, I'm glad Venables brought Jamie Redknapp on. He's a top, top player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbrother Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 96 was just perfect for me, my age, the team, it just bought everything together in a nice tournament. The summer was good, you just never wanted it to end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Imagine chasing the game at 0-2 down and having to bring Eoin Jess on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stotty1982 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Program on bbc1 about euro 96 just started now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Dan Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Love watching the studio analysis from these old games. The actual match footage you've seen a million times, but reliving this stuff here at half time is sensational. "England can't pass it", "Gascoigne doesn't look fit enough" etc. Shame Jimmy Hill hasn't got his England bow tie on. Did Hill give it the whole "play Gascoigne up the field" ********? Assume he stopped that after the Dutch game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Dan Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Shifting this around, 20 year olds reacting to Euro 96: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36292126 "That's a lot of flannel". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robokid87 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I'm only 2 years older than them but hearing one say 'back in the day' has really annoyed me damn kids... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren1983 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 ITVs Euro 96 documentary is about to begin on ITV4 btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw072 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Even though England flopped, I think 88 was my favourite tournament because the Dutch had so many true World Class players. I thought the team they had was something special. Also it was the first Euro I remember watching. For some reason I can't remember anything of France 84. I remember reading in the papers about it at the time. But have no recollection of any of the matches. The main thing about 96 for me wasn't so much Gazza's goal, but from what I remember they won a penalty shoot out vs Spain. Also I was walking my dog one day near a hotel, and the Romanian national team pulled up right next to it in a coach. Hagi and everyone got off it, just as I was walking by, so saw them too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Dan Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 There are a lot of Euro 96 documentaries to catch up on. One on Radio 5 last night... although I was a bit suspicious when one of the supposed commentaries self referenced the station calling it "5 Live". It wasn't called 5 Live was it then? It was just plain Radio 5 wasn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopOnBaby Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Radio 5 Live was launched in March 1994 as a repositioning of the original Radio 5, which was launched on 27 August 1990. Quoth Wikeh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Dan Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 There you go, doesn't time fly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Just watching the "on this day" flashback thing on the Euros website. Rui Costa's goal VS us in 2004...what on earth was Phil Neville trying to do before he hit that. A woeful attempt at stopping him. He was such a horror show of a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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