Coulthard's Jaw Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/world-cup/2018/the-hod-complex-england-and-the-1998-world-cup_sto6795833/story.shtml This is an amazing read. Loved World Cup 98. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigmore Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Being that we didn't make it to '94, this is the first World Cup I really remember. To this day I remember being in the living room watching my normally extremely reserved father completely losing his mind when Owen scored his goal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 I love that Ceefax bit I can't believe Ian Walker and Dion Dublin didn't make it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted June 8, 2018 Administrators Share Posted June 8, 2018 Gonna set this aside to read later, Rob Smyth is exceptional at this sort of stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolsgold Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Yep great shout with this. The Argentina penalty shootout is the earliest football memory I have, but the WC in general was just great. Fantastic tunes (Vindaloo, Tubthumping, Three Lions 98, etc), great location, even great video games around it, it was just spot on. I know we tend to look back in fondness generally but that era was probably the perfect crossover between having money and TV helping the globalisation of football, but not so much as to ruin the 'soul' of the game that some people feel today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decapitated Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 An interesting read especially about how flawed Hoddle was as a man manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coulthard's Jaw Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hoddle definitely someone who needed a few more years at club level. Shame Venables couldn't have stayed around for 1-2 more tournaments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista_8 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Was in Florida aged 11 watching when we got knocked out. Was gutted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc.Foster050 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 interesting read. The story about the man in Beckham's garden is chilling if true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Think this is still my favourite France 98 story, Back when England squads knew how to have fun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy8chimp Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Mulder and Scully on front page news Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthrax Dave Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 It was the best World Cup ever. Helped that I had just turned 18 and spent almost an entire month in the pub. The game against Argentina was just ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Really fantastic read. I was 6 during this tournament so don't remember much other than beating Tunisia, Owen's goal, and losing on penalties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 My abiding memory of that game against Argentina is trying to work out which of Simeone's and Owen's dives was most blatant. Owen's goal wasn't bad tbf. Nice to see someone else remember Campbell's dribble against Colombia as one of the moments of the tournament. In retrospect the furore over Gascoigne being left out seems strange. By that stage he was basically 2018 Rooney without any of the career achievements and with a massive alcohol problem that he wanted his teammates to join in with. And Hoddle was probably a bit of a dick on a personal level, but the manager's tournament arrangements always get criticised for being too harsh or too soft anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Failey Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I mean if we're doing '98 memories then by god lets do it right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Sandman Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Nobody other than Beckham could have took that red like he did and go on transcend football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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