Something very unusual happened 50 years ago today.. England won the World Cup! Dare I ask is anyone old enough to remember it?
Only the usual suspects I have a programme from the finals having been to the England v Mexico game. Unfortunately I only watched the final on the box - in black and white of course
That was our 'nearly' year -if we had won the first match of the season at Darlington.... Oh yeah - and Pickles the dog saved England's blushes.
We had a few "nearlies" - first I remember was 63/4 when we were pipped by Coventry and Crystal Palace - I have just looked back and was surprised to see Bournemouth finished in 4th place that year
It was Millwall who stuffed us that year - relegated yet took 3 out of 4 points from us, including a first-up 3-0 away drubbing. I went to both matches against Coventry & both were absolute belters - such a shame there were no TV cameras there.
That World Cup win was 5 days after my Mum's 20th birthday, my Dad was 19 and they hadn't even met at that point.
After that game we had bangers cooked over a bonfire Two mates and i decided we wanted to support a football club the rest is 50 years of histroy and we was all 13
Bleeding kids. My main claim to fame is that Geoff Hurst dislocated my wrist when I tried to stop one of his half paced shots.
Apparently Jackie Charlton went out with some mates on the evening of the final and ended up sleeping on someone's floor in Leytonstone.
i was 4, born and living in Wembley. I remember the cheers coz we could hear them from my house. I also remember the fun of the England v Scotland games, they were a riot! Always a fair bit of a clean up needed after those!
I'd just graduated...watched it on a small b/w TV which made it look as though Wembley had a sloping pitch...
i'm guessing Scotland won? ...that may have been the year i wasn't allowed out because of all the smashed milk bottles lol. Wembley high road was always a fun place to be when the Scots came to town! It was a giggle for a little girl, though my mum didn't ever want me to go near football fans, bunch of thugs lol..she still doesn't get me!
You got it - England's first defeat after winning the WC the previous year, ending a 19 match unbeaten run. The sight of Jim Baxter taunting the English players by playing keepie-uppie towards the end of the game was something to behold - something I doubt will ever happen again.
