December 26 1986
A fine day for Norman and why I became a United fan
Leeds v Chelsea 1970 FA Cup final and particularly when Davy Webb was interviewed before the game a stated that he was going to kick the **** out of the Leeds players with his ‘bovver’ boots😂. What’s so funny is that the Leeds side contained such football assassins as Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter, Paul Madeley and of course big Jack Charlton. It was never gonna be anything else than a bloodbath😂.
The first piece of sport I remember watching on TV was the 78 FA Cup final. Still one of the worst games I've watched.
As for other sports. The 1980 Olympics with Whipper Wells and Yifter the shifter.
Losing to Southampton in the FA cup final
Mexico 86 World Cup. Aztec Gold.
Used to watch the clay fights in the early hours with my older brother, in b&w of course very grainy pictures, first cup final United v Leicester 1963
Never missed a cup final after that, until recently just another game now, not prestigious like it used to be
I have a vague memory of Alan Wells winning a medal - but it couldn't have been the Olympics as I was too young.
Have memories of random things like seeing Zola Budd run at a local athletics event, Barry Sheen at Brands Hatch, and watching boxing on ITV. Couldn't put a year on any of them, all just blurred into the same era.
Remember bits of the 84 Euros, but it is more the 86 World Cup and the FA Cup Final of the same year that I can say with certainty I watched.
OP is old as heck!
Probably England vs Argentina 2002 World Cup for me
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comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 2 minutes ago
FA Cup final 96.
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If that game was the first I watched I think it would have also been my last.
Losing to Southampton..
I was a Navigating Officer cadet in the Merchant Navy at the time and joined a ship in Singapore that morning. Watched the game that evening (Singapore time) and was devastated. Fair result though!
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 2 minutes ago
FA Cup final 96.
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If that game was the first I watched I think it would have also been my last.
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The 78 final made that game look like 79 final
Liverpool v Leeds 1965 FA Cup Final was the first live sport I remember seeing. Sadly Leeds lost 2-1. The next sporting event I remember is England v Argentine in the '66 WCF. I think a guy called Antonio Rattin who was sent off. Then the semi and final against Portugal and West Germany. I heard Kenneth Wolstenholme utter the famous "There's some people on the pitch" etc. All of these matches were viewed on a 10" screen and in black and white!!
I’m sure I have a very, very distant memory of the 82 Olympics in Moscow. Nothing tangible, just a feeling. I remember football being on in the house and being totally uninterested - until the 85 FA Cup Final. Whiteside, Kevin Moran - that’s my first ‘real’ sporting memory.
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 2 minutes ago
FA Cup final 96.
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If that game was the first I watched I think it would have also been my last.
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Can only remember the winner tbh.
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
comment by Pun Guy (U21588)
posted 1 minute ago
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
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86 was a great final. 90 was good entertainment but not for the right reasons.
I probably remember further back if I really thought about it but the 1985 Cup Final for me. Remember my Dad broke the armchair leaping up when Big Norm scored. I though about that over the weekend funnily enough as there was an episode of Welcome to Wrecham where they eere talking about football memories with their Dads. That's a nice one for me to remember.
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 17 seconds ago
I probably remember further back if I really thought about it but the 1985 Cup Final for me. Remember my Dad broke the armchair leaping up when Big Norm scored. I though about that over the weekend funnily enough as there was an episode of Welcome to Wrecham where they eere talking about football memories with their Dads. That's a nice one for me to remember.
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A really good Everton side, going for the double. United were underdogs really and down to 10 men. Quality.
50 trust the process.
Yes I am, maybe even older. Pension coming in 2 weeks so I can officially retire disgracefully. Working in a cold/freezing warehouse with an arthritic knee will be history. I have already had to wait the extra year for this so I will enjoy. So, when the gates open between the human and spirit worlds on Halloween I shall enjoy a few spirits. A large bottle of Morgans/Lambs is on the shpping list.
comment by Clockwork Red: Jadon and the Argonauts (U4892)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Pun Guy (U21588)
posted 1 minute ago
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
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86 was a great final. 90 was good entertainment but not for the right reasons.
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Wouldn't know, I wasn't born then!
comment by Clockwork Red: Jadon and the Argonauts (U4892)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Pun Guy (U21588)
posted 1 minute ago
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
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86 was a great final. 90 was good entertainment but not for the right reasons.
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Italia 90 was the greatest WC ever. ROI
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posted on 17/10/22
December 26 1986
A fine day for Norman and why I became a United fan
posted on 17/10/22
Leeds v Chelsea 1970 FA Cup final and particularly when Davy Webb was interviewed before the game a stated that he was going to kick the **** out of the Leeds players with his ‘bovver’ boots😂. What’s so funny is that the Leeds side contained such football assassins as Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter, Paul Madeley and of course big Jack Charlton. It was never gonna be anything else than a bloodbath😂.
posted on 17/10/22
The first piece of sport I remember watching on TV was the 78 FA Cup final. Still one of the worst games I've watched.
As for other sports. The 1980 Olympics with Whipper Wells and Yifter the shifter.
posted on 17/10/22
Losing to Southampton in the FA cup final
posted on 17/10/22
Mexico 86 World Cup. Aztec Gold.
posted on 17/10/22
Used to watch the clay fights in the early hours with my older brother, in b&w of course very grainy pictures, first cup final United v Leicester 1963
Never missed a cup final after that, until recently just another game now, not prestigious like it used to be
posted on 17/10/22
I have a vague memory of Alan Wells winning a medal - but it couldn't have been the Olympics as I was too young.
Have memories of random things like seeing Zola Budd run at a local athletics event, Barry Sheen at Brands Hatch, and watching boxing on ITV. Couldn't put a year on any of them, all just blurred into the same era.
Remember bits of the 84 Euros, but it is more the 86 World Cup and the FA Cup Final of the same year that I can say with certainty I watched.
posted on 17/10/22
OP is old as heck!
Probably England vs Argentina 2002 World Cup for me
posted on 17/10/22
FA Cup final 96.
posted on 17/10/22
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 17/10/22
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 2 minutes ago
FA Cup final 96.
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If that game was the first I watched I think it would have also been my last.
posted on 17/10/22
Losing to Southampton..
I was a Navigating Officer cadet in the Merchant Navy at the time and joined a ship in Singapore that morning. Watched the game that evening (Singapore time) and was devastated. Fair result though!
posted on 17/10/22
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 2 minutes ago
FA Cup final 96.
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If that game was the first I watched I think it would have also been my last.
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The 78 final made that game look like 79 final
posted on 17/10/22
Liverpool v Leeds 1965 FA Cup Final was the first live sport I remember seeing. Sadly Leeds lost 2-1. The next sporting event I remember is England v Argentine in the '66 WCF. I think a guy called Antonio Rattin who was sent off. Then the semi and final against Portugal and West Germany. I heard Kenneth Wolstenholme utter the famous "There's some people on the pitch" etc. All of these matches were viewed on a 10" screen and in black and white!!
posted on 17/10/22
World Cup 98. I was six.
posted on 17/10/22
I’m sure I have a very, very distant memory of the 82 Olympics in Moscow. Nothing tangible, just a feeling. I remember football being on in the house and being totally uninterested - until the 85 FA Cup Final. Whiteside, Kevin Moran - that’s my first ‘real’ sporting memory.
posted on 17/10/22
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 12 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 2 minutes ago
FA Cup final 96.
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If that game was the first I watched I think it would have also been my last.
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Can only remember the winner tbh.
posted on 17/10/22
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
posted on 17/10/22
Espana 82
posted on 17/10/22
comment by Pun Guy (U21588)
posted 1 minute ago
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
----------------------------------------------------------------------
86 was a great final. 90 was good entertainment but not for the right reasons.
posted on 17/10/22
I probably remember further back if I really thought about it but the 1985 Cup Final for me. Remember my Dad broke the armchair leaping up when Big Norm scored. I though about that over the weekend funnily enough as there was an episode of Welcome to Wrecham where they eere talking about football memories with their Dads. That's a nice one for me to remember.
posted on 17/10/22
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 17 seconds ago
I probably remember further back if I really thought about it but the 1985 Cup Final for me. Remember my Dad broke the armchair leaping up when Big Norm scored. I though about that over the weekend funnily enough as there was an episode of Welcome to Wrecham where they eere talking about football memories with their Dads. That's a nice one for me to remember.
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A really good Everton side, going for the double. United were underdogs really and down to 10 men. Quality.
posted on 17/10/22
50 trust the process.
Yes I am, maybe even older. Pension coming in 2 weeks so I can officially retire disgracefully. Working in a cold/freezing warehouse with an arthritic knee will be history. I have already had to wait the extra year for this so I will enjoy. So, when the gates open between the human and spirit worlds on Halloween I shall enjoy a few spirits. A large bottle of Morgans/Lambs is on the shpping list.
posted on 17/10/22
comment by Clockwork Red: Jadon and the Argonauts (U4892)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Pun Guy (U21588)
posted 1 minute ago
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
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86 was a great final. 90 was good entertainment but not for the right reasons.
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Wouldn't know, I wasn't born then!
posted on 17/10/22
comment by Clockwork Red: Jadon and the Argonauts (U4892)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Pun Guy (U21588)
posted 1 minute ago
France 98 final.
Best wc final followed very closely by the 2018 final
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86 was a great final. 90 was good entertainment but not for the right reasons.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Italia 90 was the greatest WC ever. ROI
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