50 year ago this week (today England won the world Cup)

50 year ago this week where was you?

Most likely running around my Grandmother's garden with my bollocks on show to all and sundry!

I was arriving home from German on compassionate leave from the army because my dear Grand-father as pass away, just in time to watch the world cup final.

Around the Wifes parents.....because their black and white telly was bigger than ours.....with roller front doors.....posh bit of furniture.....they'd never watched football before.

Will not be many of us on this thread

Watched it on my grans sofa and went out into the garden to play football afterwards pretending to be Helmut Haller. Always liked his salute after he scored. Amazing time to be growing up as a football fan, England set the trend and Celtic and Manchester United followed in 1967 and 1968.Then came 1970.......downhill ever since.

Greenskin wrote:

Watched it on my grans sofa and went out into the garden to play football afterwards pretending to be Helmut Haller. Always liked his salute after he scored. Amazing time to be growing up as a football fan, England set the trend and Celtic and Manchester United followed in 1967 and 1968.Then came 1970.......downhill ever since.

1970 must have been the start of my down hill also, that when I got married

Had ordered the match programme from the radio times which duly arrived in time for the game.

In the morning all the local lads played a match in the street. Not many cars around in those days! I alway 'begged' being Jimmy Greaves which backfired on me seeing as he wasn't playing.

Back out after the match with the same lads only this time everyone was buzzing. I remember it being a brilliant day and never wanting it to end.

In The Hibernia pub in Dun Laoghaire (Dunleary) outside Dublin. My old man was running trips round Dublin Bay in one of the Western Lady pleasure boats and spent the rest of the time in said pub. The locals to a man were supporting the Germans but when I burst into tears at the last minute equalizer they were very consoling! And when it was over everybody carried on drinking as normal.