World Cup final 1974 West Germany v Netherlands.

 

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 Granada celebrate Alvaro Vadillo's penalty strike against Barcelona

Promoted Granada stunned champions Barcelona to move to the top of La Liga !

Well done Granada.

 Gordon Banks save from Pele in Mexico 1970.

Still an amazing save.

And always will be, to be completely honest !

From yesterday's game between Vitesse Arnhem and Fortuna Sittard. To mark the 75th anniversary of Market Garden and in particular the battles in and around Arnhem.

Wow what a picture above, total respect.

25th Sept 2019

League Two Colchester United produced a huge upset as they beat Premier League Tottenham on penalties to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round.

1 hour ago, erskblue said:

25th Sept 2019

League Two Colchester United produced a huge upset as they beat Premier League Tottenham on penalties to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round.

Nice kit 

On 23/09/2019 at 05:39, erskblue said:

Wow what a picture above, total respect.

Very much so. Found this clip of Saturday's game. Very powerful and moving.

 

On ‎25‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 07:47, Boyne said:

Very much so. Found this clip of Saturday's game. Very powerful and moving.

 

Agreed.

Opps, sorry about the above picture size !

 Spotter, watching out for German air raids, during a Charlton Athletic v Arsenal match at The Valley, 1940

Jim Baxter. Would love to have seen him play. One of the best players to have played for Rangers and Scotland.

On ‎29‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 22:23, Boyne said:

Jim Baxter. Would love to have seen him play. One of the best players to have played for Rangers and Scotland.

My old man used to 'wax lyrical' about Jim Baxter.

Baxter he said, used to "weave spells with his magical left foot".

 Jim Baxter in a Nottingham Forest strip !   Looks weird to me, used to seeing him in pictures of Scotland and Rangers strips

   Jim Baxter at Sunderland.

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1 hour ago, erskblue said:

My old man used to 'wax lyrical' about Jim Baxter.

Baxter he said, used to "weave spells with his magical left foot".

Part of the great Rangers team of the early to mid-sixties. Only made 34 appearances for Scotland. Shocking but I guess back then there were fewer international matches. He played in the Scotland victories over England at Wembley in 1963 and 1967. In the latter he played keepie-uppie towards the end of the match. Also played in the England v Rest of the World game in 1963 to mark the centenary of the formation of the FA. I read an interview with John Greig years ago and in it he said that Baxter was never the same player after returning to Ibrox after playing in England and retired shortly afterwards.

Found this picture. I think it's from your neck of the woods. Morton's ground.

11 hours ago, Boyne said:

Part of the great Rangers team of the early to mid-sixties. Only made 34 appearances for Scotland. Shocking but I guess back then there were fewer international matches. He played in the Scotland victories over England at Wembley in 1963 and 1967. In the latter he played keepie-uppie towards the end of the match. Also played in the England v Rest of the World game in 1963 to mark the centenary of the formation of the FA. I read an interview with John Greig years ago and in it he said that Baxter was never the same player after returning to Ibrox after playing in England and retired shortly afterwards.

Found this picture. I think it's from your neck of the woods. Morton's ground.

Yeah cheers mate. It's Cappielow Park home of Greenock Morton. Looks like the 1960s and Cappielow actually hasn't changed that much, since that picture was taken, honestly !

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I remember my old man saying that Baxter was never the same player after he broke his leg in late 1964.

This was when he was playing for Rangers in Vienna in a European Cup match.

He was never the greatest trainer and found it hard to regain his fitness.

 England v Hungary, Wembley, Nov 1953. The teams take the field for a historic match.

 That famous 'drag back and shot' goal from Puskas !