Historic game. East and West Germany take to the field for their World Cup game in June 1974.

England v East Germany in November 1970. Geoff Hurst puts the East German goal under pressure.

Empty Wembley terracing for the England v East Germany game in Sept 1984.

Please tell me this is the ‘East German supporters section!’😀

East Germany v England. A friendly match in Leipzig in June 1963. Both teams lining up before the match.

An East German free kick during the above match.

Hungary v East Germany in the early - mid 1960s.

Hungary players celebrate after scoring against Brazil at Goodison during the World Cup match in 1966. Hungary won 3-1.

Janos Farkas scores for Hungary.

Tostao scores the equalising goal for Brazil as teammates Alcindo and Jairzinho look on.

A few more pictures of the same match.

Just liked this picture of the packed People’s Stadium in Budapest.

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), Korea 1950.

A bit different. At Connery's gaff in the Caribbean? Danny McGrain made the effort to win the Scotland kit.

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8 hours ago, Boyne said:

A bit different. At Connery's gaff in the Caribbean? Danny McGrain made the effort to win the Scotland kit.

Boyne: Think that was taken in Connerys house in Spain just before the 1982 World Cup.

Don’t know why Danny McGrain is wearing a Scotland top from 1976-79!😀

Scotland supporters with two great banners during the 1982 World Cup!😀

David Naren’s famous goal v Brazil.

“Great goal by the big man. But it just annoyed them!” was the quote attributed to a Scottish player of this goal!😀😀

12 hours ago, erskblue said:

Scotland supporters with two great banners during the 1982 World Cup!😀

David Naren’s famous goal v Brazil.

“Great goal by the big man. But it just annoyed them!” was the quote attributed to a Scottish player of this goal!😀😀

The bottom banner has to be in top 10 banners displayed in a football ground. A great banner.

Keegan, Vogts and Maier. England v West Germany in March 1975. England won 2-0.

On 13/11/2025 at 05:22, erskblue said:

Scotland supporters with two great banners during the 1982 World Cup!😀

David Naren’s famous goal v Brazil.

“Great goal by the big man. But it just annoyed them!” was the quote attributed to a Scottish player of this goal!😀😀

Top Quality banners mate !! Pure gold 👍

England 4 v 0 Wales. Manager Water Winterbottom in charge of England for the last time. Seen here with Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Tambling in the dressing room.21st November 1962. Home International match at Wembley.

Another famous banner. Wembley 23rd May 1981.

In a bid to stop the Scotland supporters travelling down to London in huge numbers, FA Secretary Ted Croker had tried to ban Scotland fans from buying Wembley tickets. It failed!😀

As both sides emerged from the tunnel on 23rd May 1981 a sea of Lion Rampant flags greeted them. The crowd was down on previous encounters, with 90,000 fans at Wembley.

John Robertson sends Joe Corrigan the wrong way, to score the only goal of the England v Scotland game in May 1981.

England 1-3 West Germany. European Championship Quarter Final First Leg at Wembley.29th April 1972.

A capacity crowd and it was also shown live on bbc.

A brilliant performance by Gunter Netzer that day. He ran the game.

The two captains Billy Wright and Posipal leading out the England and West Germany teams.

This was the first time the two sides had met since the end of the Second World War.

England won 3-1. A capacity crowd of 100,000 saw it.

‘Our own’ Bentley opened the scoring in the 29th minute.

Amazingly, Stanley Matthews (at 39 years and 303 days) had made his England debut in September 1934. This was before the young West German player Uwe Seeler at ( 18 years and 26 days)had even been born!

A ‘Friendly International’ on 1st December 1954.

The late, great, Ray Wilkins scoring a brilliant goal for England against Belgium in the opening group match of Euro 1980.

On 10/11/2025 at 05:21, erskblue said:

World class pointing from two of the all-time greats.

BBC Sport

Kerry Dixon: Gambling, goals, drugs and jail - an England...

How a "crazy" gambling addiction spiralled out of control and led ex-Chelsea and England striker Kerry Dixon to jail.

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Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle, Kerry Dixon, Chris Waddle and Paul Bracewell form a wall in front of Chris Woods. U.S.A.v England match at the Los Angeles Coliseum in June 1985.England won 5-0. King Kerry scoring two of them.

From 1933. Hampden Park is very different nowadays.

Late 1940s or early 1950s I think.

Early 1960s. Cathkin Park Stand and terracing can just be seen at the top left.

Above. The East Terracing at Hampden. Scotland v England on a cold, wet February in 1968. 134,000 spectators officially saw this match.