FA Cup Final 2nd May 1953 Blackpool 4 - Bolton 3 Blackpool leave Wembley with the cup. Captain Harry Johnston & hat-trick hero Stan Mortensen hold the trophy following their victory over Bolton.

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One of the more unexpected scoreboards of football history!😀 UEFA Cup of 1995/96. Bayern came back to beat Raith Rovers, but what a picture this is😀

On 14/10/2020 at 10:27, Boyne said:

Ah, Gordon Smith. So close to scoring what could have been the winner. I think that Brighton brought out a fanzine which was called:  "And Smith Must Score."

Thankfully he didn’t score, would never of heard the last of it with all the Brighton Supporters at secondary school, many of whom went to Wembley, also we had nearly gone down to Division 3 that season, so it was an uncomfortable year at school, had the last laugh though, they lost the replay and went down, we built THAT team over the summer, invaded the Goldstone ground in Our thousands in the August and won div 2 come the following May, and the rest is history as they say, and 37 years later we are still talking about THAT team

. Gazette Football Italia

. Memories.  This programme was a ‘must watch ‘ on a Saturday morning with James Richardson  reading 'La Gazzetta' at a cafe on a square.

Edited November 1, 20205 yr by erskblue

Title card from April 1995

 

The first live match shown was a 3–3 draw between Sampdoria and Lazio on 6thSeptember 1992, attracting three million UK viewers. 
Gazzetta Football Italia, a highlights show, became the highest-rated Saturday morning program in Channel 4's history at the time, with around 800,000 viewers a week in its first season of 1992/93.

At its peak in the 1990s, Football Italia attracted over 3 million viewers, and remains the most watched programme in the UK about a non-British domestic football league.^[

Presenter James Richardsonwas popular for his humour and his ability to avoid many of the clichesof football presenting.

19 minutes ago, chi blue said:

Thankfully he didn’t score, would never of heard the last of it with all the Brighton Supporters at secondary school, many of whom went to Wembley, also we had nearly gone down to Division 3 that season, so it was an uncomfortable year at school, had the last laugh though, they lost the replay and went down, we built THAT team over the summer, invaded the Goldstone ground in Our thousands in the August and won div 2 come the following May, and the rest is history as they say, and 37 years later we are still talking about THAT team

Opps, wrong picture thread😀

Some 1880s programmes coming up at auction this month, including this Everton v Rangers FA Cup tie from 1886, and an Everton v Partick Thistle friendly at New Year. Details: http://sportingmemorys.com

 

 

2 hours ago, erskblue said:

Title card from April 1995

 

The first live match shown was a 3–3 draw between Sampdoria and Lazio on 6thSeptember 1992, attracting three million UK viewers. 
Gazzetta Football Italia, a highlights show, became the highest-rated Saturday morning program in Channel 4's history at the time, with around 800,000 viewers a week in its first season of 1992/93.

At its peak in the 1990s, Football Italia attracted over 3 million viewers, and remains the most watched programme in the UK about a non-British domestic football league.^[

Presenter James Richardsonwas popular for his humour and his ability to avoid many of the clichesof football presenting.

Great programme to watch on a Saturday morning, before going off to play football, there also was a late Sunday night show called Mezanotti (Italian not my strong point) that rounded off the weekend

4 hours ago, chi blue said:

Great programme to watch on a Saturday morning, before going off to play football, there also was a late Sunday night show called Mezanotti (Italian not my strong point) that rounded off the weekend

And a midweek highlights show, either Tuesday or Wednesday evening at about 10pm.

Jimmy Greaves AC Milan (1961/62).

 

 

Paolo Rossi, Mark Hateley, Pietro Paolo Virdis & Ray Wilkins. 1984.

36 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Paolo Rossi, Mark Hateley, Pietro Paolo Virdis & Ray Wilkins. 1984.

Many a team have striped kits, black and white striped kits could be Juve, Newcastle or Notts County, red and white could be Sunderland, Southampton or Brentford, blue and white could be Sheff weds, Brighton or Huddersfield, but red and black stripes or blue and black and it can only be AC Milan or Inter Milan, both iconic kits

Edited November 1, 20205 yr by chi blue

7 hours ago, chi blue said:

Many a team have striped kits, black and white striped kits could be Juve, Newcastle or Notts County, red and white could be Sunderland, Southampton or Brentford, blue and white could be Sheff weds, Brighton or Huddersfield, but red and black stripes or blue and black and it can only be AC Milan or Inter Milan, both iconic kits

Exactly.

 

Edited November 2, 20205 yr by erskblue

Match Magazine front cover from Jan1985.

On 31/10/2020 at 15:06, chi blue said:

Best World Cup in my eyes, probably something to do with my age and everything else going on at time, O to be 21 again, but just seemed to build and build through tournament, football became fashionable, from New Order and World in motion, Gazza mania and England’s exploits to semi finals. I feel this tournament was head and shoulders above euro 96 which sadly ruined football in my eyes, as the replica shirt wearing, theatre going tourists highjacked the game, and football became big bucks

A guy I know - he's a ST holder at Charlton - worked for a finance company at the time of Euro 96. His company was given complimentary tickets for some of the games. My mate had to take along one of the company's clients to a game. The client knew nothing about football so my mate rather than talking tactics, players etc had to explain rules and who was who. My mate wasn't very happy,

Anyone else buy this ?   Guilty.       90sFootball on Twitter.

 

The Euro '96 all star team,well their  boots anyway😀.   Again from 90sFootball on Twitter

The great Paolo Maldini during Euro '96.

 

 

World Cup 1982 in Spain and the late Sir  Sean Connery joined the Scotland supporters.

Is that the late Dave Sexton in the background ?        Posted on Football Back Then.

On 01/11/2020 at 16:01, erskblue said:

Some 1880s programmes coming up at auction this month, including this Everton v Rangers FA Cup tie from 1886, and an Everton v Partick Thistle friendly at New Year. Details: http://sportingmemorys.com

 

 

Here's a report on the game between Everton and Rangers.

Rangers reached the semi-final in the 1886-1887 FA Cup. In the semi-final they were beaten 3-1 by the eventual winners, Aston Villa. Teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (this was before the partition) took part in the competition. 

Edited November 3, 20205 yr by Boyne

Shagger and The Goalie. Two fine players.

A fine Manager.

A very young Sandy.

Newcastle and Sunderland fans in 1985.  Posted on the great site Football Retro Plus on Twitter