Magpie wrote:
keyser soze wrote:
1970 Brazil v Italy.
1996 England v Netherlands.
Manchester United v Arsenal FA Cup Semi Final 1999 (the one with the Ryan Giggs goal).
I was at the England v Netherlands game. I was lucky enough to go to all the euro96 games. It didnt enter my thoughts as one of the best matches Ive ever seen because England were so dominant and played such great stuff that Holland were never really in it. The best thing about it was that it was so unexpected. It get largely forgotten but we were awful against Switzerland, lucky against Scotland and then out of nowhere blitzed Holland.
Were were pretty much outplayed by Spain after that and scraped through on Pens.
I hadnt considered the Utd/Arsenal game but yes, that was also a fantastic game of football by both teams playing at such a high level on the night.
On the telly, they kept cutting to the Scotland bench. At 4-0 up, Scotland were going through and their bench were celebrating wildly iirc. They didn't look so happy when the Dutch got one back
As an England fan, that just added to the joy. I was away on business so had to watch it in a skinhead pub in Leicester (don't ask - but very heavy BNP vibes). Once the game finished, me and my colleague had to scarper quickly. Happy days.