Your First World Cup Memories

[UB5 Ranger]

Nope - Turkish fella in 2002 beat it......

Of coarse Hakan Sukar v South Korea, silly me

[loneranger]

watchin the england argie game in 86 in the greystoke with my old man and his pals.do remember spain but only the mascot and not the football

[bushcelt1]

as leighys said... 78 and the ticker tape final!!!

[Sleeping Giants]

Mine was mario Kempes for Argentina in 1978 and think the games were on in the middle of the night by memory.

Also from that World Cup Scotland who beat Holland but couldn't beat Peru.

Same World Cup for me....1978 Peru in their white shirts and red diaganol stripe v Scotland - Joe Jordan put the Scots 1-0 up but they lost 3-1. Also the final, Argentina v Netherlands....streamers everywhere! Kempes got the golden boot (if it existed back then?)....The whole event missed England tho!!

[hermitage10]

owen's goal in 98

[superhoop67]

Cycling down to the Royal Garden hotel to watch the England team bring out the World Cup , I was 10

[vanhoop]

as leighys said... 78 and the ticker tape final!!!

the old man poured me a large orangeade in a double diamond glass,think it was carnigga that lost his boot on the right wing.not long had the colour tv and was shouting for the boys in orange.always had a soft spot for the dutch after that game

[bushcelt1]

Was only young but made a lasting thing in me....was expecting lr to be the same the next season....and then i came down to earth

[stan_bowles]

'78 for me as well.Was 10 years old.

The Holland/Scotland game was the stand out one for me and Gemmil's goal.

Also Peru's dodginess in helping Argentina through.

[RussRanger]

1974. Got my mum to write my teacher a note to say I had a "fictional" dentist appointment and have to leave school early. Ran home and watched the opening ceremony.

Tournament only had about 16 teams and was over in a fortnight. Spent most of that time "visiting dentists" and running out of school early or not turning up at all as ITV did a highlight programme every morning with Brian Moore.

Both Dad and the Truancy Officer were not happy.

[fazer vic]

1970 brazil v Italy final brazil won 4-0 or 4-1
i was 8 at the time very upset i was,

[Stuieang]

1982 woulda been about 9 but still remember Me & my dad laughing at the Spanish No 11s name...Lopes Ufarte