British Footy Lions

[roydo]

England didnt actually qualify for 4 tournaments in a row, did they?

66. Hosts
70. Holders
74. Failed
78 Failed.

Ppft.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I think England were alright in '66

The Portugal game and the Final were both exciting matches

I didn't think they were overly defensive. Yeah, the match with Uruguay ended 0-0, but that was because Uruguay parked the bus. The Mexico and France games saw a lot more attacking football from the English side. Argentina were more interested in kicking England off the park than playing any football in the Quarter

England played as well as they could. They were by no means the best team in the tournament and they probably wouldn't have won if it hadn't been played at home.

You can say that for lots of World Cup Winners though. Germany in '74, Argentina in '78 and even France in '98 to a certain extent

 

[Kurt.]

Wales still go on about 58, though.

Not me my friend... it's history.... no good can come of it now.
Same as winning back in 66... no good has come after it really has it ??

 

[Allezfan]

Not me my friend... it's history.... no good can come of it now.
Same as winning back in 66... no good has come after it really has it ??

Odd thing for an everton fan to say, like.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Odd thing for an everton fan to say, like.

He didn't say that he didn't know about it, to be fair to him

 

[Kurt.]

Odd thing for an everton fan to say, like.

I'll rephrase.....since winning the world cup in 66 England have had no further success..... this is England not Everton.

International kopites---deflect the truth ha ha

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

We don't care what the Welsh Side say
What the Scot do we care?

 

[ijjysmith]

I'll rephrase.....since winning the world cup in 66 England have had no further success..... this is England not Everton.

International kopites---deflect the truth ha ha

HI KURT x x x

 

[Kurt.]

HI KURT x x x

You're night out hasn't lasted long lad.....what happened ???

 

[Bruce Wayne]

At least the Lions give the SH teams a go in Union. In football a Lions side would still be rubbish. There's only one world class player in British football right now, and that's Bale. The rest are pretty average on a world stage.

 

[chicoazul]

At least the Lions give the SH teams a go in Union. In football a Lions side would still be rubbish. There's only one world class player in British football right now, and that's Bale. The rest are pretty average on a world stage.

Bit harsh on Rooney that like.

 

[Elong]

If Wales actually had something to go on about, I'd say they'd go on about it. But they don't.

 

[canuck]

58 was the only time all 4 home countries qualified for the finals at same time

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Bit harsh on Rooney that like.

Bale would have a chance of getting in a World XI team, or at least its reserve team. Rooney has had a job getting in the Man Utd team this season. It's quite telling that his best international performances came when he was an Everton player.