| How many World Cups have you watched 11:22 - Jun 6 with 2708 views | BelsteadCav |
I’ve watched 10 from 86
I’m not sure if I remember 82 or not, my memory has been shot to pieces lately [Post edited 6 Jun 11:54]
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 22:27 - Jun 6 with 429 views | vapour_trail |
I have watched 11, exactly half, starting with Spain 82 which is still in my top five.
When this one kicks off I will have watched over half of all world cups which makes me feel very old. I’m a proper geek like student of football history and always considered the first one in 1930 as proper fcking ancient when I was a kid. |  |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 22:33 - Jun 6 with 417 views | Zx1988 |
8th here.
I have vague recollections of USA 94 mainly, I think, due to some Happy Meal toys with him on them, but don't recall watching any matches.
Being 10 in 1998, I absolutely devoured that particular tournament. |  |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 00:08 - Jun 7 with 370 views | gainsboroughblue |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 22:27 - Jun 6 by vapour_trail |
I have watched 11, exactly half, starting with Spain 82 which is still in my top five.
When this one kicks off I will have watched over half of all world cups which makes me feel very old. I’m a proper geek like student of football history and always considered the first one in 1930 as proper fcking ancient when I was a kid. |
Time is fecking weird as you age isn't it.
The 1930 and 1982 World Cups are the same in terms of years between the two as the 1974 and 2026 ones and we've been alive for both. |  |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 03:58 - Jun 7 with 347 views | pablovien |
15, starting in 1966 when I was 15. I was in Germany at Easter that year taking a language course, and my hosts told me that they believed that England would win. I was ROFLMAO, as we say nowadays, but was delighted to be wrong. The one that hurt the most was in 1970, when were 2-1 up but lost 3-2 against Germany. The whole country went into a depression that changed the outcome of the General Election ...  ... | | | |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 08:05 - Jun 7 with 311 views | Blue_Heath |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 13:25 - Jun 6 by SchancheITFC |
Can remember 1982, especially as Mick Mills was England captain. Socrates , Rossi, Zico, Maradona , the Soviet Union team. |
So many memories from that World Cup, for me.
Robson scoring after 30 seconds and Mariner scoring as well, as you say Mills the captain, the incredible Brazil side (Falcao, Eder etc how did they not win it?)
Paolo Rossi hat trick, Tardelli's amazing celebration.
The West German Schumacher making that amazing foul and getting away with it.
The iconic England shirt (still my favourite to this day).
The 81 season for Ipswich and 82 World Cup was the point at which football became a major thing in my life. | |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 08:07 - Jun 7 with 309 views | Blue_Heath |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 22:27 - Jun 6 by vapour_trail |
I have watched 11, exactly half, starting with Spain 82 which is still in my top five.
When this one kicks off I will have watched over half of all world cups which makes me feel very old. I’m a proper geek like student of football history and always considered the first one in 1930 as proper fcking ancient when I was a kid. |
Same here, that's as bad as the three lions song now being 60 years of hurt and not 30! | |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 08:30 - Jun 7 with 294 views | Steve_M |
Yes, same. Don’t have any memory of 1982 at 5 (can remember the Falklands War though) but every one from 1986.
Not sure I’ve felt less enthusiastic about one than I do for this one though. |  |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 08:59 - Jun 7 with 284 views | mikeybloo88 |
Was only 4 in 1966 and remember nothing of that, so 1970 was my first, although I only clearly remember the England games and the great Brazilian team.
82 will always be the best tournament for me. Northern Ireland with 10 men for more than half the game beating the highly fancied hosts Spain in a seething Valencia stadium is my favourite ever World Cup moment. The football from Italy, Brazil and France in that tournament was outstanding.
From 2002 to 2014 I thought the tournaments were very underwhelming, but at least Southgate for all his faults reignited my interest in it again by producing an England team that went deep and had an outside sniff of winning it.
At the minute, less than a week away, I’m yet to feel much enthusiasm for this one...wake me up when we get to the knockout stages. |  | | |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 09:15 - Jun 7 with 278 views | hoppy |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 13:45 - Jun 6 by Vic |
1970 for me. |
There haven’t been that many. |  |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 09:20 - Jun 7 with 275 views | ZapatasMoustache |
10. Got absolute pelters at school aged 7 for supporting Argentina in 86, then again in 1990. Watched 98 in a big French farmhouse with a load of mates on a post-finals lash-up. Watched 2010 when I was living in Mexico, that was a lot of fun. |  | | |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 17:07 - Jun 7 with 232 views | brazil1982 |
Remember some of 1982, first one zi watched intensively was 86. Bedtime, imo, France 98 |  | | |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 09:20 - Jun 8 with 159 views | solemio |
I've studied this thread very carefully and have come to the conclusion that the major factor is your age! | | | |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 09:39 - Jun 8 with 152 views | jaseitfc2015 |
7
France 98 was the first one I properly watched , got vague memories of USA 94 but didn’t really watch it
korea / Japan 2002 I liked a lot , was 15 then , enjoyed watching matches in the mornings before school because of time difference
Germany 2006 was my first World Cup in a pub!
Russia 2018 was special as I lived in Peru at the time and it was the first World Cup they qualified for since 1982
I liked Qatar 2022 too
Hopefully this one delivers! | | | |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 10:27 - Jun 8 with 130 views | usm |
12 I think.
'Argentina '78 is the one that I remember most - all that ticker tape!
I just have watched the '74 finals but I cant remember anything from it. |  |
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| How many World Cups have you watched on 11:08 - Jun 8 with 105 views | backwaywhen |
This will be my 16th watched 1966 as a family on our little black n white box , 10 years old and was my first real taste of our beautiful game , watched Town live since 68/69 season …..it’s in the blood now lol. | | | |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 11:29 - Jun 8 with 86 views | Overtheborderblue |
Can remember watching the 1966 final as a 10 yr but my greatest WC was the 1970 In Mexico played during the summer school holidays, would watch the games replayed at about 7am then off to the park with a ball to relive the games with my mates . I loved Peter Bonetti ( the cat) always wore his thin green cotton goalkeeper gloves, but was mortified when he was blamed for our West Germany defeat . He played as Gorden Banks had gone down with a tummy bug.
This was the year Brazil were the greatest World Cup team ever in my opinion.
The year of the greatest World Cup song ‘Back Home’
The year the Mexico police locked up our captain Bobby Moore when he was falsely accused of pinching a necklace! | | | |
| How many World Cups have you watched on 11:43 - Jun 8 with 81 views | Overtheborderblue |
This thread bringing back some lovely memories,
The 1982 finals where England scored against France after only 27 seconds with an Ipswich town set piece
Terry Butcher flicking on a back header from a long throw by Steve Coppell and Bryan Robson scoring, Town had scored many identical goals that season with that Terry Butcher back header!
Also playing that match Mick Mills, and Paul Mariner who scored later in the 3-1 win | | | |
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