I was at the Northern Ireland v England game at Windsor park. I remember it was played in heavy rain and given the result I wish id stayed at home lol but was great to see Kevin Keegan playing. Northern Ireland actually had a decent team from 1979-1986 and we ended up finishing second behind England in this group.
15:15 Bulgaria wasn’t that shut behind the Iron Curtain as some might have thought. Pink Floyd was on the radio, Fawlty Towers on the telly, I watched Forest winning the European Cup, Keegan’s autobiography: ‘Football and I’, was serialised in one of our weekly magazines. Then they came to Sofia. We were looking up to England, they were everything that was right, the whole better world! And now, how times have changed
For me England was a good team with many great players : Keegan, Clemence,Neal, Kennedy,Hoddle,Brooking and others. In Italy a no good Euro, but a good World Cup in 1982 ( some great games and no losers). From Italy
in Italy a no good Euro ....Nicola ha visto bene la partita con il Belgio? Hai forse perso il gol REGOLARISSIMO di TONY WOODCOCK annullato in modo INFAME ! In quel momento England ha perso EURO 80 ...FULL STOP!
I can still remember a little Indian lad new to are school turning up in the long sleeve version back in 74 or 75 the Admiral label 3 Lions the lot we became Instant mates . The follow up strip wasn't bad either though I can't ever recall that being worn by even the players with long sleeves lol .
Brooking and Keegan were the main men for England in this era. If they'd both been fit for the 1982 World Cup I think England might have come close to winning it.
I think if Bryan Robson had stayed fit, England might have won in Italia 90. Truly an inspiring, goal scoring talent at that level, who was just as effective as Platini,Matheus etc, while maybe not as pleasing to the eye.
People always says it was such a shame Best never played in a finals. You could say the same thing about Brady. Tragic. 10 years later, he gets sent off in the final game for Ireland vs Bulgaria, and misses Euro 88...
if you find it, PLEASE reply to this comment by letting me now where you got it from, even thought the 1982 kit, you can get online, all the best in your search......
Tbf that was a fairly easy group to get out of. Although the Danes finished bottom,you could see even then they had the basis of a good team,and so it proved a few years later.
Denmark always had a good team but the problem was that the national team was treated as a summercamp by the players until we got a german trainer Sepp Piontek.
To win at football, you need a great player in your side - and that is something that England have lacked for the last 50 years. France - a similar country to England in terms of population - has won many trophies in recent years, but each time they've won, it was with a great player: European Championship 1984 (Michel Platini), World Cup 1998 (Zinadine Zidane), World Cup 2018 (Kylian Mbappe).
@@donbrogan3158 some of those players that you mentioned were excellent - but never dominated tournaments the same way as Platini, Zidane and Mbappe. Barnes, Scholes and Hoddle rarely performed at the same level for their country as they did for their club. There is a big difference in having a really good player, and a great one. Paul Gascoigne was the closest - but, sadly, pressed the self-destruct button.
Rooney an Gazza had good tournament Rooney sadly injured after being on fire in 04 . England played safe an within themselves but were also unlucky with goals disallowed v Portugal Argentina and Germany at crucial times.
England were pretty rubbish at the beginning of this campaign with bad defending and seemingly only being able to score from set pieces, but improved a lot from the half way point and towards the end and became a lot more of a team. This side peaked in early 1980 when they didn't just beat but took apart Spain in the Nou Camp 2-0. Then Trevor Francis got injured and was out of Euro 80. Plus the manager didn't pick Laurie Cunningham or Glenn Hoddle. Oh well. Great memories though. Oh, one other thing - was it really that hard to find a way to get Terry McDermott in the team regularly? The thought of him playing in that Euro 80 match against Italy the way did for Liverpool at that time, I'd have loved to have seen that (I say, 42 years later lol).
Yep Tony Woodcock scored a goal against Belguim in Euro 80 that was ruled wrongly for offside, if it had stood England would have been finalists that year...the injury to Francis was a killer since him and Woodcock formed a deadly duo up front at the time..
Another point, Hoddle was in the squad but was not brought on as sub in the critical tight match against Italy (Ron Atkinson was urging this) and Bryan Robson was excluded from the squad altogether..
The point about McDermott is well taken..He should have been used against Spain in 1982 on the right of the midfield..with Francis played on top,he never played any minute of the tourney..
I disagree, Kevin was a decent player but we had better players, that were more skillful, like Hoddle, Kevin was a goalscorer, and bloody good at it.....
@@pisceansith6915 The Euro 80 match against Italy, Greenwood should have pushed Keegan up and subbed Hoddle on to try to win the match by getting him to get balls through to Keegan..It was Keegan working too hard in midfield that allowed Tardelli to break up pitch for the winner..
Podrías hacer la fase final de la euro 80 igual que estás haciendo del mundial 82, o sea los partidos , por ejemplo de Inglaterra , los que jugó en esa fase final Bélgica , Italia y España Un saludo y muchas gracias por el gran trabajo que realizas en ambos canales
Keegan for some reason is extremely underrated by English fans. They either say "he was not Dalglish" or put him down in some way that imply he was not a natural talent, just hard work. I really don't get it, he was by far the best English player in the 70s, and one of the best in Europe in late 70s.
And a special thank you for keeping the original audio (even though it wasn't great in place, but it is what it is) rather than the usual cheesy music - well done!
Simonsen went in to be a legend at Charlton Athletic,English hooligans disgraced the nation at the Euros but six years later the Danes had a great team (and Hummel kit) at Mexico 86.
Coppell could seriously cross a ball. If only Greenwood could have incorporated a midfield / attack where Robson, Hoddle, Coppell, Keegan and Francis all featured we surely could have done something
Don’t understand why we have to suffer foreign commentary haven’t got an effing clue what they say. This is about England; and I want Motty or Brian Moore (the voice of football).
Ireland were a great team at landsdowne Road not many teams won there and that includes England France Holland and Portugal in massive games not friendlies
End of the lost decade for England. Never developed the national team tactically and so far behind other nations at this time. Really have to blame the FA. Talent was there as evidenced by the club successes but tactical naivety and poor selection policy hampered progress. I really think Clough or Robson could have done something special with the talent available. Much better tactically than Revie and Greenwood. Happier innocent days. Great perms.......
Greenwood's appointment was a waste with players like Regis/Statham/Cowans/Morley/Devonshire/Anderson/Alvin Martin...Clough would also have used existing players better like Paul Mariner/Terry Mcdermott/Ray Kennedy far better..
Take the key game against Spain in 1982 WC, why did Greenwood play Trevor Francis on the right of midfield?, no Hoddle and only brought on Keegan and Brooking late...?....Play Terry McDermott on the right of midfield (Rix on the left), Brooking behind an attacking duo of Keegan with Francis pushed up...?...Come HT not working replace Brooking with Hoddle and say Keegan with Mariner and get Mariner to play deeper and wider of Francis so the defence could be pulled apart..Jack Charlton not even Clough would have seemed the case for that..
I agree Shilts should have not been between the sticks in WC 90', he was shite and we had better goalkeepers on the bench, that would have stopped the Germans given the chance.......
Yeah you're right I used to watch him when he come to spurs and I thought he was great but watching him now he's shit in every old England game I watch
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I was at the Northern Ireland v England game at Windsor park. I remember it was played in heavy rain and given the result I wish id stayed at home lol but was great to see Kevin Keegan playing. Northern Ireland actually had a decent team from 1979-1986 and we ended up finishing second behind England in this group.
Brian Moore- what a commentator!
Loved how back then at away games the commentator sounded like he was on the phone,
Because he was
15:15 Bulgaria wasn’t that shut behind the Iron Curtain as some might have thought. Pink Floyd was on the radio, Fawlty Towers on the telly, I watched Forest winning the European Cup, Keegan’s autobiography: ‘Football and I’, was serialised in one of our weekly magazines. Then they came to Sofia. We were looking up to England, they were everything that was right, the whole better world! And now, how times have changed
It’s more a case of delusion then. Things weren’t good in England in late 70s.
Being a spurs fan pains me to say it but Trevor brooking was a fantastic corner taker. Overpaid pricks nowadays want to watch brooking here
For me England was a good team with many great players : Keegan, Clemence,Neal, Kennedy,Hoddle,Brooking and others. In Italy a no good Euro, but a good World Cup in 1982 ( some great games and no losers). From Italy
Unfortunately they lost Keegan for injury just before Spain 82. All players you named were great.
They only lost a very tight match against Italy in Euro 80 and had a Woodcock goal disallowed against Belguim 15 mins from end..won the Spain game..
in Italy a no good Euro ....Nicola ha visto bene la partita con il Belgio? Hai forse perso il gol REGOLARISSIMO di TONY WOODCOCK annullato in modo INFAME ! In quel momento England ha perso EURO 80 ...FULL STOP!
@@kingkane1051 hai perfettamente ragione! Grave dimenticanza mia !!! Sorry my friend
@@kingkane1051 Belgium were a damn lucky team, and often a referee favorite. Only match they were really great was the WC '82 opening vs. Argentina.
This is a great channel.
Keegan was certainly the man at this time.....king Kev..
@Jonty Arnold, he and Brooking really played well together. It's a shame they were both injured for the World Cup in 1982.
Keegan truly fantastic player an one of the top England players ever
Untill Dalglish came along.
If only England had Qualified in 1978 ,you would have seen Kevin Keegan at his peak,he was past his best by 1982.
The last game v rep of Ireland my first ever game as an 11 year old 😀
Kevin Keegan, best of England😀⚽️
Loved both kits the best ever England have had.
I can still remember a little Indian lad new to are school turning up in the long sleeve version back in 74 or 75 the Admiral label 3 Lions the lot we became Instant mates . The follow up strip wasn't bad either though I can't ever recall that being worn by even the players with long sleeves lol .
Keegan lovely amazing
Kevin Keegan outstanding,he should have deserved at least a couple of title with England National Team,not only with Liverpool
Brookings passes and corners were excellent.
Hoddle such an artist
This was a great England offense.. Keegan and Brooking were beasts..
Phil Neil nearly done a brooking before brooking with that goal against Denmark
Brooking and Keegan were the main men for England in this era. If they'd both been fit for the 1982 World Cup I think England might have come close to winning it.
@gwangi64, they could read each other's game almost telepathically.
Ron Greenwood should have taken the fit and in form Withe and Shaw from Villa.
@@richardhumphrey2685 Not sure about Shaw..Withe was in the squad but the case for Cowans and Morley was so obvious..
I think if Bryan Robson had stayed fit, England might have won in Italia 90. Truly an inspiring, goal scoring talent at that level, who was just as effective as Platini,Matheus etc, while maybe not as pleasing to the eye.
People always says it was such a shame Best never played in a finals. You could say the same thing about Brady. Tragic. 10 years later, he gets sent off in the final game for Ireland vs Bulgaria, and misses Euro 88...
Not a patch on Keegan.
@@BurtonRdForever Brady's hair was better
Keegan was great - especially in the 2nd N Ire game.
England would have done well in Argentina. They were a tough nut to crack in those days under Greenwood. The 1978-80 side was the best in my lifetime.
Yes they were good defensively indeed, but (like now) we lacked creativity in the big tournaments (9 goals in 8 games in 80 and 82).
All i want for christmas is an 1982 Admiral England home kit
if you find it, PLEASE reply to this comment by letting me now where you got it from, even thought the 1982 kit, you can get online, all the best in your search......
For a while Score Draw made replica ones (I had one but left it behind when I moved to America 😭).
Great work uploader! Really well done. Like the M83 soundtrack too.
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Kevin Keegan didn't half score some goals .👌👌👌
twice European footballer of the year tends to support your comment
Memories from my youth
Me too. Great to see these matches again which have rarely been aired since.
Tbf that was a fairly easy group to get out of.
Although the Danes finished bottom,you could see even then they had the basis of a good team,and so it proved a few years later.
Denmark always had a good team but the problem was that the national team was treated as a summercamp by the players until we got a german trainer Sepp Piontek.
To win at football, you need a great player in your side - and that is something that England have lacked for the last 50 years. France - a similar country to England in terms of population - has won many trophies in recent years, but each time they've won, it was with a great player: European Championship 1984 (Michel Platini), World Cup 1998 (Zinadine Zidane), World Cup 2018 (Kylian Mbappe).
That's rubbish. Gazza. Beckham. Barnes. Scholes. Hoddle. Waddle. Keegan. Shearer. All world class.
@@donbrogan3158 some of those players that you mentioned were excellent - but never dominated tournaments the same way as Platini, Zidane and Mbappe. Barnes, Scholes and Hoddle rarely performed at the same level for their country as they did for their club. There is a big difference in having a really good player, and a great one. Paul Gascoigne was the closest - but, sadly, pressed the self-destruct button.
@@Inglese001 I see what you're saying. I'd say Gazza was there, he dominated Italia '90. Shearer '96 perhaps.
@@donbrogan3158 you're right. Best player I've ever seen play for England.
Rooney an Gazza had good tournament Rooney sadly injured after being on fire in 04 . England played safe an within themselves but were also unlucky with goals disallowed v Portugal Argentina and Germany at crucial times.
Keegan 👌
England were pretty rubbish at the beginning of this campaign with bad defending and seemingly only being able to score from set pieces, but improved a lot from the half way point and towards the end and became a lot more of a team. This side peaked in early 1980 when they didn't just beat but took apart Spain in the Nou Camp 2-0. Then Trevor Francis got injured and was out of Euro 80. Plus the manager didn't pick Laurie Cunningham or Glenn Hoddle. Oh well. Great memories though.
Oh, one other thing - was it really that hard to find a way to get Terry McDermott in the team regularly? The thought of him playing in that Euro 80 match against Italy the way did for Liverpool at that time, I'd have loved to have seen that (I say, 42 years later lol).
Yep Tony Woodcock scored a goal against Belguim in Euro 80 that was ruled wrongly for offside, if it had stood England would have been finalists that year...the injury to Francis was a killer since him and Woodcock formed a deadly duo up front at the time..
Another point, Hoddle was in the squad but was not brought on as sub in the critical tight match against Italy (Ron Atkinson was urging this) and Bryan Robson was excluded from the squad altogether..
England skated through this group.
The point about McDermott is well taken..He should have been used against Spain in 1982 on the right of the midfield..with Francis played on top,he never played any minute of the tourney..
10:40 Love it how Keagan runs behind the photographers, must have really annoyed them. 😄
Good to see.....although ALL qualification matches for England is a little inaccurate.....the Northern Ireland 1 England 5 match was missing!
I went to the finals with a mate hoping for great things. Didn't turn out so good, especially with the crowd trouble.
I agree. Keegan was a crack.
Did he play in Germany at that time ?
Wasn't Pat Jennings the #1 keeper in the world at the time? Kevin Keegan was a beast.
Keegan the best English player bar none. How the fk did we not win anything with this team of players? Criminal.
I disagree, Kevin was a decent player but we had better players, that were more skillful, like Hoddle, Kevin was a goalscorer, and bloody good at it.....
@@pisceansith6915 The Euro 80 match against Italy, Greenwood should have pushed Keegan up and subbed Hoddle on to try to win the match by getting him to get balls through to Keegan..It was Keegan working too hard in midfield that allowed Tardelli to break up pitch for the winner..
Podrías hacer la fase final de la euro 80 igual que estás haciendo del mundial 82, o sea los partidos , por ejemplo de Inglaterra , los que jugó en esa fase final
Bélgica , Italia y España
Un saludo y muchas gracias por el gran trabajo que realizas en ambos canales
Keegan for some reason is extremely underrated by English fans. They either say "he was not Dalglish" or put him down in some way that imply he was not a natural talent, just hard work. I really don't get it, he was by far the best English player in the 70s, and one of the best in Europe in late 70s.
Listen to Wembley in those days.
You're spot on, I remember those matches all on ITV/BBC free to air, chilly nights and Keegan and Brooking. The best. Wankers today, no passion.
@@duffymoony KRO
Thanks for posting!
And a special thank you for keeping the original audio (even though it wasn't great in place, but it is what it is) rather than the usual cheesy music - well done!
Simonsen went in to be a legend at Charlton Athletic,English hooligans disgraced the nation at the Euros but six years later the Danes had a great team (and Hummel kit) at Mexico 86.
I was with pat jennings in church in hertford last week
I wonder why Laurie Cunningham was left out of the squad for the finals, the same for Peter Barnes. Also Ron Greenwood didn't pick Glen Hoddle enough!
Latchford walks on water👊🏼💙
Coppell could seriously cross a ball. If only Greenwood could have incorporated a midfield / attack where Robson, Hoddle, Coppell, Keegan and Francis all featured we surely could have done something
He could have been England manager too but the FA went with Capello, how did that work out FA?
The one I wanted to see (5-1 away v N Ireland) isn't on here.
Don’t understand why we have to suffer foreign commentary haven’t got an effing clue what they say. This is about England; and I want Motty or Brian Moore (the voice of football).
"suffer foreign commentary"😆 Where do you think the surviving footage comes from?
Ireland were a great team at landsdowne Road not many teams won there and that includes England France Holland and Portugal in massive games not friendlies
The days when Turkey, Bulgaria were shite and England not much better.
I prefer to Germany!!! England only have good singers!!! England is no more than these musicians mainly from the 1980`s!
End of the lost decade for England. Never developed the national team tactically and so far behind other nations at this time. Really have to blame the FA. Talent was there as evidenced by the club successes but tactical naivety and poor selection policy hampered progress. I really think Clough or Robson could have done something special with the talent available. Much better tactically than Revie and Greenwood. Happier innocent days. Great perms.......
Greenwood's appointment was a waste with players like Regis/Statham/Cowans/Morley/Devonshire/Anderson/Alvin Martin...Clough would also have used existing players better like Paul Mariner/Terry Mcdermott/Ray Kennedy far better..
Take the key game against Spain in 1982 WC, why did Greenwood play Trevor Francis on the right of midfield?, no Hoddle and only brought on Keegan and Brooking late...?....Play Terry McDermott on the right of midfield (Rix on the left), Brooking behind an attacking duo of Keegan with Francis pushed up...?...Come HT not working replace Brooking with Hoddle and say Keegan with Mariner and get Mariner to play deeper and wider of Francis so the defence could be pulled apart..Jack Charlton not even Clough would have seemed the case for that..
Why bother with a keeper , Shilton can't sort his own Bollocks out .
I agree Shilts should have not been between the sticks in WC 90', he was shite and we had better goalkeepers on the bench, that would have stopped the Germans given the chance.......
@@pisceansith6915 Shilton saved England against Cameroon.
Good England side, but performed poorly in the finals
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Blimey Clemence looks rubbish now...I didn't think so at the time but he is all over the place!
Ikr, in that first game especially, very poor.
Yeah you're right I used to watch him when he come to spurs and I thought he was great but watching him now he's shit in every old England game I watch
@@sunnyjim1355 Couldn't be blamed for any of the goals and saved a one on one at 2-2.
yep, jennings similarly unimpressive also
The worst qualifications in the past for Bulgaria.