Flybhoy Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 I'm a bit of a nostalgia freak when it comes to sport, music, films etc especially pertaining to the era's around my childhood, there is a cracking thread on the Premiership forum for nostalgic pictures of Scottish football from the recent and distant past which I thoroughly enjoy reading and posting in. Thought I'd start one here for non Scottish football related stuff for nostalgia geeks like me. To kick off, here's a cracking picture of Marco Van Basten celebrating his opening goal of a hat trick against England at Euro 88 in the then West Germany, love the sea of oranje clad Netherlands supporters in the background, think the other player is Jan Wouters who was a coach at Rangers for a spell later on 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 One of first football matches I ever remember watching on TV was the second leg of the 1984 UEFA Cup final between Tottenham and Anderlecht, the North London side winning on penalties thanks partly to the heroics of then rookie goalkeeper Tony Parkes, unsure why Ray Clemence wasn't playing, back then you were lucky to get half a dozen live matches a year up in Scotland in a non international championship year, the two domestic cup finals and two or three Scotland games was about your lot. Being aged 7 than and beginning to get into football I remember the thrill of seeing this, followed in the space of a week or two the Aberdeen v Celtic Scottish Cup final and Liverpool winning the European Cup against Roma in the Italians own stadium. Tony Parkes went on to play a spell at Falkirk and a couple of decades later Anderlecht received a European ban after it emerged they had bribed the referee in their semi final against Nottingham Forest in this tournament. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Referee Perluigi Collina consoles a distraught Samuel Kuffour at the end of Manchester United's incredible smash and grab Champions League final win against Bayern Munich in Barcelona on 1999, Dwight Yorke looks exhausted as a disbelieving David Beckham and Jens Jeremies look on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holiday Song Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 (edited) I like this photo, in the season Gullit and Cruyff played (and won the double) together at Feyenoord. As someone who grew up in the 90s I was kinda surprised they crossed over. And I also kinda like that that the way the photo is framed you don't see the sponsor on Cruyff's shirt, it's a bit (maybe very!) tenuous but adds to the two different eras coming together (also with the Dutch team starting to see people with Surinamese and their other colonies backgrounds getting into the national team). Edited November 10, 2023 by The Holiday Song 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 Les Ferdinand celebrates scoring a Newcastle goal against Arsenal next to a less than impressed Lee Dixon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 22 minutes ago, The Holiday Song said: I like this photo, in the season Gullit and Cruyff played (and won the double) together at Feyenoord. As someone who grew up in the 90s I was kinda surprised they crossed over. And I also kinda like that that the way the photo is framed you don't see the sponsor on Cruyff's shirt, it's a bit (maybe very!) tenuous but adds to the two different eras coming together (also with the Dutch team starting to see people with Surinamese and their other colonies backgrounds getting into the national team). I had no idea Cruyff had played for Feyenoord. Now reading all about it. Ajax didn't offer him a new contract so he immediately fucked off to one of their biggest rivals and helped them win the double 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: I had no idea Cruyff had played for Feyenoord. Now reading all about it. Ajax didn't offer him a new contract so he immediately fucked off to one of their biggest rivals and helped them win the double Yeah, he ended up back at Ajax for a year or so at the end of his career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trgf Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 10 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I had no idea Cruyff had played for Feyenoord. Now reading all about it. Ajax didn't offer him a new contract so he immediately fucked off to one of their biggest rivals and helped them win the double 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O_Kahn Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 10 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I had no idea Cruyff had played for Feyenoord. Now reading all about it. Ajax didn't offer him a new contract so he immediately fucked off to one of their biggest rivals and helped them win the double And Gullit then transferred to PSV, which must've severely irritated the Feyenoord fans. Here's Ruud soaring above Louis van Gaal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 Roy Keane doesn't look overly impressed with Mick McCarthy's outstretched hand after Ireland beat the Netherlands 1-0 in September 2001, a result which eliminated the Dutch from qualifying for the following Summer's World Cup in Japan, where Keane/McCarthy relations would seriously go tits up. This was the same day England won 5-1 in Germany and Scotland drew 0-0 at Hampden against Croatia. I was actually in Dublin that day for the U2 concert at Slane Castle on the outskirts of the city, they showed the second half on the big screens I seem to recall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 5 hours ago, trgf said: That is utterly brilliant....what a player...elegance, grace speed, skill....he had it all That game at 5:16.....what is going on there? Never seen a crowd so close to the pitch......looks like a public park yet appears to be title clinching match in the final few seconds. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan-bufc Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Football nostalgia always brings me to Batistuta in some way. Usually in his Fiorentina shirt but seen this photo of him with Totti the other day on twitter and made be think of there is a cooler duo ever to play the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 16 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: I had no idea Cruyff had played for Feyenoord. Now reading all about it. Ajax didn't offer him a new contract so he immediately fucked off to one of their biggest rivals and helped them win the double I was very fortunate to witness them play against my team in the UEFA cup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Some cracking players in that St Mirren team tbf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Caledonian1 said: That game at 5:16.....what is going on there? Never seen a crowd so close to the pitch......looks like a public park yet appears to be title clinching match in the final few seconds. Pitch invaders ready trackside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Molotov said: I was very fortunate to witness them play against my team in the UEFA cup. I was at that game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 Karl Heinz Rummenige tries the spectacular for West Germany against Morocco at Mexico 86. A last minute free kick from Lothar Matheus was the only goal of the game in this round of 16 tie, advancing the Germans to a quarter final against the hosts they won on penalties before defeating France 2-0 in the semi finals, a French team absolutely blown out after beating Brazil on penalties in an energy sapping classic in the searing Gudlajara heat a few days previously. Eventually going down 3-2 to Argentina in the final this was another example of an average German team using their experience, craft and guile in tournament football to go further than their talents probably merited. Something they were renowned in that era. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 "He's gonna flick one, HE'S GOING TO FLICK ONE......." Brian Moore's iconic piece of commentary as Ronald Koeman flicks England out of qualifying for USA 94, just minutes after RK inexplicably and hilariously stayed on the pitch after a blatant professional foul on David Platt and poor Graham Taylor's infamous meltdown on the touchline all captured for that infamous Channel 4 documentary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) Klinsmann, Mattheus and Brehme, Inter Milan's German trio who won the World Cup at Italia 90. Edited November 14, 2023 by Flybhoy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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