World Cup Grandstand

With Des - July 1st 1990

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Entertainment

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• grandstand
• italia
• italy
• bbc
• bbc1
• world
• cup
• argentina
• west
• germany

[vogras]

englands greatest chance of winning since 66

[zuma112]

i was 10 when this was on the tv and can remember all of that like it was yesterday id never heard of camaroon at that age and loved watching them in italia 90 and the best goal i ever saw was david platts against belgium i ws jumping round the liveing room in 1990 thanks for the memories and does anyone know the song over the camaroon part of this clip?????

[boyleb1]

still the most beautiful opening to any tv program ever

[cestrian81]

Can't believe Des makes such a huge thing in his autobiography about his slip-up shortly before the two minute mark, admitting he couldn't focus on the match and barely slept the night after as feared his career would be over as a result. A cock-up by his standards yes, but one that was resolved within a couple of seconds and not anything like as bad as he makes out.

Cheers for uploading this - love any nostalgia surrounding Italia '90 and this match is one of my favourite memories.

[0586730O2]

bobbys jig, waddles mullet, gazza turn on the dutch, gullits dreadlocks, big jack charlton, shiltons miniture shoulders pads, platts swivel and shot, linekers goal poaching, millas wiggle, massings chest high karate tackle, cameroons massive badge on the jersey, huguitas goalkeeping madness, german perms, and slick silver fox des lynam..... ah the memories

[npscholes]

@waxstreetkid

thank you so much, i ve been looking for that song for a very long time

[colavfc70]

for about the only time Des made to look mortal! 1990. great memories.

[supahdupahguy81]

Cameroon were a joy to watch play in this world cup....although it must be acknowledged that they were surrounded by horribly drab & negative stuff from the Euro & South American nations..

...So many shite matches....plus Maradona deciding that he wanted to fall over every time he was touched, that said he was fully on the columbian marching powder by then......

[supahdupahguy81]

@huntertristan

We were unlucky not to beat Holland IIRC....had a couple of goals disallowed...but yeah other than that we were pretty shit up untill the semi...

[waxstreetkid]

@zuma112

It's "The Lion" by Youssou N'Dour.

[tain36]

I'd just finished my university finals.

The sun was shining, it was a gorgeous summer.

And there was some strange feeling in the air that suggested England could actually win this thing.

Yes, they'd been lucky against Belgium. They'd been dour against Ireland and Eygpt. But they'd played the Dutch at their own game and been better.

Maybe, just maybe, this was our time.

Forget the Premiership, THIS was the year English football changed .

Was it only yesterday? Feels like it.

[huntertristan]

@vogras they sucked every match except the semi final.