Englands opening game of the 1982 world cup against France gets off to a dream start on 27 seconds and against formidable opposition England go on to win 3-1
England line up:-
22.Peter Shilton
12.Mick Mills(Capt)
17.Kenny Sansom
18.Phil Thompson
4.Terry Butcher
16.Bryan Robson
5.Steve Coppell
19.Ray Wilkins
11.Paul Mariner
8.Trevor Francis
15.Graham Rix
sub:Kenny Sansom for Phil Neal
France:-
22.Jean-Luc Ettori
3.Patrick Battiston
8.Marius Tresor
6.Christian Lopez
4.Maxime Bossis
13.Jean-Francois Larios
11.Rene Girard
12.Alain Giresse
18.Dominque Rocheteau
10.Michel Platini(Capt)
20.Gerard Soler
subs:Didier Six for Dominique Rocheteau,Jean Tigana for Jean-Francois Larios
England scorers:Bryan Robson 2, Paul Mariner
France goalscorer:Gerard Soler
att:44,172
Both teams are wearing their away colours, I have never seen that before. In fact, in Euro 2004 when they also played each other, both France and England wore their home strip.
dsdan83 2 weeks ago
Bryan Robson ...what a great midfeilder he was .We bumped into Bryan Robson today at West Ham v Barnsley .What a nice fella,he signed autographs and had pic done with fans..
1974superk 1 month ago
Wow the french and england teams have half not changed in the last 20 years have they not, seems like nowdays france play there team filled with guys from there former colonies, what a change up in such a short time
chrisM33 2 months ago
England went out of that World cup undefeated. I think England had its best teams in the 80's and 1990, but didn't win a World Cup.
garply101 2 months ago
Yes, Bilbao, San-Mamez - the stadium of FC Atletic, the team sticking to British style of playing till today and even maintaing English spelling of their club's name.
Sazandar 3 months ago
The match took place in Bilbao (Basque Country). It was very hot.
IrudienLantegia 4 months ago
what's the story with Mariner?
owashi1968 4 months ago
Igirsu! Just make some FRUK service, instead if playing soccer! [APH]
Autumn776899 4 months ago
No one celebrates with Mariner...
ravaefava1 6 months ago
I love and miss that era of football, players were much more classy back with more charisma, technical and tactical ability. Nowadays it's all about speed and power.
MRRRKOOLLL 7 months ago