I would love it if ITV had got King Kev and Fergie to banter with each other at Euro '96.
Gary O’Toole predicts Michelle Smith to win a fourth gold medal in 1996.
“I can’t see any other woman in the final line up to touch her. She is a remarkable woman and nobody is good enough to beat Michelle Smith.”
Prediction around 20:50.
Also features Nick O’Hare’s commentary debut. around 18-19 minutes.
Those contemporary sports discussion or punditry videos are great. What people were actually saying or thinking at the time without the benefit of hindsight. There’s probably similar gold on tfk.
Gary definitely doesn’t seem to be casting aspersions on Michelle there… or was he?
I’d kill to see to see the full RTE coverage of the first final Myth was in. This video is from the heats of the last event she was in.
This is the infamous interview with Janet Evans. Evans didn’t cast aspersions on Myth using rugs, she was annoyed Myth had been admitted to the event for posting a qualifying time outside the designated time window.
She did it at a press conference iirc
What a goal this is. Pure technique. How he got the power into it with no back lift almost defies physics. Sheedy was one of the very best in Europe at his peak. One of the few brilliant players Liverpool let slip through their fingertips.
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My rabbit hole today is Newcastle United (RIP) in the early Kevin Keegan era.
I think you’ll like this.
The context: Leicester need to win and hope Middlesbrough don’t win at Wolves to get promoted. Newcastle need to win at Ye Olde Filbert Street to ensure survival.
In the end, as it turned out even a Leicester win wouldn’t have been enough for promotion and a 1-1 draw would have been enough for Newcastle.
But nobody knew any of that, because they couldn’t hear their transistor radios.
The names to conjure with here are great. David Kelly. Liam O’Brien. Gavin Peacock. Franz Carr. Carl Muggleton*. Steve Walsh.
The pitch invasions at the end are great. The backpasses by Leicester are great because they’re soooo bad. The pitchside reaction by Kevin Keegan is great. The interviews are great. The realness of it all.
*If I get banned here again I’m going to start a new account called “Carl Muggleton”.
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The lack of var lead to complete chaos in the man untied Arsenal game.
Several iconic moments wouldn’t have happened if var was in place.
In fact no var on Sunday could have turned the tide for Manchester United for the next decade or so.
No VAR is this era’s Mark Robins?
A Frank Stapleton masterclass on a surface which makes Clones 1993 look like Wembley on a sunny late 1980s FA Cup final day.
Proper FIVE NATIONS action. England 21 Ireland 26 on February 16th, 1974.
Twickers was some stadium in those days. Designed by the legendary Archibald Leitch.
This video features:
Proper no lift lineouts - especially the beautiful English assist for Ireland’s Terry Moore to fall over the line for a try.
A phenomenal Mick Quinn drop goal - the angle of elevation he gets is almost vertical, like a flop shot in golf.
The greatness of Mike Gibson. Mike Gibson looked like Martin McGuinness and he destroyed the English.
The Ye Olde English tradtion of ALWAYS going for a place kick from a penalty, taken in this game by Alan Old.
The VERY BIG NUMBERS on ther back of the Irish jerseys. Torn English jerseys hanging off towards the end.
Classic NAMES. Wallace McMaster. Tony Ensor. David Duckham. Tom Grace! I hope we see Wallace McMaster on this year’s Twelfth highlights.
Classic PRONUNCIATION by Bill McLaren. Ray McClockhhhlin.
Faces in the crowd. Glorious faces in the crowd. The juxtaposition of genteel English men in their 60s with McAlpine’s men and alcoholic blocklayers living in squats in Kilburn is glorious.
The NOISE. The REALNESS. Glorious COLOUR TELEVISION pictures.
I would give my left eye to attend a match like this with this action and this atmosphere in this sort of a stadium.
