GarlicJam wrote:
My one memory of Taylor was him being lampooned as a turnip on the back page of one of the red tops, after a particularly English loss.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:GarlicJam wrote:
My one memory of Taylor was him being lampooned as a turnip on the back page of one of the red tops, after a particularly English loss.
Got a feeling he was a swede after England lost to Sweden.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Seems there was a series of them. Dark days for the England side, but the tabloids were unnecessarily obnoxious.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:Seems there was a series of them. Dark days for the England side, but the tabloids were unnecessarily obnoxious.
sussexpob wrote:Call it blind nostalgia, but my overriding memory of 1996 was that it was arguably the last time I remember English people having a remotely default positive outlook on the world. There was something about Britpop that gave England its swagger and confidence back briefly, and in my head at least, I remember it fondly.
Venables and the team at Euro 1996 were an example of that. Surrounded either side by dour, pragmatism on the pitch spanning many years, at least Venables set up with a belief that England could win that 1996 tournament. At times we played really well, and its hard not to overestimate that drubbing of Holland, who were an absolutely brilliant side at the time. And while Southgate's losing semi-finals/finals left bitterness, when we lost to Germany I can remember having a sense of pride, like we had finally knocked off the cobwebs and had reached the elite table of world football after years of underachievement. That cross that Gazza missed by millimeters... if only... if only...
I guess for that reason alone, Venables has a fond place in my heart. Thanks for the memories, Terry. Rest easy....
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