euro 96

thing hasn't even kicked off yet and I'm already fscked off with this 'it's coming home' nonsense

anyway, it's all on ITV and the fixture list is now out. kicks off on 11 may - could be a tough one for england that. am predicting a low score draw

https://itv.com/football/articles/schedule-euro-96-relived

Monday 11th May

England v Switzerland - ITV Hub & ITV4

Spain v Bulgaria - ITV Hub

Tuesday 12th May

Germany v Czech Republic - ITV Hub

Denmark v Portugal - ITV Hub

Wednesday 13th May

Scotland v Netherlands - ITV Hub

France v Romania - ITV Hub

Thursday 14th May

Italy v Russia - ITV Hub

Croatia v Turkey - ITV Hub

Friday 15th May

Bulgaria v Romania - ITV Hub

Switzerland v Netherlands - ITV Hub

Saturday 16th May

Portugal v Turkey - ITV Hub

Czech Republic v Italy - ITV Hub

Sunday 17th May

Scotland v England - ITV4 & ITV Hub

France v Spain - ITV Hub

Monday 18th May

Russia v Germany - ITV Hub

Croatia v Denmark - ITV Hub

Tuesday 19th May

France v Bulgaria - ITV Hub

Romania v Spain - ITV Hub

Wednesday 20th May

Scotland v Switzerland - ITV Hub

Netherlands v England - ITV4 & ITV Hub

Thursday 21st May

Croatia v Portugal - ITV Hub

Turkey v Denmark - ITV Hub

Friday 22nd May

Russia v Czech Republic - ITV Hub

Italy v Germany - ITV Hub

Saturday 23rd May

Quarter-Final 1 - ITV4 & ITV Hub

Sunday 24th May

Quarter-Final 2 - ITV Hub

Monday 25th May

Quarter-Final 3 - ITV Hub

Tuesday 26th May

Quarter-Final 4 - ITV Hub

Wednesday 27th May

Semi-Final 1 - ITV Hub

Thursday 28th May

Semi-Final 2 - ITV4 & ITV Hub

Friday 29th May

Final - ITV4 & ITV Hub

any squad that has space for that flopping idiot ian walker in it is not going deep into any tournament

dutch played rings around us in the playoffs and tbh i cant see them being too troubled by england neither

what do we make of the scotland squad? could be a break out tournament for eoin jess. win and a draw maybe good enough to get out the group?!

Jim Leighton
Stewart McKimmie
Tom Boyd
Colin Calderwood
Colin Hendry
Derek Whyte
John Spencer
Stuart McCall
Ally McCoist
Gary McAllister (captain)
John Collins
Andy Goram
Tosh McKinlay
Gordon Durie
Eoin Jess
Craig Burley
Billy McKinlay
Kevin Gallacher
Darren Jackson
Scott Booth
Scot Gemmill
Nicky Walker

wheres the width?

*extremely 1996 voice*

what the fuck is itv4 and itv hub

I'm not suggesting Denmark can win the whole thing again but they're nailed on to get out of that group given that there will never be a good Portuguese forward and who the fuck knows anything about Croatia?

croatia took a lot of that yugoslavian underage world champions team and theyve got boban if nothing else

Got to feel sorry for the Czechs in that group. Not sure they should even bother turning up tbh. Get a bloody haircut at least lads.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/apr/21/italy-v-brazil-1982-world-cup-second-round-group-c-live

what do we make of the scotland squad?

Making McAllister captain is not a good idea.

In front of empty seats I assume?

wait a second, what?

I'll show myself out

https://youtu.be/xaI6m2x6Nf4

Lol Batty 98 on the Beeb

Just watched it, forgot Crespo missed first!

Barry Davies says that Euro 96 was the best soccer tournament he's even been involved in.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/euro-96-oral-history-england-results-fixtures-a9501516.html

i remember the nasi goreng we ate during that Netherlands game more than the game itself tbh

Anyone recall if there was a review of Euro 96 shown at the end of that year? Not seeing anything on YT as prominent as the Davies-introduced-and-narrated masterpiece that is the BBC's World Cup 94 review but I'm sure there was an attempt at an equivalent at the time.

Euro 96 was a poor tournament, both in quality of football and organisationally. Lol Barry Davies

Just imagining some teenage kid for whom euro 96 has this mythical aura of sepia English greatness, watching that England v Switzerland shitfest last night.

anybody who judges the quality of a tournament by a notional England performance is already *Asterix tapping his forehead*

how are you all posting from the future

It's the last time Scotland were any good, since McAllister aimed that penalty kick at David Seaman's arse it's been downhill - at a dizzying pace. Never forgiven that cunt, McAllister for that, though I already hated him before that, he was an Orange bastard and was shite for Scotland.

England were good for... 35min total? Dismal vs the Swiss, lucky vs the Scots, fortunate to be ahead at h/t vs the Dutch, played off the pitch by the Spanish (two goals disallowed), somewhat rose to the occasion vs the Germans (first half + ET). The tabloid press coverage was so grotesque I wanted England to lose. Edberg went out of Wimbledon in the second round same day as the Euro semi, and I was more upset about that tbh. (Becker snapped his wrist vs Godwin a couple of days later so I got over it).

Not a great tournament, really. Suker was good, and there was that frantic Russia-Czech 3-3 at Anfield.

And don't get me started on McAllister. Scored for Leicester at Goodison as a 20yo (a defeat which effectively cost us the title); came back 16 years later and...

Why do you hate Scottish people, BBC?

Fifa World Cup Rewind: Six Scotland games to be shown

Watching the England v. Germany semi, that was not a very strong German team.

Correction, still a good team but not a top notch German side, Klinsmann suspended or injured?

Injured iirc

The extra time is good stuff so far.