Rediscovered X and back into the groove of nostalgic, retro football writing. Current series = Euro 96 Revisited. Fully immersive, apparently - check it out
EURO 96 REVISITED
A month-long return to the football world of summer 1996.
Thirty archive entries.
Daily memory fragments.
One football summer revisited.
The archive is now open:
https://t.co/JQLk27PJ7v
EURO 96 REVISITED
A month-long return to the football world of summer 1996.
Thirty archive entries.
Daily memory fragments.
One football summer revisited.
The archive is now open:
https://t.co/JQLk27PJ7v
For a few weeks in the summer of 1996, England built itself around a footballer who refused to pretend he was perfect.
Archive Entry 06:
Why England Loved Him Back
https://t.co/6BHJdtlogH
@GeoffSWFC people laugh when I say this, but I think he could have become an earlier version of what Pirlo was for Italy. I thought he was that good.
I remember watching his Liverpool debut, I think against Auxerre in the UEFA Cup on TV. He didn't give the ball away once.