The Football Pinks

Rediscovered X and back into the groove of nostalgic, retro football writing. Current series = Euro 96 Revisited. Fully immersive, apparently - check it out

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

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

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

Have always wanted to track down this guy and interview him.

[Football Memories @footballmemorys]

Championship Manager 93

#Management #MobyGames #Domark #FootyGames

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

Other than my Euro 96 Revisited series (of course), this is the best read of the week.

https://t.co/PMA1fxDXtG

[Sensible Soccer @SensibleSWOS]

Happy Birthday Tony Yeboah

#SensibleSoccer #SWOS #EllandRoad #Leeds #LUFC #LeedsUtd #Yeboah #PremierLeague #90s #legend #Ghana #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogaming #gaming #amiga #commodore #megadrive #snes #GamersUnite

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

Every patch of grass became Wembley.

Every kid became Gazza.

Every half-volley over a friend’s outstretched leg felt like history.

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

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

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

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

[footieclassics @footieclassics]

GAZZA - From a trip to the dentist’s chair, to beaking Scottish hearts!

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

This kangaroo fakes fainting to get food from people

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

Though that said, going off brand for a moment, Italia 90 woof

[Ale Bertini @abertini1]

[SERIO]
Qué mundial tuvo el mejor diseño de marcador?
Para mí Brasil 2014

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

Euro 96, surely....

[Ale Bertini @abertini1]

[SERIO]
Qué mundial tuvo el mejor diseño de marcador?
Para mí Brasil 2014

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

@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.

[The Football Pinks @FootballPinks]

@GeoffSWFC absolutely - I think Venables gave credit to Don Howe for coming up with the tactical switch