Scott Derry

Trainee counsellor. Peter Rachman stageplay in progress. Digitising an archive of Football Monthly magazine. Researching the plastic pitches of the 1980s.

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@retrofootballnw Absolutely peak Motson here💥💥

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@Theleaguemag I think if they were a great side they'd have won it, but that isn't the narrative. Truth is they had 6 truly great stars who scored wonderful goals for fun (Junior, Falcao, Cerezo, Socrates, Eder, and Zico), but the rest were average.

Romania in '94 for me.

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@HLTCO They are such an insular country, and football is still becoming popular there. It's making good ground on American football, basketball and, in a couple of southern states, cousin fucking.

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@_ChrisLepkowski @curtiswoodhous8 Of all the shit spouted on here this week, this will be the shittest. Many players have been overrated, but Robson...no, absolutely not. A giant of a player in so many ways.

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@AndyBodfish Michel was some player at this time. Deserved a better Spain side to play in.

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@MirrorFootball You scum battered Bobby Robson, hounded Gascoigne, you should be shot. Fuck off.

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@stusfootyflash The BBC haven't even bothered with presenters on a couple of the overnight games, having the commentator doubling as host...NZ/Iran was one with Alistair Bruce-Ball on comms and hosting by talking over FIFA's TV feed.

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@Theleaguemag 😆

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@JacobsBen Hopefully someone will shoot him. Dead.

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@Mexico86HQ Always wondered why 5 Gp D matches were in Guadalajara and 5 Gp F matches were in Monterrey, but for the Spain/Algeria and Morocco/Portugal matches they swapped cities. Could it have been to move Algeria a long distance from Bra/NI following the disgrace of Gijon. 🤔

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@JoeDubh @stusfootyflash Against Holland, more of a low cross that curled straight in...disallowed as it was an indirect free kick...vaguely recall someone almost getting a toe on it.

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@AndyBodfish Those Italy matches in Rome are a vivid memory...must have been 70,000 flags being waved throughout each game...it was some sight...🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

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@_ChrisLepkowski Good to see they've relaid the pitch since '86.

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@AndyBodfish I played with a fair few subbuteo Tangos, memorably one that was sellotaped together which made passing accuracy tricky.

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@retrofootballnw It's a right nostalgia trip. Whoever took the photo of Best that you've used on the cover, that's a great shot they took.

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@retrofootballnw
#RetroFootballMag

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@Theleaguemag Peter Withe's name lost in translation...🤭

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@AndyBodfish Didn't Butcher get into trouble against Sardinia. Memory is struggling, but did he headbutt somebody?

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@GotNotGot Somerton Park, Newport...?