I was there with my Dad ...11 years old....First England game....Couldnt sleep night before so excited.....Strange to see it again....The old Wembley Goal posts iconic.....
The coach of Luxembourg, Frenchman Gilbert Legrand dies in December of the same year, 44 years old and their best forward, Gilbert Dussier one year later, aged 30...
Hill only playing cos Peter Barnes was injured for most of that season , nice to see City represented with Watson and Royle , Tueart was injured Channon would join us in July ...i was 11 at the time remember this
@@MollyiXXX In the seminal game against Spain in 1982 Francis was also played on the right, a strange deployment when they needed him to be played on top maybe with Mcdermott on the right instead or Brooking, it was a strange Greenwood tactical move with England needing to win..
9:15 , the luxembourg number 10 trying to break up the penalty spot !! love it , can you imagine that happening now , there would be a 22 man fight !!! he is now the luxembourg football president ......
England always struggled at home at this time to a useful continental side with an excellent libero and a good goalkeeper. Luxembourg were not a good side but they did work hard (and got players behind the ball). It was this deep defensive organisation coupled with not being afraid of physical contact and working hard that baffled England (and probably still does). At international level players must be able to play the difficult ball up to a player who is tightly marked and develop a move from there. The final penetrating pass into the penalty area has to go into feet and players must make diagonal runs off the ball to drag defenders away and open up the defence. English players at the time didn’t do that as 99% of attacks in the league ended with a high cross.
@@gunternetzer9621 Colin Todd and Dave Watson, yep that's a lethal combo (sadly Mcfarland had become a victim of injuries so could not link again for England as he had done with Todd at Derby)...the point about Beattie is that Phil Thompson got a lot of England caps post 1976 which Beattie's injuries possibly allowed him into the team..Beattie and Butcher at the centre of England's defence would post 1980 have have been some partnership..
Says who? Brazil, Argentina, Holland, Germany were the major teams. If England had qualified at Italy's expense the other teams were much better. After Gordon Banks had retired early in the 70's England had few recognized stars to go toe to toe with any of the worlds best. keegan and Brooking were the best they had to offer but not up to the standard of the other teams stars.
God we made hard work of that ,christ ! its only bloody Luxembourg , some of the english finishing was abysmal nothing changes does it, still the same today , dont even remember half the england team names , should have bn a pen. for us . Cherry missed a sitter didnt he !🤔. 5 , should av bn 10 .Gordon Hills finishing not good , he was picked because, oh yes that's right , Man utd player wasnt he 🤔, some england player selections there, a bit dubious , to say the least !🙄
