When Football Came Home
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When Football Came Home

England, the English and Euro 96

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eBook - ePub

When Football Came Home

England, the English and Euro 96

About this book

When Football Came Home is the story of the 1996 European Championship played out in England, the centerpiece of a momentous and unforgettable summer, Britain's second summer of love. In the space of a month the England team went from staggering out of a Hong Kong nightclub in disgrace to within a stud's width of reaching the final at Wembley. It was a summer that nobody really wanted to end—and certainly not as it did, losing against Germany on penalties. With a spirit of togetherness, Terry Venables and his players captured the hearts of the nation in a way not seen since Italia 90—but Euro 96 had an extra edge. Played on home soil, it took place at an extraordinary time in British history. New Labour were poised to end a generation of Tory rule and Cool Britannia was on the rise, as a comatose culture had been revived and Britpop provided the soundtrack to it all. That communal spirit of June 1996 is recaptured in these pages. It wasn't all euphoria—during that month there were riots on the streets of the UK, accusations of spying, race fights, and even a terrorist attack during the tournament. Every single aspect is brought back to life for the first time here—the fraught and often controversial build-up, the tournament in full, and the lasting impact it had on English soccer and the nation.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781785311765
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 ‘And San Marino have scored!’
  8. 2 Over My Dead Body
  9. 3 Boys, Get To Work4
  10. 4 This Is England
  11. 5 Waiting For Gascoigne
  12. 6 ‘I don’t do auditions’
  13. 7 A Real Key-Tapper
  14. 8 ‘Shouting lager, lager, lager, lager...’
  15. 9 Mr Creosote
  16. 10 Our Friends In The North
  17. 11 That Nation Again
  18. 12 Worthy Of Pelé
  19. 13 It’s Such A Perfect Day
  20. 14 Children Of The Velvet Revolution
  21. 15 ‘Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?’
  22. 16 Oh Karel
  23. 17 Achtung! Surrender
  24. 18 The Wrong Studs
  25. 19 Don’t Look Back in Anger
  26. 20 ‘Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?’
  27. Bibliography
  28. Photographs