1966

CBT · Post by **CBT** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:19 pm

Real Madrid won European cup
Man city won league
Burnley qualified for Europe
And Chelsea finished 5th in league.....

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:21 pm

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:25 pm

And again FFS ,I never knew that

Millertime v1.7 · Post by **Millertime v1.7** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:26 pm

Guys, get a room

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:27 pm

There wasn't a World Cup in 1966. England's played games against teams of actors. The government were in on it, it was a propaganda stunt to keep the Eastern Bloc in their place.

CBT · Post by **CBT** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:32 pm

Correct

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:34 pm

1966 was divisible by two too. What are the odds?

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:34 pm

Well f#ck me gently with a half cooked bratwurst I have not seen that before ever...

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:09 pm

Just to add a little to the coincidences...

In 1966, young IanMcL camped with his parents in Palamos, Costa Brava. First time in Spain. Watched matches on camp TV. Got home for the final.

2018 I am currently in St Antoni de Calonge. A short walk to Palamos. I return home Monday.

Up the Clarets....and England.

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:28 am

Teatime tonight, enjoying a beer in the evening sunshine in the back garden.

Plugged iPod into docking station, selected shuffle and out of approx 1,800 songs in my music library, 'World in Motion' (from 1990, the last time England reached the semi finals of the World Cup) was the 1st song up.

Coincidence or lucky omen? ;-)

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:42 am

TheFamilyCat wrote:There wasn't a World Cup in 1966. England's played games against teams of actors. The government were in on it, it was a propaganda stunt to keep the Eastern Bloc in their place.

Rattin (Argentina) was some actor...should've got an Oscar!

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:45 am

IanMcL wrote:Watched matches on camp TV.

commentator was Larry Grayson!

blackadmac2 · Post by **blackadmac2** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:15 am

Liverpool won league in 1966.

Claret&Green · Post by **Claret&Green** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 7:46 am

blackadmac2 wrote:Liverpool won league in 1966.

Correct City won 2nd Division

To add to the coincidences. 66 was the last time a team came back from 2 down to win a World Cup knockout in 90 mins, until Belgium did it to Japan

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:13 am

Claret&Green wrote:Correct City won 2nd Division

To add to the coincidences. 66 was the last time a team came back from 2 down to win a World Cup knockout in 90 mins, until Belgium did it to Japan

I can remember that England were 2-0 Up against West Germany, in 1970, and took off Bobby Charlton. Uve Seeler then backhanded a fluke winner.

bfcmatt · Post by **bfcmatt** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:57 pm

CBT wrote:Real Madrid won European cup
Man city won league
Burnley qualified for Europe
And Chelsea finished 5th in league.....

You have missed one.
Andy Murray didn't play Wimbledon in 1966 and he isn't playing it this year either..... the similarities just keep on coming.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:11 pm

IanMcL wrote:I can remember that England were 2-0 Up against West Germany, in 1970, and took off Bobby Charlton. Uve Seeler then backhanded a fluke winner.

Hi Ian, agree - all these "false facts" being quoted by others...

My coincidences:

I'm at Eric Clapton in Hyde Park tomorrow evening and I'm at Paul Simon at Hyde Park next Sunday. Both Clapton and Simon were top artists in 1966.

And, on the day of the WC final, Paul Simon is playing his last tour date on his "Homeward Bound" tour (https://www.paulsimon.com/news/paul-sim ... well-tour/

We all know that he wrote "Homeward Bound" on a railway station in England (Widnes, I believe). The song was released as a single on January 19, 1966 (wikipedia).

That's as close to "coming home" as anything can be....

Steve Winwood is appearing with Eric Clapton tomorrow - they were together in Blind Faith - formed in 1969 - so we don't need "blind faith" or be concerned that "can't find my way home" and "had to cry today."

Anyone of a betting frame of mind should take these coincidences for what they are.

1966 and all that! (or was that 1066?)

Claret&Green · Post by **Claret&Green** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:58 am

IanMcL wrote:I can remember that England were 2-0 Up against West Germany, in 1970, and took off Bobby Charlton. Uve Seeler then backhanded a fluke winner.

Yes Germany did come back from 2-0 down but not in 90 mins, it went to extra time

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 8:10 am

The coincidences keep on coming! In 1966 we got to the semi-final, in 2018........!!

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:13 am

City didn't win the league until 1968 when from memory they beat Newcastle United at St.James" whilst Utd lost at home to Sunderland.

deanothedino · Post by **deanothedino** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:21 am

IanMcL wrote:I can remember that England were 2-0 Up against West Germany, in 1970, and took off Bobby Charlton. Uve Seeler then backhanded a fluke winner.

West Germany won after extra time, not in 90 mins as C&G said.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:25 am

I believed him!

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:31 am

There was a General Election in 1966 and who is betting there won't be one this year?

Darnhill Claret · Post by **Darnhill Claret** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:20 am

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:10 pm

Pep manages Barcelona to win the league > Spain win the 2010 world cup

Pep manages Bayern Munich to win the league > Germany win the 2014 world cup

Pep manages Manchester City to win the league > 2018 world cup winners ??

I know it's not 1966 related but frankly I couldn't give a sh!t. It's coming home

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 7:13 pm

mdd2 wrote:There was a General Election in 1966 and who is betting there won't be one this year?

If England win on Wednesday then there's going to be a lot of bad news buried on Sunday.

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