Not sure if this has been has been done before but thought it would be fun and bring us together.
What's your favourite World Cup and why? Could be the quality of the football, England or other teams' performances, individual moments of brilliance, underdog stories or just because it brings back memories of what you were doing at the time it was on and what you were doing in your life.
Me - Italia 90. First proper World Cup, first sticker album plus the Esso coin collection, Platt's last minute goal against Belgium, Gazza's tears. Great memories and imagine this will be one shared by quite a few on here. Close runner up - Japan/South Korea 2002, mainly due to the early morning pub sessions.
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1982 went there to Bilbao for the opening rounds, Robson after 12 seconds, right behind the goal
when he scored, followed by the local old bill waiving batons!
1990 next best....but soiled by getting knocked out in the semis.
Worst. USA 1994. The yanks still don't get it do they.
Was the first one I was drinking age, and was om shift work so worked around a lot of the games and watched a load in the pub with mates, great summer.
England did OK, the hosts were interesting countries and their fans really enthusiastic.
I know in hindsight some of the refereeing was dodgy etc but I loved the tournament at the time.
France 98 was really good too, and Brazil 14.
Loved France '98 as well. I was 16, football was so much fun (Charlton were flying under Curbs and it was that chaotic 90s era when money met unprofessionalism and before it all got too serious), and the real Ronaldo and Zidane (my two favourite non Charlton players) were in their pomp.
World in Motion. All the ingredients. I remember the long summer evenings coming home from school to fill up my sticker album and watch the games. Brilliant.
i was 10 and just getting in to watching football. It was amazing to see all these players you’d not really heard of before.
but Italia ‘90, and Nessun Dorma will forever be special to me. The music, the emotion and some of the iconic images are just so so special
90 - so much drama and would probably have to say my favourite.
94 - like another poster said very enjoyable without having to worry about England and enjoyed watching some late night group games
98 - early morning or lunch time on the piss with work watching Football, what's not to like? But does coincide when I started to loose the passion when I realized every player was a millionaire.
Of course would love to see another England win but the way the game is now not been over excited about any WC since.
I was 12 years old, so this is before discovering the sorts of things that lead teenage boys astray but I was old enough to really be into football. Charlton had been promoted to the Premier League a few weeks before which was unquestionably the greatest moment in my young life and it came just two years after Euro ‘96 so football was still on the massive high that tournament brought to the country. Basically everything was perfect in the footballing world.
Some of football was fantastic and some of the players who lit up that tournament are considered all time greats. Just a wonderful summer that started with Charlton winning the playoff final at Wembley and finished with that brilliant French team led by Zinadine Zidane winning the World Cup in Paris.
The first ever tournament I remember is USA 94, and so that will always be my favourite from a nostalgia perspective. The way it looked on television was glistening. Bright sunshine for all games, the US razzmatazz that went into the occasion. It just looked beautiful.
From an enjoyment perspective I’d have to go 2018, for England’s run, and the hope it brought especially in those final couple of weeks.
Football was in a grim state in the late 80s in this country, Italia 90 was a massive boost to the game.
Every single game was sold out, and to this day is still the highest attended World Cup of all time.
Bryan Robson against France after a few seconds , England undefeated and out aaaah , 2nd round was divisional as well ffs
Pure and innocent and wanting the Jocks to do well and some Northern Ireland magic as well .
1986 fuck my o-levels I’ve got footy to watch !!
shit start “Lineker coming in on it now ….raining goals”
Hand of god heartbreak
1990 first one in the boozer “The Plough”in Lewisham loopy loop with Platts goal and all before Stilton tried to be clever in the shootout and watched each German pen fly by .
2002 went to Japan saw all our games and saw Class Jensen play against us .
Tough but if I had to hang my hat on one it’s 1982 just for the pure joy of it all and that Brazil team❤️ Zico and co playing football like you dream of and then attempting to curl the ball and do the tricks like them in the school playground/garden etc
The innocence of youth