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They are investigating the Surgeon who treated him trying to pin the blame on someone sadly.He claims his Daughters signed him out to go home while he wanted DM to go to a rehab place to fully recover . Same as always someone famous dies and the vultures circle for the money train .
I read somewhere that Shilton had decided his approach to the SF penalties would be to wait & go rather than gamble & throw himself one way. Who knows back then whether any homework was done on the takers or whether PS had a GK coach plotting a strategy for the kicks or if he was left to his own devices. One thing is for sure, the Beasant idea is a myth. Back then, you had named subs rather than the whole squad available & Chris Woods was sub keeper, not Beasant. Would have been a hell of a gamble to remove Shit*ers for Woods on 119 mins though of course we have hindsight now. Bottom line for me, Shit*ers could/should have done better
You know what’s mental?
He made his debut the year England won the the World Cup in ‘66 and was still playing when England went out the World Cup in ‘98.
Always struck me as a dickhead, but that is some achievement even if you forced to play because you have a gambling habit.
As for the violence in the 86 QF, there was a history of very poor player behaviour between Argentine and British sides going back to the 66 QF, after which England manager labelled them as 'animals'. There were also wild scenes in the 'battle of Montevideo' an intercontinental cup final replay between Racing and Celtic in 1967 and to a lesser extent the following year in the same competition between Estudiantes del la plata and Man U.
Between these matches and the 86 QF, there were only three international friendlies and an Intercontinental final between Liverpool and Independiente, in Tokyo all of which passed without major incident.
"Between these matches and the 86 QF, there were only three international friendlies and an Intercontinental final between Liverpool and Independiente, in Tokyo all of which passed without major incident."
Not quite FB. The friendly in Buenos Aires in June 1977 had a double sending off, one each team. Daniel Bertoni for Argentina and Trevor Cherry was the unfortunate party for England having done nothing wrong except get in the way of a Daniel Bertoni right hook which cost him a couple of teeth. This goes into a bit more detail: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/bygones-when-fiercest-internation
As for the violence in the 86 QF, there was a history of very poor player behaviour between Argentine and British sides going back to the 66 QF, after which England manager labelled them as 'animals'. There were also wild scenes in the 'battle of Montevideo' an intercontinental cup final replay between Racing and Celtic in 1967 and to a lesser extent the following year in the same competition between Estudiantes del la plata and Man U.
Between these matches and the 86 QF, there were only three international friendlies and an Intercontinental final between Liverpool and Independiente, in Tokyo all of which passed without major incident.
Racing-Celtic? Pah, just the warm-up! https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/20/estudiantes-milan-intercontinen There's some very murky old TV footage of the second leg. The only thing that shows the "quality" of the game is the Milan players celebrating their away goal, and the Estudiantes keeper running into them with a karate kick. 19 red cards in a game...another record unlikely to be beaten.
Racing-Celtic? Pah, just the warm-up! https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/20/estudiantes-milan-intercontinen There's some very murky old TV footage of the second leg. The only thing that shows the "quality" of the game is the Milan players celebrating their away goal, and the Estudiantes keeper running into them with a karate kick. 19 red cards in a game...another record unlikely to be beaten.
That's unreal.
QPR regularly played Chelsea back in the late 70's in Panini Stickers matches on my living room floor. Some notorious filth ensued. But no-one ever got kidnapped.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Racing-Celtic? Pah, just the warm-up! https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/20/estudiantes-milan-intercontinen There's some very murky old TV footage of the second leg. The only thing that shows the "quality" of the game is the Milan players celebrating their away goal, and the Estudiantes keeper running into them with a karate kick. 19 red cards in a game...another record unlikely to be beaten.
It took another eleven years before they changed it to a one game in Tokyo match!
It took another eleven years before they changed it to a one game in Tokyo match!
I don't know if it was the violence on the pitch in South America or the mayhem off it that ended it. Argentina and Uruguay in particular suffered from a wave of kidnapping and terrorism that ended in dictatorship and death squads (Brazil's version was relatively mild by comparison), while hyper-inflation meant that the money the clubs might have earned by going was worthless. I think Ajax players just refused to go.
"Between these matches and the 86 QF, there were only three international friendlies and an Intercontinental final between Liverpool and Independiente, in Tokyo all of which passed without major incident."
Not quite FB. The friendly in Buenos Aires in June 1977 had a double sending off, one each team. Daniel Bertoni for Argentina and Trevor Cherry was the unfortunate party for England having done nothing wrong except get in the way of a Daniel Bertoni right hook which cost him a couple of teeth. This goes into a bit more detail: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/bygones-when-fiercest-internation
Thanks Camberley. The forgotten tour, and I had forgotten. I don't think it received much coverage. I vaguely remember brief reports, just a few lines and a photo in the Evening Standard.
Pretty much a minor incident in the grand scheme though, although not for poor Terry!
Thanks Camberley. The forgotten tour, and I had forgotten. I don't think it received much coverage. I vaguely remember brief reports, just a few lines and a photo in the Evening Standard.
Pretty much a minor incident in the grand scheme though, although not for poor Terry!
Yes, the tour which was supposed to be a dress rehearsal for the World Cup. Revie missed the first game of the tour against Brazil supposedly going to watch the Finland/Italy qualifier but it turned out to be a front for his negotiations with the UAE. There exists some grainy brief Associated Press highlights footage of the Argentina game which I'd never seen before although it doesn't include the sending off.
I watched an 11 minute highlight package of the Hand Of God game and could not believe how bad the Officials were for the magnitude of that occasion . Forgetting the Hand Of God embarrassment there was a more blatant handball by an Argentinian defender in their own box right after the goal which was shockingly missed and most of the tackles would be a straight red card today not even a yellow back then. Seriously while England got screwed they kicked the living daylights out of Maradona and hit him in the face at least twice with elbows it looked like it but the highlights were from their own source .I expect they kicked lumps out of England too I would take todays game with all the VAR issues and all over that any day
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and most of the tackles would be a straight red card today not even a yellow back then. 
