Agreed, England were painful to watch in the last tournament.

It was great to see my boyhood hero Colin Bell in his prime. He deserved a World Cup.

Absolutely....!

Agree 100% It was also ruthless. Only 1 team qualified. None of this 2nd and even 3rd placed teams from groups of 4 or 5 getting through. People often don’t know or forget this when viewing the 70s as a dark period for England while glorifying the likes of Saint Gareth for getting to the latter stages of tournaments. The opposition Southgate has faced is nowhere near as tough and there’s far less jeopardy today so it’s almost impossible not to qualify for a tournament. The football itself is too cagey and borders on unwatchable! As you say @spoonunit03 give me 1970s action every time.

Eh? We didn't even qualify!

didn't Norway eliminate them from the 1994 world cup?

@@moreblack Yes, we did! And Netherlands was in the group as well! Crazy days, Norway on top of the group. We totally trashed the opposition in the 98 quali - but seriously, it was WILD! Remember, Rosenborg had a great run in the Champions League as well, for years. Truly stunning years for Norwegian football.

Coleman was a great .

Great defence and goalkeeping from Poland. We weren't bad ... their back 4 were fantastic❤

Taffy, the Burnley Legend, always a fave at Turf

@@thevoid6818 I think your a bit confused, Leighton James was a flying winger for, Burnley, Swansea and Cymru. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. He wasn't a playmaker or striker.

Wales had a very good side , unlucky to not go to the world cup in 1978 in a game John toshack was outstanding in the Wales Vs Scotland at his home ground Liverpool Wales dominated Scotland.

@@redd605 i have been a Cardiff and Cymru fan for 50 years. Been all over the uk and europe watching Cardiff and Cymru. I was at the Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Scotland game at Anfield in 77. It was supposed to be a home game for Cymru, but Scotland took over the ground. There was about 95% Scotland fans in the ground. I was in the corner at the top of the kop. The violence between the two sets of fans was scary. Before the game the jocks outside the ground were great. Inside was a different matter. When Scotland scored their their first goal. ( a penalty won by that cheating twat, Joe jorden) watch it on KZfaq. We decided to get out of the ground while the jocks were celebrating. ( it was that violent in the kop ) I have been three times to the old Wembley to watch England V Cymru in the 70S in the old home Internationals. There was trouble between Cymru and England fans on all three occasions, but nothing like Cymru v Scotland game at Anfield. one of the boys was picked off by dozens scouse urjins outside the ground.There has been animosity between Cymru and Scotland since.

Giving England lots of problems

In their opening match of the 1974 World Cup, Poland met Argentina. Within eight minutes Poland were up 2-0 as Grzegorz Lato opened the scoring in the seventh minute and just a minute later Andrzej Szarmach doubled the lead. In the 60th minute, Argentina cut the lead in half when Ramon Heredia scored. Two minutes later, however, Lato scored his second, which turned out to be the winning goal as Carlos Babington gave Argentina their second in the 66th. The match finished 3-2 as Poland won. Poland thrashed Haiti 7-0 in their second game, with a hat-trick from Szarmach and two goals from Lato. In their final match of the group stage, Poland met Italy. Poland were already through to the second round but needed at least a draw to win the group. Poland defeated Italy 2-1, finishing at the top of the group. In the second round, Poland first won 1-0 against Sweden, who had not conceded any goals in their first three matches. Lato scored the only goal of the game. In the next game, Yugoslavia conceded a penalty from Poland in the 24th minute, and Stanislav Karasi tied it up for Yugoslavia in the 43rd. Lato scored the winning goal. Poland faced hosts West Germany in the rain; Gerd Müller scored the winning goal in the 76th minute for West Germany. The Poles defeated Brazil in the third place match.

Yes Poland were brilliant

@@stevenpalmer442 And Lato won the Golden Boot with seven goals. He wasn't even a striker!

Remember Lato, quality player.

And Deyna.

No people don't forget a lot wasn't born yet

​@@gilly4881 Lato became the king of shooters of the world championship '74

@@janhusar9105 "King of shooters" 🤣🤣🤣

Does anyone remember Shilton ever actually saving anything?

@@AvailableHandle Yes, his career.....for a long time! :)

@@AvailableHandle Yes, quite a lot actually.

On Belgium England in Bologna, we can't count how many times his post or crossbar saved the Three Lions from early k-o by Belgians. One in a million try of Platt showed Lady Luck was definitely on English side

​@@Kelverontake it from me. It was not

I saw them lose 2-0 at Ninian Park in this group. If you told me they'd end up finishing third in the WC I'd have laughed.

@@Britonbear They did it 3 times in a row,1974, 1978 and 1982..

Nice to hear a balanced view, l loved it for football and concerts.

It was a shithole where piss ran down the stairs from the top terrace as you climbed up them behind both goals as no one could be arsed the ordeal of going to the toilets. Like Hampden you could be nearly 200 yards from the far goal and should have been pulled down not renovated. Never stopped me going to either though. The shit we tolerated when younger. Unlike Hampden its been sorted. Thats as balanced as i can be.

@@saints16o5o87 Wonderful stadium. Wonderful atmosphere. But an FA Cup final with extra time saw torrents of wee flowing down the terraces. I know!

I'd had my first (and only) England crying experience in 1970 as a 12 year old when we lost the two goal lead against Germany in the world cup quarter final. I was immune after that.

And not a 'A circus clown in gloves' according to one Brian Clough!

Poland finished 3rd in the '74 World Cup, no thanks to Jan Tomaszewski

,,,, true

And a really nice, humble guy with a great sense of humour, too. Not that I was that objective in 1973 though 😢

Gutted - still we had half a page in the Pinnie sticker album 😢

Rubbish he was lucky. A one match wonder.

The clown apparently!!

And we only qualified for Spain because results went our way.

@@shortwavelisteningforbegin418 And two teams qualified.

Could have won the WC in 74 if they played West Germany on a normal pitch.

@@edlawn5481 Maybe.

@@r4h4al For sure.

Yes, I generally enjoyed my 1970s childhood but the England national team broke my heart throughout the decade by not qualifying for a single tournament from 1970 until 1980.

Thank you for your review 👍🏻 keep on watching us for more vintage classic matches.

@@WorldFootballArchive will there be qualification matches for the 1986 World Cup and Euro 1988?

If anything, look at Bobby ''Blunderman'' Moore,...he fails to attack the ball at the near post as the cross is about to be delivered. Bell, being too far behind Toshack could only hope to chop him down and concede a penalty. But further errors would soon be on their way from Mr. Moore which prove to be extremely costly.

@@lennylaa1686 Moore was a great player - but he was passed it. Ramsay's loyalty to him was maybe his biggest mistake as a manager. West Ham even offloaded him in 1974 - playing out his remaining career in a lower division. lt's a good example of why Sir Alex Ferguson had such sustained success - he always knew when to move on great players.

@@Inglese001 Yes in particular...take a good look at poor old Bobby suffering in the Fulham 1-5 home defeat to Notts County in 1977 on YT,..you will cry.

I think Moore was past it by then and Hunter was just terrible.

White shirts against yellow shirts😄

The writing was on the wall after Mexico '70.

We weren't that bad (perhaps a little short of genuine world class players), just that visiting goalkeepers back then saved their best for Wembley (apart from the Austrian goalie who conceded 7, ironically in the very England fixture prior to this qualifier).

better than England to day. I guess your not including the 1970 WC team in that.

I get where you're coming from with: "Poor team", yes, maybe didn't gel or Ramsey didn't know his best XI. Individually, you can't call Shilts, Moore (admittedly past his best by 73), Hughes, Ball, Bell, Peters, Clarke, Keegan (Euro FofYr), Marsh, etc poor players: World Cup winners amongst them. Fault of the manager; clubs over country and other factors?

Thank you for your review. Keep watching us :)

And then played the game of his life!

The Poland game finished Moore's England career I seem to remember.

Not sure how Martin Chivers got in the team.

England's best striker from 1970-74 for it amazes me why Clarke & Jones weren't paired for England during that period.

Without doubt. They would have beaten Poland with Clarke and Jones. Both in top form in the autumn of 73.

Totally agree

Would have been a straight red for that nowadays. Lucky boy was Roy,only got a yellow

Did Hughes play RB a lot for Liverpool?

@@peterwoodhouse4314 Not that I recall.

People forget that the greatest goalkeeper of all time lost an eye in a car crash just as the qualifying games began in October 1972. If that hadn’t happened we would have qualified the 1974 World Cup.

Never rated Shilton for England

Please read the title or thumbnail again

It still isn't complete as Wales v England isn't shown.

@@MuhammadAbiyoso read with understanding, there should be ALL England matches in a video and one is missing

Terrible

who would you have played at 1990..?

A very special midget dude. Wouldn't have made a difference. Right after England scored through Lineker Argentina went up the field and hit Shiltons post, he never saw it. In no man's land and neither would Chris Wood or Ronnie Wood.

@@kailashpatel1706 There certainly wasnt the choice there had been 10/15 years before but by 1990 Woods was prbably the best around

@@kailashpatel1706 I would have played David Seaman in 1990. He moved to Arsenal that summer. I don’t know why we didn’t take him to Italy. Beasant went instead. 🤦🤦🤦🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Banks was the last great England goalkeeper. The rest were overrated.

Hugh Johns I believe.

Rip Norman bites yer legs Hunter, got to a European cup final a year later but was robbed, I can’t remember you playing in defence..?

Me - Indeed, Poland were the 2nd bet team at WC 1974 behind the Dutch, lost to Germany in SF on a waterlogged lake.

One error in each game - hardly hopeless.

Better than the Dutch I thought.​@@who9387

Clarke-underappreciated Channon-total waste of space