Some are old enough to remember British deejay John Peel, who in
response to yet another World Cup thrashing of England by Germany,
quoted "So what if they beat us at our national game --- we beat them
twice at theirs."
BTW, I watched "most" of the 1966 WC, although I was only confusedly
aware of the last two goals, from my position on the floor under a
table in a bar in France ---
Re: names to remember ... hanged at the Old Bailey, London, England, in 1650 ... beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,... burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330 ... > Arnold, (first name unknown): hanged at Barking, England, in 1574 ... (alt.gathering.rainbow)
Re: names to remember ... hanged at the Old Bailey, London, England, in 1650 ... Ancker,: beheaded at Wurzburg, Germany,... burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330 ... Arnold, (first name unknown): hanged at Barking, England, in 1574 ... (alt.gathering.rainbow)
Re: Making money from Java ... it would have been fairly easy for England or France to ... >> France sure could have done so to Germany in 1933-34, ... > rejection of rule by law, and establishing instead a rule by armed ... (comp.lang.cobol)
Re: What if the Battle Of Hattin was never fought? ...France was unified by the ... >>could unify against England.... > The German crown, on the other hand, was an elected one. ... they were forced to the concessions in Germany.... (soc.history.medieval)
Re: Sweden and Germany, what say you? ... Germany is a much better team than England so I think this will be really ... could have been a closer game but the Swedes wore them down. ... and maybe 13 players total that can compete at the WC level whereas Germany...scoring goals against the likes of the Ticos has not a dilly-damn thing ... (rec.sport.soccer)
