Euro 96

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JediJim · 29/05/2020 22:03

So been watching some of the Euro 96 matches on the ITV channels. I was 13 at the time but remember it so fondly..
The country seemed to be really united then, I remember the high street full of people partying. And grown men crying when we were knocked out..!
Life seemed more simple back then, Brexit was a word that didn’t exist, terrorism was something that seemed more infrequent in the UK, house prices were a heck of a lot cheaper!!
Obviously the internet was in it’s early stages, social media didn’t exist, and not everyone had mobile phones.
Anyone else that fab summer of 96?..

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Beaniebeemer · 30/05/2020 06:34

Best summer ever 96. I would have been 12. I wish I was bring my children up in that era. I long for it 😢

InTheCludgie · 30/05/2020 08:15

I remember this time fondly. Loved Euro 96, my sister and I supported Netherlands with their grass band and hot players we also enjoyed the Atlanta Olympics and watched the gymnastics religiously! I was16 at the time and would love to go back to 1996, would do so many things differently.

InTheCludgie · 30/05/2020 08:16

Brass band, I meant!

mamansnet · 30/05/2020 08:21

Best summer ever. I'm not even into football but it just added to the excitement of that period. I was 14, got my first boyfriend, then a Saturday job (my own money to spend, woohoo!) paying the grand sum of £1.78 an hour. Spent two weeks hanging out with a French girl and showing her around my town, so saw and did loads. Blur, Oasis and Catatonia in full swing.

Those were the days!

PiggyPlumPie · 30/05/2020 08:25

Hotel bar in The Hague, work trip, very very drunk with Dutch football fans watching the England - Netherlands match!

Brilliant night!

Sameold2020 · 30/05/2020 08:26

It was brilliant! The best time! Just finished A Levels and was heading to uni. Out drinking with friends all the time. The football was so exciting, the music! Dh is 5 years younger than me and he feels the same!

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JediJim · 30/05/2020 08:58

It wasn’t even necessarily about football, it just brought an amazing atmosphere to the country, which anyone of a certain age will remember.
I don’t think we’ll have anything like that again in this country, not in the way it was in 96.

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JediJim · 30/05/2020 09:00

The Queen was at the final with John Major, they looked so much younger then !!

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MockersxxxxxxxSocialDistancing · 30/05/2020 10:03

Spoiler Alert:

The Germans Win.

(Don't they always?)

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