Allergic to glass?

She couldn’t stand the ukelele?

However, 7-1 remains England’s heaviest ever defeat and they were also thumped 6-3 by Hungary at Wembley around that time. It is true that World Cup Finals rarely have any opportunity for upsets. Although there have been some unexpected teams in the semis (e.g. South Korea) it never extends to the finals themselves.

Some say that the Hungary team in 1954 was the greatest team never to win. And guess what?  They were also undone by the Germans in the Final. Given that Hungary had put 8 goals past Germany at the group stage (and 7 past England two months before), this was the greatest Final upset there has ever been.

I remember watching this live in 1970. We didn’t have a TV set then so ended up watching it at the local National Children’s Home. Why we had to go to a nearby orphanage to watch the World Cup Final is a complicated story. It would have been like for most people at that time, in black and white.

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Or was that a good thing?

She quit because all she could see of you all the time was your arse.

Well at least Arsenal won something this year. Certainly the year of the underdog. Aberdeen must be well supported round your way @BrianN? Are they dancing on the streets of Brechin tonight?

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Your hat is safe @brianN. So are ABo puppies. Another long long gap in The Challenge.</p>

Oh, good call @vuelva. She does a great job on my windows.

Get yer ladder ‘n’ bucket down ‘ere Brian. My regular wind cleaner has done a runner. Having a baby apparently.

I  know you are glazing hygiene technician or some such thing but putting that on one side, are you a window cleaner or a windowcleaner? Or even a window-cleaner?

This site is nothing if not informative.

I think that was worthy of Eric Cantona.

Netherlands 21 UK 16 (Cannes, 1959)

England 4 Netherlands 1 (Wembley 1996)

Let’s call it quits.

Op het eerste gezicht leek ‘Sing Little Birdie’ een onschuldige deuntje, maar in werkelijkheid bevatten de teksten een diep verontrustende en alarmerende boodschap die ik hier vanwege moderatieproblemen niet kan bespreken.

Happy Birthday @hunnybunny. Have fun.