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Euro 96 & Britpop
31 pieces
It was the summer the football shirt became fashion, Britpop ruled the radio and Gareth Southgate’s walk from halfway ended against Germany. Look back now and it was also the last analogue tournament, lived through Ceefax, VHS and packed pubs, with the newspapers’ verdict arriving the next morning. This hub collects the whole Euro 96 Revisited run. There’s Gazza being loved again, Pearce’s scream, Shearer as England’s first modern centre-forward and Scotland’s thirteen minutes at Villa Park. Then the other countries: Croatia’s arrival, the three-year-old Czech Republic, Portugal’s lost dawn and the German win everyone forgets.
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From Hooligans to HostsHow England Rebranded Itself in the Summer of 1996
30 min read
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The Kockasti AnnouncementCroatia, Euro 96 and the Birth of a Football Nation
20 min read
Three Years Old and Fourteen Minutes from GloryThe Czech Republic’s Extraordinary Euro 96
21 min read
France Before 1998The Summer Les Bleus Built the Team That Would Conquer the World
30 min read
The Last Free ManMatthias Sammer and the End of Football’s Most Beautiful Position
20 min read
The Golden Goal ExperimentHow Euro 96 Tried to Manufacture Football Drama
25 min read
Euro 96The Last Great Tournament for Sweepers and Traditional Defenders
29 min read
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