UEFA Euro 1996

[laughs] Honestly.

So for those uninitiated, right, can the gremlins behind the camera pull up Fantasy Football League, Bedale and Skillen, Euro '96, and you'll probably get, like, a s- a set photo where it's got them two on a sofa and then him in a kitchen.

Yeah, he's in the kitchen.

By the side.

Got the highest p- highest peak, I would say.

I don't know that David Seaman was ever, maybe around Euro '96, was ever, like, probably the best goalkeeper in the world.

Yeah.

No, when he was up there, he was up there.

Mm.

Again, though, I think football at this time, that was leading up to Euro '96, wasn't it? So I mean-

It was, yeah

... football was in full swing at that point.

Obsessed with that.

Yeah.

Um, and then you, like your Euro '96 games, your-

Mm.

Whoever wins this has every chance of winning the final, isn't it? Going all the way.

This is the most important game since 1990 World Cup or the German semi-final in Euro 96.

It's a massive game.

A game steeped in controversy after England's 1986 quarter-final defeat to Diego Maradona's infamous handball, the Hand of God.

Well, yeah, we don't like to boast though, do we? This is credit to you, the Roar faithful, basically.

Uh, we're off to the venue where Ireland sadly lost the playoff in 1995 to qualify for Euro '96.

We're off to Anfield, everyone.

Breaking news, we have been nominated as the best international podcast, and we've made the finalist shortlist, and it's thanks to you, the fantastic Roar faithful.

He wanted to do a magazine.

We did a magazine on Euro 96, which we did a magazine plus... cd-rom plus website which were the cd-rom and the website at that time took about 30 years ago they were a little bit sort of new you know yeah and um that was really successful won some independent publishing awards and all that sort of thing and then i did developed another four or five different magazines for the publishing company the champions league magazine which we did for four or five years was eventually taken over by UEFA.

UEFA actually took over a magazine that they own the name of anyway.

And I worked on golf magazines, tennis magazines, cricket magazines, horse racing magazines also.

No.

No, yeah, Poboski was after Euro 96, you're right, yeah.

That would have been the 96.

Just double check that, I got that right.

Yeah, definitely after Euro 96 we signed Karol Poboski, 100% you're

right.

Summer of 96, I think it was Poboski, Van der Howe, Ronnie Youngson.

think.

No, he went to Euro 96.

Yeah, I can remember that.

Which Ian Wright was upset because he got left out.

It must be around about this season.

And he basically saying to them, you stop McManaman, you stop Liverpool.

And this obviously is just before the summer of Euro 96.

And I can remember thinking Steve McManaman was fantastic for England that summer.