Old Football on Legal Streaming Channels

[Arturo]

Surprised they are showing England v Switzerland from Euro 96. Not exactly a memorable ninety minutes to relive.

Still loving the BBC's World Cup Rewind though.

[Satchmo Distel]

Euro 96 is a shit tournament to choose generally, although it has the advantage that more British viewers will have gone to the games compared to better tournaments such as Euro 2000.

[Arturo]

Euro 96 is a shit tournament to choose generally, although it has the advantage that more British viewers will have gone to the games compared to better tournaments such as Euro 2000.

Didn't realise until tonight it was the whole tournament being shown. If it is the full ninety minutes of each game, there's going to be an awful lot of dead air.

But yes,.I went to Croatia v Turkey at the City Ground and have never seen it in full, although there's probably a good reason for that.

[Nesta]

Euro 96 is a shit tournament to choose generally, although it has the advantage that more British viewers will have gone to the games compared to better tournaments such as Euro 2000.

Not many more, if you take out the England games. Watched Denmark-Portugal this evening, one of the better, and better attended games of the group stage.

[Satchmo Distel]

Didn't realise until tonight it was the whole tournament being shown. If it is the full ninety minutes of each game, there's going to be an awful lot of dead air.

But yes,.I went to Croatia v Turkey at the City Ground and have never seen it in full, although there's probably a good reason for that.

Article on that game:

https://thesetpieces.com/latest-post...oatia-euro-96/

[Arturo]

Good article that, plus brought back memories as I was also sitting close to the exuberant Turkish support. They stick in my mind more than the actual game and I so wanted Turkey to score that night just to see what the reaction from them would be like.

[Jah Womble]

Surprised they are showing England v Switzerland from Euro 96. Not exactly a memorable ninety minutes to relive.

Still loving the BBC's World Cup Rewind though.

The idea seems to be that all of England's matches plus the final are to be aired 'as live' via ITV4 - with all the other games available on the ITV Hub, in the order that they were played. (Not sure how this will work when it comes to group deciders.) I tried watching some of the three group games shown yesterday via the Hub, but (as you'll doubtless have gathered) didn't find it a very user-friendly experience.

And yes, those World Cup Rewind compilations have all been top-notch. That - one has to say - is how you do this.

[Satchmo Distel]

Did all the group deciders get shown live in full in 1996, across two channels? I can't recall if Scotland v Swiss was only available in Scotland. If not, then it will be the first ever screening for some games.

[3 Colours Red]

Unless BBC showed one and ITV showed another, then probably not - they both broadcast the final so it's not like both main channels having live football on at the same time would have been a no-go.

I doubt the Beeb would have stuck any games on BBC2 and ITV2 wasn't even a thing until 1998.

[Jah Womble]

FWIR, one channel screened a selected tie live and cut in with highlights of the other. Certainly remember that occurring as we all watched Italy/Germany at the pub, bemoaning the fact that all the goals were in the simultaneous Russia/Czech Rep match. (But sure, STV had their own match the day before while we were handing the Dutch their backsides on a plate.)

To the best of my knowledge, there was no simultaneous BBC/ITV coverage until the semi-finals.

Extensive broadcast details here:

http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/itv/WorldCup90.html

[Viktor Boskovic]

FWIR, one channel screened a selected tie live and cut in with highlights of the other. Certainly remember that occurring as we all watched Italy/Germany at the pub, bemoaning the fact that all the goals were in the simultaneous Russia/Czech Rep match. (But sure, STV had their own match the day before while we were handing the Dutch their backsides on a plate.)

To the best of my knowledge, there was no simultaneous BBC/ITV coverage until the semi-finals.

Extensive broadcast details here:

http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/itv/WorldCup90.html

Yes, I recall the Czech Republic v Russia match wasn't on live telly, it was just highlights that night. I went to Anfield to see it and it was certainly dramatic, I don't think I have ever seen it in full, since. I watched the Spain v Bulgaria match on ITV hub yesterday as I was at that one too, it wasn't quite as exciting. I definitely prefer a highlights show rather than the full 90 minutes for old football matches, much like the World Cup Rewind or the Big Match revisited type stuff.

[statto99]

Watched Denmark-Portugal this evening, one of the better, and better attended games of the group stage.

I was there on the night. And re-watched it again last weekend. And largely lost interest both times. The fans were more interesting on the night itself. If that was one of the better group stage games it might be as well to avoid any others I'm not rewatching for nostalgic reasons.

[Foot of Astaire's]

I was there on the night. And re-watched it again last weekend. And largely lost interest both times. The fans were more interesting on the night itself. If that was one of the better group stage games it might be as well to avoid any others I'm not rewatching for nostalgic reasons.

That was the only game I went to and I pretty much felt the same. I was impressed with Portugal's football but it was apparent early on that they had no cutting edge. My main memories from the game was seeing the Danes amusement at Schmeichel being booed by the locals, and a seated swaying thing their supporters on the Leppings Lane end kept doing.