As a Scotsman, you wouldn't expect me to have happy memories of England winning in 1966!
But I have, I was 11 years old, on a family holiday at Anstruther/Cellardyke Caravan Park near St Andrews and spent the whole holiday jumping between the two TV huts they had (no portables in those days), one with ITV painted on the roof, and the other BBC. In each hut was a small box shaped TV (as they were in those days) high up on a shelf, with Black & White image.
Great clear memories of Pele, Seeler, Albert, Pak Doo Ik, Eusebio, Bobby Charlton, Ayresome Park, White City, Roker Park, Goodison Park, World Cup Willie, Pickles the dog, I remember it all.
I fell in love with football during that holiday and have been an English football fan ever since.
I love ragging my pals about "some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over".
Brian Henry Thistle
Memory added on January 25, 2016
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What a fantastic memory. Great story and a real sense of what the atmosphere was really like.
– Chris Howarth, June 2 2016 at 23:04
