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12 - Following the Final at home A Collection of memories of watching the Final at home

In 1966 I was 9 years old and living with my parents in Zambia. For the final they bought me a World Cup Willie tee shirt, but the T.V. signal was not strong enough to see the match. However when watching what was on the T.V. ghostly images of the players came on the screen and I found myself not watching the programme but waiting for the game to keep breaking through, but it was never enough to follow the match. Bryan Walker

I was sat on the floor next to my dad watching the match as he sat with his can of Party 7 beer. When we scored I got to have a drink out of the can, I was only 10 at the time. I couldn't stop cheering with my mates once the game was over. Stephen Williams

I watched the World Cup with my Dad. He was in bed watching because he had cancer from which he died on August 22nd that year, the day before my 14th birthday. Brian Hiscutt

I remember being with my parent's and 4 year old brother, with my late husband and our 3 year old daughter sitting watching the match on my parents black and white T.V. None of us really football supporters but all very getting very excited! Pauline B

I was 11 years old in 1966 and the final against West Germany is as clear to me today as it was then. We were watching at home and the drama kept me on the edge of my seat. When extra time came it was almost too much to bear. When we won we all went completely mad cheering and couldn’t believe it. Peter Thomson

I was sitting watching it with my father. I was 21, he was 56. As "old people" did at that time, he fell asleep in the mid-afternoon,"Ingerland" scored, and I shouted. He woke up - bemused, to which I yelled at him: "Wake up. We're gonna' win the World Cup". Then came West Germany's equaliser....and extra time....Martin Levin

I was sent at half time up to our local shop to buy my Mum 10 Weights (cigarettes) . The estate was deserted, nobody around, I had to be quick to get back for the match. Dave Joyce

And watching in a club: Watched the match in the Railway Club in Bournemouth and vividly remember the famous words "They think it's all over, It is now!". John Dimmick

Memory added on January 23, 2017

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