On 5 Jan 2014 at 18:20, Rick Duniec wrote: > sad news
Sad news indeed. He was a great player and I had the privilege of seeing him play. Remember this was in the days before wall-to-wall football on television. Hardly any highlights, never mind live games. The 1966 World Cup I got to three Portuguese games - a group match against Bulgaria, the SF against England and the 3rd and 4th place game against Russia (where I also saw one of my great heroes, Lev Yashin). I only saw the highlights, eventually, of probably his greatest game, the QF against North Korea as I was at England's match against Argentina. North Korea 3-0 up after 20 minutes. Eusebio then scored four, final score 5-3. (I'd been to Ayrsome Park to see North Korea beat Italy 1-0 to qualify for the QF's at Italy's expense, Pak Du Ik scoring the only goal almost running between the Italians legs). Eusebio was - no, is - one of the footballing greats. A legend. guy _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
