Listen to the 5live football daily podcast (worth a listen - especially for overseas types. Apart from Steve Claridge). They had an interview with Brian Kidd eulogising about Eusebio and acknowledging that whilst he played for Portugal, he was probably the greatest footballer Africa produced.
Although it's a scum chant the 'eusebio, I say kiddo' (to the tune if hello goodbye by the Beatles) is class! Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Jan 2014, at 16:54, "Guy Thornton" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
