maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > In the seventies, England had 6 players from > > Liverpool. Liverpool won the European Cup and > > England were still crap. > > > To be fair England only failed to qualify in 1978 > on goal difference from Italy (who came 4th in the > finals) as only group winners qualified. Same > record as Italy Won 5 Lost 1. Not crap really. Fair point Maxxi. My recollection was somewhat different but you are right. Looking at the results, England and Italy traded 2-0 wins. I remember Kevin Keegan scoring a glancing header to win at Wembley. I watched it on tv as a 10 year old, sitting perched on the edge of the fireplace, because my parents had visitors round, I had to keep the sound down. When I jumped up to celebrate I got told off for supporting England.... by both my parents and the visitors. But my hero worship of Kevin Keegan knew no bounds... Europe Group 2 [italy] 13.06.76 Helsinki Finland 1-4 England 1.ITALY 6 5 0 1 18- 4 10 22.09.76 Helsinki Finland 7-1 Luxembourg 2.England 6 5 0 1 15- 4 10 13.10.76 London England 2-1 Finland 3.Finland 6 2 0 4 11-16 4 16.10.76 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-4 Italy 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2-22 0 17.11.76 Roma Italy 2-0 England 30.03.77 London England 5-0 Luxembourg 26.05.77 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-1 Finland 08.06.77 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Italy 12.10.77 Luxembourg Luxembourg 0-2 England 15.10.77 Torino Italy 6-1 Finland 16.11.77 London England 2-0 Italy 03.12.77 Roma Italy 3-0 Luxembourg The killer result was Italy beating Finland 6-1....which England could not match.