Anyone But
England

They said it was coming home.

They said they invented the game.

They said a wealth of talent, and a point that would do.

Hamish McTavish writes the nights they were certain, then were not — for the support who already know, and for anyone who missed 1967 and still wants to feel they missed something. This is not a hate page. The people are not the joke. The song is.

The Tape The papers

1967

Unofficial world champions

Wembley. Scotland 3–2. The holders, nine months on.

Live

Evening Times · 15 April 1967

Great Scots!

World champions beaten at Wembley.

The rest of the wall

1950

A typing error, apparently

Belo Horizonte. USA 1–0.

Live 1986

A little with the hand, a little with the rest of him

Azteca. Argentina 2–1.

Live 2016

Just a number

Nice. Iceland 2–1.

Landing 2007

The wally with the brolly

Wembley. Croatia 3–2.

Landing

The night and the square. Specials into Euston. Soho before the ground. Boston Common this summer. You missed it. You can still feel it.

Hand of God · £26 · Open the shop · behind the gate for now.