What are your earliest World Cup memories.

Started by Josephus, June 07, 2026, 06:17:10 AM

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Tamas

Quote from: Grey Fox on June 07, 2026, 08:30:01 AMThe Final of '94. I was staying at my cousins at the time and they were big soccer fans, a rare thing back then.
I don't remember details of the game tho.

It's actually my 2nd sports memory, the first one being the Habs Stanley Cup victory a year earlier.

https://youtu.be/39CyUAnKUso?si=CMzfyJ2VHCDMsNyD

DGuller

The first one I remember is 1990, more specifically the Argentina-Italy penalty shootout.  I loved the penalty shootouts back then, because that seemed to be the only way goals were scored back then.

Valmy

Quote from: DGuller on Today at 01:00:11 PMThe first one I remember is 1990, more specifically the Argentina-Italy penalty shootout.  I loved the penalty shootouts back then, because that seemed to be the only way goals were scored back then.

Especially when Italy was playing.
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Quote from: Tamas on Today at 12:09:28 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 07, 2026, 08:30:01 AMThe Final of '94. I was staying at my cousins at the time and they were big soccer fans, a rare thing back then.
I don't remember details of the game tho.

It's actually my 2nd sports memory, the first one being the Habs Stanley Cup victory a year earlier.

https://youtu.be/39CyUAnKUso?si=CMzfyJ2VHCDMsNyD

My hatred for Italian football did start then.
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Quote from: Grey Fox on Today at 03:58:46 PM
Quote from: Tamas on Today at 12:09:28 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 07, 2026, 08:30:01 AMThe Final of '94. I was staying at my cousins at the time and they were big soccer fans, a rare thing back then.
I don't remember details of the game tho.

It's actually my 2nd sports memory, the first one being the Habs Stanley Cup victory a year earlier.

https://youtu.be/39CyUAnKUso?si=CMzfyJ2VHCDMsNyD

My hatred for Italian football did start then.

The whole WC sucked in 90, not just Italy.
Cameroon is a good memory, beyond that, not much to remember.

Darth Wagtaros

First one that I really paid attention to was late 90s I was in the Mid east.  There was a "fashion show". Lot of pencil thin women in hideous clothes that were clearly there for shock value - one stick figure had like a stuffed bird on her chest or something.  Made me aware of just how awful modeling must be. 

Years later I was watching Warehouse 13 and an episode about supermodels has some models talking about how "a  look could influence governments and change whole societies" made hope that that was just just standard ridiculous ScyFi writing.
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